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Fireflies glow along Japan's Hino River some 450 miles west of Tokyo.
insects

How A ‘Firefly Course’ Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect

At the Moriyama City Firefly Forest Museum, nurturing Genji fireflies comes with homework.
Shoshi Parks July 25, 2023
One of the earliest works of botanical horror, written by H.G. Wells in 1894, featured a fictional orchid with a taste for human blood.
horror

What Stories of Scary Plants and Other Botanical Horrors Say About Us

From bloodthirsty orchids to body-snatching pods, fictional flora are often symbols of societal fears.
Kate Golembiewski May 4, 2023
Rochester, Michigan

Meadow Brook Hall

This museum was once the home of industry titan Matilda Dodge Wilson.
Today, Heinz accounts for more than half of the American ketchup market.
science

When Every Ketchup But One Went Extinct

The main casualty of the catsup war was flavor.
Sam Lin-Sommer August 16, 2022
Al Mubarakiah, a Kuwaiti ship built at Fairfield.
Glasgow, Scotland

Fairfield Heritage

A community museum celebrates Glasgow's mighty shipbuilding days.
science

How The Thames, Once a 'Zombie River,' Was Brought Back to Life

Sharks, beavers, and humans are all returning to London's iconic waterway thanks to decades of restoration work.
Mia Jackson August 8, 2022
Central Station Wagon Hoist
Leeds, England

Central Station Wagon Hoist

This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.
Goz Abu Goma Bridge
Kosti, Sudan

Goz Abu Goma Bridge

One of the largest early 20th-century bridges in Sudan.
Hull-House Exterior
Chicago, Illinois

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.
Entrance via Priesterweg station.
Berlin, Germany

Natur-Park Südgelände

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.
Manchester, England

St. Michael's Flags and Angel Meadow Park

Contrary to its heavenly name, this tranquil oasis has a dark and tragic history buried with it (quite literally).
Engine at NMIH
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

National Museum of Industrial History

A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.
Cobbler bicycle
Almenno San Bartolomeo, Italy

Collection of Peddler Bicycles

An eclectic collection of highly specialized bicycles once used by artisans for their specific needs.
The river alongside Larkin Plaza
Yonkers, New York

Saw Mill River Daylighting

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.
Kragujevac, Serbia

Knežev Arsenal

The ruins of a military-industrial complex now host concerts and more.
A group of convicts "bush'd" in Tasmania.
prisons

Australia's First Published Dictionary Was Dedicated to 'Convict Slang'

The "flash" language reflected the makeup of the British penal colony at the time.
Matthew Taub October 7, 2019
The restored kilns in 2013.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Portobello Bottle Kilns

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.
skulls

Skull-Shaped Beer Steins Were Once Popular Graduation Gifts

They were part of a broader wave of adventurous stein-craft.
Matthew Taub May 3, 2019