England was not a safe place for children in Victorian times. On the other hand, it wasn't even for adults,...
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The Øresund strait separates Sweden from Denmark, and the bridge linking the two nations is a masterpiece of engineering and...
According to weather folklore, you can predict winter weather with a persimmon seed. The seeds of the persimmon, scientifically known...
The Russian village of Oymyakon is one of the coldest inhabited places in the world, which has recorded the lowest...
Pavlopetri, in Greek: Παυλοπέτρι, is an anonymous village opposite the island of Elafonisos, on whose beach, in 1967, an exceptionally...
In a technological age like the one in which we live, characterized by the constant sharing on every social networks...
In the small coastal town of Neskowin in Tillamook County in Oregon, somewhere between Lincoln City and Pacific City lie...
Coral Castle is one of the most visited places in Florida and is the most modern monolithic complex in the...
There are fairies in the stream that runs through the village of Cottingley in West Yorkshire. It’s true, and there...
Elisabeth Cochran Seaman (1864-1922) is probably not a well-known name, although perhaps the pseudonym with which she signed her articles,...
Today, we associate October 31 with candy, costumes, and creepy decor. But, have you ever thought about the origin of...
If the end of the world is a perfect script for eclectic writers and screenwriters of cinema, there are also...
Embalmed corpses are not an unusual tourist attraction. Several popes are on view at the Vatican, and it's normal that...
The Fontanelle cemetery is a place of worship located in in a cave in the tuff hillside in the Materdei...
Berlin, 1956. About ten years have passed since the end of the Second World War, and Germany was at the...
Hinnagami are powerful spirits from Toyama Prefecture, Japan, that live inside in dolls. In Japan dolls take on an important...
Companies across myriad industries are pledging to make their products—and packaging—more sustainable. The abandonment of plastic by large multinationals is...
Although it is an unusual custom, it is technically possible to built a church in an area of only 100...
Lapland, especially the territory that belongs to the extreme north of Finland, evokes typically winter images: expanses of snow and...
Behind a rusty gate, under tall, dark trees in the suburbs of Prague, there is an old graveyard that used...
A macabre sight awaits hikers exploring the pine forest above the village of Želízy in Protected Landscape Area Kokořínsko in...
In the second half of the 13th century, a mysterious Gothic castle was built in the forests north of Prague....
Japan is a great country for cat lovers: there are, for example, islands with more cats that inhabitants, and the...
It was called Bethlem Royal Hospital, but it was nicknamed "Bedlam", London's famous horror hospital. Founded in 1247, It was...
You can't sculpt like Michelangelo, but you can eat like him! What did Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the most famous...
The French photographer Antoine Bruy has embarked on a long hitch-hiking journey across Europe, which lasted from 2010 to 2013,...
On the banks of the Danube, in Budapest, not far from the Hungarian Parliament building, 60 pairs of 1940s-style worn-out...
Bibury is a charming village just a short drive from Cirencester. It’s easy to see why William Morris, an eclectic...
Try to imagine a scene in a Marvel movie in which the Hulk has picked up a tram car and...
Although the Japanese climate is not exactly conducive to mummification, somehow a group of Buddhist monks from the Shingon sect...