local history

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Pierre Loti Hill: have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul!

3 weeks ago Ivan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Sofi Hamid: a colorful and enigmatic cemetery in the middle of nowhere

1 month ago Adam

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• Travel

Stuckey’s Bridge and the ghost of Old Man Stuckey

1 month ago Danijel90

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

United in Death: the linked headstones of Het Oude Kerkhof!

1 month ago Robin

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• Travel

A victorian secret London and urine deflectors of Fleet Street

1 month ago Danijel90

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• Travel

Lac Salé: legend says this remote, “bottomless” lake was created by a curse!

2 months ago Ivan

4 min read

• History

Via Port’Alba: the 17th-century passageway home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world!

2 months ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

How Croatia bans winter

2 months ago Danijel90

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• Travel

Carreró de les Bruixes: a signal indicates the entrance to this alley, rumored to be a meeting place for witches!

2 months ago Danilo

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• Travel

Needless Alley – a small alleyway with an unusual moniker!

2 months ago Danijel90

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• History

When groundhog was on the menu of Pennsylvania

2 months ago Nathan

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• Abandoned Places

The Lion House: when humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

2 months ago Ivan

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• Travel

The Finger: discover wooden middle fingers raised in protest

2 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Tomb of the Dunbar victims: the unidentified remains from a wreck sometimes known as “Australia’s Titanic.”

3 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

Bosco Verticale: a vertical forest in the middle of Milan’s urban jungle

3 months ago Danijel90

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of January 2026: holidays, folklore and traditions

3 months ago randomcollabs

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• Travel

‘Arc Majeur’ by Bernard Venet, the work of art, which took 35 years to complete, that has a motorway running through it!

3 months ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Discover the Candy Cane mountains, swirling layers of white and red rock that earned them their festive nickname

3 months ago Ivan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Bonfires on the levee for Papa Noel: a Cajun-style Christmas on the river that also involves sky-high pyres (and explosives).

3 months ago Nathan

4 min read

• Travel

Discover Santa’s House…in Greenland!

4 months ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

Lala’s Little Nugget: at this Austin dive bar, it’s been Christmas every day for more than 50 years!

4 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Paul McCarthy’s Santa of Oslo: a controversial statue that stands year-round in a traffic circle.

4 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Food

Discover Nobel Ice Cream, the world’s smartest dessert!

4 months ago Robin

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

What’s the real history of Black Friday?

4 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Art and Photography

Don Featherstone: meet the man who designed the iconic pink flamingo (and his gravestone adorned with his most famous creation!)

4 months ago Nathan

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Beaver’s Moon: November Full Moon

5 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Her Vacant Chair: the rocking chair headstone allegedly haunted by the spirit of a young girl named Pearl

5 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Food

Huesos de Santo – the bone-shaped sweets that honor the dead in Spain

5 months ago Danilo

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Filanda di Forno: the crumbling remains of a 19th-century textile factory.

5 months ago Danilo

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Fabbriche di Careggine, the submerged 13th century village that is still visible when the water recedes

6 months ago Danilo

2 min read

• Food

Donut Hole: the drive-through tunnel that has attracted donut-lovers since 1968.

6 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

Library of Mistakes: a place where thousands of books explain how to avoid (another) Great Recession.

6 months ago Robin

4 min read

• Travel

French Toilets of Spikersuppa: a celebration of Norwegian independence, or public art gone wrong?

7 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Travel

Hønekilden – “The Hen Spring” of Sønderborg

7 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Travel

Plutonian Cave of Eleusis: according to the legend, it holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld!

8 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Symbolický cintorín: a serene memorial that honors the adventurous spirits of climbers who lost their lives in the High Tatras

8 months ago Adam

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Fairmount Cemetery: here lies the woman who named the Ouija Board!

9 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The Caves of Hercules, explore Tangier’s legendary grottoes

11 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

Discover Bolivia’s ‘Suicide Homes’. Would you live here?

11 months ago Robin

11 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of May 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

11 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Calan Mai – historical Welsh tradition of Mayday

11 months ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Discover why 18th-Century Scots performed human sacrifices…over cake!

11 months ago Leo S