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Abandoned WWII Structures of Motutapu Island in...

September 21, 2020

On the small island of Motutapu, a complex of bunkers, tunnels, and observation posts stands abandoned, left over from the 1940s and preparations for an invasion that never came. In the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori people, Motutapu means “sacred island of Taikehu” (a reference to a Maori ancestor). Located adjacent to the volcanic Rangitoto Island, it was a home and important site for centuries, and the Department of Conservation and the Motutapu Restoration Trust oversee a network of archaeological sites that date...

What Candy Can Teach Us About the...

September 21, 2020

After refusing to marry the son of a local chieftain, a young woman named Ashima was kidnapped by her spurned suitor and carried into the wilderness. Her true love, Ahei, saved the day by defeating the abductor in a three-day singing match, but on the ride back to their village, Ashima drowned in a flood. This, according to Chinese lore, is the origin of the iconic Shilin Stone Forest’s Ashima Stone, a monolithic rock formation that resembles a kerchiefed...

Fresh Concrete Turns Paw Prints and Bird...

September 18, 2020

Cities have many layers. Pigeons swoop from one roof to another. Work crews descend beneath the asphalt to tend to sewers and gas pipes. And between the aboveground and subterranean realms, dogs, humans, squirrels, rats, and other creatures pad down the street, leaving traces behind. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the concrete itself will be speckled with small, serendipitous impressions. In this way, urban sidewalks can hold modern trace fossils—proof of a creature that happened to pass by at precisely...

Capturing Ellis Island’s Lost Period

September 18, 2020

From the early-20th-century photos of Lewis Hine to movies such as The Godfather Part II, images of crowds and faces from all over the world enduring long journeys by ship to build new lives in America have been associated with a particular destination: Ellis Island. When the facility on an island in New York Harbor first opened its doors to receive hopeful immigrants—”your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” in the words of poet Emma...

Monuments Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland

September 18, 2020

Hidden amid this region, located near the rear of the Museum of Edinburgh, lies a tranquil courtyard comprised of various pieces of stonework. They are compiled from various buildings that no longer exist or were saved from being tossed into the rubbish heap. The garden is divided into two spaces. The interior consists of a few select items ranging in time periods and subject matter. There is also an interactive machine that allows you to explore the history of...

Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands in...

September 18, 2020

Wetlands are some of the most productive ecosystems in the world, providing habitats for numerous species of plants and animals. They also filter pollutants and excess nutrients from the water. Over the past few decades, humans have learned to appreciate the value of wetlands. Many cities and towns have incorporated these unique places into their urban environments. Green Cay is an artificial lake and marsh constructed on former farmland. The land’s original owners, Ted and Trudy Winsberg, sold the...

World’s Largest Cherry Pie Tin in Traverse...

September 18, 2020

Traverse City, Michigan, often calls itself “The Cherry Capital of the World.” On July 25, 1987, Chef Pierre Bakeries celebrated that status with a cherry pie weighing 28,350 pounds and stretching 17 feet, 6 inches in diameter. While the pie was devoured decades ago, the tin still stands to the side of Cass Road in Traverse City. The pie tin for the record-setting pie was 18 feet wide and 26 inches deep. It was built by the Jacklin Steel...

The Jade Coast in Itoigawa, Japan

September 18, 2020

The city of Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, is known as one of the world’s oldest jade-producing regions. Even today, it’s arguably the most notable location in Japan where jade can be found. This is believed to be due to the city’s geological position, where the Fossa Magna and the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line meet. A plethora of minerals formed 20 to 500 million years ago were brought from the mountain ranges in the east, carried by such rivers as the Himekawa. As a result, many...

Cappella di San Giovanni in Bozen, Italy

September 18, 2020

The Scrovegni Chapel in Padua is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Western Medieval art. Completed in the early 14th-century, the works of Giotto in Padua inspired the frescoes inside Cappella di San Giovanni (Saint John’s Chapel), part of the Chiesa dei Domenicani in Bolzano. Chiesa dei Domenicani was originally dedicated in 1272 but was completely rebuilt during the early 14th-century, with four new lateral chapels. The Cappella di San Giovanni was commissioned by a family of bankers...

A ‘Forgotten Holocaust’ Is Missing From Indian...

September 17, 2020

On a warm September morning in 1943, Chand Ali Khamaru walked eight grueling miles with a small bundle of rice to his father in Medinipur, in rural West Bengal. With the rice, he had googli (small, hapless snails he had cooked into a broth) and kochu shaak (fibrous leaves of the taro plant, which he had plucked from a pond and steamed in an iron pot). This was during the Bengal Famine of 1943, one of the greatest tragedies...

A Rare Day-by-Day Document of Life Aboard...

September 17, 2020

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database documents more than 36,000 voyages in which enslaved persons were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean. Select any entry in the register and you’ll find a checklist of shockingly precise information: the size of the ship, the name of the captain, the number of enslaved persons initially on the ship as it embarked from Africa—and the number of those who died on the Middle Passage. It’s an eerie testament to the clerical cruelty of the...

Atumashi Monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)

September 17, 2020

With an enormous single prayer hall inside, Atumashi Monastery is also known as the “Incomparable Monastery,” due to its sheer size. Atumashi Monastery is considered one of the largest religious buildings in Mandalay. The gigantic gold and white monastery was constructed by King Mindon in 1857. The monastery was once home to an image of Buddha that contained a massive diamond. The diamond was brought by the Governor of Rakhine from western Burma and presented to King Bodawpaya. However, in...

A Great Wave of Hokusai Drawings Resurfaced...

September 17, 2020

In 1829, when the celebrated Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai was almost 70 years old, he created more than 100 drawings of a dazzling array of subjects: playful cats, serene landscapes, even severed heads. Hokusai’s fame continued to grow after his death in 1849, and the suite of small, elaborate drawings was last purchased a century later, at a Paris auction in 1948. Then it disappeared from the public eye. Now, a total of 103 drawings have resurfaced. According to...

Site of the Dongan Oak in Brooklyn,...

September 17, 2020

Brooklyn has its fair share of Revolutionary War monuments, most commemorating battles fought and those that died in the conflict. The Dongan Oak Marker is unusual in that it marks the loss of a tree in the service of the patriots. In 1776, the Dongan Oak was one of the tallest trees in the area and was nearly 100 years old. The tree had been previously noted by Governor Dongan as a border marker between the villages of Brooklyn and...

Desert View Conservation Area in Joshua Tree,...

September 17, 2020

This hidden mountain biking and hiking destination is located just outside of Joshua Tree National Park. The Desert View Conservation Area, also known by the Bureau of Land Management as “Section 6,” is currently managed by the San Bernardino County Special Districts Department. The area was originally intended to become a robust recreation park area similar to Joshua Tree National Park. However, the local Joshua Tree community instead wanted to preserve the 605 acres of natural desert habitat for desert...

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