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Laurel Hill House in Lorton, Virginia

June 29, 2020

Shortly after the Revolutionary War, a man by the name of William Lindsay acquired a 1,000-acre homestead just outside of what is today Lorton, Virginia. Lindsay, who was a part of the Virginia Militia a contemporary of both George Mason and George Washington, built his home on one of the more elevated portions of the land in 1787. The typical colonial home was dubbed Laurel Hill, supposedly in honor of his family’s original estate in Northern Ireland. It is...

An Italian Ski Resort Fights Glacial Melting...

June 29, 2020

This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. What do you do when your 200-acre glacier—a “Giant of the Alps”—begins to melt from climate change? For a ski resort in Italy, the answer is simple: Put a tarp on it. Sitting on an Alp called Presanella in the northern part of the country, the Presena Glacier is home to a lucrative ski tourism industry. The Pontedilegno Tonale resort operates ski...

De Leidse Zeemijn (Leiden’s Naval Mine) in...

June 29, 2020

World War I and World War II resulted in a massive loss of life in Europe, which was left devastated after many bombings and other atrocities. Today, most of the damages are a distant memory, if not forgotten. However, some of the tools used during those wars remain as reminders of the worldwide chaos that took place. One of these instruments are naval mines. The Netherlands conducts trade primarily by sea. Most of the North Sea is safe, but...

Sunrise Resort in East Haddam, Connecticut

June 29, 2020

During past summer days, it wasn’t uncommon to find hundreds of people vacationing at the Sunrise Resort. Families once bustled around the cabins, pool, gift shop, cafeteria, and recreational areas until its close in 2008. Sunrise Resort was created by Hartford taxi driver, Ted Hilton in the 1930s. During its 92 years in operation, it was also known as the Frank Davis Resort. During its heydays, theme weeks were abundant—from Christmas in July, to Halloween in the summer. Music...

Travelers Chapel in Conway, South Carolina

June 29, 2020

For any tourist traveling to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Highway 501, this small church would be easy to miss. Next to this busy highway is the Travelers Chapel, a tiny place of rest and prayer. The idea for this compact chapel came about when chiropractor Dr. Gaylord Kelly was traveling and discovered a small chapel on the side of the road in Washington state in the early 1970s. Thinking it was something that Conway should have, he and...

Dowles Graveyard in Bewdley, England

June 29, 2020

Walking along the peaceful banks of the the River Severn, you’d never know what’s lurking in the woods. In the copse of trees is an eerie scene: ivy-covered, sunken graves, a few scattered ruins of a once-magnificent church. The site is reached from a winding corpse road across lush green meadows. It was a place of worship serving its local parishioners from its consecration in 1789 until its demolition in 1956, leaving behind only its derelict set of parish...

Sacello Ipogeico in Paestum, Italy

June 29, 2020

The archeological park of Paestum is one of the most important historical sites of Magna Graecia. The ancient Greek town, located near the coast of Campania south of Salerno, features some temples in amazing condition. The city of Paestum (known to the Greeks as Poseidonia) was founded by people belonging to the Greek colony of Sybaris in Calabria during the 7th century BC. When Sybaris was subjugated by Kroton in 510 BC, many people living there left the city...

Around Italy in Vintage Citrus-Growing Technology

June 29, 2020

A few years ago, photographer Sophia Massarella asked the librarian at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum to pull Hesperides from the stacks, on a whim. The 17th-century treatise on citrus sounded intriguing, since beyond knowing she loved eating acidic lemons and oranges, she didn’t know much else about the fruits. When the hefty volume reached her table, she was blown away by Giovanni Battista Ferrari’s masterpiece. Massarella leafed through the Jesuit scholar-turned-botanist’s intricate illustrations of citrus varieties she’d never...

Santuario della Beata Vergine delle Grazie (Sanctuary...

June 29, 2020

Italy has hundreds of ancient churches, but only a few feature the kind of wonder that makes Santuario della Beata Vergine delle Grazie stand out. Inside the sanctuary of this church located in the Province of Mantua, visitors will find a large, taxidermied crocodile hanging from the ceiling, just beyond the main entrance. There are several other churches in the region that features crocodiles. It’s believed that many early Christians viewed animals such as crocodiles as symbols of evil....

Richard McDonald’s Niche in Manchester, New...

June 27, 2020

There is no more iconic fast food chain than McDonald’s. With locations in more than 100 different countries and service to about 68 million people on a daily basis, it is commonly believed that the company’s logo—the Golden Arches—is one of the most recognizable symbols on Earth. Yet the final resting place of Richard McDonald—one half of the McDonald brothers who founded the chain in the 1940s—is a humble niche in the tranquil Mount Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum in...

The West Is Being Won by Tiny...

June 26, 2020

The Grand Canyon is vast and magnificently unsubtle: The 277-mile gash has long humbled visitors with its sheer rock walls and the river ribboning below. The landscape is also cloaked with something much, much smaller, but just as humbling. A team of researchers has found that the Grand Canyon—along with 10 other protected patches of the United States—is lousy with microplastics. Plastics more famously menace the watery parts of the world. In the oceans, ghostly plastic bags ensnare corals...

This Restaurant Pivoted From Molecular Gastronomy to...

June 26, 2020

Chef Marc Lepine describes Atelier Restaurant in Ottawa, Canada, as a high-end minimalist nook specializing in molecular gastronomy. Since 2008, the restaurant has thrived on Lepine’s signature 12-course blind tasting menu. Pre-pandemic, the grey exterior of the narrow, brick building that houses Atelier provided no hint of the colorful bite plates served inside. Fantastical dishes reminiscent of snow globes, flower arrangements, garlands, and fashion accessories arrived one after the other, each equal parts abstract art and food. When COVID-19...

Why Did This Ancient Marsupial Have Saber...

June 26, 2020

The naming of many saber-toothed species—the most famous being the genus Smilodon, or the saber-toothed cat—sounds like a bit of a macabre joke. The pearly grins of these prehistoric predators might have been the last sight of any creatures that got close enough to appreciate them. But not all saber-toothed things were aggressively predatory. Some, like the marsupial Thylacosmilus atrox, may have occupied a different niche. As a new study published in the journal PeerJ reports, the pouched, cat-resembling...

William Penn Landing Site in Chester, Pennsylvania

June 26, 2020

Near the confluence of Chester Creek and the Delaware River, a small granite monument marks the site of one of the most significant events in the early history of Pennsylvania—the first disembarkment of its founder William Penn. In a plot of land that throughout history played host to a Swedish tobacco plantation, a Quaker meeting place, railroad waste, the governor’s daughter’s house, and Okehocking tribal land, the site, located in the now-city of Chester, was in the middle of...

The Witch Stone of Great Leighs in...

June 26, 2020

St Anne’s Castle, in Great Leighs, Essex, is supposedly the oldest licensed inn in the country. Though, due to a devastating fire, the current building is less than 100 years old, an inn on the site is recorded in The Domesday Book in 1086 (and others hold claim to the same title). As one might expect for a site with so much history, it is home to many mysteries and alleged hauntings. However, it is outside the walls, just...

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