local history

2 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The Bridgewater Triangle: Massachusetts’ paranormal vortex

6 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Don’t release the witch! The ruins of St Mary’s Church at East Somerton, England ~

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse: this striped tower is the furthest east you can go in the United States!

6 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Beechworth Cemetery and Chinese burning towers

6 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

Tolbooth Tavern: now home to a drinking establishment, this Edinburgh building has a macabre history ~

6 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Bilkyrkogården Kyrkö Mosse: a peat bog in southern Sweden that provides a cozy and photogenic home for decaying cars.

6 years ago Robin

1 min read

• Travel

Seaman’s Memorial Tower: a tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves

6 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Boot Hill Cemetery: “They died with their boots on.”

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Gamsutl: nestled high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned russian village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

6 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

Leshy: the Slavic God of the forest

6 years ago Danijel90

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Juraj Jánošík: how an outlaw became the Slovak National Hero

6 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Travel

Praglia Abbey: a Benedictine monastery surrounded by the Euganean Hills

6 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Legend of the drowned city of Kitezh submerged in Svetloyar Lake

6 years ago Ivan

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

Black Shuck: The mythic hellhound Of Medieval England

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Cementerio del Andinista: a cemetery dedicated to the mountaineers who perished climbing Mount Aconcagua

6 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

Ajdovska Deklica: an unmistakable facial pareidolia in the Julian Alps and her fantastic story

6 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Casa Hamilton, the charm of abandonment overlooking the Atlantic Ocean

6 years ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Terrible Tilly, the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

6 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• History

The oldest comic in the world? In a tomb in Jordan!

6 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

The decaying beauty of the Winderbourne mansion (for sale)

6 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Point Lookout Lighthouse: why is it one of America’s most haunted lighthouse?

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Beddgelert: a place of legend in the heart of Wales.

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The infamous murder of Colleen Bawn, one of Ireland’s most haunting crimes

6 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

King Frost, a Russian winter legend

6 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

The strange story of the Farne Island devils

6 years ago Ivan

1 min read

• Travel

Neidhart Frescoes: a glimpse into the festive and private lives of medieval Europe

6 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• Travel

Diósgyőr Castle | Hungary

6 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

Kauai, the Hawaiian Island home to thousands of feral chicken

6 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Food

Chả rươi: Vietnam’s popular worm omelette

6 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

The Broomway – Britain’s deadliest footpath that has claimed over 100 lives

6 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Galley Head Lighthouse | Ireland

6 years ago Nathan

1 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The tomb of Jules Verne: “Vers l’immortalité et l’éternelle Jeunesse”

6 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Travel

Zombie Hunters, a local singer or photoshop? The true story of loneliest house in the world

6 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• Food

Stargazy Pie, an English pastry dish with fish heads sticking out of it

6 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Squire’s Castle: the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

The “curse” of the Wooden Man of Egeskov Castle

6 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

Voergaard Castle: a Danish castle supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch….

6 years ago Danilo

1 min read

• Art and Photography
• Lighthouses of the world

Okuda San Miguel, the spanish artist that turned an old lighthouse into a vibrantly colored work of art

6 years ago Robin

1 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Monumental Cemetery of Lecco – Italy

6 years ago Anya

2 min read

• Travel

Gleann Cholm Cille and St. Columba’s trail

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• History

That day when New York forbade lovers

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Hillandale Bridge: the abandoned bridge to nowhere that stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb

6 years ago Nathan