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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 […]
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 […]
At first glance, tiny Iola, Wisconsin, does not look like the seat of a publishing empire, but maybe it was just a flip of a coin that led to its success. For Iola was the home of Chester L. “Chet” Krause, one of the world’s most famous numismatists, and in 2023, a park was dedicated […]
In Portland’s Chinatown, a collection of two sculptures and eight informative signs can be found along 5th and 6th Avenues. They tell of mysterious green archers, armed with arrows of fantastic power. If you are hit with one of them, you see aspects of the world that are hidden from most people. You witness flowers […]
This grave is located in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Dicky Pearce was the last court jester to be employed in England. Born in 1665, he was employed by the Berkeley family at Berkeley Castle, and worked directly for the Earl of Suffolk. According to the legend, Dicky had insulted […]
Jack O’Legs was a mythical giant who, like Robin Hood, stole from the rich and gave to the poor. According to local legends, Jack lived in a cave in the woods, not far from the medieval town of Baldock. After raiding the stores of the rich bakers of nearby Baldock and giving the spoils to the poor […]
During the silver boom of the late 1800s and early 1900s, the town of Silver Islet sprung up on the shores of Lake Superior in Canada. The town is still there, though now with only a handful of permanent residents. Tucked along a wooded trail, visitors will find the Silver Islet Cemetery—the final resting place […]
Located just outside the medieval coastal city of Piran, Slovenia, along the country’s Adriatic coastline, is the Sečovlje Saltpans Natural Park. The park is one of the last saltpans in the Mediterranean, where salt is harvested by hand using a method going back centuries. People and nature began co-creating these salt pans as early as […]