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Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public
As print is slowly killed (or at least deeply altered) by the advent of the Internet, relics of the early era of print become even more novel. In the early 1500s, the printing press was less than... »
Unique Collections, Retro-Tech | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and Dylan
Giant bug impled on a 23m high needle
Nothing in a quaint old town of Leuven really prepares you for a sight of a giant shiny green beetle impaled on a 23m high needle.
The name of the sculpture is 'totem' and is a work by Belgian... »
Strange Statues | Edited by stanestane
Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian hamlet
The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Basiliek van het Heilig Bloed) is a 12th century chapel, in the medieval town of Bruges, Belgium, which houses a revered phial containing cloth stained with the... »
Relics and Reliquaries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Raphi Gottesman
This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial
Opened in 2000 by the Flemish Sundial Society, the Genk Sundial Park includes over-sized models of many of history's most incredible mechanisms for reading time off of shadows.
Located in the... »
Astounding Timepieces | Edited by Josh
