Europe

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• Lighthouses of the world

Tévennec: France’s legendary haunted lighthouse

5 years ago Adam

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• Abandoned Places

Collégiale Sainte-Croix de Liège: a once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

5 years ago Anya

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• Myths and Legends

Faust: man, myth or legend?

5 years ago Pavel

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• History

Gokstad Ship: the story of one of Norway’s most famous Viking ship

5 years ago Adam

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 13: National Tortellini Day

5 years ago randomcollabs

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• Food

Buchteln, the Austrian treats once baked with lottery tickets in the center.

5 years ago Pavel

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 9: it’s National Pizza Day!

5 years ago randomcollabs

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• Myths and Legends

Sko-Ella: the tale of the woman worse than the Devil

5 years ago Robin

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• Travel

Rjukan, the city in Norway illuminated by giant mirrors

5 years ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Things you probably didn’t know about snow

5 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

The Mouth of Truth: if a liar puts his hand inside its mouth, he will lose it.

5 years ago Danijel90

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• Travel

The Trembling Rock: a 132-Tonne boulder that anyone can move

5 years ago Adam

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• Travel

Santa Maria presso San Satiro and Bramante’s perspective

5 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Centuripe – the italian hamlet shaped like a person

5 years ago Robin

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• Food

Fujisan Bread: the mysterious braided bread that tastes like brioche and is meant to look like Mount Fuji.

5 years ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Kukeri: the ancient Bulgarian tradition that keeps evil spirits at bay

5 years ago Ivan

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• Travel

Covão dos Conchos: the water hole in Portugal that looks like a portal to another dimension

5 years ago Nathan

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• Travel

The European country that has 5 seasons

5 years ago Pavel

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• Travel

Fyvie Castle: history, ghosts, weeping stones and curses

5 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

Baljenac: the croatian Island in the shape of a fingerprint

5 years ago Danijel90

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• Travel

The Devil’s Column: a gateway to hell in Milan’s city center

5 years ago Anya

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• Myths and Legends

Cailleach, the Goddess of Winter

5 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

Stirling Castle and its trapped souls

5 years ago Danijel90

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• Food

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

5 years ago Leo S

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• History

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

5 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Christmas and Winter weather folklore

5 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

The Christmas House of Akureyri, Iceland

5 years ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient tradition of Yule Log at Christmas ~

5 years ago Leo S

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• Motors

The Pink Panthers: a unique piece of British military history

5 years ago Adam

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• Travel

Fosse Dionne: France’s (unsolved) ancient underground mystery

5 years ago Robin

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• Abandoned Places

Dode: the village that was abandoned after the Black Death

5 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

When is year’s earliest sunset?

5 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

Mon Chat Pitre: the bookshop in Provence where you can read books in the company of cats rescued from shelters

5 years ago Adam

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• Breaking News

“Le Courage”: the Russian restaurant that looks like an abandoned mansion

5 years ago Robin

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• Travel

Zmei Gorynich: the life-size fire-breathing, three-headed dragon statue in Russia

5 years ago Adam

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• Travel

British Airways i360: the World’s thinnest observation tower

5 years ago Robin

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• Food

Lapis Legit: the Dutch-Indonesian cake that contains up to 30 layers.

5 years ago Robin

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• Abandoned Places

“Bovisa’s drop”: history (and future?) of Milan’s secret wood

5 years ago Anya

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• Food

Salzburger Nockerl: a dessert that pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.

5 years ago Danilo

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• Food

Pão de Ló de Ovar: a cake so gooey that requires a spoon.

5 years ago Ivan

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• Food

Xuixo: the original Cronut named after a legendary acrobat’s sneeze.

5 years ago Ivan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Spudnut: America’s Forgotten Halloween Treat

5 years ago Leo S