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Henry D. Clark, the "Rhubarb King."
food

How Alaska Became Home to Humongous Rhubarb

The leafy green grows to monstrous size under the midnight sun.
Anne Ewbank July 30, 2019
Neot Semadar art center.
Neot Semadar, Israel

Kibbutz Neot Semadar

An autonomous community living in the southern Negev desert.
Storehouses like this one stored both sweet potatoes and valuables.
gardens

The World’s Only Traditional Māori Garden Was Made From Memories

Once gardens, then a garbage dump, then back to gardens.
Anne Ewbank July 11, 2019
Stripey "Tigger" pocket melons have a powerful perfume.
food

Around the World in 125 Melons

It took nine years to grow and photograph all the melons in this book.
Anne Ewbank July 8, 2019
A lovely desert truffle.
deserts

As Israel’s Desert Truffles Become Scarce, a Researcher Works to Grow Them as Crops

Decades of work have led to a breakthrough.
Lela Nargi July 1, 2019
Won't you be my neighbor?
islands

These Seaweed-Munching Sheep in Scotland Need Someone to Fix Their Wall

The small island of North Ronaldsay is looking for someone to repair the dyke that keeps the flock close to the shore.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 25, 2019
Sesame and poppy seeds, dried onion and garlic, coarse salt. In a word: Everything.
food

Everything You Need to Know About the True Origins of the Everything Bagel

There's a lot of history in every bite.
Dan Nosowitz June 25, 2019
A female <em>Habropoda laboriosa</em>, better known as the southeastern blueberry bee.
blueberries

The Key to Bodacious Blueberries Is a Bumper Crop of Bees

To attract them, though, it helps to have forest nearby.
Jonathan Carey June 18, 2019
Siwi dates
Gastro Obscura

Siwa Oasis Dates

Dates from this desert oasis have been sweetening Egyptian tables since pharaonic times.
James Boudreaux under his mirliton trellis.
farms

After Hurricane Katrina, Home Gardeners Saved New Orleans' Iconic Squash

The Louisiana mirliton has survived revolution, industrial competition, and floods.
Reina Gattuso June 7, 2019
Vaduz, Liechtenstein

The Prince of Liechtenstein's Vineyard and Wine Cellar

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.
The nest as it was found.
insects

Found: The First Bee's Nest Made Entirely of Plastic

Researchers in Argentina found the synthetic nest by chance.
Evan Nicole Brown June 6, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Lanzarote Wines

On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.
Behold the macadamia: delicious, fatty, and frequently cloned!
forests

70 Percent of the World’s Macadamia Nuts Came From One Tree in Australia

Call it the Genghis Khan of macadamias.
Sabrina Imbler June 3, 2019
The Klasies River Cave.
caves

Found: The Earliest Evidence of Humans Cooking and Eating Starch

We were eating rhizomes and tubers as early as 120,000 years ago.
Matthew Taub May 20, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Brisbane Customs House Mushrooms

The basement of a 19th-century government building provides peak conditions for delicious fungi.
The torchlight turns the village of Novacella into a storybook scene.
food

Italian Vineyards Are Glowing From the Light of Hundreds of Torches

It's a beautiful, if imperfect, antidote to crop-damaging cold.
Matthew Taub May 10, 2019
The Cloverland Garage.
Asotin, Washington

Cloverland Ghost Town

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.