Turkey’s Burj Al Babas: the abandoned city of the Luxury Castles
The atmosphere seems that of a surreal tale, a Disney fairytale in the Horror version, but the Burj Al Babas project is so far from cinematic fiction, and it develops […]
Guillotine: a “human form” of execution.
As strange as it may seem, the instrument of capital execution that became the emblem of the French revolutionary excesses of the eighteenth century, the guillotine, was born with humanitarian […]
Popcorn Bay: Fuerteventura’s beach with Pop-Corn-like sand
On the island of Fuerteventura, near the town of Corralejo, in the Canaries, there is a beach whose sand seems to be made of Pop Corn. The place is known […]
The incredible infrared photographs of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
N. As we known, the exclusion zone includes the 30 kilometers radius from the center of the explosion that, in 1986, caused the most serious nuclear accident in history, a […]
The Terrifying Stereoscopic Postcards used to “Educate” Children at the beginning of the 20th century
What child doesn’t dread the unseen monsters potentially lurking under the bed, or stalking around the shadows outside the window? These stereoscopic postcards knew the peak of success during the […]
What We Call Today “living room”, Was Actually Called “Death Room” in the victorian era…
We all know that the living room is one of the central parts of every modern home, often used for television, relax or other family activities. If today it happens […]
The incredible story of the man who fed a family of Polar Bears in Siberia.
In the second half of the ’70s a strange rumor began to run among the inhabitants of the autonomous region of Čukotka, the north-eastern end of Russia that looks beyond […]
Albano Castle: a beautiful Roman building totally abandoned.
Historically, It seems that this castle could date back to the Roman age: from the Roman era remains in fact a tile with a funerary inscription. From the tenth century, […]
“Dragon Bones” of Santa Maria e San Donato
We are in Venice, one of the most visited Italian cities by thousands of tourists from all over the world. On our site you can see this magnificent city covered […]
Edison’s talking doll which terrified children.
He called them his “little monsters”: Thomas Alva Edison, great inventor and American entrepreneur, is remembered in history as the man who invented the light bulb. Although he was not […]
Frog Eye Salad
Here we are: Frog eye salad is probably a sweet lie: of course not made of frog eyes and it isn’t even your normal lettuce-based salad. This sweet, creamy dish […]
The American Fat men’s that celebrated in excess~
In the mid-1800s, a “Fat Movement” gained momentum when affluent people who didn’t have to work and could afford to eat copiously, started gaining weight. Self-proclaimed “fat men”, in major […]
Triora: the Italian Village of the Terrifying trial to the Witches.
Triora is a medieval village once a crossroads of considerable importance for trade between Italy and France. In 1587, bad weather and pitiful crops led to a famine, and the […]
24 photographs of the 1930s show the Life conditions in the New York Psychiatric Hospital.
These photos from Pilgrim State Hospital in the late 1930s blended clear-eyed reporting with an almost palpable compassion. The black and white photographs were taken by the LIFE’s Alfred Eisenstaedt […]
A Walk inside the Maddalena Hospital, Rovigo.
The sanatorium “Umberto Maddalena”, located in Rovigo, Italy, was inaugurated on February 1st 1938 in order to fight tuberculosis in all this area. Originally, as can be seen from certain […]
The mysterious Hanging Coffins of Sagada, Philippines
In the mists of time, for over 2000 years, the Igorot population has traditionally created wooden coffins and set them overhanging in the rock. The Igorots are an indigenous tribe […]
