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An 18th-century depiction of the <em>tsuchinoko</em>, also called <em>bachi hebi</em>, a snake-like Japanese cryptid.
music

Wonder Is Everywhere: A Jumping Japanese Cryptid, Ancient Amazonian Cities, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White February 2, 2024
Captain Heather Friedli puts the final touches on Team Kwe's sculpture, "Wenabozho and Dadibaajimad Journey on the River of Souls."
art

This Team of Indigenous Women Sculpts Stories in Snow

Team Kwe honors their Anishinaabe roots in the art and sport of snow sculpting.
Roxanne Hoorn February 1, 2024
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Jim Thorpe Museum

This small museum inside a larger sports complex honors the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and his life of achievement and struggle.
Tampa, Florida

Tampa Baseball Museum

The childhood home of a Tampa sports legend now houses 135 years of baseball memorabilia.
Bisbee, Arizona

Warren Ballpark

One of America's oldest stadiums was also the site of one of the most brutal anti-labor acts in American history.
Riders Azeri Coby (foreground) and Darren Charges Strong (in red) duel it out in an Indian Relay race at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington.
sports

Indian Relay May Just Be America’s Most Extreme Sport

For Indigenous participants of the bareback horse race, the sport connects them to centuries of history.
Laura Kiniry January 18, 2024
Costumes and cheap beer are staples of most weird sports, says photographer Sol Neelman, but no one takes dressing up quite as seriously as contestants in one of his all-time favorite sports events: Kaiju Live Monster Wrestling (formally known as the Kaiju Big Battel) in Queens, New York.
space exploration

The Year in Weird and Wonderful Sports

From carriage racing to winter surfing to mashed potato wrestling, these competitions captured our imaginations in 2023.
Roxanne Hoorn December 21, 2023
Montreal, Québec

Jackie Robinson Mural

This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.
Beaumont, Texas

Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center

Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."
Kvareli, Georgia

Kvareli Fortress Football Pitch

This medieval fortress is (or was till 2017) the home stadium of the football club FC Duruji Kvareli.
Toledo, Spain

Monument to the Eagle of Toledo

An homage to the first Spanish cyclist to win the Tour de France.
San Marino, San Marino

Cava dei Balestrieri

Where members of the Crossbow Corps of San Marino demonstrate their skills.
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins became obsessed with rugby after discovering the sport in college.
astronomy

Passing on the Olympics to Go to Space

Rugby and exploring the cosmos have more in common than you might think.
Jessica Watkins November 21, 2023
1996 Olympic Yachting Cauldron
Savannah, Georgia

1996 Olympic Yachting Cauldron

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.
Zermatt, Switzerland

Mountaineers' Cemetery

This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.
museums

Podcast: Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame

Visiting the Hoosier State's b-ball shrine is a slam-dunk.
The Podcast Team October 23, 2023
There are so many reasons to take stone skimming seriously.
rocks

Stone Skimming Is a World Champion Sport—And a Model for Spaceships

What to know if you want to skip a rock over 200 feet. Or fly to space.
Ella Benson Easton October 19, 2023
Manhattan, Kansas

The Chiefseum

In one man's basement, the world's largest collection of Kansas City Chiefs memorabilia is on display.