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Torre Bissara in Vicenza, Italy

June 2, 2020

Torre Bissara is a tower in Vicenza, located near the city’s Basilica Palladiana. With its height of 82 meters (269 feet), it is the tallest building in the city and one of the tallest bell towers in Italy. The original tower was built in 1174 by the Bissara family, but it was later bought by the municipality of Vicenza. After surviving a strong earthquake that hit the area in 1348, the tower was renovated during the 15th century and...

Prince’s Star at First Avenue in Minneapolis,...

June 2, 2020

The iconic Minneapolis concert venue First Avenue has hosted thousands of musical artists since its opening in 1970, but none has been as profoundly intertwined with the club’s legacy as Prince. The venue was originally called the Depot, then Uncle Sam’s, and then just Sam’s by the time Prince first took the stage on March 9, 1981. By 1983, the purple one was a worldwide celebrity and Sam’s had been re-christened once again as First Avenue. Prince loved the...

This Mural in Queens Highlights COVID-19’s Impact...

June 2, 2020

In the parking lot of the Queens Museum, at the heart of one of the American neighborhoods most impacted by the coronavirus, a masked face now looks up at the sky, large enough to be seen from space. This is the face of the late medical doctor Ydelfonso Decoo, who was thinking about retirement before the pandemic struck. Rather than retire, he treated coronavirus patients from his community, and subsequently died of COVID-19. Decoo’s portrait was completed in late...

Why Singapore Is Digging Up Its Few...

June 2, 2020

On a warm December day in one of the last cemeteries in Singapore, Man Zu begins to chant. His orange Taoist robes stand out amidst the thousands of gray gravestones; his round face is tan and leathered from years of working in the sun. He is here today to help a group of siblings exhume and relocate the remains of their father, mother, and uncle. Choa Chu Kang Cemetery does not look like the busy metropolis that is Singapore....

Badrulchau Stone Monoliths in Palau

June 2, 2020

Possibly the largest and oldest archaeological site in Palau, the Badrulchau Stone Monoliths can be found on the hill slopes at the northernmost point of Babeldaob Island. The site consists of 52 basalt megaliths lined up in two rows, crude faces carved into some of them. Archaeologists estimate its construction dates back to around the year 161. The purposes of these stone monuments have been a question, but it is believed that they served as pillars for a bai, a...

Diego Felipe Becerra’s Bridge in Bogotá, Colombia

June 2, 2020

On August 19, 2011, Diego Felipe Becerra, or Tripido (his graffiti tag), was 17 years old and was painting graffiti under the bridge of Avenida Boyacá with 116th Street in Bogotá, Colombia. He was intercepted by a police officer and was would be expected to undergo a search. Afraid of the consequences, Becerra tried to escape, and was shot him in the back. He died almost instantly. The officer contacted his superiors and they all agreed to say that...

Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room...

June 2, 2020

Known to its most devout patrons as Church Bar, or simply Church, this beloved institution’s walls are plastered with faux-religious pop art, velvet posters of Jesus, and pithy inspirational quotes celebrating its unique brand of defiant independence. Church is the brainchild of Grant Henry, who now goes by the moniker of Sister Louisa—a former divinity school student who opened the dive bar after growing disillusioned with theology. The decor draws heavily on Southern Baptist iconography, striking a delicate balance...

Keyhole Arch at Pfeiffer Beach in Big...

June 2, 2020

Down a narrow, one lane dirt road in Big Sur, California, lies a secluded beach hidden by large, steep cliffs. The cliffs keep a beautiful rock formation known as Keyhole Arch hidden from the hustle and bustle. Located just off Purple Sand Beach, Keyhole Arch is a natural hole carved into the rocks from the crashing waves around it. Every year around the winter solstice, for just a couple of days a beautiful light show happens at the Keyhole Arch....

Polesine Camerini Power Station in Porto Tolle,...

June 2, 2020

The Po River ends its long journey through northern Italy in a large delta, mostly located in the province of Rovigo. The area formed just in the last few centuries from sediment brought by the river, and it is now sparsely populated and protected as an interregional park. So it may seem surprising that a large power station was built in the 1980s near the very tip of the delta, on the Po della Pila branch of the river,...

In Antarctica, It’s Not Easy Being Green

June 2, 2020

Photosynthesis and Antarctica. It may not be the most intuitive combination, but the icy continent—famous for sculptural icebergs and marching penguins—is also home to communities of blooming algae, mosses, lichens, and even one species of grass. They’re rare, of course: Less than one percent of the entire continent is permanently ice-free to begin with. And what terrestrial vegetation does exist must rely largely on melting snow and ice for its water supply. It’s all part of a fragile ecosystem...

Find a Moment of Calm in These...

June 2, 2020

Cumulonimbus clouds often portend gnarly weather—but when spotted from satellites as they swell, the white, puffy, towering clouds look incredibly soothing. NASA’s Earth Observatory recently shared this image and time-lapse gif of the clouds building above China’s Hainan Island in May 2020. Consider it a few seconds of solace for world-weary eyes. Hainan Island sits off China’s southeast coast. Its waters appear tropical and turquoise, and its ground is thick with rainforest and stippled with mountains that rise above...

Street Musicians Have Turned Mexico City Into...

June 1, 2020

On a normal afternoon in an apartment in the Del Valle neighborhood of Mexico City, open windows let in a cacophony: taco vendors calling out to passersby, low-flying aircraft, loudspeaker advertisements from fruit trucks and junk trucks and gas trucks. But since coronavirus made its way to this prosperous community, vendors have been replaced by quiet grocery delivery men, button-downed professionals are now working from their condos, and kids ride bikes in the driveways of gated privadas instead of...

Rosalío Solano Museum of National Cinema in...

June 1, 2020

Despite its official name, this museum’s focus is almost exclusively on its namesake. Born in Bernal in 1914, Rosalío Solano (aka “Chalío”) is one of the most notable natives of this town. It should be no surprise then that the museum that honors his legacy is located in a privileged colonial building right in the town’s center. Solano’s career started under the tutelage of the legendary Gabriel Figueroa. He started shooting professionally with short films in the late 1940s,...

Soy Sauce Bottles of Sultan Mosque in...

June 1, 2020

Singapore‘s Sultan Mosque, designed in a Indo-Saracenic revival style, features two golden domes that impress from afar. Just below the domes are black rings of a slightly reflective material. A close look would reveal that the rings consist of the bases of black soy sauce bottles, sourced from poor Muslim families when the mosque was built. The current Sultan Mosque is the second on the same site. As part of the initial negotiations between Sultan Hussein and Stamford Raffles for the...

Bamberg Horseman in Bamberg, Germany

June 1, 2020

In the city of Bamberg in southern Germany, there is a mysterious statue. A young man sits atop a horse, a crown on his head and a cloak around his shoulders. This is the Bamberg Horseman, a statue that stands in Bamberg Cathedral. The statue was created by an unknown sculptor in the first half of the 13th century, and the figure it is meant to depict has been the source of debate for nearly 200 years. The Horseman is...

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