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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

What’s the real history of Black Friday?

7 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Motors

Discover the shortest scheduled passenger flight in Italy, shorter than the metro ride to Linate Airport!

7 months ago Danilo

2 min read

• Art and Photography

Don Featherstone: meet the man who designed the iconic pink flamingo (and his gravestone adorned with his most famous creation!)

7 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Food

Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard: discover sweetest graveyard in the world filled with headstones for dearly deceased ice cream flavors.

7 months ago Robin

10 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of November 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

7 months ago randomcollabs

5 min read

• History

Struwwelpeter: the 19th-century book that scared mid-19th century German kids into behaving

8 months ago Anya

4 min read

• Food

Huesos de Santo – the bone-shaped sweets that honor the dead in Spain

8 months ago Danilo

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Filanda di Forno: the crumbling remains of a 19th-century textile factory.

8 months ago Danilo

3 min read

• Food

Under – discover the world’s largest underwater restaurant submerged off the southern tip of Norway!

8 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Fabbriche di Careggine, the submerged 13th century village that is still visible when the water recedes

8 months ago Danilo

12 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of October 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

9 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

Donut Hole: the drive-through tunnel that has attracted donut-lovers since 1968.

9 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

Library of Mistakes: a place where thousands of books explain how to avoid (another) Great Recession.

9 months ago Robin

4 min read

• Travel

French Toilets of Spikersuppa: a celebration of Norwegian independence, or public art gone wrong?

9 months ago Danijel90

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of September 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

10 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Travel

Hønekilden – “The Hen Spring” of Sønderborg

10 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Travel

Plutonian Cave of Eleusis: according to the legend, it holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld!

10 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Symbolický cintorín: a serene memorial that honors the adventurous spirits of climbers who lost their lives in the High Tatras

10 months ago Adam

11 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of August 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

11 months ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

11 months ago Leo S

11 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of July 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

12 months ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Discover meaning, history and folklore behind “Ember Days”

1 year ago Leo S

2 min read

• Motors

Höegh Aurora: discover world’s largest vehicle carrier that can hold over 9,000 cars!

1 year ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

The Caves of Hercules, explore Tangier’s legendary grottoes

1 year ago Ivan

2 min read

• Breaking News

Ghazipur Landfill – here is the world’s highest garbage mountain!

1 year ago Robin

2 min read

• Motors

Meet The American Dream, the world’s longest car that has 26 wheels and can accomodate up to 75 passengers!

1 year ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

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

1 year ago Robin

11 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of May 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

1 year ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Calan Mai – historical Welsh tradition of Mayday

1 year ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

1 year ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Pink Moon – April’s Full Moon

1 year ago Leo S

12 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of April 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

1 year ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Explore the Dowling House, Galena’s oldest house

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

1 year ago Leo S

2 min read

• 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

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Cahokia Mounds: discover the mysterious America’s first city

1 year ago Leo S

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

• Travel

Jungfraujoch – Europe’s highest train station at an altitude of almost 3,500 meters!

1 year ago Anya

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Tu BiShvat – a Jewish holiday that celebrate the “New Year for Trees” and the renewal of nature

1 year ago Robin

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Snow Moon: Full Moon in February 2025

1 year ago Leo S