Anya

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• History

Struwwelpeter: the 19th-century book that scared mid-19th century German kids into behaving

4 months ago Anya

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• Travel

Jungfraujoch – Europe’s highest train station at an altitude of almost 3,500 meters!

1 year ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Discover “Pesa Vegia”, a festival with 400 years of history on the eastern branch of Lake Como

1 year ago Anya

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• Travel

The legend of Görlitz Klötzelmönch

1 year ago Anya

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• Abandoned Places

Inside the abandoned Santa Margherita – Lanzo d’Intelvi funicolar

2 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Discover the world’s longest straight road that pierces the desert for 149 miles without a single bend!

2 years ago Anya

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• Food

Milbenkäse, the unusual German cheese infested with live mites

2 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 17: Saint Anthony the Abbot, The Great, or The Father of Monks

2 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 2: Berchtoldstag

2 years ago Anya

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• Abandoned Places

Hotel Zdrowie – the abandoned “sanatorium” in Gdynia Orłowo

3 years ago Anya

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• History

How the Nazis created Fanta

3 years ago Anya

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Auvers-sur-Oise: the grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh

3 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Schignano Carnival: between melancholy, myths, century-old traditions and local history

3 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 3: Saint Biagio’s Panettone

3 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

La Giubiana: a curious tradition linked to the last Thursday of January in Northern Italy

3 years ago Anya

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• Travel

The church of San Martino: a splendid balcony on Lake Como

4 years ago Anya

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• Abandoned Places

The short and rich life of the abandoned Château de la Solitude of Plessis-Robinson

4 years ago Anya

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• Abandoned Places

Collégiale Sainte-Croix de Liège: a once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

4 years ago Anya

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• Art and Photography

Wilson Bentley, the first snowflakes photographer

4 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Santa Maria presso San Satiro and Bramante’s perspective

4 years ago Anya

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• Travel

The Devil’s Column: a gateway to hell in Milan’s city center

4 years ago Anya

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• Random Christmas 2021

December 20#: Murano Christmas Tree – Italy

4 years ago Anya

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• Abandoned Places

“Bovisa’s drop”: history (and future?) of Milan’s secret wood

4 years ago Anya

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• People, mysteries and stories

The curious story of Witch’s Ladder

4 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Nikiszowiec: Katowice’s old mining district

4 years ago Anya

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• Lighthouses of the world

Cape Disappointment Light: the oldest functioning lighthouse on the West Coast

5 years ago Anya

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• Lighthouses of the world

Porphyry Island – Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior

5 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Pescarenico: the fishing village which has kept intact its charm over time

5 years ago Anya

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• Abandoned Places

Cereseto castle and its secrets

5 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Travel

Salice Terme: the sad story of a beloved tourist destination and its decline

5 years ago Anya

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• History

May 31, 1962: the Voghera massacre

5 years ago Anya

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• History

May 14, 1983: the forgotten history of massacre of the Eros cinema in the suburbs of Milan, Italy

5 years ago Anya

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• Abandoned Places

The impressive little Lourdes 30 km from Milan

5 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Telling the Bees: the curious folklore of Rural England and not only

5 years ago Anya

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• Breaking News

Happy Birthday Venice, 1600 years!

5 years ago Anya

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• Breaking News

Fukushima disaster: what happened 10 years ago at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

5 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Praglia Abbey: a Benedictine monastery surrounded by the Euganean Hills

5 years ago Anya

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Monumental Cemetery of Lecco – Italy

5 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Corenno Plinio: enchanting medieval hamlet on the eastern branch of Como Lake

5 years ago Anya

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Centuries of history and miracles: the beautiful Laorca Cemetery

5 years ago Anya

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• Random Christmas 2020

10# A spider for Christmas?

5 years ago Anya

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• Lighthouses of the world

When was the lighthouse invented? 👀

5 years ago Anya