local history

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• Travel

The ancient Egyptian tomb where Africa’s wildlife still lives on the walls

13 hours ago Ivan

5 min read

• Travel

Cannery Row’s last little homes: the shacks that remembered Monterey’s sardine boom

1 day ago Nathan

6 min read

• History

What really happened inside mental asylums: the history no one ever tells you

5 days ago Leo S

8 min read

• Music
• Myths and Legends

August 15, Max Gazzè, San Remo 2018 and the legend of Cristalda and Pizzomunno: the love story that still waits for the sea

7 days ago Danilo

6 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Pilot Island: the lonely lighthouse that guards the waters of Death’s Door

1 week ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Travel

The Salton Sea: California’s accidental inland sea where paradise became a ghostly landscape

1 week ago Nathan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

The giant beneath Sicily: the ancient Greek myth that turned Mount Etna into a prison

2 weeks ago Danilo

4 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

The Iron Giant of Florida: the lighthouse that traveled 4,000 Nautical Miles to find its home

2 weeks ago Nathan

6 min read

• Motors

The rolling masterpieces of Pakistan

3 weeks ago Robin

5 min read

• Travel

Tanah Lot: Bali’s sea temple where sacred serpents stand guard against the unknown

3 weeks ago Ivan

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lughnasadh: the ancient festival that still echoes across 5,000 years of history, myth and harvest

3 weeks ago Leo S

5 min read

• Music

The crossroads bargain: the legend of Robert Johnson and the Devil who changed the Blues forever

4 weeks ago Danilo

3 min read

• Travel

When the Sea Steps Aside: South Korea’s Real-Life Moses Miracle

1 month ago Ivan

4 min read

• Music

The Macarena: one of the world’s most famous dance…to a song almost nobody understands

1 month ago Danilo

6 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Where Miracles Whisper Among the Tombs: The Twin Cemeteries of Aguascalientes

1 month ago Ivan

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The House Within a House: Croatia’s Most Remarkable Legend of Defiance

1 month ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

The Grudge (Al Ba’sa): Beirut’s razor-thin house built out of spite

2 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Kubur Kassim Cemetery: Where Singapore’s Muslim Heritage Meets Ancient Folklore

2 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The Sailor’s Stone: the mysterious grave that has told a story of murder for more than two centuries

2 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Sport

Mexico’s ‘Field of the Gods’: Football, Tradition and Community Inside an Ancient Volcano

2 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

A Grave Without a Name: the Unknown man of Hardingstone!

2 months ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Meet the Crimson Dawn Witches that appear every Midsummer’s Eve on Wyoming’s Casper Mountain!

2 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Food

Panther Milk: developed by Spain’s elite military unit in the 1920s, this cocktail is a favorite among Barcelona’s college students!

2 months ago Nathan

4 min read

• History

The Lambrate Sarcophagus: a remarkable discovery beneath Milan

2 months ago Anya

2 min read

• Art and Photography

The Tale of the Scale and the Skull

3 months ago Adam

3 min read

• Travel

The fascinating history of Sealand – the world’s smallest independent state

3 months ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Balloon Corner – a monument to early air travel (and an unhappy cat)

3 months ago Robin

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The mysterious Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague

3 months ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

Wanuskewin: Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years!

3 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Abandoned Places
• Lighthouses of the world

The desert lighthouse of Astrakhan – a fascinating anomaly in Russia’s Astrakhan region

3 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Club Med Ruins: a crumbling Caribbean resort hidden just steps from a beautiful pink sand beach

4 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

Margherita Hut: the remote mountain cabin that’s Europe’s highest building!

4 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Romerillo Cemetery – the isolated Maya cemetery distinguished by its towering, colorful wooden crosses.

4 months ago Ivan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Walpurgis Night – the Witches’ Sabbath on the night of April 30

4 months ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Chichicastenango, one of the colorful cemetery of Guatemala

4 months ago Danilo

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

6 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

6 months ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

Stuckey’s Bridge and the ghost of Old Man Stuckey

6 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

6 months ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

A victorian secret London and urine deflectors of Fleet Street

6 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Travel

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

6 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!

7 months ago Danilo