local history

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• Random Christmas 2023

December 5#: Krampusnacht

3 years ago Danijel90

15 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of December: holidays, folklore and traditions

3 years ago Leo S

9 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

I bùr ad Sant’Andrè – The dark nights of Saint Andrew and other stories about November 30

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 22 (or 24) – Matrena’s and a legend of Winter’s arrival

3 years ago Danijel90

6 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Legend of Rangda, Bali’s Queen of the Demons

3 years ago Danilo

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Diwali: the Festival of Lights

3 years ago Ivan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Martinmas, St. Martin’s Summer, Indian Summer, Old Wives’ Summer…what is it?

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 10: it’s time for Mārtiņi!

3 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Day: what is the story behind this British observance?

3 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

The story behind Helen’s Bridge in Asheville, North Carolina

3 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 3: celebrate Sandwich Day and its history!

3 years ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Some fascinating facts you probably don’t know about the Day of the Dead

3 years ago Leo S

8 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of November: holidays, fun facts and folklore

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Travel

I-4 Dead Zone, Florida’s haunted highway

3 years ago Leo S

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• Abandoned Places

Discover China’s macabre luxury ghost village full of abandoned mansions

3 years ago Robin

8 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Mid-Autumn Festival: dates, traditions and legends

3 years ago Pavel

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

September 26 – Johnny Appleseed Day

3 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

The creepy legend of the Donkey Lady at Old Applewhite Bridge in San Antonio, Texas

3 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Mabon (?) and the Autumn Equinox

3 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

Fye Bridge: the place where scolds, strumpets (and witches) were punished

3 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Ha Ha Tonka castle ruins: the remains of a dead man’s dream.

3 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

Yenidze, Dresden’s iconic tobacco mosque, and its story of deception.

3 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Nokhur Cemetery, a cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

3 years ago Ivan

6 min read

• History

August 18 – The day of Austrian witches!

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Ferragosto: history, traditions (and curses) of one of the most beloved holidays in Italy

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Art and Photography

X Agosto and the unsolved murder that haunted one of the most beloved Italian poet

3 years ago Danilo

2 min read

• Food

Pettuleipä and Scandinavian bark bread

3 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Food

Kalakukko, an edible carrying case for fish

3 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Hotel Zdrowie – the abandoned “sanatorium” in Gdynia Orłowo

3 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lammas: welcoming the harvest

3 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Food

Stir-fried rocks: China’s (and not only) hardest Street Food

3 years ago Robin

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 25: it’s Carousel Day! (Or Merry-Go-Round Day, if you prefer).

3 years ago randomcollabs

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• Food

Riga Black Balsam: there’s a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great!

3 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 10: National Piña Colada Day

3 years ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Travel

The Thousand-Year Rose of Hildesheim Cathedral

3 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Tanabata: the Japanese Star Festival

3 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Sport

Mmabatho, the stadium with flying tribunes

3 years ago Robin

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 1: Happy Canada Day!

3 years ago Leo S

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Midsummer: history, folklore and magic

3 years ago Leo S

5 min read 2

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The fascinating story of Nocino, the witches’ liqueur.

3 years ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Juneteenth: a very important piece of American History

3 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The curious story of Mihailo Toloto, the 82-Year-Old monk who died without ever seeing a real woman

3 years ago Pavel