Eric Hanson decided to hike for 6 days across the Brenta Dolomites using an intense via ferrata trail between mountain huts. You can see some of the trails such as the Via Ferrata Castiglioni and Bocchette Centrali while staying at the XII Apostoli and other amazing mountain huts.
St Boniface parish in Lafayette, IN has put on a live stations of the cross passion recreation every Good Friday for years. They have people in costume and even soldiers on horseback. People that have gone say it is very moving and definitely worth going if you have the chance.
I found this quote from a German describing his fellow countrymen to be helpful in understanding some of my interactions when I was working there:
Germans are not efficient, they’re thorough. In fact, they’re often focused on being thorough to the point of being blatantly inefficient
I loved the movie Short Circuit. It was filmed here in Oregon in various locations, but mostly in Astoria, OR (the same place Goonies, Kidnergarden Cop, and a few other films were made).
For it’s 40th anniversary during the Astoria Film Celebration, June 5-7, 2026 there will be Cast & Crew appearances, Panel Talks, Licensed Merchandise, Film Screenings, Workshops, Trivia, an 80’s Prom and more across multiple venues.
If you’re feeling the urge, you can Airbnb Stephanie Speck’s house, visit the Goonies home, and learn all about the filming locations at the Oregon Film Museum.
If you grew up in the 80’s, you knew the amazing Superfriends cartoon. The opening nearly always showed them at the Hall of Justice.
But did you know it is based on a real place? Union Terminal in Cincinnati.
Fourth Place does a great job describing some history and tour around this Art Deco icon.
Teukgang the cat decided to adopt a Korean college and come and go in classes as he pleased.
Sidetrack Adventures drives out into the desert and tells the tale of the now gone Mojave phone booth. Once it was re-discovered, it started a flood of non-stop calls from people all over the world and spawned 2 movies.
Each year on January 16, the town celebrates the traditional Luminarias festival. Purportedly held for five centuries, the origins of the festival trace back to a ritual purification to preserve the health of the horses in the village. Bonfires are lit in the central streets, and horses jump through the flames, with the smoke intended to protect the animals from disease.
Gentle currents get these white porcelain bowls to clink as they drifts across the surface of water in this art installation called “clinamen” by French artist Celeste Boursier-Mougenot
There’s also another installation at Bourse de Commerce in Paris
Here’s another installation in which birds land on guitars with reverb
I went to Inamo (in-am-oh) in London about a decade ago; and it was one of the first restaurants that had projection mapped tabletops. The idea really caught on with custom projection mapped dining experiences like Le Petit Chef around the world.
Here’s an interview with Julian Church who was a founder.
Here’s an older interview with one of the original co-founders