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The Tomb at Cuthá Mountain in Zapotitlán...

October 20, 2023

This area was once inhabited by the chocho-popolcas, and was the central political power in the Tehuacán Valley in pre-Hispanic times. The ancient city is located on top of a mountain, and the tomb itself is located at the highest point. Also, the area has a very rich biodiversity of cacti and desert vegetation, as well as fossils from an ancient seabed.

Stone Skimming Is a World Champion Sport—And...

October 19, 2023

Alex Lewis has spent many evenings searching for and gathering 100 rocks. After collecting various shapes and sizes from the west coast of Scotland, he returns home, numbers each from one to 100, weighs them, and measures their width and thickness. He’s looking for stones that fit comfortably in his palm, are heavy and light, and vary from circular to square. He then records all his data in a little black book full of tables and near indecipherable calculations....

Blue Sulphur Springs Pavilion in Alderson, West...

October 19, 2023

The Blue Sulphur Springs Pavilion is a historic Greek Revival structure located in Blue Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The pavilion is the only surviving structure from the Blue Sulphur Springs Resort, a 19th-century mineral spa. The location is also where Robert E Lee’s war horse Traveller was born.

Monument to the Latvian Riflemen in Riga,...

October 19, 2023

The Latvian Riflemen were a military battalion of the Imperial Russian Army when first founded in 1915. The purpose of this battalion was to defend the Baltic territories against the Germans during World War I. Initially, the Riflemen were made up of volunteers, but from 1916 onwards, the battalion was formed by conscription. Around 40,000 troops were drafted into the Latvian Riflemen Division. The battalion was used as an elite force in both the Imperial and Bolshevik armies. Despite suffering from...

Kanibōzu Claw Marks in Yamanashi, Japan

October 19, 2023

Chōgen-ji Temple in Manriki, Yamanashi, is home to a bizarre legend of a man-eating crab monster and the marks of its claws to prove it. One evening in the early 18th century, the temple was visited by a 10-foot-tall pilgrim, who gave its head priest a riddle: “I am eight-legged, able to sidle at will, and heavenward-eyed; what am I?” When the head priest failed to guess correctly, the monk struck him dead and ate him, and continued this...

Daffin's Chocolate Kingdom in Sharon, Pennsylvania

October 19, 2023

In the 1940s, Mr. Pete Daffin and his wife Jean created “the world’s largest candy store.” In the 1960s they moved to this building, keeping a factory that still offers tours in nearby Farrell. In 1970, Pete realized his vision of a Wonka-esque wonderland, which he called “Daffin’s Chocolate Kingdom.” Over the years, the cast of mammoth chocolate characters and creatures have changed. Recently, this surreal attraction welcomed a 125-pound turtle and a 75lb bunny made of solid milk...

Memorial Rock in Dolores, Colorado

October 19, 2023

Inconvenient rock features are nothing unusual on the Colorado Western Slope. Indeed, billions of dollars have been spent on infrastructure linking tiny towns and navigating the high cliffs and mountain passes of the region. However, the Earth has a way of reminding humans that our geography is still a work in progress. On May 24, 2019, a small natural disaster befell State Highway 145, north of Dolores, Colorado. Thousands of years of freeze-thaw cycles had widened cracks in the...

Greenfield Money Tree in Greenfield, Massachusetts

October 19, 2023

The Greenfield Savings Bank Money Tree is a whimsical ATM in an otherwise mundane American shopping plaza. The 25-foot-tall fiberglass tree features hidden animal carvings. Greenfield Savings Bank President Becky Caplice had long toyed with the idea of a money tree. In 2008, her vision came to life with the help of a design firm, some seriously skilled sculptors, and a ton of fiberglass.

Truman Villa in Potsdam, Germany

October 19, 2023

Nested in the outskirts of Babelsberg stands an elegant villa with a fascinating past. President Harry S. Truman lived in the house for a mere 17 days during the Potsdam Conference in 1945. During his stay, Truman called the residence the “Little White House,” but today it’s named after him. Originally known as Villa Erlenkamp, the house was built in 1891 as a summer residence for Berlin publisher Carl Müller-Grote. It was designed by architects Karl von Großheim and Heinrich...

S.K. Pierce Mansion in Gardner, Massachusetts

October 19, 2023

Overlooking the nearby hills, the S.K. Pierce Mansion in Gardner, Massachusetts, is hard to miss with its dark gray and red paint and stunning architectural detail. There are countless historical homes and mansions across the state and New England but few claim to house paranormal activity and even fewer have achieved a reputation like that of the S.K. Pierce mansion. What started off as a home for one of the city’s wealthiest residents took a turn for the worse...

Ryerss Museum and Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

October 19, 2023

Few museums in Philadelphia are filled with a collection of art and artifacts quite as strange, random, and fantastic as the Ryerss Museum and Library. And what’s really surprising is that the whole place is free. There are literally hundreds of items to see in the large rooms of the museum section in this old Victorian home, so this is one of those places that benefit from repeat visits. A few notable pieces include the museum’s mascot, Snapper (a...

Idaho Initial Point in Kuna, Idaho

October 19, 2023

As new territory was added to the growing United States of America in the mid-1800s, public lands were officially recorded through a process of survey that mapped sections of land into one-mile square parcels, each containing 640 acres. When Congress created the Idaho Territory in 1863, in the midst of the U.S. Civil War, it originally included parts of what are today the states of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. Because President Lincoln and Congress were concerned with other pressing...

Arima Family Plot in Tokyo, Japan

October 19, 2023

Since 1882, the Tokyo National Museum has stood in Ueno Park because once belonged to the Kan’ei-ji Temple complex. Much of the temple was destroyed during a civil war following the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, giving way to Japan’s first public park. When the museum was established, most of the temple’s property that remained was moved to a new location. Now, surrounding the museum building is a beautiful Japanese garden with five historic teahouses preserved on the site....

Redstone Coke Ovens in Carbondale, Colorado

October 19, 2023

Coke is a nearly pure carbon product made from coal that is critical in many industrial processes, steel-making in particular. It is made by carefully heating coal in an oxygen-poor environment to drive off volatiles, all while not igniting the carbon. Typically the coal is placed in an enclosed chamber, a so-called coke oven, to smolder for about a day. Then the finished coke is doused with cold water to stop any further combustion, at which point it can...

Why Halloween’s ‘Poison Candy’ Myth Endures

October 19, 2023

In the fall of 1982, an unfounded fear haunted almost every house in Chicago. As area children prepared to “trick” their neighbors with their impressions of werewolves, vampires, and zombies, their parents were much more terrified of the “treats” their kids were eager to devour. Candy was a potential murder weapon. Apples might contain carefully concealed razor blades. Twizzlers might be laced with rat or ant poison. Mayor of Chicago Jane Byrne urged extreme caution and vigilance on Halloween,...

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