Kiruna,Sweden'snorthernmosttown,isbeingrelocatedbuildingbybuildingbecausetheironminebeneathitiscausingthegroundtocollapse.They'removingthechurch,thetownsquare,3,000homes—everything.It'sstillhappening.
Abstract expressionism — Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning — was literally a Cold War weapon. The CIA secretly bankrolled exhibitions, galleries, and critics through front organizations to prove American culture was superior to Soviet realism. The artists never knew.
In 1518, a woman in Strasbourg started dancing in the street and couldn't stop. Within a month, 400 people had joined her. Some danced until their hearts gave out.
Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost town, is being relocated building by building because the iron mine beneath it is causing the ground to collapse. They're moving the church, the town square, 3,000 homes — everything. It's still happening.
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