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Městská Elektrárna v Písku (Písek Electricity Museum)...

October 9, 2020

The power plant’s origins begin with an electrical engineer named František Křižík. The inventor lit up Písek’s city center using arc lamps on June 23, 1887, making Písek the first Bohemian urban center with public electric street lighting. In 1888, after modifications were made to the Podskalský Mill so that its rudimentary water wheels could produce electricity and the power plant came to life. In 1901, Písek’s Městská Elektrárna was equipped with Francis turbines, which used fixed blades to channel water...

The Art of Digging a Buried Building...

October 8, 2020

On a dry day in the middle of September, Josh Smith started digging. Sometimes, the three-person crew used a track excavator; other times, they wielded shovels. They dug all day, then a few more. They removed shovelfuls of fine sand so that their hole would have gently sloping sides, like an amphitheater or a bowl. They knew that if they dug straight down, the walls could collapse in on them. The town of Freeport, Maine, is known for outlet...

The Microscopic Majesty of Sugars, Salts, and...

October 8, 2020

While working on his upcoming cookbook, The Flavor Equation, food writer Nik Sharma packed up an array of salt, sugar, and spices and headed to the University of California, Berkeley. At the Biological Imaging Facility, he trained an AxioImager M1 microscope down at slides covered with brown sugar and kala namak, Indian black salt. With a ZEISS confocal laser scanning microscope, he peered down at bonito flakes and yeast suspended in vinegar. These powerful microscopes revealed the razor-like ridges...

Seegi Maja Restaurant in Pärnu, Estonia

October 8, 2020

Seegi Maja Restaurant is housed in what is arguably the oldest surviving building in the old town of Pärnu. The foundation of the property dates back to between 1250 to 1350, when Pärnu was growing prosperous as a Hanseatic trading town. The first recorded mention of the property can be traced back to 1658, when town authorities ordered the construction of an almshouse. Over time and as a result of the tumultuous history of the region, the building fell...

Kingman Explosion Memorial in Kingman, Arizona

October 8, 2020

On July 5, 1973, workers at the Doxol Gas Distribution Plant in Kingman, Arizona, began what should have been a routine job: transferring propane gas from a railway car into storage tanks. A series of small events and errors, however, snowballed into a massive tragedy that is still used as a warning in training material for industrial workers and fire departments across the country, and led to changes in industrial regulations. Tank Car #38214, filled with 33,000 gallons of...

“El Huracán de la Sierra” (Hurricane of...

October 8, 2020

The arrival of a paved road can be a joyous event for isolated communities. In the case of the town of Tilaco in Mexico‘s Sierra Gorda region, the arrival of a paved road was considered nothing short of a miracle. Father Francisco Piñol Miracle, born and ordained in Spain, arrived at the Franciscan Mission of Tilaco in 1963, finding the 18th-century mission in a state of disrepair. Miracle spearheaded efforts to restore the mission, especially its highly elaborate Churrigueresque...

Felsenmeer Lauteral in Lautertal (Odenwald), Germany

October 8, 2020

Despite often looking like a scree slope of very large stones, this Felsenmeer (or Blockfield) has a unique history. These stones did not come from the mountain but were generated by a weathering process that occurred below the ground. As the surface began to erode, these massive rocks were exposed. The most popular theory behind their creation is that they are the result of frost weathering, however, it has also been suggested that subsurface chemical weathering played a role....

Precious Blood Cemetery in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

October 8, 2020

While the precious Blood Cemetery has many modest headstones, there are a handful that rivals some of the greatest works of granite artwork created. One of the most notable burial sites inside the cemetery is the Aram Pothier’s family mausoleum. Pothier was a six-time governor of Rhode Island and served numerous terms until his death in 1928. He was once the town’s most notable resident. Also buried in the cemetery is Canadian-American Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist Marie Rose Ferron....

How a Tiny Indian Publisher Brings a...

October 7, 2020

The town of Sivakasi, near the southern tip of India, is known as a firecracker- and matchbox-making hub. Located more than 300 miles inland from the state capital of Chennai, Sivakasi is not a particularly literary place. But printing presses are a big part of the local economy, and with their help, the town has become an unexpected comic-book capital of India. Half a century ago, a man named M. Soundrapandian completed an apprenticeship with a company that printed...

Sold: 53 Letters Deciphered by a Groundbreaking...

October 7, 2020

In 1643, a young chaplain named John Wallis was at a London dinner party hosted by his patron when another guest mentioned a most intriguing bit of political gossip. England was several months into a Civil War between royalists and parliamentarians, and the latter group had intercepted a royalist letter after the December 1642 battle of Chichester. It could have been a priceless bit of strategic intelligence, if not for one rather thorny problem: The letter was written in...

Lyndhurst War Memorial in Lyndhurst, England

October 7, 2020

In the history of literature, Alice Liddell is widely known as the girl who inspired Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, but her later life often goes untold. At the age of 28, she married professional cricketer Reginald Hargreaves and lived in Lyndhurst for most of her life. They had three sons: Alan, Leopold, and Caryl. After the onset of World War I, Alan and Leopold Hargreaves served the British military and were killed in action. Grieving their deaths, Mrs....

Old Stockbridge Market in Edinburgh, Scotland

October 7, 2020

On any given Saturday throughout the year, locals and visitors can browse through the offerings from a variety of community farmer’s markets. The markets are located in several neighborhoods spread across the city, including Leith, the Grassmarket, Castle Terrace, and Stockbridge. The neighborhood of Stockbridge, just north of the city center, earned its name from the planks of timber that were used as a bridge to cross the Water of Leith. In 1825, an architect by the name of...

Temple of Portunus in Rome, Italy

October 7, 2020

Located in the ancient Forum Boarium near the Tiber river, the Temple of Portunus is a well-preserved example of ancient Roman architecture. The temple overlooked the fluvial port of Rome, watching over the goods entering the city. The small temple, which is raised on a podium, is a pseudoperipteros. Four free Ionic columns are located on the portico, while the other columns are connected along the walls of the cella. The temple dates back to the 1st-century and was...

Ferns of the World in Decatur, Georgia

October 7, 2020

Tucked away on the campus grounds of the Georgia State University’s Perimeter College is a little-known garden of Jurassic proportions. Few people realize that beyond the over-sized college parking lot, and behind the Native Plant Botanical Garden, lies a hidden world frozen in time. Ferns of the World is a sanctuary with perhaps one of the most impressive collections of ferns in the United States. In 1990, a botany professor by the name of George Sanko was given permission...

Columbo Sahib’s Tomb in Dhaka, Bangladesh

October 7, 2020

This tomb consists of a square base surmounted by an octagonal structure. Including the cupola, the structure is about three-stories tall. Inside the square base are three off-center tombs. Although there are no epitaphs, it can be assumed they belonged to members of Columbo Sahib’s immediate family. It’s unclear where Columbo Sahib (aka Colombo Saheb) is buried. The tomb is a composite of different architectural styles. The lower structure resembles a Mughal mosque, with four openings, one on each...

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