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Wunderkammer Olbricht at me Collectors Room in...

June 24, 2020

Everything can be found in Berlin, from medieval churches to the remains of World War II. The city is also famous for having its art and archaeological museums, including the art space me (“moving energies”) Collectors Room, located feet from the now-closed Clärchens Ballhaus. But apart from wonderful exhibitions and a really cozy café, the top floor of the space hides one of the most stunning wunderkammers one can find. This collection is unusual for its variety—around 300 objects from the Renaissance and Baroque periods—with a special taste for memento mori antiques. Such cabinets of curiosities started to appear in the 16th century, as collections of singular objects from...

A New Archive Digitizes More Than a...

June 24, 2020

A funeral is, among many highly emotional things, an opportunity to consecrate someone’s life as historical fact, and to commit that truth to the public record. But what happens once those records—and the memories of those who witnessed those rites—are themselves lost within history? A new initiative by the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is attempting to address that problem. In May 2020, the DLG introduced a free digital archive of some 3,348 programs from funerals of Black Americans...

Europe’s Last Sail-Powered Fishing Fleet Faces a...

June 24, 2020

Looking out on a clear, breezy day, and you’ll see them: white sails bellying against blue skies, wooden hulls cutting through choppy waters. Every year, between October and March, elegant sailboats ply the waters of the Fal estuary in Cornwall, on the United Kingdom’s southwest coast. But these boats aren’t out on the waves for pleasure. They’re harvesting oysters. Ever since 1876, mechanical dredging on the Fal has been banned. Dredging, which involves towing a metal cage along the...

The Village Signs of Gestingthorpe in Halstead,...

June 24, 2020

Gestingthorpe is a quintessential English village. Like much of the rural north of Essex, Gestingthorpe is surrounded by fields and farmland and a history that goes back to Roman occupation. These defining features are clearly represented on the village signs. It is the image at the top corner of these signs, however—of a hunched figure battling through an Antarctic blizzard—that really stands out. In the final decades of the 19th century, the Oates, one of England’s oldest families, moved...

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto in...

June 24, 2020

Venice has a lot of churches—hundreds—and most of them are very old, but according to tradition, the oldest of them all is the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto. Located just next to the famous Rialto Bridge, this church is said to have been consecrated on March 25, 421, on the very date of the legendary founding of Venice. Documents dating back to the 14th century attribute the building of the church to a carpenter, helped by people from...

Matyó Museum in Mezőkövesd, Hungary

June 24, 2020

The Matyó Museum, housed in the former Crown Hotel, offers great insight into the folk art and way of life of the Matyó people. The collection includes embroidery from different time periods, as well as home furnishings and household items. The exhibition points out how the variations of folk costumes reflect the wearer’s age and marital status. Matyó people are a small ethnic group from northern Hungary who are renowned for their exquisitely embroidered folk costumes. Although lavishly embroidered...

The Cutlass Stone in Southend-on-Sea, England

June 24, 2020

In the churchyard of St. Clements in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, you can find the tomb of Mary Ellis. According to her tomb, Ellis passed away at the impressive age of 119. This is all the more incredible considering Mary Ellis died in 1609, after living through the entire 16th century and the reigns of every Tudor monarch. In addition to her longevity, her tomb’s inscription includes the odd detail that she remained a virgin throughout her life. Quite surprisingly, however,...

Caltanissetta Radio Transmitter in Caltanissetta, Italy

June 24, 2020

When talking about the tallest structures in the world, one often thinks of skyscrapers above modern cities, but radio transmitters in remote locations also reach dizzying heights. Italy is famous for its many architectural marvels built over the millennia, but its tallest building (a sleek, modern structure in Milan) is only 758 feet tall. The title of the tallest overall structure goes to a radio transmitter on the Sant’Anna hill near the town of Caltanissetta, in Sicily. (In between...

Did an Alaskan Volcano Help Change the...

June 23, 2020

Volcanoes are famous for their fireworks—sudden, spectacular eruptions, gushing fountains, landscape-eating flows of lava. But often the climatological consequences of these eruptions, especially the explosive ones, are even more impactful. Huge plumes of ash blot out the sun and eventually fall to cover the land, and in human history they’re often marked with crop failures, starvation, and gloom—as well as social upheaval. Now an international team of archaeologists, volcanologists, hydrologists, and climate scientists is linking an ancient volcanic eruption...

Black Veil Shoppe of Drear & Wonder...

June 23, 2020

Upon entering the black gabled walls, lit by flickering lanterns, the Black Veil Shoppe of Drear & Wonder is like stepping into a Grimm’s fairy-tale, where one may walk amid sprawling gardens, dripping stacks of candles, chandeliers, and secret passageways. The Black Veil also has plenty of photo-ops, and homes for many artist creators, apothecaries, and jewelers from around the globe. A beautifully grim experience for those coming to experience Salem, Massachusetts.

Lombard Tower in Catino, Italy

June 23, 2020

On the foothills of the Sabine mountains, overlooking the countryside that stretches all the way to Rome, a solitary tower stands guard above the hamlet of Catino, which is part of the town of Poggio Catino. Poggio Catino is named after the enormous karstic sinkhole that hides beneath the hamlet and has helped make the site a formidable fortress. In the early Middle Ages, the area marked the border between the Roman/Byzantine territory of Rome and the Lombard duchy of...

The Astonishing Variety of Street Trees in...

June 23, 2020

The strawberry tree on Arbutus Street, in the London borough of Hackney, looks unremarkable for most of the year. Then, in the fall, bright-red fruits appear, dimpled and dangling in bunches inside a bushy canopy of glossy leaves and bell-shaped flowers. We don’t know who planted the tree and its sickly sister just along the sidewalk, but their location is apt. What better place than Arbutus Street, that person might have thought, for a tree whose scientific name is...

Scottish Football Association Mosaic in Glasgow, Scotland

June 23, 2020

Situated on the front step of a large townhouse on Park Gardens, this mosaic is part of Scottish football history. The mosaic depicts the badge and marks the entrance to the former headquarters of the Scottish Football Association (SFA). The organization was based out of this location for 44 years. The SFA eventually relocated to the refurbished Hampden Park in 2000. The association’s roots date back to the 1860s, when football began to grow in popularity around the country. However,...

Battery Point Light in Crescent City, California

June 23, 2020

On the northern coast of California, just minutes away from the Redwoods, the glow of the Battery Point Light spills out across the water each night, warning passing ships of the rugged coastline. One of the oldest operating lighthouses in the state, the museum-in-a-lighthouse has been active since 1856. The lighthouse has been automated for decades, but resident caretakers continue to inhabit the building, tending to the tower, operating the museum, and offering tours of the premises. Over the...

Bolton’s Bench in Lyndhurst, England

June 23, 2020

The legend of the Bisterne Dragon, just one of England’s many dragon-centric folktales, has been recounted since the early 17th century—though it likely dates back even earlier. According to the tale, a massive dragon terrorized the hamlet of Bisterne until one valiant knight, Sir Maurice de Berkeley, offered to help. In the hopes of slaying the dragon, the knight hid with his hounds, waiting to attack the creature when it crept out to steal its daily dose of milk....

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