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FOUND: Two Paintings And a Racist Joke, Hidden by an Avant-Garde Square of Black
Black Square. (Image: Kazimir Malevich/Wikimedia)One hundred years ago, Russian artist Kazimir Malevich broke with the work he had been doing up until that point, and dedicated himself to simple colors...
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What Does a Failed New Jersey Utopia Have to Do with the Algonquin Round Table?
Phalanx Road, New Jersey. (Photo: Mr. Matté/WikiCommons CC BY 3.0)Phalanx Road is a quiet road that runs through the towns of Lincroft and Colts Neck in central New Jersey. It’s not unlike many...
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Kilmacurragh House in Kilmacurragh, Ireland
Now part of Ireland's National Botanic Gardens at Kilmacurragh, this historic, early-Queen-Anne-style home sits in silent ruins, waiting for renovation.In 1697 Kilmacurragh House was built just outside...
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Aquascapers Are Creating Miniature Atlantean Fantasy Worlds
Takayuki Fukada's "Longing"–the best aquascape of 2015, according to the International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest. (Photo copyright Aqua Design Amano)You're standing before a fairytale landscape....
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West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Canada
Once the largest mall in the world, it has been downgraded to merely the largest in North America. Despite its demotion in the land of retail monoliths, West Edmonton Mall still claims to have it...
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Fleeting Wonders: 600 Chris Denorfia Bobbleheads
One Chris Denorfia bobblehead–about 0.15% of the original haul. (Photo: NBC 7 San Diego)Hardcore baseball fans will recognize the name Chris Denorfia, the right-handed outfielder who has been a free...
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Hand-Drawn Maps That Jump Into the Geopolitical Fray
One of Danforth's cartoons, which shows different groups through history who all fought in Iraq. (Image: Ted Danforth)What better way to understand and explain geopolitics than through maps?The Eastern...
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Dinosaur Gardens in Ossineke, Michigan
Just as mammals gained primacy only after the extinction of dinosaurs, Dinosaur Park was born in the economic upheaval of the Great Depression.Paul Domke was an ex-Navy/ex-farmer/jack-of-all-trades who...
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Escape My Room in New Orleans, Louisiana
In a city populated with eccentric characters, New Orleans' riddle-loving DeLaporte family may take the king cake. According to legend, when their infamously curious, sprawling mansion was demolished...
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Kravice Waterfalls in Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Situated on the Trebižat River amidst Europe's last jungle lies a series of waterfalls that conjure images more in keeping with the Swiss Family Robinson than those traditionally Balkan.Plunging from...
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Light Gate in Manhattan Beach, California
Looking out over the Pacific Ocean in sunny Manhattan Beach, California, the lovely Light Gate is a tall piece of public art that is positioned so that the keyhole portal is "unlocked" twice a year by...
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Skrunda-1 in Skrunda, Latvia
Sitting on the outskirts of the small settlement that shares its name, Skrunda-1 was once a secret Soviet military installation, but has, for years been abandoned to scavengers and the ravages of time,...
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6 Masterpieces Made While Artists Slept
William Blake's Five Visionary Heads of Women, drawn from waking dreams late at night. (Photo: Public Domain/WikiCommons)This is part one of a 5-part series on sleep and dreams, sponsored by Oso...
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The History of Hazardous Clothing, in Pictures
The Arsenic Waltz or The New Dance of Death (Dedicated to the Green Wreath and Dress-Mongers), relating to the use of arsenic as a green pignment, from an 1862 issue of Punch. (Photo: Wellcome Library,...
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Object of Intrigue: The Most Sought After Star Wars Action Figure
This Boba Fett is one of the most sought after figures in Star Wars collecting. (Screencap from micahc6v8 on Youtube)Star Wars fever is back thanks to the looming release of the next chapter in the...
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Clearwater Virgin Mary in Clearwater, Florida
Just before Christmas, on December 17, 1996, a stain was discovered on the glass windows of the Seminole Finance Company in Clearwater, Florida. The stain, which was 60 feet tall and 20 feet wide,...
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Meet the Midwestern Pilots Who Risk Their Lives to Change the Weather
Flying near a fast-forming storm in North Dakota. (Photo: Shawn/flickr)The storm is fierce and glowing turquoise, and Steffany Royal is waiting for it at the border of Montana and North Dakota circling...
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FOUND: A New Group of European Ancestors
A replica of a 5,000-year-old shoe from the Alps (Photo: Josef Chlachula/Wikimedia)Where did Europeans come from?As genome sequencing becomes easier, geneticists have been puzzling together the history...
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Grand Matsu Temple in Tainan City, Taiwan
The goddess Matsu ranks among one of the most important deities in Taiwan, thanks to the protection she offered during the perilous journey from the mainland to Taiwan. An estimated 4-500 temples exist...
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Fleeting Wonders: Psychedelic Pluto
NASA is on a magic mystery tour... for science! (Image: NASA)For an icy little dwarf planet, Pluto is looking better and better these days—thanks to the New Horizons probe's fantastic photos. And now...
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