Travel

World’s Largest Aloe Statue in Albertinia, South Africa

Aloe is a broadly used plant in cosmetics, medicine, food, and much more. Coupled with the fact that it is…

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‘Benzaiten and the Women of the World’ in Fujisawa, Japan

The island of Enoshima is a popular tourist attraction near Kamakura, visited by tens of thousands of people daily. All…

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Tomb of Jack O’Legs in Weston, England

Jack O'Legs was a mythical giant who, like Robin Hood, stole from the rich and gave to the poor. According…

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Leadhills Miners Library in Leadhills, Scotland

The village of Leadhills originated as a community of lead miners working in the ore fields of the Lowther Hills…

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Banishing Evil With Edible Plants

This article is adapted from the October 12, 2024, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up…

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Guillotine of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland

Built in 1799, this structure basically consists of a tall, vertical oak frame fitted with a heavy steel blade with…

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Latvian Railway History Museum in Riga, Latvia

Across the Daugava River from Riga's Old Town, just a short walk from the National Library of Latvia, sits a…

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How Algae Revealed Ancient Earthquakes in Croatia

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like…

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Passu Suspension Bridge in Passu, Pakistan

If you search for images of suspension bridges in Pakistan, you'll see an array of impossibly long and impossibly rickety…

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Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charles Addams studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1930s. In 2001, the building at 200 S. 36th Street…

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