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Fort A Site in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

August 13, 2020

During the Civil War, Cape Girardeau was occupied by Union troops under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant. This site was once the home of Fort A, one of the Union’s facilities used as a supply base and defensive structure against the Confederacy. The fort was guarded by a few massive siege cannons, one of which is still on display. Today, the Fort A site is a must-see when visiting downtown Cape Girardeau. The town was also utilized...

Orinoro Gorge in Leppävirta, Finland

August 13, 2020

A wonder of Savo Region, the Orinoro Gorge was carved out by glaciers during the last Ice Age. Paths constructed of wooden planks wind their way through nearly 700 feet (200 meters) of sliced rock faces, before looping around and leading upward to offer a bird’s eye view from the 65-foot (20-meter) high ridges. Sounds carry through the gorge like echoes in a cave. Chirping birds and skittering creatures are amplified off the ricochetting walls. Rock ledges and wooden benches...

Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle in Singapore, Singapore

August 13, 2020

The dragon kiln, or longyao, is a traditional Chinese wood-fired kiln that dates back several thousand years. The long, cylindrical kiln is said to resemble the shape of a dragon, and it hisses, bellows, and spits smoke as it works. Dragon kilns rose in popularity in Singapore in the early 19th century, and from the 1940s to the 1970s, nearly 20 opened up across Jurong. Over time, electric kilns replaced the more labor-intensive dragons, and all but two such kilns shuttered....

Get Lost in a Corn Maze That...

August 12, 2020

When Angie Treinen first learned about tardigrades a few years ago, at a family-friendly science event at the University of Wisconsin, she couldn’t believe it. She loved their squashed little faces and their wonderfully rotund bodies, which look like a puffy stack of partly melted marshmallows. “I just stood there the whole time like, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Treinen says. Treinen studied zoology and worked as a veterinarian, but had never encountered teeny tiny tardigrades, which are variously known...

9-11 Remembrance Garden in Winslow, Arizona

August 12, 2020

These two metal beams are a surprising sight to behold when entering Winslow from the east along the famed Route 66. They happen to be actual fragments saved from the World Trade Center in New York City. This memorial pays a somber tribute to the men and women who lost their lives during the September 11th attacks. It’s a truly moving installation consisting of two original beams that were erected to represent the Twin Towers. The plaque located at...

St John’s Arch Cathedral in Warszawa, Poland

August 12, 2020

The Arch Cathedral of St John is one of the oldest in the Polish capital. The historic church was almost completely destroyed during World War II. It has since been painstakingly restored, retaining its noble gothic facade, though having lost its opulent, baroque interior. With a lofty, vaulted ceiling and some striking stained glass windows, the interior is now more gothic in character. Its crypt, which is the last resting place of generations of bishops, dukes, and other eminent...

Found: A Miniature Incan Llama at the...

August 12, 2020

Sprawled across the border of what are now Peru and Bolivia, Lake Titicaca is seven times the size of Los Angeles. Despite the lake’s massive proportions, itsy-bitsy Incan artifacts have been turning up there for the last 50 years. Recently, a small box with remarkable Incan offerings was found at the base of a reef, the first-ever such discovery on the Bolivian side of the water. Inca people were already dropping offerings below the surface of Titicaca when the...

Hidden Murals of Lemon Grove in Lemon...

August 12, 2020

Vivid shades of purple, yellow, and blue weave a stunning tapestry of murals hidden in an alleyway behind a small strip of shops in Lemon Grove. The murals came to life when Sydel Howell and her mother, who own the medical supply store some of the murals are painted on, were inspired by a trip to the Wynwood Art District in Miami, Florida. After seeing the work of Beth Emmerich on a tattoo shop in North Park, Howell hired her to paint...

Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood,...

August 12, 2020

A part of Los Angeles history since 1972, the Rainbow Bar & Grill, featured in many songs and music videos, has been a home away from home of many rock legends. The music venue Whisky a Go Go was the sounding ground for musicians with dreams of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Whisky a Go Go was the place rock stars came to see other rock stars perform, and the Rainbow was where they “networked.” A place that the...

Hob Moor and Plague Stones in York,...

August 12, 2020

When the plague hit York in 1604, infected citizens were forced to leave the city. Many moved to wooden lodges on Hob Moor. This large, marshy tract of land is to the southwest of the city’s outskirts, near the modern racecourse and opposite the Tyburn. Friends and relatives still visited the infected but wisely kept their distance. Next to the modern path on Little Hob Moor is a flat stone with a dipped bowl in the middle. Visitors would...

Church of Agia Kyriaki in Athens, Greece

August 12, 2020

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox church was built to honor Agia Kyriaki, a Christian saint martyred under the Roman emperor Diocletian. Kiriaki was born to Dortheus and Eusebia on a Sunday (Kyriaki is the Greek word for Sunday). At an early age, Kyriaki dedicated her life to religion. When she was 21, an Ottoman magistrate took notice of her and decided she would make an ideal bride for his son. When the magistrate spoke to Kyriaki and her parents about the potential marriage, Kyriaki informed...

Why Do Tennis Crowds Have to Be...

August 11, 2020

Ladies and gentlemen, quiet please. Players are ready. Thank you.” This is a common refrain at tennis matches, especially rowdy ones, which are not particularly rowdy by the standards of almost any other major sport. It’s a line delivered by the chair umpire, the lead on-site official. Weirdly, if you think about it, the crowds aren’t dismayed at this message. Sometimes they applaud it. “Yes,” tennis crowds seem to say. “Tell us to shut up.” The US Open, one...

James Chaine Burial Mound in Mid and...

August 11, 2020

Born in 1841 near Cairncastle, James Chaine was educated at Blackheath in England and married Henrietta Creery from Newcastle in County Down. Chaine was an incredible representative of the region, who helped transform Larne into a busy port and market town in East Antrim. Chaine also maintained a successful shipping business. With his later appointment as a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Antrim in 1874, he was able to develop the Larne to Stranraer cross-channel trade routes. He...

National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa in Portici,...

August 11, 2020

In 1839, the first railway in Italy opened between Naples and the town of Portici. Two locomotives were imported from England to inaugurate the new route, while other materials arrived from a small factory near Naples that produced steam engines and ammunition for military use. The Officine di Pietrarsa opened in 1840, initially as a steel mill and as a repair station for the locomotives imported from England. It later became the first Italian factory to produce locomotives in...

A Border Town Is Now Isolated From...

August 11, 2020

This piece was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. On a clear Saturday morning in July, I called the Saltwater Café in Point Roberts, Washington. The café is usually crowded with dozens of customers seated inside and out on the patio, taking in the view of the Gulf Islands across the Salish Sea and enjoying the salty breeze from the beach across the street. “On a normal weekend, you...

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