Kissing under sprigs of mistletoe, one of the most famous symbols of Christmas, is a well-known holiday tradition. However, this...
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It is Christmas time: fresh Christmas trees are just about on every street corner, or waiting to be cut, taken...
Ever seen "carrageenan" at the end of an incomprehensible list of ingredients on the back of your ice cream tub...
Christmas is the season of giving gifts showing love towards one another (well, more or less). But this does not...
A visit to Clare Island Lighthouse, Ireland, is absolutely something different.First, you can leave your car behind at Roonagh Pier...
Two men lurking over the pen. Meanwhile a large, male turkey walked in a circle, readying his mating dance, waiting...
Often maggot-infested, the food was often uneatable, living quarters were tiny and discipline was extremely strict, with the threat of...
From Beetham village, England, a path climbs to Beetham fell and leads to the so-called Fairy Steps. The second of...
For believers and ghost stories enthusiasts, the countryside of the American South is haunted and, given the history of the...
Stokes County, North Carolina, is located in the heart of tobacco country. Back in the heyday of the Golden Leaf,...
The BBC’s first pop music show, Six-Five Special, was broadcast on this day, November 16 1957, from the tiny 2i’s...
Bean soup has been served in the Senate dining room since time immemorial. However, its origins are as murky as...
According to the legend, Lieutenant George Dixon of the 21st Alabama Infantry Regiment was quite a lucky man. At least,...
Standing between idyllic Lough Swilly, one of Ireland’s very few glacial fjords, and sandy Mulroy Bay, lies Fanad Head Lighthouse....
In the first known cookbook written in the United States, Amelia Simmons’s 1796 American Cookery, you’ll find some recipes that...
Guy Fawkes Day, also called Bonfire Night, is a British observance, celebrated on this day, November 5, commemorating the failure...
First: did you know that the Day of the Dead has a history older than Christmas? Historically, Jesus of Nazareth...
Try to imagine: you're a normal worker, and you live in your pretty cottage just outside Dublin. It’s autumn and,...
Probably, we tend to take holiday colors for granted, not giving them too much thought since they’re simply ingrained in...
Now a night of frolic especially for children in America but now also all over the world, this autumn holiday...
When it comes to haunted places in the Deep South of United States, two cities often come to mind: Charleston,...
We've all heard the scary stories. And Halloween would be nothing without the tricks and, above all, wouldn’t be fun...
When one thinks of haunted locations, the first thing that comes to mind are houses, usually followed by cemeteries. However,...
The trees are turning, the weather's getting cooler, laughing pumpkins are back—it's fall! No, that one English friend tells you:...
Near the town of Morganton, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains lies the so-called Brown Mountain....
When the golden beams of the suns light shine through the Spanish moss draped trees at the Edisto Island Presbyterian...
The Bolton Strid, a narrow segment of the River Wharf in North England, is a picturesque stretch of river that...
September is the month of the Harvest Moon, sometimes also referred to as the Wine Moon or the Singing Moon....
Ghost stories are one of the most fascinating ways to uncover an area’s history, past residents, culture and stories. Nestled...
Savannah is the home to some of the richest history in America. It is the oldest city in Georgia and...