In the summer of 1483, England watched a political earthquake. King Edward IV died suddenly, leaving a 12-year-old heir: Edward V. His uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, became Lord Protector—tasked with safeguarding the boy and the kingdom. Within weeks, the young king and his brother, Richard, Duke of York, were lodged in the Tower of London, a royal fortress used both as a residence and a prison. At first, it didn’t look like a disappearance story. It looked like a coronation waiting room. T

🔔Bells rang out Tuesday evening from the Van Leer Memorial Bell Tower in Normal for the first time in several decades.🔔 The tower was completed in 1940 and rises 110 feet. At the time, the tower cost $40,000 to build — equivalent to $1 million today. It is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as the only privately-owned bell tower in the United States. The tower will now play music twice daily (noon and 5 p.m.), as it did originally, from an electronic carillon purchased by t

Tower of Silence, atau dikenal sebagai Dakhma, adalah bangunan pemakaman tradisional dalam ajaran Zoroastrian yang sudah dipraktikkan sejak ribuan tahun lalu, terutama di wilayah Iran dan India oleh komunitas Parsi. Dalam tradisi ini, jen4zah tidak dikubur atau dikremasi, melainkan diletakkan di atas bangunan berbentuk menara terbuka agar terpapar sinar matahari dan burung pemakan bangkai seperti burung nasar. Tujuannya bukan untuk menyiks4, melainkan sebagai bentuk penghormatan terhadap alam da