Showing posts with the label Landmarks

The Ether Monument in Boston

Jun 19, 2023

In a corner in Boston's Public Garden, near the intersection of Arlington Street and Marlborough Street, stands an obscure monument that...

Playa de Las Teresitas: A European Beach Made From Saharan Sand

Jun 2, 2023

Playa de Las Teresitas in Tenerife, Spain, is one of the most popular beaches of the Canary Islands, but the beach is not natural—it was cre...

Ponte dei Trepponti: A Unique 5-Way Bridge

May 12, 2023

The Ponte dei Trepponti or Trepponti bridge is a rare five-way bridge located in Comacchio, Italy. Although the name “Trepponti”, originatin...

The Red Dog of Pilbara

Apr 24, 2023

Throughout the 1970s, an Australian Kelpie nicknamed Red Dog was frequently found roaming across the vast Pilbara region in Western Australi...

Cosmati Pavement at Westminster Abbey

Apr 18, 2023

In May 2023, following the coronation of King Charles III and the Queen Consort, Camilla, at Westminster Abbey, the church’s historic Cosmat...

George Spencer Millet: Death by Kisses

Mar 15, 2023

George Spencer Millet must be rolling in his grave for his family chose to include this nugget of information in his gravestone: “Lost life ...

The Grave of Harry Potter in Ramle, Israel

Mar 15, 2023

In the British Commonwealth war cemetery in Ramle, Israel, is a grave that has been receiving quite a lot of footfall from tourists in the p...

Danube Sinkhole: Where a River Vanishes

Mar 2, 2023

The European river system is complex and extensive. Two of its main rivers, the Rhine and the Danube, despite not having their sources relat...

Matsugaoka Tōkei-ji, The Divorce Temple

Feb 6, 2023

For over six hundred years, the Matsugaoka Tōkei-ji, in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, had served as a refugee for wome...

The Himalayan Towers of China

Feb 3, 2023

In the Western Sichuan province, between central China and the Tibetan Autonomous Region, there exist hundreds of mysterious stone towers, s...