local history

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• Abandoned Places

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

7 days ago Ivan

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• Travel

The Finger: discover wooden middle fingers raised in protest

1 week ago Nathan

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

2 weeks ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

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

4 weeks ago Danijel90

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of January 2026: holidays, folklore and traditions

4 weeks 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!

1 month ago Robin

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• Travel

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

1 month 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).

1 month ago Nathan

4 min read

• Travel

Discover Santa’s House…in Greenland!

2 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!

2 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.

2 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Food

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

2 months ago Robin

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

What’s the real history of Black Friday?

2 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!)

2 months ago Nathan

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Beaver’s Moon: November Full Moon

3 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

3 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Food

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

3 months ago Danilo

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• Abandoned Places

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

3 months ago Danilo

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

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

4 months ago Danilo

2 min read

• Food

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

4 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

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

4 months ago Robin

4 min read

• Travel

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

5 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Travel

Hønekilden – “The Hen Spring” of Sønderborg

5 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!

6 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

6 months ago Adam

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

7 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The Caves of Hercules, explore Tangier’s legendary grottoes

9 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

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

9 months ago Robin

11 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of May 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

9 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Calan Mai – historical Welsh tradition of Mayday

9 months ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

9 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Walberla: an ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

9 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

Explore the Dowling House, Galena’s oldest house

11 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Mardi Gras: what is it and why do we celebrate it?

11 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Princess Theatre: one of the oldest theaters in Australia, it’s also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.

11 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

March 1st: St. David’s Day – Wales’ annual patron Saint’s Day

11 months ago Leo S

10 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of March 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

11 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Cahokia Mounds: discover the mysterious America’s first city

11 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• History

The curious story of the statue of a cursed knight that apparently come to life every 100 years

11 months ago Adam

3 min read

• Travel

Glacier Express: Switzerland’s iconic (and wonderful) train journey

11 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Food

Vieux Boulogne: discover world’s stinkiest cheese!

12 months ago Danilo

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lamproba festival: a magic Georgian tradition that survived through centuries

12 months ago Ivan