In the early 1900s, Edwin Boston Mabry and his wife Lizzie decided that they wanted to build a gristmill in rural Virginia. Upon the gristmill’s completion in 1910, Edwin and Lizzie added a forge, a sawmill, and a wheelwright shop to their property. During its heyday, Mabry Mill was one of the most popular gristmills…
Photos of the rusty Painted Hills in Oregon are often mistaken for vistas from arid Arizona or bone-dry southern Utah. The state of Oregon is celebrated for its vineyards, lush forests, and gushing waterfalls, but it is also home to one of the most picturesque stretches of desert in the United States. The Painted Hills…
Roughly 30,000 years ago, much of western Utah was covered by a massive lake known as Lake Bonneville. Over the centuries, Lake Bonneville receded substantially. Today, part of Lake Bonneville’s former lakebed, known as the Bonneville Salt Flats, is covered with a thick layer of salt that has enabled countless racers to set new land…
When most people think of Texas, they think of cattle, football, and cowboy hats. Most travelers are unaware that Texas is home to one of the world’s greatest geological wonders. The Caverns of Sonora—which is located approximately 15 miles outside of the town of Sonora—is a spectacular cave system that is home to some of…
In the late 1800s, Dr. J.J. Ott stumbled upon a boulder field in Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania filled with rocks that resonated like a bell when they were struck by a rock hammer. Dr. Ott was so enamored by Upper Black Eddy’s musical rocks that he constructed a primitive xylophone-like instrument out of the most…
San Francisco, California, has long been celebrated as a haven for writers, musicians, and artists in search of a creative community. When beatniks started to drift into Northern California in the 1940s, some of them crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and landed in Sausalito, where a community of bayside floating homes that they helped popularize…
If you’ve ever dreamed of having an aerial view of a pristine white beach surrounded by vibrant blue water but aren’t keen on boarding a cramped helicopter or tiny seaplane prone to turbulence, consider traveling to Vietnam to hop aboard the Phu Quoc Cable Car, commonly known as the Hon Thom Cable Car. The Hon…
Dunluce Castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland has been in the spotlight a great deal more than most medieval castles. Since its construction in the 1500s, Dunluce Castle has been featured on the inner sleeve of a Led Zeppelin album and on the wildly popular HBO show Game of Thrones. Dunluce Castle’s windswept clifftop location…
