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Real Wasabi

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.
Emeryville, California

Big Daddy's Complete Rejuvenating Community Garden

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.
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The Spectacular Beauty of China's Red Beach

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The station.
Inverness, California

KPH Maritime Radio Receiving Station

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.
Specimens at the museum.
Adelaide, Australia

Santos Museum of Economic Botany

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.
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Cholla Buds

Beneath a layer of spines, this cactus sprouts asparagus-flavored buds.
The Ronning Burl
Port McNeill, British Columbia

The Ronning Burl

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.
Licorice root for sale at a Spanish market.
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Licorice Root

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”
Example of logs still laying where they fell during the Jurassic Period.
Siavonga, Zambia

Chirundu Fossil Forest

The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.
Trollskogen
Borgholm, Sweden

Trollskogen (The Troll Forest)

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.
The old pressed plants can help crack contemporary climate and environmental puzzles, if you know where to look.
railroads

A Day in the Life of a Pennsylvania Plant Detective

Researchers are comparing age-old herbaria with muddy riverbanks to track decades of ecological change.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 28, 2018
Newark Castle Remains.
Newark-on-Trent, England

The Newark Castle Remains

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.
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Cucumber Straightener

Victorians used this glass tube to keep their cukes from curling.
Federal Way, Washington

Pacific Bonsai Museum

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.
Darmstadt, Germany

The Vortex Garden

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.
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Rabarbaro

Chinese rhubarb imparts an organic smoky aroma to this Italian amaro.
Entrance on Creekside Drive.
Wheaton, Illinois

The Hurley Gardens

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.
A Minoan town buried under ash from the Thera eruption.
volcanoes

No One Knows the Exact Year of the Largest Volcanic Eruption of Our Age

Scientists are hoping archaeology, carbon dating, and tree rings together can help solve the mystery.
Sarah Laskow August 16, 2018