2 min read Breaking News Today is 02/02/2020: the first palindrome day after 909 years 4 years ago Adam
3 min read Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries The “anomalous” burial of a child in a 5th century Umbrian cemetery 4 years ago Adam
4 min read Travel A forest of pillars, recalling the Holocaust: the controversial Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin 4 years ago Anya016
2 min read Travel Venice: the only city in the world whose shape resembles a Swan 4 years ago Danijel90
3 min read Abandoned Places Fort de la Chartreuse: the fort that was never used…as a fort! 4 years ago Anya016
10 min read Art and Photography Paris through a Nazi’s lens: Propaganda pictures of Occupied France in 1940’s 4 years ago Robin
4 min read People, mysteries and stories “Half-Hangit” Maggie Dickson: the woman who survived the hangman’s noose. 4 years ago Leo S
2 min read Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries The splendid grave of the dancer Rudol’f Nureev covered by a rug like mosaic 4 years ago Robin
4 min read People, mysteries and stories 122 and not feeling it: the (unhealthy) Lifestyle of the longest-lived person in history! 4 years ago Adam
2 min read History January 1985-2020: the anniversary of the greatest snowfall of the (last) century. 4 years ago Anya016
3 min read Travel Snagov Monastery: the island that (allegedly) houses the tomb of Dracula 4 years ago Ivan
2 min read Art and Photography A splendid collection of rare color Photos of Paris taken about 100 Years Ago 4 years ago Robin
3 min read Art and Photography Julia Margaret Cameron: the greatest Victorian-era portrait photographer 4 years ago Pavel
4 min read Abandoned Places Sostila, the uninhabited village where the road don’t go 4 years ago Anya016
2 min read Abandoned Places Torre Nueva: The defensive tower in Spain built centuries ago to warn locals of pirate attacks. 4 years ago Ivan
4 min read People, mysteries and stories Amelia Dyer: the Victorian “Baby Farmer” who killed 200 to 400 children 4 years ago Pavel
2 min read Random Christmas 2019 23# Julmust: the soft drink that outsells Coca-Cola during Christmas seasons in Sweden 4 years ago Nathan
2 min read Travel The Øresund Bridge that connects Sweden to Denmark and dives into the sea 4 years ago Pavel
2 min read Food Weather How to predict winter weather using a persimmon seed: a curious peasant legend 4 years ago Pavel
2 min read Random Christmas 2019 18# Melomakarona: Greek Christmas Honey Cookies with curious origins 4 years ago Ivan
5 min read People, mysteries and stories The beautiful letter of 1973 from an illiterate woman to a distant husband 4 years ago Robin
3 min read Random Christmas 2019 16# Traditional German Weihnachtsgans – the Christmas Goose 4 years ago Anya016
2 min read Random Christmas 2019 15# Kūčios: traditional Christmas Eve Dinner in Lithuania 4 years ago Nathan
2 min read Random Christmas 2019 #13 Cuccía: a Sicilian tradition on Saint Lucy’s day 4 years ago Anya016
5 min read History Vyborg: Once Finland’s 2nd most influential city, now only a small provincial town somewhere in Russia 4 years ago Adam
4 min read Abandoned Places Poveglia: the “cursed” Venetian island between history and legend. 4 years ago Danijel90
3 min read Random Christmas 2019 8# The delicious history of the Yule Log Cake – or bûche de Noël 4 years ago Robin
2 min read Random Christmas 2019 6# Samichlaus, the beer from Austria brewed only on Saint Nicholas’s Day. 4 years ago Leo S
3 min read Random Christmas 2019 4# Christmas Cake and Cheese: a big deal in Yorkshire – England! 4 years ago Leo S
3 min read History The sunken city of Pavlopetri: the oldest submerged city in the Mediterranean 4 years ago Pavel
4 min read Random Christmas 2019 3# From the bathtub to the table: Christmas Eve Carp! 4 years ago Nathan
3 min read Random Christmas 2019 1# Christmas Risengrød, the Danish rice pudding that appeases wicked elves! 4 years ago Nathan