Sunday Links

Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal church. Photograph: Adria Walker

The Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Ontario (where I live now) is considered a sacred site and tourist destination because of its importance for people who participated in the Underground Railroad and for their descendants. The church’s pulpit is the original – the same one that Harriet Tubman, who lived in St Catharines for about a decade, Frederick Douglass and John Brown would have sat before as parishioners or would have spoken behind as lecturers. It is the first international listing in the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.

Dacora is a $500,000, all-electric, entirely hand built, customizable car. It’s pretty snazzy looking too (at that price it should be).

Can I park here? No duh

The Man Who Unsolved a Murder If you’re accused of a crime, will someone investigate your side of the story? In California, there’s no guarantee. Via Miss Cellania 

Housewives Does this term even exist in the real world any more? There are no June Cleavers in my universe.  (Via Memo Of The Air)

Find swan. Address swan: "all right, swan." Watching nothing but swan rescues

The short, dramatic history of alien abduction in the US In the 1980s, thousands of Americans began to suspect they may have been abducted by aliens. What happened?

This is one cold-blooded toddler.

The Renaissance of Creole Cream Cheese This historic cheese looks like it would be  easy and versatile to make.

How light tricks our eyes.

A Great Dane named Juliana was awarded a medal during WWII for urinating Via Miss Cellania

This is fun. Type out whatever is on your mind and Music Is My Therapist will find a song based on what you're going through. Via Web Curios

Would you drink this? Liquid Death Is Selling Ten Collectable Cans of Their Iced Tea With Ozzy Osbourne's DNA and Signature

Saving Time: Some ways mazes are generated.

They Travel the World and Cheat Death for License Plates

“I feel neither younger nor older than 94, but 94 now feels younger than I’d expected.” Author Judith Viorst Replies To The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire (Via Metafilter)

Caught in the act: Sit and Run

Paving Paradise for the Ultra Rich The Wilderness Society has identified over 250 million acres of public land that Republicans are preparing to sell under new legislation. If the SENR Bill passes, then you can expect to spend a lot more time indoors.

We Are Witch Pilgrimage remembers women condemned as witches.

A day in the life of a bottle collector Each year individuals from marginalized communities, primarily from Romania and West Africa, travel north to collect empty beer bottles, cups, and cans discarded by thousands of Roskilde festival-goers, exchanging them for cash through the Danish refund system. Via TMN

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised But It Will Be Optimized (Presented in Beta)

Good vibes and great cocktails at these hidden speakeasies around the world. NYT gift link

A place of rugged and simple beauty. Robert Finch recalls the challenging yet rewarding days spent on Canada’s rugged Atlantic coast.