local history

7 min read

• Food

Caldo de Piedra: discover the soup cooked with stones

3 days ago Nathan

4 min read

• Travel

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

7 days ago Danijel90

7 min read

• Food

Arbroath Smokie: the fish that was born in smoke

2 weeks ago Nathan

5 min read

• History

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

3 weeks ago Anya

5 min read

• Music

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

3 weeks ago Adam

3 min read

• Music

The concert that will outlive us all

4 weeks ago Danijel90

7 min read

• Food

Éclade de Moules: when France sets its mussels on fire

4 weeks ago Danilo

7 min read

• Food

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

4 weeks ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Travel

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

1 month ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

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

1 month ago Ivan

5 min read

• History

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

1 month ago Anya

4 min read

• Travel

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

1 month ago Ivan

5 min read

• Travel

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

1 month ago Nathan

6 min read

• History

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

2 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

2 months ago Danilo

6 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

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

2 months ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Travel

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

2 months ago Nathan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

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

2 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

2 months ago Nathan

6 min read

• Motors

The rolling masterpieces of Pakistan

2 months ago Robin

5 min read

• Travel

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

2 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

2 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Music

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

2 months ago Danilo

3 min read

• Travel

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

2 months ago Ivan

4 min read

• Music

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

3 months ago Danilo

6 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

3 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

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

3 months ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

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

3 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

3 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

3 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Sport

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

3 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

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

3 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!

3 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!

4 months ago Nathan

4 min read

• History

The Lambrate Sarcophagus: a remarkable discovery beneath Milan

4 months ago Anya

2 min read

• Art and Photography

The Tale of the Scale and the Skull

4 months ago Adam

3 min read

• Travel

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

4 months ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

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

4 months ago Robin

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The mysterious Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague

5 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!

5 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

5 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

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

5 months ago Nathan