In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, railway work was so dangerous that an entire medical specialty developed to deal with it. In the United States, companies hired "railway surgeons," on-call doctors who could rush to the scene of an accident, or be ready to receive a bleeding, injured worker sent to them by train. They were pioneers in emergency medicine and some consider them the world's first trauma surgeons.
HOPE Outdoor Gallery is a local landmark in Austin, Texas. Since 2010, it has hosted thousands of street and graffiti artists, from big names like Shepard Fairey to wide-eyed little kids, all spraying and painting and bubbling over each other. But when the public art space moves to a new location next spring, will its spirit remain intact?
The Technical Museum of the Empordà in Figueres is a small, relatively unknown museum that boasts a collection of more than 3,000 rare typewriters and sewing machines.
When it was constructed at the end of the second century BC, the Tower of the Winds included sundials, a clepsydra (water clock), and a weather vane, effectively making it the first meteorological station in the world.
In Latvian literature, a "castle of light" is a metaphor for lost wisdom that can be reclaimed after people overcome some symbolic darkness, such as war or invasion. It's a fitting name for the striking modern library that now houses the cultural archives of this former Soviet nation.
It takes years of practice and incredible patience to make zelnik, a traditional Balkan pastry filled with cheese and leafy greens.
Andros, the largest island in the Bahamas, is home to gaping portals to ancient worlds—at least 200 of them. These elusive "blue holes," or underwater cave systems, are a diver's mecca. Yet somehow, most of them are still waiting to be explored.
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