If the sight of storm clouds gathering over Lake Geneva puts you in a dark mood, then you have an idea of Mary Shelley"s frame of mind when she conceived the story that would become her seminal work. While Shelley wrote several historical novels and travel books, it was this macabre story of a grotesque creature that made her legacy.
Frankenstein Friday
Today in History
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Tintern Abbey, Wales
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Bioluminescence at Trwyn Du Lighthouse in Wales
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Giving Tuesday
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Fall for Chile
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Grand Canyon National Park turns 105
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Paleontology meets art
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Under Parisian skies
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Papa was a flightless bird
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Zelenci Nature Reserve, Slovenia
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A stroll above the stratosphere
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Staircase of turquoise pools
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Freshwater plants in Aquário Natural, Brazil
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Rising up from the black sand like rock gods
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Southern lights for Antarctica Day
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Stuben am Arlberg, Austria
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Storks ready for takeoff
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
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Travel Sunday: Sintra, Portugal
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Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
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Dancing waters of Dubai
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Blue Lagoon spa, Grindavík, Iceland
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Frozen fun in the Canadian cold
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World Bamboo Day
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World Theater Day
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Angkor, Cambodia
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Let the games (finally) begin!
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Celebrating Flag Day: ‘O long may it wave’
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20 years later
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The persistence of Perito Moreno