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12 offbeat NC museums that dive into the state’s quirky history, from Bigfoot to Andy Griffith
The News & Observer· 4 days agoHere are a dozen offbeat museums worth a side trip during your summer travels, because they also help tell the story of North Carolina. Sift for relics in the sand pit, spoils of nearby phosphate mining.
Buried forest in Manitowoc County was first uncovered in 1907. Its discovery changed views on age of...
Herald Times Reporter via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe current-day story began in April 2024, when a small group of experts, joined by the landowner,...
The legend of the lost ship of the desert
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFor nearly two decades, Grasson has been searching for a ship buried deep in the sands of the Southwest desert. Magazines, newspapers and books across...
Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"And I was born here. If you live here one night, you go crazy." David is still living in his...
Want to see the original Disneyland? It's in San Francisco.
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoFor someone famous for his grand plans and his very big ideas, Walt Disney sure loved tiny things....
Bike Destination: Ashland, Oregon
BIKEMag via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn Ashland, Oregon, the play’s the thing. A half a million people a year flock to the town of 21,000 just north of the California border for the Oregon...
Japan Makes It Very Hard to Be Sterilized. These Women Demand Change.
New York Times· 4 days agoWhen Hisui Tatsuta was in middle school, her mother used to joke that she couldn’t wait to see the...
Lessons from ancient farmers: Old solutions revived amid climate change
The Times and Democrat· 11 hours agoIn dozens of archaeological discoveries around the world, from the once-successful reservoirs and...
'Canal Chic: Reviving China's Heritage' calls for creative visual works worldwide
China Daily· 13 hours agoThe creative initiative "Canal Chic: Reviving China's Heritage" was launched at the China Grand Canal Museum in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on Saturday, calling for entries of creative visual works from around the world.
This Juneteenth, it’s time for Biden to honor the federal holiday he created by ending forced labor
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMr. Abbey was given a single meal per day and provided no means to challenge either the conditions...