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An ostrich egg, alongside a regular chicken egg for scale.

I Bought an Ostrich Egg, and Here's What I Made With It

First step: Grab a hammer.

Anne Ewbank November 20, 2023

Pöschel (left) and Schmelzer, with the mite-cheese monument in Würchwitz.

The Biology Teacher Resurrecting Germany's 500-Year-Old Mite Cheese

At this charming farm, quirk meets quark to make a unique cheese.

Susannah Edelbaum November 13, 2023

St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

Vidalia onions must be planted, harvested, and cured by hand.

Looking for the Perfect Onion

From Georgia to New Zealand, the quest for a sweet, painless onion continues.

Mark Kurlansky November 7, 2023

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma National Stockyards

The largest cattle market on earth holds live auctions open to the public every week.

Sponsored by Visit Oklahoma City

This illustration from a Medieval manuscript shows bees returning to a skep hive.

The Magic Spells That Herded Medieval Bees

For European beekeepers, “swarm charms” were once a tool of the trade.

Andrew Coletti October 20, 2023

Dampierre-sur-Boutonne, France

Asinerie du Baudet du Poitou

A public center dedicated to showcasing and conserving the enormous shaggy Poitou donkey.

Boyds, Maryland

King Barn Dairy MOOseum

This heritage museum highlights the importance of the dairy cow as a vital part of rural Maryland's past, present, and future.

The panels on every AŽ hive house tell a story.

Slovenia's Beautiful Beehives Turn Apiaries Into Art

Dating back to the 18th century, AŽ hive panels depict stories of marriage, damnation, and daily life.

Rebecca L. Rhoades September 29, 2023

An extremely rare purple-red diamond came from the Argyle volcano and mine in Western Australia, source of almost all of the world's pink diamonds.

Wonder Is Everywhere: Lincoln’s Crooked Bowtie, the Mystery of Pink Diamonds, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White September 29, 2023

A Calabrian citron in Michele Cirelli's orchard. A perfect etrog like this one, with its characteristic bumps and ridges and a skin free from blemishes, can fetch hundreds of dollars in New York or Montreal.

Every Year, Rabbis Search Calabria for the Perfect Etrog

An ideal fruit can go for as much as $300.

John Last September 26, 2023

Podcast: The Ark of Citrus

A sweet archive of almost biblical proportions can be found at the University of California, Riverside.

The Podcast Team September 20, 2023

Podcast: Fenway Victory Gardens

This "victory garden" grew produce to help bolster dwindling food supplies during World War II.

The Podcast Team September 11, 2023

Wild bluebells, native to the area, are thriving once more on Eoghan Daltun's land on Ireland's Beara Peninsula.

Rewilding His Corner of Ireland's Beara Peninsula Is One Man's Labor of Love

Eoghan Daltun has spent 14 years creating a showcase of native biodiversity.

Rory Carroll August 21, 2023

The beautiful, renovated "cow chapel" at the Kruger-Rumpf winery.

The Beauty and Brilliance of Germany's 'Cow Chapels'

“The shape of the interior feels sacred, but it’s not. It’s where the cows were fed.”

Christie Dietz August 17, 2023

A bronze plaque with a rooster mounted on an upright granite stone

Little Compton, Rhode Island

Rhode Island Red Monument

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.

Cutting spaghetti squash across its short end results in longer "noodles."

How Spaghetti Squash Squiggled Its Way Onto American Tables

It took a shift in food culture for consumers to embrace the "noodle plant."

Andrew Coletti July 27, 2023

Ellsworth, Maine

Big Chicken Barn

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.