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Crystal Ball Cave and Bates Family Ranch...
September 27, 2023
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In Juab County, Utah, there is a natural cave that rivals man-made architectural wonders. This limestone and feldspar cavern was once filled by Lake Bonneville. Since 1956, the Bates family has curated the attraction for the Federal government and offers guided tours from their nearby ranch. The story goes that the father of the family was out looking for his sheep in the hills and chanced upon a narrow opening in the rock. He uncovered a massive cavern that...

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Münster Reaction Ferry in Basel, Switzerland
September 27, 2023
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One of four “reaction ferries” that cross the Rhine in Basel, the Münster Ferry carries passengers between Grossbasel to Kleinbasel, relying on the current to do so. The ferries were once common along the Rhine between the 1600s and 1800s, before being gradually replaced by bridges. Now, the Basel ferries are the only ones that remain in operation on this river. The ferry is attached to a cable that joins the two riverbanks, and moves as the river current...

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Is There Sunken Treasure Beneath the Treacherous...
September 27, 2023
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Just off the coast of Astoria, Queens, at the confluence of the Harlem and East Rivers, is narrow tidal channel. Hell Gate. Its fast currents change multiple times a day and it used to be riddled with rocks just beneath the surface. Even today, visitors to Randall’s Island Park can see the swirling churn and watch pleasure boaters struggle through. American author Washington Irving wrote an essay about it: “Woe to the unlucky vessel that ventures into its clutches.”...

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The Milky Way's Heart Is Disappearing—For Now
September 27, 2023
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Atlas Obscura’s Wondersky columnist Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science journalist and author of the upcoming Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (January 2024, Random House). She regularly shares the stories and secrets of our wondrous night sky. For people in the Northern Hemisphere, time is running short to see the lavender haze of our home galaxy’s heart. We have just a few weeks of chances left before...

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Interview with CEO Alexander Edström of Atomize
September 27, 2023
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In this article, we’ll be interviewing Alexander Edström of Atomize. In his position as CEO, Alexander has led the development of lean revenue management software for hoteliers on the cutting edge. It is based on the latest innovations in price automation – offering technology that relieves the pain of setting prices manually. The post Interview with CEO Alexander Edström of Atomize appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Rock Falls in Sicily Island, Louisiana
September 27, 2023
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Deep within the JC Sonny Gilbert Wildlife Management Area stands Louisiana‘s tallest waterfall, a staggering 17-foot drop down a rock face surrounded by a thick hardwood forest covering the steep Sicily Island Hills. The short Rock Falls Trail is adequately marked, although there’s not much of a trail to follow, down a hillside, then through lush woods.  The trailhead is on a gravel road about a mile or so further north.

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Steps to Nowhere in Concord, New Hampshire
September 26, 2023
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Former president Franklin Pierce once had a home here, but the building was destroyed during the 1980s.  After the death of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, an angry mob gathered here to demand an answer as to why Pierce was not flying an American flag in memoriam to the slain president.   There is a small granite marker detailing the significance of the site. All that is left of the home Pierce inhabited until his death in October of 1869,...

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Kokudō Station in Yokohama, Japan
September 26, 2023
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Almost unchanged since its completion in 1930, Kokudō Station is popular among enthusiasts of urban exploring areas outside of Tokyo, Japan, even though it remains in operation. Named after the Keihin Kokudō (today National Route 15), the station is served by Tsurumi Line and used by some 1,500 passengers daily. Getting off here, you’ll find that the platforms are nothing unusual, but descend the steps into the dark, lonely concourse and walk into a world stuck in a different...

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Bridge Music in Poughkeepsie, New York
September 26, 2023
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Bridge Music is the work of composer Joseph Bertolozzi, who recorded sounds of bridge surfaces (including the suspension ropes, railings, girders, and conduit) being hit with various mallets. The resulting 11-track album contains no sounds outside of what was recorded using the Mid-Hudson Bridge itself, a Hudson Valley suspension bridge in Poughkeepsie, New York. (Bertolozzi was actually born in Poughkeepsie.) The audio installation is experienced from listening stations that house 12 buttons (one for each track of the album...

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'Save Iraqi Culture' in Baghdad, Iraq
September 26, 2023
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In 2010, a bizarre sculpture was unveiled in the Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq. Designed by renowned sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat, it depicts a muscular giant supporting a Sumerian-style cylinder seal, which is broken at the base and toppling, using all his five arms. When deciphered, the cuneiform on the cylinder seal reads “writing began here” in reference to the Mesopotamian civilization’s role in the development of writing systems. Commissioned by the mayor of Baghdad, it was part of the...

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Monster Wrestling And Other Weird, Wonderful Sports...
September 26, 2023
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Surrounded by the wide open plains of eastern South Dakota, locals from the tiny town of Clark gather every year in early August for a spud celebration. The “Potato Days” tradition has persevered since 1992, eventually featuring the Little Miss and Mister Tater Tot Pageant, potato decorating, and most famously, instant mashed potato wrestling. On a hot August day in 2019, photographer Sol Neelman stood on the sidelines—still somehow drenched in instant potatoes—grinning wildly. He remembers being particularly impressed...

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Every Year, Rabbis Search Calabria for the...
September 26, 2023
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Bent low beneath a canopy of leathery green leaves in the sweltering heat of a Calabrian summer, Michele Cirelli is searching for a perfect fruit. Weaving his wrist through the inch-long thorns of his citrus trees, he picks out a good one—deep green and waxy. He takes it, gently, by its plump middle, careful not to damage its precious stem, and turns it slightly, so I might see how the light bounces off the knobbly ridges at its top....

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How Cults and Religious Groups Forever Changed...
September 26, 2023
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From the Shakers—a 19th-century bunch of dissenting Quakers who made a mean lemon pie—to the Source Family—a 1970s Californian hippie cult with a celebrity-favorite vegetarian restaurant—to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)—whose members abstain from alcohol but fully endorse indulging one’s sweet tooth—religious groups have been making their mark on American cuisine since the Pilgrims wandered onto Plymouth Rock. In her book, Holy Food: How Cults, Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat — An...

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