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Volkswagen Sausage and the Enduring Appeal of...

January 13, 2025

This article is adapted from the January 11, 2025, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. Last week, in a store in Bologna, Italy, I spotted something interesting. Outside on the street, Fiat cars were zipping by. In front of me, a box of chocolates also sported a Fiat logo. These were no recent brand tie-in. In 1911, the car company held a contest between Italy’s chocolate companies, with the goal of releasing a...

The World’s Largest Cedar Bucket in Murfreesboro,...

January 13, 2025

With a capacity of 1,573 gallons, the world’s largest cedar bucket resides in the historically reproduced village of Cannonsburgh Village in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The bucket was originally built in 1887 as a promotional exhibit by the Tennessee Red Cedar Woodworks Company, and traveled to world’s fairs—including the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Due to a 2005 fire, the bucket was partially destroyed. In 2011, it was rebuilt, and today it stands over 70 inches tall with a 6-foot-diameter base.

Nanbu Town Dragon Tower in Nambu, Japan

January 13, 2025

Hidden away in a rural corner of Japan, this 100-foot-tall “dragon” comes complete with a gaping, toothy maw. What looks like the remnant of some long-lost theme park is in fact a playground for very lucky kids. This play area is so over the top, it’s the sort of thing that seems like it could only arise from the creative accounting department of a rural municipality department that just has to spend their budget by year end. The views from...

Escomb Church in Escomb, England

January 13, 2025

This tiny church is an historic highlight in an otherwise non-descript northeast English village. Built in the last quarter of the 7th century, and a place of worship ever since, it’s one of only three churches in the whole country to survive intact from the Anglo-Saxon period. Stones were carried a few miles from the abandoned Vinovia Roman fort and used in the church’s construction. The architecture reflects the skills of the contemporary builders and the need for defense...

Allen Tupper True Murals at the Mountain...

January 13, 2025

Adorning the lobbies of the historic Mountain States Telephone Building in Denver, Colorado, are the Art Deco murals painted by acclaimed Colorado muralist Allen Tupper True. Created between 1927 and 1929, they depict the history of communications in the West—and the workers who made it possible. The Mountain States Telephone Building is considered to be one of the last Bell System Palaces. It is styled in the Gothic Revival style. More of True’s murals can be found throughout Denver, including at...

Giant Tobacco Pipe Monument in Saint Claude,...

January 13, 2025

You may not expect to see a giant smoking pipe sculpture as a centerpiece between flower gardens, but that’s exactly what you’ll find in the community of St. Claude, Manitoba. The pipe is 19-feet long, 5-feet tall, and weighs just over 400 pounds. It would take a lot of tobacco to fill this pipe’s bowl. So, why did the citizens of St. Claude decide to build a giant pipe back in 1984? Well, the first inhabitants of what’s now Saint...

Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum in Fort Smith,...

January 13, 2025

Miss Laura’s Social Club, tucked away in the town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was once a “house of ill repute.” Today, it is the only former bordello listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1896, the beautiful Victorian baroque structure was initially known as the Riverfront Commercial Hotel. This gorgeous house still looks much as it did then, replete with a mansard roof, wrought iron and oeil-de-boeuf dormer windows, making it one of the most distinct...

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in...

January 10, 2025

Even before World War II, proposals had been made to build a military cemetery in Hawaii, but the need for such a cemetery became more pressing after the devastating loss of life during the war. An extinct volcanic crater located inland from downtown Honolulu was chosen as the site for the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The crater’s original name was Puowaina, but had picked up the nickname ‘Punchbowl’ since the arrival of missionaries in the islands. Construction on...

Subic Bay Jet Monument in Olongapo, Philippines

January 10, 2025

In late 1978, aboard the the USS Enterprise, an American fighter plane—RA-5C Vigilante, BuNo 156627, modex NK610, RVAH-1 “Smokin’ Tigers,”—lost its brakes and nose-wheel steering. Fortunately, it was saved even after catching fire. It remained in use until it was phased out and struck off the list on March 26, 1979, and was left at Cubi Point, overlooking the Subic Bay. It became a fixture at the park—and a popular piece for vandals and psychedelic art works. When the...

‘The Duck Sijctghen’ in Oxford, England

January 10, 2025

In the still life gallery at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England sits an unassuming painting of a duck, an oil-on-work work by Dutch artist Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691). It is the portrait of Sijctghen the Duck, one of the most beloved animals of the 17th century. Sijctghen laid more than a hundred eggs each year and was much treasured by her owners. They loved her so much that, in 1647, when she was 20 years old, they commissioned Cuyp...

Quail Creek Airmail Arrow in Hurricane, Utah

January 10, 2025

Carrying mail was the first commercial application of air travel, and in the early 1920s the federal government established a network of beacons for airmail navigation. Officially called Beacon Stations, these consisted of a concrete arrows—originally painted yellow—that pointed easterly on east-west routes and northerly on north-south routes. They also included a brilliant light on a steel tower about 50 feet high so that planes could follow a course from light to light after dark. Otherwise, in the absence...

Confederate Stockade Cemetery on Johnson’s Island in...

January 10, 2025

Located in the scenic Sandusky Bay, with a view of Cedar Point on the horizon, the Confederate Stockade Cemetery on Johnson’s Island is a fascinating historical stop along the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail. In 1861, the United States government leased the island for $500 a year to build a POW camp for housing Confederate soldiers. This island was considered ideal due to its proximity to the Sandusky rail lines and sheltered from the elements nestled in Sandusky Bay. And compared...

Antarctic Explorations: Our Favorite Reads

January 10, 2025

Antarctica isn’t for the faint of heart. The icy and remote landscape isn’t a classic vacation destination, but for a few thrill seekers and persistent scientists, a trip to the Antarctic is a dream come true. In the five stories below, we highlight solo treks to the South Pole, the sled dogs who help humans explore the treacherous terrain, and one man’s mission to capture a whale feeding frenzy. This Is What a Polar Explorer Looks Like By Amy...

Battleground National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

January 9, 2025

Set in a nondescript block of Georgia Avenue in northwest Washington, D.C., this single-acre cemetery is one one of the country’s smallest national cemeteries, and serves as a reminder of the time the American Civil War came to the doorstep of the nation’s capitol. On July 11, 1864, Confederate troops reached what is now Silver Spring, Maryland, bordering Washington, D.C. General Robert E. Lee sent those troops, led by General Jubal Early, to relieve Union pressure on Petersburg, Virginia,...

The Unusually Strong Force Driving Apocalyptic Los...

January 9, 2025

This piece was originally published in Vox and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Sustained powerful winds reaching nearly 100 miles per hour are driving fast-moving wildfires near Los Angeles, spewing smoke, destroying homes, closing roads, and forcing thousands of people to evacuate. The Palisades Fire along the coast near the Santa Monica mountains has burned more than 17,000 acres as of Thursday morning. The Eaton fire near Pasadena has now torched at least 10,000 acres....

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