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Hartsville Nuclear Plant in Hartsville, Tennessee

October 30, 2020

Planning for the next century’s electrical needs, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) broke ground on the Hartsville Nuclear Plant in 1975. At the time, the plant would be the world’s largest nuclear plant. Amid much controversy, the sleepy town boomed with construction workers and new businesses that catered to the growing population. Just under a decade later, the decision was made to halt the entire project. Outside the four planned generators, there were a few buildings partially constructed. Various...

The Rocking Stone in Islandmagee, Northern Ireland

October 30, 2020

During the 19th and early 20th-centuries, hundreds traveled to the East Antrim coastline for day trips out of Belfast to places like the Gobbins Cliff Path, Portmuck, Brown’s Bay, and the National Trust Skernaghan Point Reserve. From Skernaghan Point, there are stunning views of the East Antrim Coastline, as well as the Maidens lighthouses and the Irish Sea. There is also a strange stone known locally as the Rocking Stone that sits precariously on the sea cliff’s edge. The...

Retreat Tower in Brattleboro, Vermont

October 30, 2020

Brattleboro Retreat was established in 1834 and was designed to provide humane care for patients suffering from mental illnesses. As with many facilities for mental health during that period, doctors believed fresh air and exercise would help treat ailing patients. In 1887, construction began on Retreat Tower. Patients were designated to construct the tower as it was believed the physical activity would help their treatment. Upon completion, it provided patients with breathtaking views of the surrounding area. Although meant to...

Rock Monastery of Shashkunite in Provadia, Bulgaria

October 30, 2020

This rock monastery was carved and inhabited during the 12th and 13th-centuries by local monks. It consists of ten cells (caves) located about 98-feet (30-meters) above ground. The cells are separated into two groups. The first consists of three cells followed by two other separate caves. The second group, the main enclosure, is made of five cells, two of which are located higher than the others. The caves of this grouping are connected by small tunnels carved into the...

The Lost, Macabre Art of Swedish Funeral...

October 29, 2020

Attendees at the funeral of Adolf Emanuel Kjellén, in the autumn of 1884, received beautiful, solemn keepsakes. Small, sugar-sculpture doves perched among black lace and fabric flowers, all affixed to pieces of black paper. Inside each elaborate wrapper was a morsel of hard candy. Some mourners even flipped such mementos over and left heart-wrenching inscriptions. Adolf’s mother, Maria, wrote the following: “Our beloved son Adolf Emanuel died on October 28—Maria Gustaf Kjellén.” Today, Maria’s somber sweet belongs to Stockholm’s...

Across the Islamic World, the Ifrit Brings...

October 29, 2020

Imagine a world that exists parallel to our own, unseeable to the human eye and full of spirits with their own society, their own tribes and classes, their own laws and schools. Like in our world, some of them are good and some are evil. Like us, they feel passion and pain and joy and suffering. Now imagine that these creatures had the power to enter our realm, to walk among us, and even change the course of our...

The Malaysian Penanggalan Haunts Pregnant Women and...

October 29, 2020

A young mother is rocking her newborn to sleep when suddenly the smell of vinegar fills the air. She quickly pulls the curtain back, and sure enough, the disembodied head of a woman is floating just outside the window, with long, finger-like tendrils slithering out toward her child. In a panic, the mother slams the window shut, just before the apparition reaches her, and breathes a heavy sigh of relief. While folkloric monsters are numerous in Southeast Asia, one...

Great Camp Santanoni in Newcomb, New York

October 29, 2020

The Adirondacks is known for its sprawling rustic private summer homes known as Great Camps, but only one is publicly owned. Camp Santanoni constructed between 1892-1893, is a sprawling log building modeled after a Japanese temple. It sits at the end of a five-mile historic carriage road, on the edge of a mile-and-a-half-long lake dotted with islands and framed by mountains. The building itself is composed of 5,000 square feet of porch space that connects its rooms and forms...

San Marino Jinja in Serravalle, San Marino

October 29, 2020

Shinto, or Shintoism, is a pantheistic and animistic religion that originated in Japan. Lacking a doctrine, it’s more a traditional culture rather than a strict religion for most Japanese people. Reportedly there are over 88,000 Shinto shrines in Japan, so spotting one in the country is rather easy, as most neighborhoods have a jinja (“shrine”) of their own. There are also several Shinto shrines across the globe, particularly in former Japanese colonies such as Taiwan, Palau, and Saipan, as well...

‘Gadebuscher Münzschläger’ in Gadebusch, Germany

October 29, 2020

Before the advent of minting machinery, coins were individually crafted by hand. Referred to as hammered coinage, they were created by placing a blank piece of metal (called flan) between two dies. The metal was then struck on an anvil. During the late 16th-century, the town of Gadebusch was granted the right to mint and produced a number of silver coins for the Principality of Mecklenburg. The mint itself is not widely known due to its relatively short period...

Pine Ridge Pet Cemetery in Dedham, Massachusetts

October 29, 2020

The Pine Ridge Pet Cemetery occupies approximately ten pastoral acres on the campus of the Animal Rescue League of Boston in Dedham, Massachusetts. The organization’s founder, Anna Harris Smith, established the cemetery in 1907 and envisioned it as a complement to a shelter for abused and neglected animals. It was also a retirement home for Boston’s working horses. It’s the oldest continuously operating pet cemetery associated with an animal welfare organization in the United States. Pine Ridge is the final...

For Sale: The Entire Spycraft Collection of...

October 29, 2020

In September 1978, the Bulgarian writer Georgi Markov was killed in London under highly suspicious circumstances. The playwright had defected from his Soviet-allied home country in 1969 and spent the ensuing years appearing on American and West German radio programs, so his demise was always going to raise eyebrows. It was the cause of death, however, that stood out: septicemia or sepsis, a kind of blood poisoning, likely linked to a telltale puncture wound that had been found on...

Resti del Ponte Romano (Roman Bridge in...

October 29, 2020

The Velino river scenically winds a slow path around the historical city center of Rieti, a town located in Sabina, north-east of Rome. When crossing the modern bridge (Ponte Romano or Ponte Velino) visitors will notice the sunken remains of an old Roman bridge in the waters below. The bridge, constructed in the opus quadratum technique, was designed after the conquest of Sabina by the Romans during the 3rd-century BCE. It was part of the ancient Roman road the...

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October 29, 2020

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Tokyo Metropolitan Building Staff Cafeteria in Tokyo,...

October 28, 2020

There are a number of reasons to visit the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building. It’s the tallest city hall in the world, evokes a gothic cathedral wrought in metal, and includes observatories and gift shops. But don’t forget to grab a bite to eat at the staff cafeteria in Tower One, which is a cut above, as well as 32 stories above the ground. Visitors are welcome, and menu items are often in both Japanese and English. A seat at...

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