A hydroelectric structure in the Tennessee Valley Authority system and a significant landmark in the North Georgia mountains.
The Blue Ridge Dam, located in Fannin County, Georgia, stands as one of the key hydroelectric structures in the Tennessee Valley Authority system and a significant landmark in the North Georgia mountains. Completed in 1930 by the Tennessee Electric Power Company and later acquired by the TVA in 1939, the dam created Blue Ridge Lake, a man-made reservoir that has become both a vital energy source and a recreational centerpiece for the region.
Unlike flora and fauna, fossils connect each state to its deep geologic past, sometimes hundreds of millions of years before humans appeared.
The idea of adopting official state fossils in the United States grew out of the same impulse that led to the recognition of state birds, flowers, and trees: an interest in celebrating distinctive natural heritage and educating the public about local history and identity.
The museum is Self-Guided. On average it takes 45 minutes to an hour. It all depends on your level of interest in the subject of Bigfoot and Bigfoot research.
The Bigfoot Exhibition in the Blue Ridge area — most widely known as Expedition: Bigfoot! The Sasquatch Museum — is a curious and surprisingly thorough shrine to one of America’s favorite modern legends. Tucked along Highway 515 just outside Blue Ridge, Georgia, in the small community of Cherry Log.
The genus name, derived from the Greek for “murderess”.
The spiders commonly called Brazilian wandering spiders belong to the genus Phoneutria, a small but medically significant group of large, fast-moving araneomorph spiders in the family Ctenidae.
Its origins can be traced to ancient Egypt.
Taxidermy, the art and science of preserving and mounting the skins of animals for display or study, has deep roots that extend across centuries and cultures. The word itself is derived from the Greek “taxis,” meaning arrangement, and “derma,” meaning skin. Its origins can be traced to ancient Egypt, where animal mummification was practiced as part of religious rites.
The presence of lavender in the home created a natural boundary between the household and the unseen world, driving out malevolent forces and inviting harmony.
The superstition of placing lavender in drawers, when viewed through the lens of witchcraft and folklore, becomes an act rich in meaning, protection, and quiet ritual. For centuries, lavender has been more than a pleasant scent; it has been a guardian spirit in herb form, a ward against evil, and a purifier of both space and spirit.
An enormous, terrestrial spider.
The J’Ba Fofi is a creature of the Congo Basin’s folklore and modern cryptozoological imagination, most often described not as a bipedal ape but as an enormous, terrestrial spider.
Some more music and film stars to report on here.
These artists were guitar players and a founding member of the band KISS; a movie and TV star an actress in the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers; was a movie star in such as Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and TV like Kingdom Hospital; and a drummer in bands like Squeeze and for Jools Holland.
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite Elton John songs. See if you agree with any of these!
I’m a big fan of Bernie Taupin and Elton John’s works. In the first two posts, which I will link at the bottom of this third post, I chose 12 of my all-time favorite Elton songs. I’ll list them for you, and then get started with my next picks!
The idea of a “circus” featuring fleas as performers dates to at least the sixteenth century.
The flea circus occupies one of the most peculiar corners of entertainment history, an odd blend of Victorian spectacle, miniature engineering, and showman’s illusion that captured imaginations for over a century. The idea of a “circus” featuring fleas as performers dates to at least the sixteenth century, when a London watchmaker named Mark Scaliot was reputed to have harnessed fleas to pull a tiny golden chariot.
