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Nemuri-Neko (The Sleeping Cat) in Nikko, Japan

August 8, 2020

Tōshōgū Shrine, the burial place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, is the most popular tourist attraction in Nikkō, Japan. It’s famous for its elaborate architecture, but also known for its carved details. One of the most notable carvings is the Nemuri-neko, or the Sleeping Cat, at the entrance to the okumiya (rear shrine). The carving is attributed to Hidari Jingorō, a legendary 17th-century artist who may or may not have been a real person. Although it...

The Native-American Origins of Gumbo

August 7, 2020

The secret to whipping up a gumbo that makes your neighbors jealous is in Kisatchie National Forest. At least, that’s what John Oswald Colson and Dustin Fuqua might tell you. Every summer, Colson and Fuqua make their way through the longleaf pines of Central Louisiana until they find a wispy, unassuming tree with mitten-shaped leaves low enough to pick. This is the sassafras tree, and the highly coveted, gumbo-elevating herb made from its dried and pulverized leaves is called...

Astrologers Were the Quants of the Ancient...

August 7, 2020

This story was excerpted and adapted from the author’s recent book, A Scheme of Heaven: The History of Astrology and the Search for our Destiny in Data. Copyright (c) 2020 by Alexander Boxer. Used with permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. The location was perfect for a new capital city. There were, of course, the standard prophecies that a great metropolis was destined to arise there. Even more persuasive, perhaps, were the...

Inside the Hidden Natural History Museum of...

August 7, 2020

In the week before India went into its three-month coronavirus lockdown, Rahul Khot was a busy man. The curator of the wildlife collection at the Bombay Natural History Society in Mumbai, Khot was working to ensure that the nearly 138,000 specimens under his care would be okay without regular supervision. “We weren’t really worried because we have foolproof practices,” he says. Still, he wanted to be prepared. Khot’s team checked that the specimens were properly stored and that chemicals...

Meloria Tower in Livorno, Italy

August 7, 2020

Just off the town of Livorno, in Tuscany, there is a rocky shoal known as Meloria. Now part of a marine protected area, in ancient times this skerry constituted a dangerous hazard for ships navigating the area. For this reason, in 1157, the Pisans built a lighthouse on one of the rocks that breached the surface, to signal the presence of the shoal. Meloria was the site of a large battle in 1284 between the armies of Pisa and...

Whitehead Boathouse in Whitehead, Northern Ireland

August 7, 2020

In the seaside County Antrim village of Whitehead, Northern Ireland, the Coastguard have always had saving lives and preventing smuggling on their minds. In fact, when the Coastguard service was first established in the 1820s, smuggling was its highest priority, because the illegal practice had become a major source of lost revenues for the country. And the Islandmagee peninsula where Whitehead resides had become a haven for smugglers. After many years operating from thatched cottages in the village, it...

The Wacky Taxidermy & Miniatures Museum in...

August 7, 2020

Paying homage to classic roadside attractions, The Wacky Taxidermy & Miniatures Museum contains well-over 60 dioramas and miniature scenes that feature taxidermy mice, squirrels, chipmunks, and raccoons dressed to match their environment. A 15-foot long mouse city street takes up one building alone and features 1:12 scale businesses such as a beauty salon, tattoo shop, coffee shop, and movie theatre. Other taxidermy pieces display representations of folklore creatures from around the world such as the jackalope, the wolpertinger, and...

Porcelain Boudoir of Maria Amalia of Saxony...

August 7, 2020

The Capodimonte porcelain factory, located on the Capodimonte hill on the outskirts of Naples, produced some of the most outstanding examples of Italian porcelain during the mid-18th century. The greatest work to hold this factory’s hallmark is the Porcelain Boudoir commissioned by the Queen of Naples, Maria Amalia of Saxony. Constructed between 1757 and 1759, the room was originally crafted inside the Palace of Portici, the new residence of the royal family completed just a few years prior. The...

Momotaro Shrine in Inuyama, Japan

August 7, 2020

Momotarō, also known as the Peach Boy, is one of the most famous characters in Japanese folklore. In most versions, he is born out of a giant peach and raised by an elderly couple until he grows into a strong young boy. With a bag full of kibi-dango (sweet millet dumpling) made by his foster mother, Momotarō sets off on a quest to fight a marauding horde of Oni, mythological ogre-demons. He gave some of the dumplings to a dog,...

Sigtuna Stora Gatan in Sigtuna, Sweden

August 7, 2020

Stora Gatan, or the large street, is a quaint little pedestrian street not unlike many others that can be found in old city centers. However, this street is special because its layout has not changed for nearly a millennium. Sigtuna was the first true city in Sweden, established by King Erik the Victorious. He wanted to make the city the country’s capital, but this was not an easy task. However, King Erik was a masterful diplomat and excellent at...

Vrabac Gočko in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia

August 7, 2020

Jeux sans frontières (Games Without Borders) was a very popular television game show in Europe during the 20th-century. Every year, a different city hosted the games and in 1990, Vrnjačka Banja played host to the show. The mascot for these games was the Vrabac Gočko (Gočko The Sparrow) and this statue was erected to decorate the Vrnjačka Banja promenade. It eventually became the most well-known symbol of the spa-town and for much of Serbia. The statue is a popular...

A Rare Recipe From a Talented Chef,...

August 7, 2020

To believe the legends, Thomas Jefferson was as much a chef as a statesman, the architect of the modern American diet and the person behind such modern European-American classics as vanilla ice cream, steak and fries, and mac and cheese. The truth is that Jefferson’s connection to the kitchen was decidedly hands-off. At Monticello, his vast Virginia plantation, the third president entered the room only to fix the clock. And while Jefferson did take an active interest in culinary...

Sold: A Famous Fossil-Hunter’s Letter That’s Totally...

August 6, 2020

Mary Anning had a knack for finding fascinating pieces of the distant past. In the 19th century, Anning regularly scoured the beaches of Lyme Regis, in the English county of Dorset. Her many expeditions turned up some fascinating and high-profile finds from millions of years ago, including fossils of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, marine reptiles that prowled the waters of the Triassic and Cretaceous periods. Anning also collected some less-sexy specimens—particularly, coprolites. From the Greek for “dung stone,” coprolites are...

Life on the Ice May Never Be...

August 6, 2020

Utqiagvik sits at the very tip of the United States, saddled against the Arctic Ocean. The Alaska Native Iñupiat are set apart from other Indigenous peoples by their subsistence hunting of the bowhead whale. Even today, this unique, centuries-old practice determines the social structure, reflects community values, and supplements the people’s nutrient-rich diet. Nearly all of Utqiagvik’s roughly 5,000 residents, the majority of whom are Iñupiat, rely on hunting to support their way of life. Which is why Harry...

Statue of Sallie Ann Jarrett in Gettysburg,...

August 6, 2020

The 13-foot-tall granite and bronze monument stands on Oak Ridge at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is close to the site of the right flank of the First Corps on July 1, 1863. A bronze statue of a Union soldier stands atop the monument, facing in the direction of the advancing enemy. On the front of the monument, near its base, is a granite ledge holding the bronze likeness of a small dog, her head...

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