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In the year 60, St. Paul was sailing across the Mediterranean Sea as a Roman prisoner when the ship carrying him was caught in a severe storm. After the storm passed, the sailors spotted the island of Malta and tried to land there but got stuck on a sandbar. With heavy surf pounding the vessel, […]
Born in a shotgun-style house on this stretch of land in 1871 and 1873, respectively, the Johnson brothers grew up in the Lavilla area of Jacksonville, Florida. Their home life was full of music and literature, and the brothers each became proficient in the arts—James Weldon was a writer, a key figure in the NAACP, […]
The clock on Česká Street is a fairly popular meet-up spot in Brno. If you wait for a friend here, there’s someone to keep you company, even if you don’t see him. He happens to be the smallest public statue in the city. Created by sculptor Václav Sigurson Kostohryz, the 20-centimeter-tall statue sits on a metal bar, […]
The sun splashes off the lagoon and I shield my eyes to see the wave rushing up behind me. I’m lying on my big foam surfboard in perfect position as it arrives. “Three big paddle strokes to catch the wave,” is what my instructor, Owen, had told me. I do just that, pop up and […]
The policy of La Compagnie, which was not posted online, required a doctor’s note for anyone more than 28 weeks pregnant. A last-minute midwife’s letter would not do. Source link
We cross a narrow strip of land under vast skies and follow a slim road. It cuts a straight line through the heart of County Clare’s only peninsula – a jagged spearhead-shaped piece of land that dangles downward, like a tail, right into the Atlantic. The landscape tapers as the mouth of the River Shannon […]
Located nearby the bustling Boston-Worcester Turnpike is the Framingham Centre Common. The former site of the old town common, it’s dotted with numerous historical buildings and still serves as a meeting place for many public events hosted by the City of Framingham. One historic building is the Jonathan Maynard Building which houses the Danforth Art […]
From when the Knights of St. John controlled the islands of Malta in 1530 to after they were removed by Napoleonic forces in 1798, they embarked on multiple construction projects across the archipelago. Some of these projects focused on municipal buildings for the general populace, while others were defensive fortifications. The Knights of St. John […]
In Trout Lake, a small community in southwest Washington, the peaks of nearby volcanoes and canopies of old-growth forests draw the eyes up. But when Julie Beeler sets out into the surrounding woods, her gaze points downward. Beeler, an artist, describes her home as a “fungal paradise.” Here, mushrooms are her muse. Hundreds of […]
A pedal-powered tour through the geographic midpoint of the proposed 3,700-mile Great American Rail Trail. Source link