Northampton Bank Robbery Mural
Mirage Studios, the production company of TMNT, was formerly headquartered in Northampton, and the city maintains a fondness for the vigilante turtles.
Vienna’s “Blood Alley Quarter”
The most popular story is that, following the dissolution of the Order of the Temple in the 14th century, a group of Knights Templar found a hiding place in one of the houses in the alley, but were caught by the authorities and slaughtered.
Arab Baths of Jaén
After Ferdinand III conquered the city in 1246, the baths were used during the early years of Christian rule until they were repurposed as tanneries.
Atlas Obscura’s Favorite New Places of 2024
For the past 15 years, if you’ve had your radio tuned to 91.9 FM while traveling on Valley Road between Bellevue and Lorraine Avenues, you’d hear the exact same thing: a one-minute snippet of “I’ll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men, on loop.
Unveiling the Secrets of Wine Tasting
Swirling is not just about releasing the aromas but an opportunity to perceive viscosity: wines that have slower-moving “legs” (the streaks down the inside of your glass) might indicate high alcohol or residual sugar levels.
Brooklyn Seltzer Museum
Tucked into an industrial area of Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, is this gem of a museum offers a glimpse into the history of New York told through one of its favorite drinks.
Motomiya Movie Theater
But the real gem is just behind the wall: an old silver screen set in an authentically retro hall, which once had a capacity of 800 people.
Mountain Pass Mine
The efforts are an echo of the "strategic minerals programs" that lasted into the 1960s, where the U.S. government subsidized the production of materials deemed vital to national security.
Longyearbyen: Visit a Rugged Winter Wonderland in Norway
Longyearbyen is home to several cozy hotels, scrumptious restaurants, lively bars, and museums that showcase the fascinating culture of an Arctic town that is alternately steeped in constant darkness and perpetual sunlight.
Zandverhalen Sandsculpture Museum
The museum also incorporates a curious array of other elements: ancient olive trees, salvaged doors, and architectural artifacts from around the world are integrated into the sand scenes.
Kinomoto Tsuruya Bakery
Salad bread, the bakery's flagship item, consists of a long, soft white bun that is split and smeared with kewpie mayonnaise and pickled radish, and sold for ÂĄ180.
Norma Jean Circus Elephant Monument
Years later, local druggist and animal lover Wade Meloan marked Norma Jean’s grave with a picket fence and hand-painted sign.
Grand Galvez Hotel | Galveston, Texas
Centered in the circular driveway and surrounded by tropical palm trees, the four-tiered marble fountain, produced in Italy and featuring dolphins, griffins, and peacocks, creates a grand sense of arrival that is amplified once you enter and see the show-stopping mosaic on the lobby floor.
The Global Appeal of Public Art in Airports
Passport Magazine has always been a resource to guide, inspire and encourage LGBTQ travelers and their friends to discover deeper, richer and more fulfilling experiences at home and around the world through compelling story-telling online, in print, with video and through live events.
5 Tales of Bizarre Holiday Gift-Giving
Sometimes run like Secret Santas, other times as free-for-alls where anyone can fulfill anyone else’s request, they might be hyper-specific or genre-wide, but often they involve things that are already popular in the fandom world—think pop-culture juggernauts like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or the manga My Hero Academia, or CW’s Supernatural.
Hirosaki Castle
In 1810, the daimyo lord finally got permission to reconstruct a watchtower—the government agreed as the Russian presence grew in the Tsugaru Strait—and had a new keep built instead, which could have been a capital offense were it not for the project being cleverly undertaken.
Nectar Soda
While the Cincinnati nectar soda has multiple origin stories, each crediting a different pharmacist or confectioner, Woellert has concluded that John Mullane created the flavor after traveling to Quebec City to learn the art of confectionery from a prominent Canadian candymaker.