Site of the Namamugi Incident
It is in no small part due to this that the samurai from Satsuma were the ones who contributed the most to the TĹŤbaku movement, a rebellion against the shogunate that ended the feudal period and westernized Japan.
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art
Every corner is filled with treasures: T-shirts, shot glasses, locally made art, and a large collection of books on music and Mississippi culture, including several penned by Stolle himself.
McCarty’s Pottery
Inside, vases, serving plates, light fixtures, hanging baskets, and other items adorn every spare inch of space, alongside paintings by Mary Sims and Terra Hamblett, all a testament to artistic vision, to a life lived creating and collecting.
One Last Ride for Antarctica’s ‘Ivan the Terra Bus’
Even those that haven’t had the pleasure of riding inside of him—in comfortable seats, surrounded by wood paneling and the pleasant sounds of jazz warbling from his internal speakers as he rumbles slowly along the ice—have heard of him and probably walked right past him, sitting pretty near McMurdo Station’s cafeteria in his iconic orange-and-white livery.
Ancient City of Magnesia
The famous architect Hemogenes designed several of the structures in the city, including a temple to Zeus that still stands inside the agora.
Justin Vivian Bond
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World Eats | Alexandria, Virginia
Attractive design elements include 15-foot floor-to-ceiling windows offering sweeping Potomac River views, brightly patterned booths, and original art works featuring Lovelace and her father, the poet Lord Byron, along with Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, and Emily and Charlotte Bronte.
Tierra de Sol
She grew up with the sweet smell of pulque-leavened breads made by her mom, a renowned local baker, and helped her abuela run a rustic comedor (lunchtime restaurant) famous for pipianes (moles thickened with pumpkin seeds) and chileajos, the Mixtecan stews powered with fruity-hot slender chiles costeños.
How Can Myths Help Us Understand the Stars?
McTier’s talking Milky Way echoes ancient myths that personify the stars and planets, with the twist of being anchored in modern scientific knowledge.
These Fantastic Spanish Sculptures Were Built to Burn
Last October, when Valencia was hit by catastrophic floods that killed more than 200 people, many fallas associations became improvised disaster relief areas, with falleros helping to clean up the mud and coordinating the delivery of food and medicine.
Dreamscape — Casita Mia De Mita
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Make Nowruz Magic With Samanu
Another common inclusion is my favorite Nowruz dish, a deep brown pudding called samanu in Iran, or sumalak in other Nowruz-celebrating countries, such as Uzbekistan.