Month: July 2020

4 min read

• Travel

Crater Lake: the deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in myth.

3 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 31

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Kejonuma Leisure Land: a quaint amusement park that now lays rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

3 years ago Ivan

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 30

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The ghost of Alice Riley and the legend spanish moss

3 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 29

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Tourlitis Lighthouse: The magical Greek Lighthouse

3 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• History

The incredible story of the woman who fell 75 storeys in a lift (and survived)

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 28

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Hans Christian Andersen and his borrowed grave at Assistens Kirkegård in Copenaghen

3 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 27

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Travel

The strange story of why human urine was transported to quarries in North East Yorkshire

3 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 26

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Travel

Vicars’ Close: the oldest residential street in Europe that also features an optical illusion.

3 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 25

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Food

Mad Honey: the hallucinogenic honey that can sell for over $60 a pound on the black market

3 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• History

Light and air for everybody: the window tax imposed on English citizens in 1696

3 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 24

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Port: the Irish ghost village off the map.

3 years ago Leo S

1 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 23

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The unsolved mystery of Draga Mitrićević’s death

3 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 22

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Svörtuloftsviti – Skálasnagaviti: a lighthouse in Iceland that boasts magnificent coastal views

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 21

3 years ago randomcollabs

5 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

From baker to millionaire: the story of a man with a remarkable sense of entrepreneurship buried in Wiener Zentralfriedhof

3 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 20

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Motors

The miniature Rolls Royce that costs as much as a real car

3 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 19

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Travel

The Aqueduct of Segovia, a glorious Roman heritage in Spain

3 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 18

3 years ago randomcollabs

7 min read

• Food

Italy’s Moka Coffee Pot: why the iconic item has become an endangered species

3 years ago Anya016

3 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 17

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

What remains of Rosemary Farm and its lively past~

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 16

3 years ago randomcollabs

7 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

432 Abercorn Street: one of Savannah’s most haunted houses between history and urban legends

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 15

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Kallur Lighthouse and the magnificent Kalsoy – Faroe Islands

3 years ago Ivan

1 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 14

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

August Kelnarič, the boy trapped in the pain of death at Pobrežje Cemetery

3 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 13

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Travel

Buford, Wyoming: Population 1 (and now zero)

3 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – July 12

3 years ago randomcollabs