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The Spanish Navy Is Sailing Two Casks...

October 6, 2020

On August 24, the Spanish naval training vessel Juan Sebastián de Elcano set off on an epic voyage that will take it across the Atlantic to Argentina, then through the Straits of Magellan and across the Pacific Ocean, passing Guam and the Philippines on its way back to the Spanish port of Cádiz. On board are 197 men and women, all the necessary provisions for a year at sea, and two half butts of Amontillado Viña AB sherry from...

Bukovička Banja Park in Aranđelovac, Serbia

October 6, 2020

Bukovička Banja (spa) is located in Aranđelovac city, under the Bukulja mountain. The spa is more than 200 years old, and since 1966 it’s also home to the art festival “Mermer i zvuci” (Marble And Sounds) and the “Beli Venčac” (White Venčac) sculpture symposium. “Beli Venčac” is listed by UNESCO as one of the world’s most important achievements in the field of fine arts. More than 200 international sculptors provided the 66 abstract sculptures that now permanently decorate the park...

Wampahoofus Trail in Underhill, Vermont

October 6, 2020

Wampahoofus Trail starts from Butler Lodge around 3,000 feet up the side of Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak, and continues until it meets the legendary Long Trail atop Mansfield’s generally comparatively unpeopled Forehead area. To get to Wampahoofus, you’ll first have to hike up the 1.8 mile Butler Lodge Trail. You can stay overnight in the lodge or continue directly to Wampahoofus. The trail was named for a mythical creature of Vermont’s Green Mountains that predates even the yeti...

Grapefruit Is One of the Weirdest Fruits...

October 6, 2020

In 1989, David Bailey, a researcher in the field of clinical pharmacology (the study of how drugs affect humans), accidentally stumbled on perhaps the biggest discovery of his career, in his lab in London, Ontario. Follow-up testing confirmed his findings, and today there is not really any doubt that he was correct. “The hard part about it was that most people didn’t believe our data, because it was so unexpected,” he says. “A food had never been shown to...

Rainbow Tomatoes Garden in East Greenville, Pennsylvania

October 6, 2020

There’s something special about a home-grown tomato. But what about 320 home-grown varieties of tomatoes? That’s the idea behind Rainbow Tomatoes Garden, a small farm stand located in rural southeastern Pennsylvania. The sheer range of shapes, sizes, and colors of the juicy fruit makes this place worth a stop. Owner, grower, and former chef Dan Waber became interested in agriculture, and after he and his wife Jenny bought a property with a small farm, the idea for the tomato haven...

Giant Toonie in Campbellford, Ontario

October 6, 2020

When driving near the Canadian town of Campbellford, visitors may miss this 27-foot tall statue of the iconic silver and gold two dollar coin. The trees that surround the monument tend to obscure it from public view. The coin was constructed in 2001 as a monument to Canadian nature artist Brent Townsend, who created the now-iconic polar bear image on the tails side of the coin. Townsend created the artwork in Campbellford, thus deeming this quiet riverside town the birthplace...

Hormuz Island in Iran

October 6, 2020

Humans have used ochre to produce art since prehistoric times. In modern Iran, this natural pigment, which is responsible for the red beaches and soil on this remarkable island, still attracts artists who are inspired by its bright colors and unique landscapes. Historically an important port, Hormuz is today a calm place, home to a small village, Iranian artists, and the natural wonders created by the island’s geography, which, in addition to the ochre, includes whitewashed vistas created by...

Cascata Grande di Isola del Liri in...

October 6, 2020

Celebrated in paintings by Jacob Philipp Hackert in 1777 and by Bidault in 1790 (a painting currently on display at Paris‘ Louvre Museum), the Cascata Grande defines the urban plan of the small town of Isola Liri. The town is just one hour east of Rome in the historical region of Ciociaria. The Liri river splits in two and drops 88 feet (27 meters) from the travertine cliff, which is dominated by the picturesque Boncompagni-Viscogliosi castle. This forms the...

The Fight to Save One of Dakar’s...

October 5, 2020

Days before the July holiday of Tabaski—another name for Eid al-Adha, or the Islamic festival of sacrifice—vendors at one of Dakar’s oldest and largest open-air markets were trying to stop the government from tearing down their stalls. For nearly a century, the distinctive, geometric architecture of Marché Sandaga, or Sandaga Market, stood out from its surroundings on the southern tip of the sprawling coastal capital. But after a fire damaged the historic building and informal stalls continued to sprawl...

How Alaskan Yup’ik People Are Reviving the...

October 5, 2020

It wasn’t so long ago that Yup’ik culture, in Alaska’s subarctic Bristol Bay, revolved around dance. There were dances of greeting, dance festivals, dances that went all along the river and into communities. These days, many, if not all, of these dances have been lost to cultural memory. “We don’t do that anymore,” says Arnaq Esther Ilutsik, the director for Yup’ik Studies for the Southwest Region Schools in Dillingham, Alaska. “It’s no longer practiced, because of the big flu...

The Höglund Dugout in Lindsborg, Kansas

October 5, 2020

The Höglund Dugout is an interesting site to visit if you happen to be traveling near Lindsborg, Kansas. A bit off the trail, but not far from the Coronado Heights Castle, is a 6-foot-by-12-foot pit dug into the ground, complete with reinforced stone walls. This dugout was once the hand-built home of Gustaf and Maria Höglund, where they lived while constructing their larger home and homestead. Their permanent home took around two years to complete. During the late 1880s, a...

Castle Lug in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

October 5, 2020

Castle Lug is situated in the Greenisland area of East Antrim, which formed part of the town of Carrickfergus. All that remains of the castle today are the ruins of its watchtower, fireplace, and a standalone wall. When the castle was fully operational, there were several towers that provided an all-encompassing view of the surrounding area. The narrow windows and crenelated wall walks made the structure difficult to attack. The ruins have stood as they are for the last...

‘Ursus’ in Trieste, Italy

October 5, 2020

During the early 20th-century, the growing port of Trieste needed a new crane to construct larger and heavier ships. Between 1911 and 1914, the crane-vessel Ursus was built by the Austrian Empire, who were in control of the city at the time. After World War I, Trieste became part of the Kingdom of Italy. At the time, the crane was just an empty shell without an engine. Between 1925 and 1931, the structure was completed and now stands at...

African Heritage House in Athi River,...

October 5, 2020

Overlooking Nairobi National Park, the African Heritage House is an architectural gem dedicated to African art. The house was designed in the early 1990s by Alan Donovan, an American who first arrived in the continent as a relief worker in the 1960s. In 1972, he opened the African Heritage Gallery with Joseph Murumbi, a former Kenyan vice president and avid collector, and Murumbi’s wife, a prequel to the current museum. The African Heritage House is the fruit of one Donovan’s love...

Wheeler Geologic Area in Creede, Colorado

October 5, 2020

High in the La Garita Wilderness sits a once-popular, but nearly forgotten, otherworldly landscape formed by one of the most massive volcanic explosions in the earth’s history. Around 25 million years ago, a volcano exploded in the southern Colorado Rockies. It ejected approximately 1,200 cubic miles of material into the atmosphere that covered most of Colorado. The eruption was so massive, that the exact range of the ash fall is still unknown. The tuft, known as Fish Canyon Tuft,...

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