Huang Yung-Fu, the 96-year-old painter who saved his village
It’s 04:00 in central Taiwan and everything is asleep, flashing neon signs of the city of Taichung are off and the only movement in the night is the silhouette of […]
The Annual world meeting of Gypsies in Camargue, France.
“Vive les Saintes Maries! Vive la Sainte Sara!” The celebrant on the altar, with the garment embroidered with the symbols of the Camargue, stylized profiles of bulls and horses on […]
Beatrix Potter: from scientific studies to beloved children’s books
No children’s books has captured hearts quite like of these of Beatrix Potter, the beloved author inspired by flora and fauna found in the pictoresqua English countryside. She wrote and […]
The Golem of Prague and the origins of the myth of the clay giants
In Jewish folklore, a golem is an animated anthropomorphic being that is magically created entirely from inanimate matter (usually clay or mud). The word was used to mean an amorphous, […]
The German couple which traveled for 26 years, through 179 countries along 550 thousand miles with a Mercedes G-Class
If Gunther Holtorf had a lengthy career with Lufthansa beginning in 1958, in 1989, he left his job to take an on-the-road journey. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, […]
10 bizarre Easter traditions around Europe
As Christmas, Easter is one of the most important religious festivities for Christians and it’s the day when religious people celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Holy Week begins […]
The mysteries of the Stanley hotel, the hotel which inspired Stephen King’s Shining.
“Any big hotels have got scandals [sic]…Just like every big hotel has got a ghost. Why? Hell, people come and go. Sometimes one of ‘em will pop off in his […]
Coffin technologies that protect you from being buried alive!
The fear of being buried alive is know as taphophobia, and as early as the 14th century, there are accounts of specific people being buried alive. We are in High […]
Key West, the doll Robert and a long series of inexplicable events.
This story from Key West, Florida, has always aroused and continues to arouse great curiosity: the protagonist is a life-size doll donated in 1906 Otto family’s maid to Robert Eugene, […]
Thomas Pursell’s and Wildwood Cemetery of Williamsport, Pennsylvania~
In the suburbs around Williamsport, Pennsylvania, there are some places of great interest. There is a road called the “End of the World”, that appears to be the edge of […]
India: Skeleton Lake of Roopkund~
Roopkund, locally known as Mystery Lake or Human Skeletons Lake, is a high altitude glacial lake at Uttarakhand state of India. The area is uninhabited, in the Himalayas at an […]
The Ma’Nene Festival in Indonesia: the mummies of the dead return to visit their loved ones.
As we know, all cultures have their own way of celebrating those who have passed away, but in Indonesia, in the province of Tana Toraja, funeral rites are a little […]
Klaus Störtebeker: the legendary German pirate who deceived death
Although over the centuries the reputation of Klaus Störtebeker (1360-1401) took on a legendary aura, almost like a German Robin Hood, in real life he was probably a pirate not […]
“Where Shute Fell”: an utter mystery for over a century.
Imagine walking during an excursion on the island in Spot Pond populated only by nesting cranes, and come across a cryptic stone marker. Wouldn’t you ask yourself what it could […]
Isla de las Muñecas: the island of the hanged dolls in Mexico.
Beyond the Atlantic Ocean and precisely in Mexico City, there is a place that is decidedly creepy, recently become famous among the explorers of the unknown and the macabre, for […]
Cruger, Mississippi: the Grave of the Lady in Red~
Cruger, Mississippi, is home to barely 400 residents. It lies within the confines of the large area of fertile agricultural lands known as the Mississippi Delta, and places nearby have […]
