Theater Osnabrück
A German municipal theatre founded in 1771, now operating two venues in Osnabrück’s city centre with a repertoire spanning drama, opera, and concert performance.
Tower of Memories
A Gothic mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery completed over 22 years by three architects. Designed by Charles A. Smith in 1926, finished by John Monroe in 1948.
Villa Bloemenwerf
Henry van de Velde’s 1895 residence in Brussels, where the Belgian architect unified architecture, interiors, and furnishings into a unified Art Nouveau masterwork.
Palo Alto station
A Streamline Moderne transit hub designed in 1941 by John H. Christie, serving Stanford University and the Bay Area Peninsula Corridor as California’s second-busiest Caltrain station.
Milton Odem House
A 1937 Streamline Moderne bungalow in Redmond, Oregon, built by Ole K. Olson for theater owner Milton Odem and now recognized as one of the state’s finest examples of the style.
Ebru, Turkish paper marbling
Ebru is the Turkish art of floating pigments on water, combing them into intricate patterns, then transferring each unique design to paper in a single, unrepeatable monotype.
Danza de los Voladores
Five acrobats descend by rope from a 30-metre pole while a fifth dances and drums at its summit—an ancient Mesoamerican ceremony preserved by the Totonac people of Veracruz.
Mangal Shobhajatra
An annual dawn procession celebrating the Bengali New Year in Dhaka, where thousands parade with elaborate masks and music to affirm Bangladesh’s secular identity and cultural unity.
Harees
A slow-cooked wheat porridge enriched with meat and spices, harees marks sacred moments across Armenia and the Gulf—Easter tables, Ramadan nights, and Ashura observances.
Frevo
A kinetic dance and musical tradition born in Recife’s Carnival, where performers and orchestras move with explosive energy in the fever of the street.