🦁 Secrets under the New York Public Library | Bulletin #133

This week: the Eiffel Tower is growing taller as you read this 🇫🇷

July 30, 2025

Eiffel Tower 📍 Paris, France 📸 Laura Sanchez

Is the Eiffel Tower getting taller? Yes it is, and it's not hitting a growth spurt—it's just stretching in the summer heat. Thanks to thermal expansion, the structure's iron frame can grow up to 15 cm taller when temperatures rise, making summer the peak season in more ways than one.

THIS WEEK IN AWA AWESOMENESS

👋 Heyo Boston
🇩🇰 Danish delights
🗽 One large NYC library
🌊 Icelandic folklore

BOSTON NEXT WEEK!

We’re “shipping off” to Boston! In the next few weeks we’ll be on our latest adventure discovering everything that Beantown has to offer alongside our architecturally awesome friends at Shepley Bulfinch. Got any recs for us? Let us know! We’re a little nervous as we’ve heard a lot of talk about a scary ‘green monster’ and we aren’t sure how locals live with it.

BOSTON GIVEAWAY

Calling all Boston area Adventurers! We’re giving away ten tickets to our sold out talk and signing at the beautiful Boston Atheneum where we’ll be chatting with the one & only Matthew Dickey on Wednesday, August 13th. Enter for your chance to win — plus you’a day pass to explore the Atheneum, so a win-win!

In Case You Missed It

Last month, we rambled through the delightful Danish landscape and shared some highlights from our journey with our fantastic friends at VisitDenmark. As we gear up to reveal more from our Adventure, here are some Danish tidbits perfect for hygge hour!

🚪 A Michelin Starred Inn
🇩🇰 Flag from heaven?
🪁 An explosion of color
☕️ What is hygge?

New York Public Library📍 New York, New York, USA 📸 Sara Kuprowska

READ BETWEEN THE LIONS

Between two massive marble lions lies an entrance to the fifth-largest library in the world. But what’s held within their multi-story basement lair? Let’s find out…

Dyrhólaey Lighthouse📍 Vik, Iceland 📸 Christopher Centrella

LORE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE

While the original intention of this lighthouse was to direct sailors away from the island’s rocky coast, the white structure and its hometown of Vik have become a beacon for other creatures, living…and legendary.

Santa Cruz Sea Swings 📸 Ludwig Favre

THANK YOU, SANTA CRUZ!

Our second museum Exhibition was a massive success! From whimsical photos all around Santa Cruz County to classic AWA favorites, our time in the sunny Surf City was an absolute treat.

We would like to thank the 150+ photographers who were involved and the thousands of awesome Adventurers who visited. We can’t wait to come back 🌞

📸 Say cheese! For today’s secret link, you could win a Polaroid Camera Adventure Pin. We’re still cheesin’ thinking about you possibly winning it!