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Barn Attic in Harleysville, Pennsylvania

September 29, 2020

Constructed over 150 years ago, Barn Attic’s unassuming exterior announces little of the experience awaiting all who step inside. It began as The Barn Auction, a joint venture between Mary Lou Richards and her father, Marvin Knechel. But in the early 1970s, Richards began building what is now a four-story marvel, attracting visitors from all over the world. The Barn Attic is far more than just another vintage and antique shop. Sitting side by side with the abundance of...

Monumento ai Lupi di Toscana in San...

September 29, 2020

The “Lupi di Toscana” (“Wolves of Tuscany”) brigade was an infantry division composed of two regiments of the Italian Army. Active since 1862, the Tuscany division became known as the “wolves” in 1915 during World War I. The name was first used to refer to the brigade by the enemy Austrian army. Between 1916 and 1917, the division was active on the Asiago Plateau front, and then most notably, on the mountains of the Karst frontline around Trieste. They...

Emancipation Oak in Hampton, Virginia

September 29, 2020

Standing near the entrance to Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, is a large specimen of a Southern live oak tree (Quercus virginiana) estimated to be between 150 and 200-years-old. Impressive in size and stature, it stands 50-feet tall and has branches that extend almost 100-feet in diameter around the tree. This venerable old oak is considered a “Witness Tree” for its presence during several significant historical moments. In the years preceding the Civil War, the tree occupied land near...

Obelisk of Odzun in Odzun, Armenia

September 29, 2020

Odzun is a small village on the edge of a plateau that drops abruptly into the gorge formed by the Debed river. In addition to breath-taking views of the valley and mountains, Odzun is home to a historic basilica that was founded around 580. Located on the grounds of the basilica is a massive ancient obelisk of mysterious origins. The obelisk consists of two stelae protruding upward from a platform that is framed by two narrow arches. Although the...

The Archaeologists Who Unlocked Cold War Spy...

September 28, 2020

Search for Israel in the satellite view of Google Maps and you’ll see beige strips of desert, brown crinkles of mountain, and the deep-blue tongue of the Dead Sea. Try to zoom in, however, and the online mapping service thwarts your curiosity: Anything smaller than roughly six feet across, anywhere in the country, looks fuzzy. Do the same thing in many other parts of the world, and it’s possible to spot street lamps, bushes, and even individual pedestrians. Today,...

The Gravesite of Robert Ford in Creede,...

September 28, 2020

In 1882, Robert Ford gunned down Thomas Howard as he dusted a picture in his house in St. Joseph, Missouri. Howard was the alias of Jesse James and Robert Ford was one of the latest, and last, members of the James gang. Ford had planned to collect the reward placed on James by Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden. The details of murder are long and sorted but in the end, Ford killed James and was pardoned by Crittenden. Public opinion...

Kelly Ghost Town in Magdalena, New Mexico

September 28, 2020

Well-preserved relics of a Wild West mining boomtown linger on in Kelly. The main feature of this former town is the towering Carnegie Steel Works mine frame that stands at 121 feet tall. The site is filled with mine carts and other fascinating ruins of late 19th-century life. Kelly is a must-visit for ghost town hunters. In 1866, prospector Patrick H. Kelley laid claim to zinc, lead, and silver deposits in southwestern New Mexico, making him the de facto...

Tarpeian Rock in Rome, Italy

September 28, 2020

Tarpeian Rock (Rupe Tarpea) is a steep cliff located on the southern side of the Capitoline Hill, just above the Roman Forum. For centuries, the location was used to execute criminals by throwing them from the 80 foot(25-meter) high cliff ledge to the Forum below. This method of execution carried a stigma of shame and was considered a fate worse than death. It was reserved for the most heinous of criminals and was used as punishment for treason, murder, and perjury....

Den Uendelige Bro (The Infinite Bridge) in...

September 28, 2020

Located on Varna Beach on the outskirts of Aarhus is a bridge that leads to nowhere. Consisting of a wood-paneled deck raised on steel legs, the simple form of the Infinite Bridge seamlessly connects the land with the sea as it stretches out into the Bay of Aarhus. The bridge forms a perfect circle overlapping the sand and sea. The height of the bridge decking above the water varies with the tide. The bridge spans 200 feet (60 meters)...

Patsy Ann Statue in Juneau, Alaska

September 25, 2020

On the cruise ship dock in Juneau, Alaska stands the bronze likeness of a Bull Terrier named Patsy Ann. The dog is seated and gazes towards the Gastineau Channel as the incoming ships dock. The statue sits where, for over a decade, Patsy Ann greeted all passengers disembarking onto the Juneau quay and achieved the honorific of the city’s “Official Greeter.” Patsy Ann was born in Portland, Oregon on October 12, 1929. She was brought to Juneau as a...

Bramble Bank Cricket Pitch in England

September 25, 2020

The Bramble Bank is a triangular sandbar located in the center of the Solent between Calshot in mainland Hampshire, England, and Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Through most of the year, the Bramble forms a patch of unusually shallow water, posing a perilous threat to the sea traffic using the busy strait. Once a year, however, it rises from the depths to become something “quintessentially English.” Typically in August, during the country’s lowest spring tide, and only then, the...

The Ancient Art of Harvesting Fruit in...

September 25, 2020

Noland Johnson aims his kuipad, reaching the 20-foot pole made of sun-bleached saguaro cactus ribs that bends under its own weight. His target is also a saguaro, this one living and rising some two stories into the desert sky. He slides the sharp tip of the kuipad behind one of the cactus’s arms, which is crowned with bulbous fruit. Oval and plump, about twice the size of dates, these fruit cluster atop wavy saguaro arms and central columns. Many...

Airavatesvara Temple’s Optical Illusion in Kumbakonam, India

September 25, 2020

The Airavatesvara Temple is one of the three Great Living Chola Temples, 11th- and 12th-century Hindu temples constructed during the 1,500-year Chola dynasty in modern-day southern India’s state of Tamil Nadu. Located in Darasuram, the Airavatesvara Temple was built by King Rajaraja Chola II. After more than 850 years, it remains a key surviving example of Chola architecture and craftsmanship, but what makes the temple all the more exceptional is that within this craftsmanship is one of the world’s oldest...

Salt Street Watchmaker in Madrid, Spain

September 25, 2020

A nameless watchmaker keeps an eye on Madrid’s Calle de la Sal (Salt Street), less than a block from the Plaza Mayor. He’s only sort-of-nameless. People call him the Salt Street Watchmaker. He’s an automaton, perched on a balcony over an old clock and watch store with a carillon, Antigua Relojeria. He’s a become a favorite character of locals and visitors alike, as people stop underneath him and every half-hour to watch him come to life to work on...

La Fábrica de Luz (Light factory-Energy Museum)...

September 25, 2020

This museum is located in an old power plant at the epicenter of an important coal-mining area that operated between 1920 and 1971. It was eventually replaced by a new power plant known as Compostilla I and later Compostilla II. The plant was eventually abandoned, although it remains an important relic of Spanish industrial heritage. The current museum, La fábrica de Luz – Museo de la Energía (Light Factory-Energy Museum), is focused on the important role coal played on...

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