Europe

4 min read

• Travel

Fyvie Castle: history, ghosts, weeping stones and curses

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Baljenac: the croatian Island in the shape of a fingerprint

5 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Cailleach, the Goddess of Winter

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Stirling Castle and its trapped souls

5 years ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Food

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

5 years ago Leo S

13 min read

• History

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

5 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Christmas and Winter weather folklore

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The Christmas House of Akureyri, Iceland

5 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient tradition of Yule Log at Christmas ~

5 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Motors

The Pink Panthers: a unique piece of British military history

5 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Dode: the village that was abandoned after the Black Death

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

When is year’s earliest sunset?

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• 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

2 min read

• Breaking News

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

5 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

British Airways i360: the World’s thinnest observation tower

5 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

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

5 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

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

5 years ago Anya

2 min read

• Food

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

5 years ago Danilo

2 min read

• Food

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

5 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Food

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

5 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Spudnut: America’s Forgotten Halloween Treat

5 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The curious story of Witch’s Ladder

5 years ago Anya

7 min read

• History

The “Witch Cake” – a 1600s forgotten recipe you probably won’t try

5 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The mystery of the mummified bishop and the stillborn fetus in his coffin

5 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Poor Clares Convent Cemetery of Ischia, Italy, and its macabre story

5 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• History

The world’s oldest grape vine that has been around for nearly 500 years

5 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Fastnet Lighthouse: the story behind “Ireland’s Teardrop”

5 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Food

The “Ridiculous Butter” flavored with lobster and crab that costs $130

5 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

Mozartkugel: a Salzburg Original!

5 years ago Danilo

5 min read

• History

The insane, inconclusive truth behind Rat Kings, the grotesque tangled Super-Rodents

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Shabla Lighthouse: the oldest lighthouse on the balkan peninsular

5 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Travel

The Old Fairy Bridge of the Isle of Man (and how to find it)

5 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

White deer in myths and legends

5 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Wicklow Head Lighthouse – Ireland

5 years ago Nathan

4 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Buried under a boulder: the grave of Meg Shelton, the Woodplumpton Witch

5 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Food

Túró Rudi: Hungary’s favorite chocolate bar

5 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• History

The Protest Pig: a rare breed designed to be a living (and breathing) flag

5 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Valentia Lighthouse at Cromwell Point

5 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Food

Lángos, the beloved Hungarian Street Food

5 years ago Ivan