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The Enduring Mystery of the Loretto Chapel Staircase

It’s considered a miracle, an engineering marvel, and even a scientific anomaly, depending who you ask. In Santa Fe, New…

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Inside the Weird World of Corn Mazes

It was a sunny autumn day in Danvers, Massachusetts on Oct. 10, 2011—perfect for some fall fun. Taking advantage of…

1 week ago

Fancy Ice Is Art in Your Glass

This article is adapted from the October 5, 2024, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up…

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Tiquira

Indigenous Brazilians have fermented alcoholic beverages from the cassava root for thousands of years. These beer-like beverages go by names…

7 months ago

Maultaschen

The origins of Germany’s Maultaschen are deliciously devious. Legend has it that, in the late Middle Ages, a lay brother…

8 months ago

Pont

In 1914, absinthe was outlawed in France. In the small mountain town of Pontarlier, the world capital of absinthe, the…

9 months ago