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In the past 21 years, Vienna’s Vegetable Orchestra has played nearly 300 shows all around the world (Credit: Heidrun Henke)
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The world’s first vegetable orchestra

By Eliot Stein

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How ‘real’ soy sauce should taste
By Eliot Stein & Mari Shibata
(Credit: Mari Shibata)
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Japan’s art of ‘naked friendship’
By Eliot Stein & Mari Shibata
For years, Huang Yung-fu relied on donations to buy his paint (Credit: Eliot Stein)
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A village rescued by a 96 year old
By Eliot Stein
Venice was importing silk from the Byzantines before Marco Polo’s journeys east (Credit: Eliot Stein)
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The last velvet merchant of Venice
By Eliot Stein
Yan Jhen-Fa is Taiwan's last film poster painter
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Taiwan’s last cinema poster painter
By Eliot Stein
Carlo D’Oriano has manned the Punta Carena lighthouse for the past 13 years (Credit: Eliot Stein)
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The world’s last lighthouse keepers
By Eliot Stein
Denies' mailed letter sits inside the oak tree's small knothole (Credit: Eliot Stein)
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A 128-year-old dating service
By Eliot Stein
After the photo went viral, tourists started flocking to La Casa del Arbol to ride the swing (Credit: Eliot Stein)
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The swing people trek hours to find
By Eliot Stein
Wrocław’s two most famous dwarves, nicknamed Sisyphus, push against each other (Credit: Eliot Stein)
Adventure & Experience
The cheeky gnomes taking over a city
By Eliot Stein
Byssus, or sea silk, is one of the most coveted materials in the world (Credit: Luigi Garavaglia)
Adventure & Experience
The secret of the world’s rarest silk
By Eliot Stein
Panagiotis Skopelitis is one of only 37 people left in Antia (Credit: Eliot Stein)
Culture & Identity
Europe's most endangered language?
By Eliot Stein
Su filindeu is about half as wide as angel-hair pasta (Credit: Eliot Stein)
Culinary Roots
The secret behind Italy’s rarest pasta
By Eliot Stein