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In the middle of Main Street, a sculpture depicts two athletes reaching for the sky, holding long sticks with netting at the end, competing over a ball. A third athlete lays in the scrum, trampled underneath. The game? Lacrosse. The city? La Crosse, Wisconsin. The Lacrosse Players is a tribute to the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin […]
Puerto Rico has long been a hub of passion, culture, and creativity, influencing artists across the globe, and our new podcast, Sound Influence: The Art and Soul of Puerto Rico, is a celebration of its power to inspire. Narrated by the legendary Puerto Rican actor Luis Guzmán, this four-part audio series explores the […]
Every Arctic country likes to claim Santa Claus for their own. Canadian children write domestic letters to Santa with the specially allocated Canadian zip code H0H 0H0, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in 2013 “Everyone knows that Santa Claus is Canadian.” Finnish children are taught that Santa lives in Lapland, Finland’s northernmost region. Ask […]
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and we’ve got seven little-known stories to tell at the dinner table this year. Learn why dry turkey is on the menu instead of cow tongue or raccoon, and meet the woman who spent 15 years trying to make Thanksgiving an official holiday. Consider adding banana to your seasonal […]
Online tools are helping Americans travel abroad to discover their ancestry, seek out relatives and obtain documentation for dual citizenship. Here are tips for your journey. Source link
Fika on ice, Sweden We booked a brilliant skating experience in the Stockholm archipelago with True Nature Sweden. There are one-day guided tours for beginners and more experienced skaters (from 13 years upwards). Skating on the sea, or on lakes, feeling the wind blow (faster as you up your speed!) is truly exhilarating. The day […]
Full disclosure: The Tri-States Monument does not, as is sometimes claimed, actually mark the location where the boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania meet. The confusion is understandable; the bronze United States Coast and Geodetic survey disc and scored granite marker give the appearance of authority and precision. However, as the nearby Witness […]
Sequoias are a marvel of nature, towering above every other type of three. This combined with the fact that they take millennia to grow, and only do so in very specific climates made many skeptical about their existence. One specific tree named after Mark Twain was chosen to aid with that in 1891. The Mark […]
Walking through Erbil’s Arab quarter, it’s not immediately obvious what has left the buildings mostly abandoned. Erbil is not a war-torn city. Unlike Mosul just 50 miles away, it was never bombed by the United States during the 2000s invasion, and not taken over by ISIS in the 2010s. As part of Iraqi Kurdistan, a […]
The old school privy was constructed in 1870 to serve the school community of Genoa, Ohio. Until 1929, it was the primary bathroom facility for the students and teachers at the Genoa School. The small outdoor bathroom is quite unique, since indoor plumbing was readily available at that time. The 12-hole outhouse was built out […]