The Multi-Tasking Gargoyles

Throughout France and elsewhere in Europe, many gothic-inspired structures and cathedrals feature gargoyles adorning their exteriors.  Gargoyles are often fearsome, fantastical, and humorous and were originally included in gothic architectural design to serve two purposes – to scare off evil spirits and as waterspouts directing water drainage away from the structure. Curiously, no two gargoyles are […]

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Mark Stevenson’s 3D World

As a youngster, UIG contributor Mark Stevenson had a keen interest in science fiction as well as dinosaurs.  His interest was further piqued when Steven Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” was released in 1977.  The movie and a subsequent visit to Devil’s Tower, the famous Wyoming butte featured in the film, left lasting impressions on […]

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