The Cliffside Grave of a Lonely Violinist
High above the town of Silver Plume, Colorado, lies a solitary grave, marked by a small granite obelisk.
Monkey Island, Manatees, and Natural Springs: Explore Homosassa, Florida
The Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is also home to numerous trails where onlookers can spot animals such as the elusive Florida panther, the sleek red wolf, and the elegant whooping crane.
The Eldred Preserve | Sullivan Catskills, NY
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Dora I
Despite its apparent durability, Dora I faces challenges from the harsh Scandinavian climate and marine exposure, which have caused visible decay on its concrete surface, adding to its characteristic aura of history.
Bake ‘Baby Bread’ as a Celebration of Life and Death
You stumble upon some books, and maybe it’s just one or two sentences that mention that [French travelers mistakenly] thought that Ambato bread was made of pea flour, but it had this flavor that was as robust as a wheat baguette or whatever they were making back home in Europe.
10 Optical Illusion Destinations
Today owned and operated by the Cooper family, the area is said to be affected by a “spherical field of force,” a powerful magnetism akin to a vortex, which makes balls roll uphill, brooms stand on end, and people appear to change height in front of your very eyes.
‘Homesick Hachiko’
It reuses a pedestal once occupied by a bronze statue of Hachi which was lost during World War II, melted down, and surrendered as scrap metal.
Inside Montréal’s ‘Dream and Nightmare Laboratory’
Distantly-related animals like octopuses, rats, zebrafish, and zebra finches, separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolution, experience some type of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the phase in which dreams are likelier to occur.
5 Stories for Native American Heritage Month
Bred by Indigenous communities throughout much of the Upper Midwest, the stout ponies spent their summers roaming nearby woods and, in the winter months, helped pull lumber and performed other tasks.
Verviers Station’s Comical Hare and Tortoise Bas-relief
In 1843, its convenient location along the first international railway line linking the port of Antwerp in Belgium with Aachen in Germany, made it a prime prospect for future development.
‘Embracing Peace’
The statue depicts a kiss between a sailor (George Mendosa) and a dental assistant (Grete Zimmer Friedman) on the declaration of the end of the war with Japan in 1945.
Iwakiyama Shrine
The site of another legend can be found just beside the main building, as part of a shrine to the “Dragon God of the White Cloud.” It is actually dedicated to Kuniyasu-tamahime, a local dragon-maiden who was chosen by Ōkuninushi-no-kami, one of the major deities of Japanese mythology, to be his wife when he came to bless Mount Iwaki.