travel
Elounda: coastal calm in eastern Crete
Nestled about an hour east of Crete's Heraklion airport lies the sleepy town of Elounda. More of a coastal village, really, it's stretched out around...
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gaming
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architecture
Cracked Pools and Drained Savings: How “Concrete Cancer” Ruined Summers Across Central Texas
Janell Gregerson’s toenails are painted hot pink, a tropical color that evokes the joys of lounging by the water, margarita in hand. But as...
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travel
Taiwan's Second-Largest City Is An Affordable Coastal Haven With Beautiful Views, Culture, And Urban Charm
When travelers think of Asia, they often choose Vietnam for its cuisine, China for the Great Wall and other landmarks, or the Philippines for its...
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architecture
sigurd larsen crafts meraki studios as a concrete grid in crete’s terraced terrain
cavernous and cool, each unit of sigurd larsen's meraki studios is carved into the frame like an alcove, open to the mountains of crete....
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movie & tv
'Rings of Power' Charlie Vickers Is Teaming Up With 'Bridgerton's Next Leading Lady For New Moody Coastal Drama 'The Survivors'
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space
Sunrise Solar Eclipse on March 29th for Eastern North America
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travel
How to Escape the Mediterranean Cruise Crowds? Head to This Underrated Coastal Paradise Instead
One writer is reminded of the importance of slowing down and embracing calm during an off-season cruise on the recently relaunched ‘Crystal Symphony.’...
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architecture
Natural Stone vs Concrete Paving — Both Popular Choices, But One Wins Out on Style Alone
When it comes to designing your back garden, there can be a seemingly endless list of questions to work through. One of the most crucial...
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crafting
How to make gold veins in poured cement projects – Recycled Crafts
I love working with concrete, especially putting things in it before it dries completely. I haven’t yet tried putting veins of color in it...
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travel
Sandwiched Between San Diego And LA Is One Of California's Coolest Coastal Cities With New England Vibes
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science
Fossil hunter accidentally uncovers 4,000-year-old ax in Poland. See the discovery
In the forests and farmland of eastern Poland, Grzegorz Wróbl set out on a mission to find fossils. Instead, he found an ancient weapon....
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science
This lump of melted soil may push back the origin of metallurgy by thousands of years
In 2021, archaeologists working at an ancient site called Gre Filla in southeastern Anatolia in Turkey unearthed an amorphous, glasslike lump with a...
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outdoors
Curvy, surfy camping trailer is a transforming oceanfront bunkhouse
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fashion
Naomi Campbell Has Two Totally Different Takes on Vacation Dressing
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home improvement
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travel
Arty, foodie garden heaven in Eastern Cape
With an unofficial slogan of “No thirst like Bathurst”, it’s no surprise that a small, historic settlement in the Eastern Cape is jocularly referred...
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architecture / design / interior design
Gabriel Rivera designs adaptable concrete house in Ecuador
Local studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has designed a concrete house with a large overhang and spaces designed to adapt to the varying needs of its...
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apps
My Life Offline: The Joys of Living Without TikTok and Instagram
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Northeastern chapter.On January 18th, while standing in line at Taco Bell (...
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outdoors / travel
This Coastal Town Offers World-Class Glacier Cruises — and You Can Spot Orcas Right From the Shore
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architecture
Modernist churches: we give praise for the genre’s concrete geometries
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architecture
green pigmented concrete facades sculpt casa gruta in yucatán, mexico
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architecture
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architecture
Building concrete on Mars from local materials
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architecture
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auto
Nothing says Middle Eastern royalty quite like a 1-of-1 Rolls Royce Cullinan-based Mansory D’Arabo, sinister in black with copper accents, 24-inch wheels, a tuned V12 and badges in Arabic
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