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St. Triduana's Chapel in Edinburgh, Scotland

January 25, 2024

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, in the township of Restalrig, is situated a church with a rather unusual chapel attached. What makes this structure unique is its hexagonal shape. Experts are unsure when the original building was constructed, but the structure dates back to the 15th century. It initially was a two-storied establishment, but the top tier was decimated during the Reformation. The lower portions, which were prone to flooding, became a well dedicated to St. Triduana. St. Triduana...

Why NASA Is Watching Where Idaho’s Parachuting...

January 25, 2024

If you were wandering the wilds of the Wasatch National Forest in Utah in September 2023, you might have encountered a strange sight: a line of slowly marching horses, with beavers saddled on their backs. Unfortunately, the rodents were not wearing tiny cowboy hats and boots. They were inside carriers, but their journey via horseback was still a fairly Wild West–type of solution to a problem. These beavers were headed to a new home—a battleground in the fight against...

Map of Pingjiang in Suzhou, China

January 25, 2024

China’s oldest surviving city map is carved on a three-meter-tall stone tablet. Known as the Map of Pingjiang (now Suzhou), it was made in the year 1229 during the Song dynasty. The map covers the area within Suzhou’s city walls with remarkable accuracy: five city gates, 359 bridges, 67 temples, and numerous streets, lanes, and canals. Suzhou old town’s layout has remained largely unchanged in the nearly 800 years since the map was created, and so have most of...

Alresford Eel House in Old Alresford, England

January 25, 2024

The Eel House sits beside the Wayfarers’ Way footpath in an idyllic woodland valley about just outside the town of New Alresford. It straddles the clean clear waters of the tranquil River Alre with a foot on each of its banks. The modest building with a clay-tiled roof dates back to the 1820s, when the Harris family of nearby Arlebury Park commissioned this minor masterpiece of 19th-century ingenuity. Its purpose was to trap mature eels near the start of...

Podcast: A Giant Spectacle in Goffstown

January 25, 2024

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit Goffstown, New Hampshire, the pumpkin boat capital of New England, and meet the man who came up with the annual, improbable Goffstown Giant Pumpkin Regatta. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some...

5 Ways For Hotels to Minimize Booking...

January 25, 2024

Your hotel’s website might be buzzing with traffic due to all the hard work and resources you’re putting into attracting visitors. But is your website as efficient as you wish it was? Imagine a potential guest, excited and ready to book, but something doesn’t click, and they leave without completing the reservation. That’s booking engine The post 5 Ways For Hotels to Minimize Booking Engine Drop-Off appeared first on Revfine.com.

Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage in Newchapel, Wales

January 24, 2024

The Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage was built in 1820, and thanks to a restoration project in 2004, the mysterious and impressive structure still stands. It was built by Morgan Jones the Younger of the Cilwendeg Estate, who constructed it as a shrine for his late uncle, Morgan Jones the Elder, who lived much of his life as a recluse from society. It’s coated from head to toe in seashells and minerals from local beaches, as well as fragments of colored...

The VKOL Red Church in Olomouc, Czech...

January 24, 2024

While the art of turning churches into cafés, libraries or even techno clubs is nothing new within a country such as the Netherlands, Czechs have always been a bit more conservative. This church, however, stands out. With a bizarre architectural style that stands in contrast to the city’s baroque buildings, this former church looks as though it belongs in the Baltics rather than Central Europe. Founding of the church can be traced back to the Germans living in Olomouc...

Chania Lighthouse in Chania, Greece

January 24, 2024

The lighthouse was originally built by the Venetians in the 16th century. It saw a rocky life, death and rebirth through following years when in 1645, Turks took control of the city and allowed the tower to collapse. In 1864, Egyptian troops raided and rebuilt it. It once again became damaged during WWII, however has now been a listed archeological site since 1862. Of the original building, only the base remains. A short walk along the defensive wall to...

Moko Tree in Wellington, New Zealand

January 24, 2024

An ancient Rimu tree estimated to be at least 800 years old peeks through the canopy at Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush. These remarkable, slow-growing trees can only be found in New Zealand. Park officials erected a platform around the ancient Rimu tree, nicknamed ‘Moko,’ to protect its fragile roots system. The botanical garden and forest preserve is a reminder of what the New Zealand’s landscape was like before the arrival of European settlers. Upon arrival, European settlers quickly cleared the land for development...

Ancient Gum Reveals Stone-Age Teens Chewed on...

January 24, 2024

Our Stone Age forebears chewed gum just like us—except their version of “gum” was actually a tarry tree resin, and we can be sure it tasted nothing like Wrigley’s Doublemint. Samples of this birch pitch still embedded with 10,000-year-old tooth marks were discovered in Sweden several decades ago, but a recent study has revealed more about what the prehistoric teenagers ate and other activities they did with their teeth. The study, published last week in the journal Scientific Reports,...

World's Largest Skis in Edsbyverken, Sweden

January 24, 2024

Edsbyverken is a key producer of wooden furniture today, and manufactured skis from 1899 to 1999. To honor this tradition, replicas of these important exports now stand next to the entrance to the town. At 10 times the size of their normal counterparts, these imposing pieces of athletic equipment bear the distinction of being the largest skis in the world. Next to the skis is a chair measuring 7.6 meters in height. Although chairs larger than that exist elsewhere...

Meigs Field Tower and Terminal in Chicago,...

January 24, 2024

Jutting out into the waters of Lake Michigan just south of the Loop is Northerly Island Park, which is home to two curious buildings that harken back to the artificial peninsula’s history. Home to Chicago‘s Meigs Field from 1948 to 2003, the spot that’s now the park was originally designed as such, in Daniel Burnham’s grand plan for Chicago. However the proximity to the offices of the Loop proved enticing to city planners and executives looking for hassle-free travel,...

Scavenged Parts Antiques & Oddities in Rockford,...

January 24, 2024

Nestled in the heart of Rockford amongst the lively bustle of a rapidly developing downtown area lies the freshly lacquered doors of Scavenged Parts Antiques & Oddities. Jointly owned by oddities circuit veterans Sarah Thistle and Tim Prince, this newly opened location is the culmination of a decade-long journey into refining and perfecting their niche. Speaking more or less to the “antiques” of Scavenged Parts is Sarah Thistle, whose time-tempered antiquarian venture has resulted in a selective yet extensive...

The Cat Mayor of Talkeetna in Talkeetna,...

January 24, 2024

Talkeetna, a small town of around 1,000 people, is a base for exploring Denali, North America’s highest peak, and may have been the inspiration for the fictional town Cicely in the 1990s television show Northern Exposure. It is best known, though, for electing a cat as mayor. On the main street in Talkeetna, called K’dalkitnu in the Indigenous language Dena’ina, is Nagley’s, a general store whose history stretches back to Alaska’s gold rush era. Open since 1921, it started...

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