local history

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• History

Route 66 at 100: The Mother Road, the Bunion Derby and the legends that made America Dream

49 minutes ago Nathan

8 min read

• History

Bundled up in love: the bizarre courtship ritual that put 17th-century lovers in sacks

5 days ago Leo S

1 min read

• Travel

The Wall of the Dead: a thousand skulls and the memory of a Mexican town

1 week ago Danilo

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Fiambre: Guatemala’s extraordinary feast for the living and the dead

2 weeks ago Danilo

6 min read

• Food
• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

T’anta Wawa: the baby-shaped bread that brings the living and the dead together

2 weeks ago Danilo

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Ferrara, Italy’s Pumpkin Capital: a centuries-old Autumn tradition

2 weeks ago Danilo

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Tigh nan Cailleach: the mysterious stone family hidden in the Scottish Highlands

2 weeks ago Leo S

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Legend of Tommy Hodges: the Appalachian mystery hidden in North Carolina’s Pink Beds

3 weeks ago Nathan

5 min read

• Travel

El-Mo’alla: the forgotten Egypt that survived on a tomb wall

1 month ago Adam

5 min read

• Travel

Rocchetta Mattei: the castle where science, mystery and the devil met

1 month ago Danijel90

7 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Ca’ delle Anime: the Inn where you were never supposed to look inside the stew

1 month ago Danilo

7 min read

• Food

Caldo de Piedra: discover the soup cooked with stones

1 month ago Nathan

4 min read

• Travel

De Poezenboot: Amsterdam’s floating cat sanctuary where even the cats live on the canal

2 months ago Danijel90

7 min read

• Food

Arbroath Smokie: the fish that was born in smoke

2 months ago Nathan

5 min read

• History

The square flag: the curious story behind Switzerland’s most recognisable symbol

2 months ago Anya

5 min read

• Music

Erik Satie: the genius who lived alone for 27 years — surrounded by umbrellas, silence and secrets

2 months ago Adam

3 min read

• Music

The concert that will outlive us all

2 months ago Danijel90

7 min read

• Food

Éclade de Moules: when France sets its mussels on fire

2 months ago Danilo

7 min read

• Food

Buckfast: the caffeinated wine made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.

2 months ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Travel

That Wānaka Tree: the lonely willow that became New Zealand’s most iconic symbol

2 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

The Northern Edge of Africa: the curious mystery of Ras Angela

3 months ago Ivan

5 min read

• History

Before the runways, there were fields of flax: the ancient story behind the name Linate

3 months ago Anya

4 min read

• Travel

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

3 months ago Ivan

5 min read

• Travel

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

3 months ago Nathan

6 min read

• History

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

3 months 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

3 months ago Danilo

6 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

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

3 months ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Travel

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

3 months ago Nathan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

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

3 months 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

3 months ago Nathan

6 min read

• Motors

The rolling masterpieces of Pakistan

3 months ago Robin

5 min read

• Travel

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

3 months 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

4 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Music

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

4 months ago Danilo

3 min read

• Travel

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

4 months ago Ivan

4 min read

• Music

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

4 months ago Danilo

6 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

4 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

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

4 months ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

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

4 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

4 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

4 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Sport

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

5 months ago Nathan