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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 […]
Russian activists suggest erecting monument to Trump in Moscow In 2011, Vladimir Putin, who then served as the Prime Minister, at a meeting with Joe Biden, who then served as the Vice President, suggested breaking stereotypes and introducing a visa-free regime between Russia and the United States. Joe Biden responded positively to the idea. Needless […]
Near the north end of Hlavná, the main street in Prešov, Slovakia, there is a monument to the 49th parallel north. The monument is inscribed in English (presumably the missing inscription on the other side was in Slovak): “The 49N parallel of latitude runs through the town of Prešov. It is known that this parallel—a unique animal kind—is […]
Using advanced geophysical imaging techniques, archaeologists found traces of an enormous circular structure, thought to be as old as 4,000 years. This prehistoric monument is believed to be a “henge” – a massive ceremonial enclosure – built from timber and stretching over 300 feet in diameter, encircling the top of the hill. No visible structure […]
The Hanford Reach, bordering the Hanford Site to the north and east, is by far the longest free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River in the United States. When the Hanford Site was built during World War II, the only dams downstream from Grand Coulee Dam were Bonneville and Rock Island, both completed in 1938. Since […]
This monument in front of a public library in Ürgüp, Cappadocia, is dedicated to a librarian who used a donkey to deliver books. Mustafa Güzelgöz became the caretaker at the Tahsin Ağa Library in his hometown of Ürgüp in the 1940s, when he was just 23 years old. He was a successful in taking care of […]