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Vrabac Gočko in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia

August 7, 2020

Jeux sans frontières (Games Without Borders) was a very popular television game show in Europe during the 20th-century. Every year, a different city hosted the games and in 1990, Vrnjačka Banja played host to the show. The mascot for these games was the Vrabac Gočko (Gočko The Sparrow) and this statue was erected to decorate the Vrnjačka Banja promenade. It eventually became the most well-known symbol of the spa-town and for much of Serbia. The statue is a popular...

A Rare Recipe From a Talented Chef,...

August 7, 2020

To believe the legends, Thomas Jefferson was as much a chef as a statesman, the architect of the modern American diet and the person behind such modern European-American classics as vanilla ice cream, steak and fries, and mac and cheese. The truth is that Jefferson’s connection to the kitchen was decidedly hands-off. At Monticello, his vast Virginia plantation, the third president entered the room only to fix the clock. And while Jefferson did take an active interest in culinary...

Sold: A Famous Fossil-Hunter’s Letter That’s Totally...

August 6, 2020

Mary Anning had a knack for finding fascinating pieces of the distant past. In the 19th century, Anning regularly scoured the beaches of Lyme Regis, in the English county of Dorset. Her many expeditions turned up some fascinating and high-profile finds from millions of years ago, including fossils of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, marine reptiles that prowled the waters of the Triassic and Cretaceous periods. Anning also collected some less-sexy specimens—particularly, coprolites. From the Greek for “dung stone,” coprolites are...

Life on the Ice May Never Be...

August 6, 2020

Utqiagvik sits at the very tip of the United States, saddled against the Arctic Ocean. The Alaska Native Iñupiat are set apart from other Indigenous peoples by their subsistence hunting of the bowhead whale. Even today, this unique, centuries-old practice determines the social structure, reflects community values, and supplements the people’s nutrient-rich diet. Nearly all of Utqiagvik’s roughly 5,000 residents, the majority of whom are Iñupiat, rely on hunting to support their way of life. Which is why Harry...

Statue of Sallie Ann Jarrett in Gettysburg,...

August 6, 2020

The 13-foot-tall granite and bronze monument stands on Oak Ridge at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is close to the site of the right flank of the First Corps on July 1, 1863. A bronze statue of a Union soldier stands atop the monument, facing in the direction of the advancing enemy. On the front of the monument, near its base, is a granite ledge holding the bronze likeness of a small dog, her head...

Veryovkina Cave in Gagra, Georgia

August 6, 2020

Abkhazia, the breakaway republic of Georgia, is home to all four of the deepest known caves in the world, including Krubera Cave, once the deepest and now second to Veryovkina Cave, which, at 1.3 miles (2,212 meters) down, holds the record. When it was first documented in 1968, only 377 feet of it were charted, but since then, with additional expeditions, it has grown deeper and deeper. The entrance to this vertical cave system lies between two mountains—Fortress and...

The Sigtuna Phone Box Library in Sigtuna,...

August 6, 2020

Much like the cult-like red phone boxes of the United Kingdom, Sweden is full of green Rikstelefon phoneboxes. Also, like the British phoneboxes, these have largely fallen out of use. Due to their aesthetics most of them are still found all around the country, but with their phones stripped out. They are popular photo spots and sometimes offer a short moment of privacy along an otherwise busy street. However, the residents of Sigtuna had a rather unique idea for...

My Secret Garden in Peng Chau, Hong...

August 6, 2020

Little remains of the leather factory that occupied this site in the 1970s, a period when Peng Chau was an industrialized island home to important Hong Kong factories. Since then, the largely car-free island has developed a reputation as an idyllic spot, known for its seafood, fishing, and beaches, and in place of the factory, a colorful community art space has sprung up, with junk-art sculptures, murals, and installations set against a backdrop of crumbling walls. From Wing On Street,...

Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in Bairawa,...

August 6, 2020

In Nepal’s southeastern region of Terai the Sapta Koshi River, a tributary of the Ganges, is the lifeblood of a 43,000-acre wildlife reserve. Known today for hosting nearly 500 bird species, the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve was originally established to protect the last remaining population of Asian wild buffalos in Nepal. The Asian buffalo has been endangered for decades and current worldwide numbers stand around 4,000. When the reserve was established in 1976, Nepal had a total population of...

Staro Selo Open-Air Museum in Sirogojno, Serbia

August 6, 2020

Staro Selo Open-Air Museum is a complex in the Serbian village of Sirogojno that was declared a national cultural heritage site in 1980. It contains 55 buildings, 32 of which are in permanent museum exhibition, all built in the traditional style. It is one of the most popular destinations in Zlatibor Mountain and all of western Serbia because it represents the lifestyle of local residents that lasted for several centuries. Every building is authentically furnished, and there are historic...

For Sale: Dozens and Dozens of Enormous...

August 5, 2020

At a time when many people’s workplaces are empty and quiet, Jeremy Dodd’s is suddenly crowded with creatures from the Cretaceous and beyond. Dodd, the owner of the British Columbia-based Able Auctions, is gearing up to sell a gaggle of animatronic dinosaurs on August 6. But before the Mesozoic mechanical menagerie finds a new home, it’s hanging out at the auction house’s warehouse, where it’s causing a prehistoric ruckus. The auction facility can run a maximum of eight or...

When World War II Started, the U.S....

August 5, 2020

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt wanted to plant vegetables on the White House lawn. It was early 1942 and American troops were departing daily for the battlefields of Europe. Her garden would be a small act of patriotism, a symbol of shared commitment and sacrifice recognizable to anyone who had lived through the Great War 25 years earlier—to anyone, that is, except Claude Wickard. President Franklin Roosevelt’s new Secretary of Agriculture believed the war gardens of 1917 and 1918 had...

Ki Castle (Kinojo Castle Ruins) in Soja,...

August 5, 2020

In Japanese archaeology, Kodai-sanjō, or “ancient mountainside castle,” denotes a type of hill castle found in the southernmost regions of the mainland of Japan. They generally can be dated to the 7th-8th centuries. Such castles were often left unfinished, however, this was not the case with Ki Castle. Ki Castle, or Ki-no-Jō in Japanese, was constructed by the Yamato dynasty after its defeat against the united forces of Tang China and Silla. It was designed to defend the mainland from...

For Sale: Shipwrecked Whisky That Spent Decades...

August 5, 2020

In February 1941, a British cargo ship known as SS Politician was grounded and wrecked on a submerged sandbar off the coast of Eriskay, one of the islands in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. On board were trade goods ranging from cotton to biscuits, en route to would-be customers in Jamaica and New Orleans. If, however, there was a marquee item among the ship’s inventory, it was surely the whisky—264,000 bottles of it. There was so much whisky on board that—following...

Communications Hill Grand Staircase in San Jose,...

August 5, 2020

The Grand Staircase offers a steep climb toward a panoramic view and is commonly known as “The Steps” or “The Stairs.” The staircase leads to the top of Communications Hill, named for the 114-foot decommissioned microwave tower at its peak. Architect Daniel Solomon designed the stairs utilizing inspiration from the better known Telegraph Hill, which leads visitors up 400 steps to San Francisco‘s Coit Tower. The Grand Staircase is actually two staircases with a walking trail between them. On any...

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