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Michael Inscoe

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Hotel Belvédère

Discover Hotel Belvédère in Obergoms, Switzerland: A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change. → Read More

Al Green’s Full Gospel Tabernacle Church

Discover Al Green’s Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Memphis, Tennessee: The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs. → Read More

This Native, North American Fruit is Almost Tropical

Pawpaws are not well known now, but they were a favorite dessert of George Washington's. → Read More

Pre's Rock – Eugene, Oregon

Discover Pre's Rock in Eugene, Oregon: A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner. → Read More

Location of the Microsoft Windows XP Default Wallpaper

Discover Location of the Microsoft Windows XP Default Wallpaper in Sonoma, California: The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers. → Read More

Where Damaged Art Goes When It's Deemed a 'Total Loss'

A second life for wrecked artworks that once languished in insurance warehouses. → Read More

Metropoliz Museum of the Other and the Elsewhere

Discover Metropoliz Museum of the Other and the Elsewhere in Rome, Italy: An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters. → Read More

The Manhattan Eruv

Discover The Manhattan Eruv in New York, New York: This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day. → Read More

The Manhattan Eruv

Discover The Manhattan Eruv in New York, New York: This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day. → Read More

The Wire That Transforms Much of Manhattan Into One Big, Symbolic Home

Maintaining one very long wire that defines a holy space. → Read More

The Wire That Transforms Much of Manhattan Into One Big, Symbolic Home

Maintaining one very long wire that defines a holy space. → Read More

Steinhardt Museum of Natural History

The Steinhardt Museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing. → Read More

Cactus Thiemann – Marrakech, Morocco

Cactus Thiemann has more than 150 varieties of the spiky succulent. → Read More

Laura Palmer's House

Discover Laura Palmer's House in Everett, Washington: The owner of the iconic house is willing to welcome the "Twin Peaks" fans who come to visit. → Read More

Pigeon Express – Fort Collins, Colorado

Birds with backpacks take developing film to new heights. → Read More

Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding 1994 Museum

A Brooklyn exhibit all about Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding in 1994. → Read More

The Importance of Nancy Holt, the Woman Who Revolutionized Land Art

Overlooked for too long, her work added crucial depth to the movement. → Read More

The Importance of Nancy Holt, the Woman Who Revolutionized Land Art

Overlooked for too long, her work added crucial depth to the movement. → Read More

Cemetery of Anchors

Discover Cemetery of Anchors in Angra, Portugal: Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry. → Read More

Cemetery of Anchors

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry. → Read More