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The Sketchbook Project in Brooklyn, New York
Sketchbooks are usually reserved for doodles and unformed ideas from artists, not explicitly meant for public consumption, but Brooklyn's Sketchbook Project brings these rough drafts to the forefront...
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Inside the Brooklyn Building that Held the Subway's Secrets
Rendering from the Board of Transportation Annual Report, 1949. (Courtesy of the New York Transit Museum)If there were a contest for New York City’s least favorite building, 370 Jay Street in downtown...
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FOUND: A Pet-Sized Dinosaur
An artist's conception of the dinosaur (Image: University of Bath)One hundred million years ago, the continent that is now North America was made up of two ancient continents separated by an inland...
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Fleeting Wonders: A Cheese Heist in Canada
Would you ever steal cheese? (Photo: Pixabay/Public Domain)Thirty thousand pounds of cheese hijacked? That’s not gouda.Last week in Ontario, Canada, police arrested three men for stealing a tractor...
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Tiger Cave in Mahabalipuram, India
There's no denying the appeal of picnicking where kings once stood, but throw in a seashore location and a multitude of carvings of tigers and a fierce Hindu goddess, and the people will flock....
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Ill-Gotten Treasures of Ancient Crimea Are Flooding eBay
Ruins of ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos, in Crimea. (Photo: Burliai /WikiCommons CC BY-SA 3.0)When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, shells dropped, bullets flew, and international borders were...
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How The Hidden Track Faded From Recorded Music
(Photo: AngeloDeVal/shutterstock.com)A version of this post originally appeared on the Tedium newsletter. The music industry’s transition to digital everything has made for great gains in convenience...
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Aston Hall in Aston, Birmingham
Aston Hall, now owned and operated as a museum and public gardens by the Birmingham (UK) City Council, was built in 1618. Or 1635. Well, really 1618 through 1635, since it took all 17 years to finish...
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Tees Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
This remarkable structure spanning the River Tees might look like two cranes making out, but it is, in fact, a bridge — albeit one of unusual design.The unique transporter bridge concept was first...
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Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio
Since its incorporation in 1845, the 733-acre Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum has been a scenic haven for Cincinnati’s population, both alive and dead.In the 1840s, a horrific cholera epidemic...
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Thanksgiving Grocery in Paris, France
Even the most uncultured eater knows that French cuisine is rich, complex, and very, very fancy. American Cuisine? Not so much. Maybe that's why it's a little strange to see a specialty grocery store...
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Notre-Dame de la Garde's Nautical Ex-Voto in Marseille, France
Perched high atop a hill where a gilded statue of the Virgin could guide ships in from the sea, the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Guarde is a stunning house of worship in its own right, even before the...
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The Leaning Tower of Gingin in Yeal, Australia
Sure, the Leaning Tower of Pisa gets all of the attention when it comes to huge towers that have fallen prey to a drunken slant. However the famous Italian landmark pales in comparison to Australia's...
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The World’s Most Isolated Regions, Photographed over 50 Years
Herds of goats, sheep and camels in the mountains of Badakhshan, Afghan Turkestan, summer of 1967. (All Photos: © Roland and Sabrina Michaud)For more than 50 years, Roland and Sabrina Michaud have...
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Object of Intrigue: London’s Life-Saving, Publicly Accessible Enema Kits
A resuscitation kit from the early 19th century. (Photo: Wellcome Images)If you were unfortunate enough to drown in London during the mid- to late 18th century, further indignities likely awaited you....
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A Short History of Martians
Mars attacks! (Image: Henrique Alvim Correa/Wikimedia)One hundred years ago, Baron Munchausen landed on Mars. In his adventures, the fabulous, if fictional, German nobleman had gone deep underwater and...
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Cleethorpes Air Raid Shelter in Cleethorpes, England
Less than a minute’s walk from the Cleethorpes seafront, behind one of the many old, terraced streets that snake from the shoreline, is a curious building of robust design. Constructed during World War...
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How to be a Bird Pick-Up Artist
A chickadee, one of the types of songbirds most likely to respond to pishing. (Photo: Dawn/flickr)Pete Dunne is pishing his life away. Dunne has been a birder since he was seven years old, when he...
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Fleeting Wonders: A 64-Year-Old Bird Becomes a Mother Again
Wisdom and her mate at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in November. (Photo: Kiah Walker/USFWS)Wisdom is having a baby at the age of 64.Over the weekend of November 28, Wisdom, a Laysan albatross,...
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The Life and Death of Skysurfing
Troy Hartman surfs the skies as his cameraman flies by his side. (Photo: Troy Hartman)The sport of skysurfing lived a short life.Watching a skysurf video today, you'd likely guess that it’s a digitally...
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