local history

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

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• Travel

The Caves of Hercules, explore Tangier’s legendary grottoes

12 months ago Ivan

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• Travel

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

1 year ago Robin

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of May 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

1 year ago randomcollabs

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Calan Mai – historical Welsh tradition of Mayday

1 year ago Danijel90

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

1 year ago Leo S

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• Travel

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

1 year ago Nathan

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• Travel

Explore the Dowling House, Galena’s oldest house

1 year ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

1 year ago Leo S

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• Travel

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

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

1 year ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of March 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

1 year ago randomcollabs

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• Abandoned Places

Cahokia Mounds: discover the mysterious America’s first city

1 year 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

1 year ago Adam

3 min read

• Travel

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

1 year ago Nathan

2 min read

• Food

Vieux Boulogne: discover world’s stinkiest cheese!

1 year ago Danilo

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lamproba festival: a magic Georgian tradition that survived through centuries

1 year ago Ivan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Thaipusam: an extreme religious festival of Tamil communities

1 year ago Robin

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Prešeren Day: discover Slovenian cultural holiday

1 year ago Danijel90

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 6 – what is Waitangi Day and how does New Zealand celebrate it

1 year ago Nathan

8 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lunar New Year 2025: the year of Snake

1 year ago randomcollabs

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Discover Þorrablót, Iceland’s midwinter feast

1 year ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Thursday before the second Sunday that follows Epiphany: discover the Brazilian Feast of Bonfim

1 year ago Danilo

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Pongal – India’s harvest festival

1 year ago Ivan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Survakari: the magic New Year of Bulgaria

1 year ago Ivan

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Kolyady: discover an old-timer tradition in Belarus

1 year ago Robin

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Discover “Pesa Vegia”, a festival with 400 years of history on the eastern branch of Lake Como

1 year ago Anya

2 min read

• Food

Rompope: not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it!

1 year ago Ivan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Hello January! First-footing: an ancient Scottish tradition to welcome New Year

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Food

Šakotis: Lithuanian spit cake roasted over a fire that looks like a Christmas tree.

1 year ago Nathan

2 min read

• Food

Black Cake: fancy fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake!

1 year ago Danilo

2 min read

• Travel

Van Sant “crybaby” bridge – just a historic covered bridge home to an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The mystery of the moon-eyed people of Cherokee legends

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Kekri: Finland’s answer to day of the dead

2 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Nos Calan Gaeaf – celebrate a Welsh Halloween!

2 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Matthew Hassal – the grave of Isle of Man vapire.

2 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Travel

Casa de las Siete Chimeneas: the dark legend of Madrid

2 years ago Danilo

2 min read

• Travel

The world’s largest cashew tree that cover an area of over 8,000 square meters

2 years ago Danilo

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

Goldin Finance 117, the world’s tallest abandoned building

2 years ago Danilo

3 min read

• Travel

The Lincoln Imp, a demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral that was one of Satan’s minions

2 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

The legend of Görlitz Klötzelmönch

2 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Discover the Curtea de Argeș Monastery and its gruesome legend

2 years ago Danijel90