[ By SA Rogers in Destinations & Sights & Travel. ] One of the coolest roadside wonders of the United States is no more. Built nail by reclaimed nail over several decades by Minister Horace Burgess in Crossville, Tennesseee, “The Minister’s …
BATH, England—One of the best collections of historical and contemporary dresses can be found…
BATH, England—One of the best collections of historical and contemporary dresses can be found here, a city declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1987. Thanks to my cousin Rhoda and her husband Douglas, who graciously drove 156 kilometer west of …
Picturing China’s Bamboo Chopstick Industry From the Sky
From above, the bamboo sticks look like beige sea urchins, their spines poking out in all directions. From the side, the twisted bundles look like sheaves of wheat, even taller than the people who are wrangling them. In October, the photographer Li Fusu…
America’s Oldest Boat Shop Has Been Making Hunky Dories for 226 Years
As a gentle breeze blows through the open windows and Lyle Lovett croons on an old Sony boombox, workers and volunteers at Lowell’s Boat Shop do what they’ve always done. Saws buzz, sandpaper scrapes, and lumber bangs on floorboards coated with deca…
Where ATMs are unknown and Sim cards are like gold dust
Eritrea – where ATMs are unknown and Sim cards are like gold dust 15 October 2019 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption National service is mandatory in Eritrea Eritrea has often been described as one of the most repressive states in Africa, …
The World’s First Skyscraper
The word “skyscraper” was used to describe a tall building for the first time during the construction boom that rippled across many America cities in the late 19th century. But the idea of multi-storied buildings was hardly new. In the desert city o…
Grange Grunge: Abandoned Art Deco Mansion In Singapore
[ By Steve in Abandoned Places & Architecture. ] The Chee Guan Chiang House at 25 Grange Rd in Singapore occupies land worth millions yet stubborn owners and protective authorities ensure it remains abandoned. Home On The Grange The so-called Chee G…
10 of the best things to see and do in Batignolles, Paris
In the Batignolles, the fromagerie Formaticus has a loyal following for its cheeses and sharing platters Rue Brochant This could be renamed the Batignolles food street, as both sides of the road are lined with restaurants symbolising the new image of th…
Escape to the country: India’s villagers open doors to city tourists | Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
The village of Dehene in the state of Maharashtra, where Grassroutes has introduced its community-based tourism model. Photograph: Anne Pinto-Rodrigues Datta Kondar leads a group of tourists through his village in Maharashtra to view the firefly spectac…
r/todayilearned – TIL Kids playground built from discarded wind turbine parts. The Rotterdam based playground is a maze-like structure made from five discarded wind turbine blades. The recycled blades make up a slide tower, a watch tower, tunnels, bridges, ramps, and slides.
According to research, there will be, at current growth rates, 225,000 tonnes of rotor blade composite material produced annually worldwide. That means that the same amount will be discarded once their life is over. Add the shit they use to cool the mot…
Paris Has Opened Its First Green Cemetery
Under Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris has set ambitious goals for sustainability. Now Parisians will now be able to reduce their carbon footprints even after death: A 17,000-square-foot section with 150 green-burial plots has opened in the Southern suburb of …
Guinea Pig-Flavored Ice Cream Proves Big Hit in Ecuador
An Ecuadorian woman has been getting a lot of attention online for devising a very unusual yet surprisingly popular ice-cream flavor – guinea pig. You probably know the guinea pig as a lovable house pet, but in South American countries like Ecuador, P…
A Transformative Art Festival Is Mounted Again in the Breakaway Republic of Karabakh
Vahram Galstyan’s “383 Souls” (2018) light Installation in an abandoned theater (all images courtesy Anna Kamay) In October 2018 the first ever contemporary arts festival — Artsakh Fest — took place inside the Vahram Papazian Theater in Stepan…
I Found My Mother With This London Tube Map From 1977
The summer after my mother died, I went through her closet. I was 16 years old, and alongside my father and brother, I had to help clear out her things and decide what to keep. Mourning and being a teenager is an odd combination; so isolating, but also,…
Saudi Arabia to open up to foreign tourists
Saudi Arabia to open up to foreign tourists with new visas 27 September 2019 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Qasr al-Farid tomb in Madain Saleh is a Unesco World Heritage site Saudi Arabia will open its doors to international tourists for…
A New Sculptural Wood Pavilion Stands Proud In Estonia
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5 must-visit cities in Franconia
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″??????> Natural beauty and rich local culture are two of Franconia’s hallmarks: from lush landscapes to pebbled prehistoric villages, the scenery alternates in each region. Romant…
Can you solve the mystery of Brazil’s time-traveling capital?
“Forensic cartography” is dating a map by the age of its borders. All evidence points to this undated map of South America to be from the 1920s. So why does it feature Brasilia, the new capital of Brazil, which was only built in the 1950s? A…
Hidden London: New Book Explores the City’s Forgotten Underground
[ By SA Rogers in Abandoned Places & Architecture. ] Beneath the streets of London, a whole hidden city lies half-forgotten, full of Edwardian-era tunnels and disused railway equipment. A new book called “Hidden London: Discovering the Forgotten U…
spiral-shaped ‘museu da natureza’ is set amid brazil’s natural landscape
with devastating fires spreading across brazil’s amazon rainforest, a new museum is seeking to call attention to the country’s fragile environment and heritage. the spiral-shaped structure is located in northeast brazil’s serra da capivara nationa…