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Why So Few Americans Live In This HUGE Area In The Northern Part Of The Country
📝 Substack: https://geographyiseverything.substac… 💬 Substack Notes: https://substack.com/profile/38233255… 🌎 Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/geograp… or @GeographyPod 🌳 Linktree for socials: https://linktr.ee/geographybygeoff There are a lot of Americans these days. But despite being the world’s third largest country by population, there exists a huge area … Continue reading
Keeping up with the Joneses: Who Were the Joneses and What Happened to Their Mansion?
[…] Get ready for an adventure as we explore the long-lost mansion that inspired the phrase “Keeping up with the Joneses”! Join Ken on a journey through time, unraveling the history of the Joneses, their iconic house, and the legacy … Continue reading
Flat-Lays of Halved Walnuts and Other Shells Study the Diversity of the Botanical Fruits | Colossal
MAY 22, 2023 GRACE EBERT Carya hickory sections. All images © Jonas Frei Frei’s studies have recently culminated in a book devoted to walnuts and hickories, which includes striking flat-lay photos. During a visit to the Zürich arboretum, Jonas Frei … Continue reading
Is the Quality of Life in China Comparable to America?
In this week’s video, I share a story from a Chinese national who has lived in America for 30 years. Many Westerners assume quality of life in China is very low, but over the past 30 years China has transformed … Continue reading
Brad Pitt Let His 105-Year-Old Neighbor Live in His Mansion Rent-Free | My Modern Met
By Sara Barnes on April 12, 2023 Photo: arp/Depositphotos Did you know that Brad Pitt let a man in his 90s live on his property for free until he died at the age of 105? When you buy a house … Continue reading
The History of the South’s Forbidden Black Burials
A proper burial is a ceremony that many of us take for granted, but that was not the case for African Americans for a large portion of history in the U.S. In the premiere of Ritual, Tank Ball explores the … Continue reading
He passed For Black To Marry Black Woman – The Story Of Clarence King
During America’s Gilded Age, Clarence King was a famous geologist, friend of wealthy, famous, and powerful men. He was a larger-than-life character whose intellect and wanderlust pushed him to survey far-flung regions of the western U.S. and South America and … Continue reading
Early Japanese Visitor Describes “Baffling” American Culture // (1872) The Iwakura Embassy
[…] xtracts taken from “The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873: A True Account of the Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary’s Journey of Observation through the United States of America and Europe by Kume Kunitake, Graham Healey, Chushichi Tsuzuki, Martin Collcutt, Andrew Cobbing, P. … Continue reading
Burt Bacharach | 60 Minutes Archive
In 1999, Lesley Stahl profiled the composer, who some say has supplied the soundtrack for our times. Bacharach died this week at age 94. […]
Building a wigwam, a time lapse | The Kid Should See This
Historic Huguenot Street built an authentically designed and constructed wigwam on their land in 2017. This time lapse captures the build. A dome made from tree saplings, grasses, bark, buckskin, cloth, and other available local materials, the wigwam was a … Continue reading
Immerse Yourself in the Food and Art of Oaxaca This February with Murmur Ring’s Curated Tour | Colossal
DECEMBER 13, 2022. MURMUR RING All images by Dylan Chandler This is Murmur Ring’s fourteenth curated tour, with a focus on the food, craft, culture, and art of Oaxaca, Mexico. Join a group of twenty artists, designers, chefs, and … Continue reading
