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Ghost Town of Rovaiolo Vecchio in Brallo...

July 8, 2020

Rovaiolo Vecchio is an ancient village in the mountains in the province of Pavia, halfway between Milan and the sea. Or at least it was. Before the construction of highways and railways, the road that passes through the town was of primary importance for the importing of salt to population centers in the Po Valley. One day in 1960, local officials ordered the immediate evacuation of the whole village: The mountain was sliding down onto it. Within a few...

Archaeology Dogs Can Help Scholars Sniff Out...

July 8, 2020

This piece was originally published in SAPIENS. On a sunny, cloudless afternoon in Croatia, a fierce wind known as a bora can whip over the Velebit mountain range and across the Adriatic Sea. When it reaches hurricane force, this cold, dry wind can render the steep, arid terrain freezing at midday. This coastal region is dominated by karst, a porous rock topography. Despite the area’s challenging conditions, humans eked out an existence here thousands of years ago. Archaeologist Vedrana...

KuKu Club in Tallinn, Estonia

July 8, 2020

In the cellar of a building in central Tallinn hides a tiny, cavern-like nightclub that was for decades a gathering place for Estonia’s artists, intellectuals, and activists. Its patrons and staff also played a role in the cultural uprising that led to the country winning its independence from the Soviet Union. The KuKu Club (KuKu Klubi) was established in 1935 in the basement of the Tallinn Art Hall, built by the local arts community to house galleries and studios...

400 Years After Its First Apple Farm,...

July 8, 2020

John Bunker normally searches for heirloom apple trees in the fields and forests of rural Maine, but on a trip to Boston, he stumbled upon one in an unexpected place: an ice-cream-parlor parking lot. An expert on American heirloom apples, particularly those of Maine, Bunker has been investigating, preserving, and growing nearly forgotten apple cultivars since he graduated college and immediately bought a parcel of Maine farmland in the 1970s. “I could spend the rest of my life studying,...

Pleasant Hill Memorial in Holly, Colorado

July 8, 2020

The day dawned clear and warm on March 26, 1931, when Carl Miller started his rounds, picking up the 20 children who attended one of the two small schools in Towner, Colorado. Miller, a farmer by trade, had converted a 1929 farm truck to a school bus. The children ranged in age from seven to 14. By the time the buses reached the school, at 9 a.m., the weather had turned. The temperature fell from about 70 degrees Fahrenheit...

Svörtuloft Lighthouse in Iceland

July 8, 2020

This lighthouse is situated on the westernmost part of the volcanic Snæfelsnes Peninsula. It stands around 19 feet (six meters) tall and boasts a fluorescent orange color. The lighthouse maintains spectacular views over the western coastline. This marvelous work of architecture resides at the end of a winding gravel road and was constructed around 1931. At the end of the road is a fork, and off to the right is the Svörtuloftsviti Lighthouse. Its bright orange color stands out...

La Picá de Clinton in Santiago, Chile

July 8, 2020

In April 1998, Chile hosted the second-ever Summit of the Americas. Presidents and prime ministers from throughout the Western hemisphere gathered to meet with their fellow leaders in Chile’s capital city of Santiago. After one summit session held at Santiago’s Municipal Theater, the assembled leaders began climbing into their limousines to return to their hotels. However, American President Bill Clinton deviated from his schedule and surprised his aides by heading to a nearby restaurant instead. The San Remo was...

Sopotnički Vodopadi in Sopotnica, Serbia

July 8, 2020

Sopotnički Vodopadi (Salt Waterfalls) is located a little over 10 miles (seven kilometers) from Prijepolje, in Sopotnica village on the west side of Jadovnik mountain. These magnificent falls were declared a natural monument in 2005. It’s composed of several cascading waterfalls, the biggest one is 82 feet (25 meters) high. There’s a footpath to the top and several water mills near the bottom where the River Sopotnica begins. According to legends, those living in the nearby village came to...

Let’s Get Digital: Creating a Smart Guest...

July 8, 2020

Coronavirus threw a lot of well-established routines and best practices overboard without warning. Within only a few months, almost every aspect of hotel operations had to be re-examined and updated in ways nobody would have predicted at the start of 2020. To help you navigate this transition, this article sums up actionable tips on how The post Let’s Get Digital: Creating a Smart Guest Journey for Your Hotel appeared first on Revfine.com.

Meet the College Student With 6,000 Takeout...

July 7, 2020

When Noah Sheidlower was 12 years old, his father handed him a menu from an empanada restaurant in Queens, New York, and told him to keep it in a safe place. Sheidlower, now a rising sophomore at Columbia University, still has that menu, and approximately 5,999 more along with it. Over Zoom, he waves a hand to show me menus heaped into plastic crates and piles in his parents’ house in Long Island, where he has lived since early...

The 90-Year-Old Virtuoso Keeping Naxi Music Alive...

July 7, 2020

Every night at 8 p.m., around 20 elderly musicians in formal purple gowns take the stage in Naxi Concert Hall, a 400-seat theater in Old Town Lijiang, China. Painted white cranes drift across the indigo walls. A young woman introduces the band in Chinese, then English, as the “Dayan Naxi Orchestra, reformed in 1981 by our master Mr. Xuan Ke!” Then come the thumping beats of the da gu, a drum as big as a person. The centuries-old instruments...

Walker Mansion Ruins in Morrison, Colorado

July 7, 2020

John Brisben Walker was a self-made millionaire with a wide portfolio of ventures to his name. Born near Pittsburg Walker cofounded the Locomobile Company of America, invested in Stanley Steamer steam-powered automobiles, and edited Cosmopolitan magazine. But it was in Colorado where he made his biggest mark. In 1905, Walker relocated to Colorado where he boosted farming by introducing irrigated alfalfa as a crop, developed the Riverfront Park area of Denver, and purchased over 4,000 acres of land. Forty of...

Nathaniel Dett Memorial Chapel in Niagara Falls,...

July 7, 2020

Long before Deadmau5 and Honeymoon Suite became notable musical exports from Niagara Falls, a composer, organist, and music professor named Robert Nathaniel Dett did his part to change the image and direction of Afrocentric music in the early 1900s. Dett showed his flair for music at an early age. Encouraged by his mother, Dett started taking piano lessons at age five. Years later, while studying at the Oberlin Conservatory, Dett heard the music of Antonín Dvořák and was inspired...

Turning On the Lights in the Ocean’s...

July 7, 2020

Many fathoms below the surface of the sea, mysteries still abound—mostly invisible to human eyes. Sunlight disappears and water pressure mounts, making the deep sea one of the least explored and understood environments on the planet. Even today. Still, humans have found ways to sate their curiosity, from diving bells (first envisioned by Aristotle) to scuba gear to remotely operated vehicles, and the 4K video cameras they now carry. The latter technology has enabled a group of Australian scientists...

Statue of Jack the Pardoned Turkey in...

July 7, 2020

Though the modern tradition of an American president officially pardoning a turkey at Thanksgiving began with George H. W. Bush in 1989, the idea is believed to have originated with Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln’s pardoned turkey was actually gifted to the First Family in 1863, just a month after the president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. Though meant to be Christmas dinner that year, the turkey was quickly adopted by Tad Lincoln, the president’s 10-year-old son. Tad named the bird...

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