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• Food

Rakfisk: Norway’s notorious fermented trout is a tangy Christmas tradition.

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Lord of Misrule

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• Random Christmas 2020

19# Why we leave oranges in Christmas stockings?

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• Random Christmas 2020

14# Iceland’s Yule Lads: like 13 small amazing Santas

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• Abandoned Places

Abandoned Bunkers of Salpalinja, Finland

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The Hardy Tree: the churchyard ash tree surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Why one Australian Island celebrates thanksgiving

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• Food

Marlborough pie: a luxurious 19th-Century Thanksgiving Pie

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• Food

Russian Napoleon Cake, the traditional dessert that commemorates the country’s sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

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• Lighthouses of the world

Saginaw River Lighthouse

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• Food

Ken’s roasted sweet potato stand in Sapporo, Japan

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• Travel

Nine Ladies stone circle and their King Stone

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• Travel

Hanoi’s Train Street: twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

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• Travel

Drangurinn Rock and the Elves in South-Iceland Folklore

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• Lighthouses of the world

Ballycotton Lighthouse, one of only two black lighthouses in Ireland

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• Travel

Obake Kaidan: a flight of this “ghost staircase” has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down….

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• Food

Bolo Lêvedo: Portugal’s volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins…

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• People, mysteries and stories

New Jersey Devil’s Tree: an allegedly cursed tree that represents a town’s reckoning with a racist past.

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• Food

Møsbrømlefse: the sweet, cheese-filled Norwegian flatbread that keeps Nordlanders nourished during the cold winter

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• Food

Brunost: the norwegians “brown cheese” that tastes like caramel.

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• Lighthouses of the world

Kiipsaare Lighthouse | Saaremaa | Estonia

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• Travel

The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool – Australia

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• Lighthouses of the world

Point Reyes Lighthouse | Inverness | California

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• History

What was the first country to grant women the vote?

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• Food

Salmon ATM – frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore!

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• Lighthouses of the world

The frozen lighthouse of Cleveland, Ohio

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• Food

Doodle Soup: a Bradford, Tennessee, favorite for decades~

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• Abandoned Places

SS United States and its unknown fate

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• Lighthouses of the world

Roosevelt Island Lighthouse: a little lighthouse in New York surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction

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• Food

Smearcase: a cheesecake named after 19th-century cottage cheese still served in a few Baltimore bakeries.

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• Abandoned Places

Z Ward: a perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.

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• History

Krakatoa: the story of the world’s mightiest explosion

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• Abandoned Places

Old Olympia Beer Brewery of Tumwater Falls – Washington

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• Food

Musk Sticks: the classic Australian candy looks like pink toothpaste and smells like old ladies at the bus stop.

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• Travel

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

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• Travel

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

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• Travel

The Aqueduct of Segovia, a glorious Roman heritage in Spain

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• Travel

Torre Argentina – the Roman Cat Sanctuary

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• Lighthouses of the world

Peche Island Rear Range Light in Marine City, Michigan – the retired lighthouse

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• Travel

Kościół w Kartuzach: the coffin-shaped church in Poland where monks once slept in coffins

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• Food

Benne Wafers: a crispy cookie from South Carolina, first introduced during the slave trade.

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• Lighthouses of the world

Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, the mysterious disappearance of Muriel Trevenard and its haunted history

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