Skogskyrkogården's history begins at the beginning of the 1900s, when Stockholm's cemeteries were insufficient. In 1912 Stockholm City Council acquired...
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While COVID-19 are stopping the world on current days, a 19th-century pandemic still haunts Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan district. Nearly...
In Queensland, Australia, lies an old castle built by a Spanish immigrant that, for a while, had one problem after...
Easter hasn’t always been about marshmallow chicks, chocolate bunnies, and, in Finland, delicious nougat-filled eggs. Already in ancient times Christians...
The Polish people are very religious. Most of them are Roman Catholics. For centuries, during the 40 days before Easter...
If there's one thing Europeans always get right, it's their undeniably delicious array of chocolates, sweets and candy. Thus, it's...
Sitting just off the Staten Island’s poetically named Arthur Kill Road is Kreischer Mansion, a lovely Victorian home that is...
In Australia, cheap sausages in cheap white bread lathered in cheap sauce help grease the wheels of democracy. On election...
In the mid-19th century, two young boys, George and Joseph Cox, then aged seven and five respectively, wandered from their...
For centuries, some small farms near the water on Iceland's Vatnsnes peninsula are scattered among the grassy fields and rocky...
March 25th, 1887 was a day that changed the town of Rahway, New Jersey, forever. In the cold hours of...
The Lee Chapel was a Methodist Episcopalian church that sat at the intersection of the former Pohick Road and Mill...
New London Ledge Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Groton, Connecticut, at the mouth of New London harbor. It is currently...
Charlie Chaplin was knighted at Buckingham Palace on this day, March 4 1975, to become Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE....
Arthur Orton, who became known as the Tichborne Claimant, was found guilty of perjury on this day, February 28, 1874,...
Miles south of the Utah state capitol city of Salt Lake City on the outskirts of the small town of...
Treadwell, just south of Douglas, Alaska, has seen better days: the former mining town was a company mining town for...
After World War II, Claudia Kelsey, a longtime toy collector, moved to Juneau, Alaska with her friend Beatrice Shepard, Bea,...
Penfield Reef, named after an early prominent Fairfield family, has for centuries been a dreaded hazard to mariners sailing Long...
On a day usually set aside for romance and sweet lovers, despite its dark origin, a trap was set that...
For history enthusiasts and linguists, "You jerk" just doesn't have the same ring as "You unlicked cub," an insult from...
Everybody loves a good horror story, even if it's about cannibals. If Udre Udre doesn’t enjoy the same popularity as...
A five and a half meters tall troll, made of cement lives underneath an overpass in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. With...
In Thai legend, a probably devious protective mother’s led to the creation of son-in-law eggs or, locally, kai look keuy....
Among modern Key West’s greatest characteristics is its inclusiveness. During the Civil War, Key West remained in the United States...
Off the coast of a remote Micronesian island are the ruins of a once-great city of man-made stone islands, that...
MS World Discoverer was a cruise ship designed for and built by German shipbuilding company, Schichau Unterweser, in 1974. The...
Julmust is a soft drink that is typically consumed in Sweden during the Christmas season. Its name come from from...
If you’re among people who can’t wait to plan (well in advance) Christmas every year, it’s never too early to...
A dessert called White Christmas is an Australian holiday classic. It’s easy to make and a delicious kid’s treat (but...
