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Sator Square in Brusaporto, Italy

October 31, 2023

Along the wall enclosing the remains of a castle is an unusual stone. It is squared-shaped, and it bears a grid with the following words readable both horizontally and vertically: SATOR, AREPO, TENET, OPERA, and ROTAS. These words can be read backwards, so that SATOR is ROTAS written backwards, AREPO is OPERA written backwards, and TENET, being at the middle of the five-letter square, is a palindrome itself. Another feature of this stone is that the initials of these...

Saranac Laboratory Museum in Saranac Lake, New...

October 31, 2023

Nestled in the Adirondacks is the village of Saranac Lake (which, interestingly enough is actually along the shores of Flower Lake– though a lake called Saranac Lake is nearby.) The history of the village is deeply intertwined with one of humanity’s most deadly foes: tuberculosis. For much of human history, there were no effective treatments for tuberculosis. The Victorian era saw great advances in medicine, including some early treatments for the disease. In Prussia, Hermann Brehmer was pioneering the...

Watlao Buddhamamakaram Temple in Columbus, Ohio

October 31, 2023

Tucked away in Bexley, a suburb of Columbus, the Watlao Buddhamamakaram Buddhist Temple was built in 2009 to support the Laotian and Thai Buddhists in the eastern Columbus area. It’s a Theravada temple built in the traditional South East Asian style. From afar, the most noticeable aspect of the temple is its color. Having recently undergone renovations, the building shines in colorful hues of green, red, blue, and gold. Up close, though, one can see the full extent of...

Celebrating the Food of West Africa, Vegan-Style

October 31, 2023

THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED FROM THE OCTOBER 28, 2023, EDITION OF GASTRO OBSCURA’S FAVORITE THINGS NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE. As some of West Africa’s many cuisines gain international recognition, chefs, cookbook authors, and food vloggers from the region find themselves battling generalizations. One is that West African food centers around animal protein: stewed beef tripe, smoky dried fish, spicy meat skewers. Meat consumption in West Africa has increased over time due to many factors, including wider access...

Utah Teapot in Mountain View, California

October 31, 2023

At the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, a rather out-of-place artifact is exhibited. To those unfamiliar, it’s only an ordinary Melitta-brand teapot—but if you know, you know. In the world of computer graphics, this item, usually referred to as the Utah teapot or Newell teapot, is recognized as a 3D test model that has become a standard reference object and a popular in-joke within the community, sometimes making an appearance in movies and TV shows (especially in...

Explore the Insidious Secrets of This Haunted...

October 31, 2023

Lipstick-stained cigarettes line a grimey bathroom sink. In the kitchen, a pink fridge is covered with news clippings, old photos, and rust spots. It sits open just a crack, enough to see the rancid food, pet carcasses, and bedpan inside. Across the house, a balding cat is curled up on a distressed pink loveseat in an arsenic green parlor. Despite the cobwebs and peeling wallpaper, the house isn’t abandoned. Rather, it’s freshly furnished, and is still being added to...

7 Supernatural Spots You Can Only Find...

October 31, 2023

From a former slaughterhouse-turned-haunted honky tonk to a mystical shop packed with magic potions, a tavern with spine-tingling ghost stories, and futuristic houses and alien carvings, there’s no shortage of eccentric and spooky spots in Northern Kentucky. Here are eight otherworldly spots you can’t miss. 1. Bobby Mackey’s Music World Known as “the most haunted nightclub in America,” Bobby Mackey’s Music World is located in a small northwest Kentucky town fittingly named Wilder. Though today Mackey, a Kentucky native...

The World’s Only Ventriloquism Museum is in...

October 31, 2023

In the small town of Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, hundreds of dummies – from Shari Lewis’s playful puppet “Lamb Chop” to Jeff Dunham’s fuzzy, purple “Peanut” – line the walls of the only museum in the world dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. Vent Haven Museum opened in 1973, spawned from the personal collection of founder W. S. Berger, who spent many hours backstage with his father, who was a stage actor. While...

The Family Recipes That Live On in...

October 31, 2023

On a clear day at Nome City Cemetery, you can watch planes take off over the Bering Sea. Within the field of white graves, you might also see a small black obelisk that shines brilliantly when it catches the sun. Getting closer, you’ll note an unmistakable symbol engraved near its base. It’s not a cross, nor a Star of David, but a sacred container of sorts in many American households: a tub of Cool Whip. The grave belongs to...

Gastro Obscura’s Guide to the Northern Kentucky...

October 31, 2023

Dive into a world filled with flavor and incredible stories at these buzzy stops along The B-Line® bourbon trail – a collection of bourbon distilleries, bars, and restaurants located in Northern Kentucky, across the river from Cincinnati. Relative newcomers stock hard-to-find vintage bourbons and whiskeys, while generations-old distillers produce today just as those who’ve come before them. You’ll also find elevated restaurants that impress with farm-to-table menus infused with the area’s signature bourbon. The blend of innovation, heritage, and...

Isobel Gowdie and the Untold History of...

October 31, 2023

In Atlas Obscura’s Q&A series She Was There, we talk to female scholars who are writing long-forgotten women back into history. In the quiet town of Forres in northern Scotland, jammed between a sidewalk and a stone wall, sits the Witches Stone. Above the worn, wedge-shaped boulder, a sign erected in the 1930s recounts a gruesome execution of a person convicted of witchcraft: The accused was rolled down a hillside in a barrel laden with spikes, their “mangled” remains...

Ruins of Fabrica de Chave in Rabil,...

October 30, 2023

The Island of Boa Vista is blessed with an enormous amount of clay that was once the basis of an important industry. Said to have been established by the descendants of enslaved people who were taken to the island to act as goatherds. The Fabrica de Chaves was once the dominant ceramic factory on the island. In the early 20th century, however, the industry collapsed. Once the buildings were no longer maintained they largely fell into ruins. It is...

Wrocław’s Former City Prison in Wrocław, Poland

October 30, 2023

At the junction of Nożownicza and Więzienna Street, visitors will find a building that dates to the Middle Ages. It happens to be the old city prison. The structure is one of the oldest buildings in the city and was built in the middle of the 14th century. The former main prison rooms were located in the cellars, people of low status as well as the most dangerous criminals were imprisoned there. In the cellars of the eastern wing,...

Florence and Little Florence Mines in Florence...

October 30, 2023

Goldfield is a ghost of its former self, but the legacy left by the miners remains strong. This humble town once boasted a roaring mining district. The Florence Mine has the tallest wooden headframe in Nevada—a title that it has held for over a century. The mine opened in 1906 and was worked with varying intensity until the 1970s. Today, the complex stands as a time capsule. The land is now part of a ranch for rescuing and rehabilitating...

The Old Gate of Vaibhaveshwar Navagraha Temple...

October 30, 2023

A short distance northwest of Shanivar Wada, along the banks of the Mutha River, there are a few old heritage structures. Out of those, there is a curious white tower decorated with artistic and cultural elements. Atop the tower is a beautiful yellow spire. This structure is a part of a larger building which is a centuries-old temple and is called Vaibhaveshwar Navagraha Temple. Next to the temple, there is a fascinating stone gateway that stands at an angle...

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