History

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• Lighthouses of the world

Macuti Lighthouse and Shipwreck – Mozambique

6 years ago Ivan

5 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Inez Clarke, the haunted statue of Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery that lives again whenever there is a thunderstorm

6 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Fort de la Chartreuse: the fort that was never used…as a fort!

6 years ago Anya

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• Abandoned Places

Cemitério de Navios – The Angolan Ship Cemetery

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Udre Udre’s Grave: in Fiji islands, the resting place of the most prolific cannibal of all time.

6 years ago Nathan

10 min read

• Art and Photography

Paris through a Nazi’s lens: Propaganda pictures of Occupied France in 1940’s

6 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Al `Arish: an abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

6 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

“Half-Hangit” Maggie Dickson: the woman who survived the hangman’s noose.

6 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

122 and not feeling it: the (unhealthy) Lifestyle of the longest-lived person in history!

6 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Travel

The real Sleepy Hollow: where the legends lives!

6 years ago Robin

5 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Fire Island Lighthouse – history and ghosts!

6 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• History

January 1985-2020: the anniversary of the greatest snowfall of the (last) century.

6 years ago Anya

3 min read

• Travel

Snagov Monastery: the island that (allegedly) houses the tomb of Dracula

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Art and Photography

A splendid collection of rare color Photos of Paris taken about 100 Years Ago

6 years ago Robin

4 min read

• History

The Wonders of New York: a Midcentury Map packed with weird local stories

6 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Art and Photography

Julia Margaret Cameron: the greatest Victorian-era portrait photographer

6 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

African Cemetery at Higgs Beach – Florida

6 years ago Nathan

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

Sostila, the uninhabited village where the road don’t go

6 years ago Anya

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Torre Nueva: The defensive tower in Spain built centuries ago to warn locals of pirate attacks.

6 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

Metelkova: the alternative cultural center in Ljubljana

6 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Amelia Dyer: the Victorian “Baby Farmer” who killed 200 to 400 children

6 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

The ruins of the lost city of Nan Madol: a pearl in South Pacific

6 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

The World Discoverer: the ship that got left behind.

6 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Food

Boilo: the original Coal Miner Liquor

6 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

24# Feast of the Seven Fishes

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

21# Puto Bumbong – Philippines

6 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Art and Photography

“The Ugly Duchess”: the Enigma of the portrait of a woman deformed by a rare disease (or not?)

6 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

19# Fruitcake: the gift that keeps on giving

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

18# Melomakarona: Greek Christmas Honey Cookies with curious origins

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

17# Lussekatter – Swedish saffron buns

6 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The beautiful letter of 1973 from an illiterate woman to a distant husband

6 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

16# Traditional German Weihnachtsgans – the Christmas Goose

6 years ago Anya

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Panam Nagar: a ghost town of Sonargaon – Bangladesh.

6 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

14# The Christmas Pickle

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

#13 Cuccía: a Sicilian tradition on Saint Lucy’s day

6 years ago Anya

4 min read

• History

The true story of Trim, the adventurous cat belonging to navigator Matthew Flinders

6 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

11# Chicken Bones: the story behind an uniquely Canadian holiday treat

6 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• History

Vyborg: Once Finland’s 2nd most influential city, now only a small provincial town somewhere in Russia

6 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

10# Struffoli: Neapolitan Christmas Tradition

6 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

9# The Tradition of Christmas Pudding

6 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

Poveglia: the “cursed” Venetian island between history and legend.

6 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

8# The delicious history of the Yule Log Cake – or bûche de Noël

6 years ago Robin