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J Ward Museum in Ararat, Australia

January 9, 2025

This high-level security prison in regional Victoria once held criminals and those said to be criminally insane. Although decommissioned in 1991, haunting tours reveal that perhaps not everyone has left the building. Opened in 1861 in response to crimes on the nearby goldfields, the gaol housed a number of prisoners and executions, before turning into the Ararat Lunatic Asylum in 1886. Paintings of sailing ships on the stone walls reveal an artistic side to the inmate’s lives. Meanwhile, markings on other...

The Women Harvesters Fueling the Rise of...

January 9, 2025

Elizabeth Guagrilla recalls the sunny days of her childhood in the Ecuadorian highlands, drinking the sweet nectar of the blue agave plant on visits to her great-grandmother’s house. Back then, she wasn’t a fan of its earthy taste. Now, she’s made it her life’s work to bring agave to a global audience, carrying on a tradition that was dying out with the older generations. Guagrilla is the head distiller of Chawar, a company that produces an emerging agave spirit...

Misspelling at the Lincoln Memorial in...

January 9, 2025

Built from 1914 to 1922, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., stands as the iconic result of the work of designer Henry Bacon and and sculptor Daniel Chester French, along with his assistant Evelyn Beatrice Longman. When carving into stone—including Colorado Yule marble, from which the Lincoln Memorial is made—it becomes very difficult to correct any mistakes. Take, for example, the misspelled word in Lincoln’s second inaugural address inscription, located on the north wall of the monument’s interior. If...

Al Naslaa in Tayma, Saudi Arabia

January 8, 2025

Some 30 miles south of the Tayma oasis in Saudi Arabia stands a strange rock formation called Al Naslaa. Each balanced on a natural pedestal of sand, two large rocks rise above the desert—or what used to be a single, massive block of sandstone, split down the middle. The split is a narrow, clean slit, known as a “joint” in geology. Due to its laser precision, some conspiracy theorists have suspected advanced ancient technology, or even extraterrestrial involvement. But...

Steinwache in Dortmund, Germany

January 8, 2025

The plain building right behind Dortmund’s central train station hides many secrets. Established as a police station, it was turned into a Gestapo prison during the Nazi rule. Now the building is a memorial museum on resistance and persecution. The police headquarters opened in 1906, and since it was located on Steinstraße, the locals soon started calling the building Steinwache (stone guard). In the 1920s, the police added a five-story prison building next to the initial headquarters. After the...

Moving Image Archive in Glasgow, Scotland

January 8, 2025

Tucked away at the very back of the Kelvin Hall is the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive, where members of the public can access thousands of hours of footage from the vaults. There are onsite facilities for viewing VHS, betamax, DVD, and Blu-Ray formats, and the center is adorned with film-related artifacts like old projectors, clapperboards, and a Steenbeck 16mm flat-bed editor. There are PCs to browse the full online catalogue, or you can request access to...

How a Near-Extinct Bird Returned to the...

January 8, 2025

Sado Island perches like a butterfly with its wings outstretched just off the curved west coast of Japan. Yet this land mass is better known as the home of another winged creature: the crested ibis, called toki in Japanese. Hop on a shinkansen (a high-speed train) from Tokyo to Niigata, then board a ferry, and you will arrive at the port of Ryotsu, where a Welcome to Sado sign awaits above a larger-than-life photo of a toki mid-flight. Wander...

Ruins of the Bayside Cannery in San...

January 8, 2025

Once the third-largest cannery in the United States, the ruins of the Bayside Canning Company are emblematic of the rise and fall of the town of Alviso, California. Sai Yen Chew founded the Precita Canning Company in San Francisco in 1890, but after the 1906 earthquake and ensuing fires, he moved his business to Alviso, the bustling port at the southernmost tip of the San Francisco Bay. In a xenophobic time when Chinese laborers were shunned and discriminated against,...

The Curious Gems of the River Thames

January 7, 2025

On the banks of the River Thames, when the tide is low, a person walking along the shore can see all kinds of things. With a keen eye, you can spot blue-and-white shards of 19th-century pottery, delicate stems of 18th-century clay pipes, brass buttons from coats, and coins dating back to the Romans. And if you look in the right spot on a sunny day, you might see something special: the wink of tiny, dark red stones, shining like...

Florida’s Manatees Are Relative Newcomers, According to...

January 6, 2025

This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Manatees, long considered among Florida’s most beloved and enchanting inhabitants, are not native at all, and only came to the Sunshine State for warm temperatures and clear blue waters like any other visitor, researchers have found. The surprise revelation by scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) and George Washington University (GWU) upends decades of thinking about the origins of...

Why Pennsylvania Rings in the New Year...

January 6, 2025

This article is adapted from the January 4, 2025, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, a crowd gathered on the streets of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, craning their necks to catch a glimpse of the evening’s main attraction dangling above. Anyone expecting a glittering ball drop would’ve been in for a surprise. Dropping shiny orbs to mark the last 10 seconds of the year is so, well, last...

Coming Home: Our Favorite Reads

January 3, 2025

As weary winter travelers make their way back from holiday destinations, or put the decorations away and prepare their spaces for the year ahead, we reflect on stories of homecoming. From Antarctic researchers racing the clock to Indigenous peoples and ponies reuniting, these stories are about coming home — or what makes home homey in the first place. The Great Antarctic Escape By Robin George Andrews When borders began to close during the early stages of the pandemic, three-dozen...

10 Travel Resolutions From Atlas Obscura for...

January 1, 2025

New Year’s resolutions can feel a little grim. This year, I’ll reduce my screen time. In 2025, I’ll walk 10,000 steps every day. Those are mine, and I’m already depressed thinking about them. So I’ve decided to add one more to the list: a travel resolution. I often think about an incident in 1994, when an earthquake knocked out power in the city of Los Angeles. Curious residents called up Griffith Observatory, asking about the silver cloud in the...

How Hotels Can Take the Stress Out...

December 26, 2024

Now, it’s true that traveling is exciting in theory; there are new places, new experiences, and a break from the daily grind. But it’s not always smooth sailing. Everyone has had to experience delayed flights, hauling luggage across town, and navigating confusing public transport at least once during a trip, and this can leave any The post How Hotels Can Take the Stress Out of Travel for Guests appeared first on Revfine.com.

Marketing’s New Rules: What Old-Schoolers Are Getting...

December 26, 2024

The ability to market to new generations is akin to speaking an entirely new language. The nuance is huge, and so are the stakes. The reality is this: most businesses, including those in the hospitality and travel industry, are still tied to old-school playbooks. Thus, they are struggling mightily to gain relevance with today’s customer The post Marketing’s New Rules: What Old-Schoolers Are Getting Wrong appeared first on Revfine.com.

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