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Poppy Mural in Mid and East Antrim,...

August 21, 2020

The Great War (World War I) has etched its memory into the lives of the people of the Northern Ireland town of Carrickfergus. As a show of appreciation to the local lives lost in the century-old conflict, this mural was commissioned in 2014. It shows a lone soldier standing solemnly beside a single cross raised over a field of poppies as the sun sets beyond. The foreground flowers are made of wood to create a 3D effect, and there...

‘Xipe Totec’ in Mexico City, Mexico

August 21, 2020

Installed in 2010 as part of the 100th anniversary of the country’s National Autonomous University (UNAM), this pink and blue neon piece is the work of artist Thomas Glassford, a Mexico City resident born in Laredo, Texas. It’s named after a Mexica (the pre-Columbian peoples better known internationally as Aztecs) god, revered for a legend in which he gave his skin to shelter humanity. His flaying is tied to the peeling of maize, with Xipe Tótec being a representative...

Ada Stonehenge in Belgrade, Serbia

August 21, 2020

Stonehenge is a world-famous landmark that features several replicas all across the globe. Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, also has its own version of the site known as Ada Stonehenge. The installation was crafted by sculptor Ratko Vulanović in 1992 and now stands at the entrance of Ada Ciganlija, a popular recreational zone. Vulanović stated that the United Kingdom‘s original Stonehenge was his inspiration, but also a hearth from his childhood. In his family home, several stones were typically...

Grave of Beauford Delaney in Thiais, France

August 21, 2020

The tombstone of the painter Beauford Delaney, in Division 86 of the Cimetière Parisien de Thiais, carries a three-word epigraph: “I am home.” Delaney’s residence changed several times: born in Knoxville, Tennessee, he lived in Boston and New York before making Paris his home for the last 26 years of his life. Delaney moved there in 1953, encouraged by his close friend James Baldwin, who had settled in the City of Light a few years before. He continued painting...

New York’s Favorite Trash-Strewn Beach Is a...

August 20, 2020

Across the world, beachcombers survey sand for little hunks of glass turned smooth and cloudy by a tumble in the waves. People wandering the shore of Dead Horse Bay, along the southern edge of Brooklyn, encounter the motherlode. No need to squint to find slivers of glass beneath tangles of seaweed—the shore often glints brown and green with entire, unbroken bottles. It’s also not uncommon to find intact light bulbs, bits of ceramics or rusted metal, or the soggy...

Surprising Objects That Have Been to Space—Some...

August 20, 2020

If you were traveling to outer space, what would you take with you? Photographer Steve Pyke got to find out what items some American astronauts felt were significant enough for that. Starting in 1998, Pyke began a series of portraits of his childhood heroes who had traveled to space or walked on the Moon in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but he also photographed objects that had made the journeys with them. There were the wonderfully geeky working...

Palazzo Monsignani già Sassatelli in Imola, Italy

August 20, 2020

During the carnival of 1501, Cesare Borgia was ruling Imola. One of his knights, Guidarello Guidarelli, lent a beautiful shirt with gold embroidery to a warrior named Virgilio Romano. He intended to wear it at a masquerade carnival party. But when Romano decided not to return the shirt, a duel ensued. It was in Palazzo Sassatelli, now Palazzo Monsignani, where the fight began and where it’s said Romano mortally wounded the beautiful knight. An impressive tombstone dedicated to the...

‘Kladenská koule’ (‘Kladno Ball’) in Kladno, Czechia

August 20, 2020

In 1991, Viktor Stříbrný, the self-taught painter, sculptor, and blacksmith whose surname means “silver” in Czech, created a stainless-steel, spherical sculpture with a fibrous-looking sliver of metal gently dropping from its core. While the sculpture is officially known as “Plastika s kosmologickou a kosmogonickou tématikou – Vesmír II,” or “sculpture with cosmological and cosmogonical themes – Universe II” in Czech, locals more often refer to it by one of its many nicknames, including “ocelová koule” (steel ball), “kladenská koule”...

Sir Thomas Lipton’s Grave in Glasgow, Scotland

August 20, 2020

Inside Glasgow’s Southern Necropolis cemetery, you might notice one grave with tea bags beside it. These tributes are in honor of Sir Thomas Lipton, one of the tea industry’s most important figures. Lipton was born in Glasgow on May 10, 1850. At age 16, he emigrated to the United States and worked in various jobs, but soon returned to Scotland to help run his parents’ grocery store. Lipton proved a skilled businessman and built a chain of successful stores. To help supply...

L’œil de la Sorcière (The Witch’s Eye)...

August 20, 2020

Count Frederic II of Ferette constructed the Engelbourg Castle to guard the entrance to the Thur Valley. Completed in 1224, the castle stood for centuries. Its towers were crucial in defending the valley and protecting the people of Thann. In 1618, a massive religious war erupted between the Protestant and Catholic states of Europe. It became known historical as the Thirty Years’ War (1618 – 1648). Over the three decades of conflict, chaos, destruction, and famine, 8 million people...

Bloch Cancer Survivors’ Plaza in Columbus, Ohio

August 20, 2020

Guarding the entrance to this lovely little park is a curious statue of eight people making their way through gate-like squares. No explanation is given, as the creator of the park believed that the meaning of the installation was completely self-evident. This has led some observers to believe that it’s a monument to dying well, with the gates representing death. However, it’s true meaning is a tribute to those who survived their battle with one of the world’s most...

Malmo Möllestenen (The Malmo Millstone) in Malmö,...

August 20, 2020

Although the name of a city can seem innocuous, there’s always a story behind their origins. For example, Köpenhamn means “buying port,” Amsterdam is named after the dam on the Amstel, and Antwerp is a version of Hand werpen which means “throwing hand.” So what about Malmö? There are several stories behind the name, however, the most accepted is that the name comes from Malmögahe, a composition of Malm, which means “gravel or sand” and the plural of hog, meaning...

Museum of Yugoslavia in Beograd, Serbia

August 19, 2020

After World War I, Southern Slavs finally united in a new country, an idea that originally emerged during the 17th-century. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes were founded in 1918, but was renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. It lasted until 1991 when it split into six new republics: Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia. Even today, there are many people in these six countries that would love to have the old Yugoslavia back. There’s even a term...

Roman Legionnaire Modesty Shields in Washington, D.C.

August 19, 2020

As travelers pass through the Main Hall of Union Station in Washington, D.C., they walk beneath the sandaled feet of 46 cast plaster Roman legionnaires. Renowned architect Daniel H. Burnham designed Union Station, which opened on October 27, 1907. As part of Burnham’s plan for the design of the National Mall, its grand, neoclassical style was based upon the designs of ancient Roman baths and the Arch of Constantine. In 1906, artist and sculptor Louis Saint-Gaudens was selected to create...

Taq Kasra in Madain, Iraq

August 19, 2020

Taq Kasra, also called the Archway of Ctesiphon, is located about 35 kilometers (22 miles) south of Baghdad. It is the only above-ground structure that remains of Ctesiphon, an ancient city that acted as the royal capital of the Persian Empire, notably during the Parthian and Sasanian periods, until the Muslim conquest of the region in the seventh century. While there is some debate as to the year of its construction, the archway is at least 1,400 years old....

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