Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

A short (totally sincere) history of April Fools’ Day

8 months ago Leo S

11 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of April: holidays, folklore and traditions

8 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Pesuta Shipwreck: the stunning remnants of a wreck emerge that from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

8 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• History

Haida’s Totems: the silent guardians of the Northwest coast of Canada

9 months ago Leo S

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Irish Superstitions that people still believe ~

9 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Worm Moon: March full moon

9 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins: the remains of a chapel created for convenience.

9 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

Kópakonan, the Seal Woman of Faroe Islands

9 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Anna Ravenel, Edgar Allan Poe and the Unitarian Church Graveyard

9 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Phantom Canyon Road: the narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

9 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The curious history Of Vermont’s Witch Windows

9 months ago Leo S

9 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of March: holidays, fun facts, folklore and more

9 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Hollywood Cemetery: the final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

9 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Snow Moon: February’s full moon

10 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 15: The Roman Festival of Lupercalia

10 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Things you probably didn’t know about snow

10 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Groundhog Day, an American holiday with purely Europeans origins ~

10 months ago Leo S

11 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of February: holidays, fun facts and folklore

10 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Travel

Creole House Inn on St. Ann – a pearl in New Orleans French Quarter

11 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Wolf Moon: the first Full Moon of the year

11 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Travel

Fyvie Castle: history, ghosts, weeping stones and curses

11 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Food

Texas Sheet Cake: a favorite funeral treat in Texas

11 months ago Leo S

9 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The Haunting Beauty of Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia ~

11 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Cailleach, the Goddess of Winter

11 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Food

How to eat a Christmas Tree (or turn it into Cocktails)

11 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Food

Victorian Epiphany Tart – an old English recipe

11 months ago Leo S

13 min read

• History

When winter was really winter: the legendary Frost Fairs of the River Thames

11 months ago Leo S

10 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of January: holidays, fun facts and Folklore

11 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Food
• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Hoppin’ John: a traditional Southern dish for New Year’s day

11 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Boxing Day: History, traditions, and more…

11 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Christmas and Winter weather folklore

11 months ago Leo S

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Popular Christmas folklore in Appalachia

12 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Doe, a Deer, a Female Reindeer: the spirit of Winter Solstice and Mother Christmas

12 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient tradition of Yule Log at Christmas ~

12 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Food

Noni: a fruit so foul that shamans use it to scare evil spirits.

12 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2021

December 12#: Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree – London

12 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Dode: the village that was abandoned after the Black Death

12 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

When is year’s earliest sunset?

12 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• History

The casket girls and the vampires of New Orleans

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Travel

The ghosts of New Orleans’ St. Louis Cathedral

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Spudnut: America’s Forgotten Halloween Treat

1 year ago Leo S

7 min read

• History

The “Witch Cake” – a 1600s forgotten recipe you probably won’t try

1 year ago Leo S