I think I’d like to become more of a “juice person.” There’s something I find oddly admirable about a person who drinks green juice every morning or, better yet, buys a juicer and makes their own weird, elaborate concoctions.

An Unexpected, Fruit-Shaped Canadian Staple

This giant orange—standing three stories high and 40 feet wide—marks Gibeau Orange Julep, one of Montreal’s oldest and most iconic fast-food joints. Hermas Gibeau founded the eatery in 1932 and named both it and his version of the staple orange julep drink after himself. It’s a basic orange juice with a twist: a creamier and heartier version with the secret ingredient being powdered egg.

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Since 2011, this unique sculpture has guarded the outside of a popular steakhouse.

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🍖 In 19th-century America, meat juice was a token of love

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🌌 Make the official mocktail of the European Space Agency

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🥂 This fizzy, fruity “almost wine” is the hallmark of Austria’s harvest season

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George Peabody Library

This ornate library was built in 1878 at the behest of philanthropist George Peabody as part of the Peabody Institute, America’s first music conservatory. With its huge central atrium and patterned marble floors, the space has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

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This stone marker commemorates one millionaire’s personal vendetta against gravity.

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An Unexpected, Fruit-Shaped Canadian Staple

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