Mary Celeste: the mistery of the Ghost Ship whose crew vanished into thin air.
On the causes of the disappearance of the crew and the abandonment of the Canadian brigantine Mary Celeste in 1872 every hypothesis was considered, from the most imaginative, to the […]
Mont Saint-Michel: a wonderful place, land of legends.
The abbey and surrounding town, located atop a solid single rock in the middle of a bay, was originally only accessible as the tides allowed. It is located less than […]
Phare d’Eckmühl, France. One of the tallest in the world.
The Eckmühl Lighthouse, is located in Penmarc’h, Finistère department, in Brittany region of France. With his height of 65 m, it is one of the tallest lighthouses in the world. […]
Cap Fréhel and its lighthouses.
Cap Fréhel is a peninsula in Côtes-d’Armor, in France, in the northern Brittany region, which extends from the Côte d’Émeraude to the Golfe de Saint-Malo. Despite no towns or villages […]
Cod: History of the Fish that changed the World
A fundamental and underrated chapter of the Human History is that which deals with the evolution of its diet and the importance that this evolution has had on historical events. […]
“Hy Brazil”: the History of the Legendary Island in the West of Ireland
Have you ever considered that Brazil could be found not in South America but in Northern Europe, off the coast of Ireland? Never? Yet, if you had consulted the maps […]
Why British Royal Navy Sailors Preferred Their Booze on Fire?
If today a flaming alcoholic drink is either the work of a skilled barman or a terrible mistake, just two centuries ago this ritual was commonplace among members of the […]
How the cat Simon earned a military medal.
For centuries, a close relationship of mutual esteem and affection has linked a category of rough men and accustomed to every danger, the sailors, to a small pet that today […]
The incredible story of Titanic Orphans.
It was the night of April 14, 1912, and RMS Titanic, the Ship of Dreams, was sinking. As we all know, nobody was spared from the terrible experience of dread […]
Octavius, the ghost ship and its frozen captain with a pen in hand.
The world is filled with a cornucopia of stories, misteries and legends, and when we read or listen these, we travel on a different dimensions. These stories, are food for […]
A new lava island was born to Hawaii, but only for a few days.
Hawaii’s ongoing eruption created new land, but only for a few days… Last week, a small new island was born. Yes, a real island, surrounded by water and smaller than […]
Mawson’s Huts: Frozen in times.
Lost on the edge of Cape Denison in Antarctica, there is a small group of huts that were built by Australian antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson in the early 20th century. […]
Serpent d’Océan: the 130 meter skeleton that emerges from the Nantes Coast.
It is called Serpent d’Océan, but is not the skeleton of an animal that actually existed, in fact it’s a sculpture located in Saint-Brévin-les-Pins, near Nantes, in correspondence with the […]
Batroun, Lebanon: one of the oldest cities in the world.
We are in Batroun, a coastal city in northern Lebanon, located 50 km north of Beirut and 30 km south of Tripoli. This is one of the oldest cities in […]
Anchors graveyard in Portugal…rust in peace!
The Cemetery of Anchors in Santa Luzia, Portugal, is surely a different place from the conventional touristic destinations. Here the dead anchors honor the victims of Portugal’s fishing industry. No […]
Bouvet Island, the most remote place of the world.
This place is known as “the loneliest place on earth,” in fact is an uninhabited frozen isle between South Africa and Antarctica and is the most remote island (and place) […]
Hashima: the incredible abandoned island discovered by Google Maps Street View.
Not always, with google maps street view, you can only travel through the known places of the world. Sometimes it happens to find something new and unexplored, such as the […]
Manfred Fritz Bajorat, the mummified captain found in his yacht seven years after his death
He was found aboard his ghost ship, seven years after his death, and no one had sounded the alarm. Read all the story, write by Ivan.
The musical organ played by the Sea in Zadar, Croatia.
There is a place, in the Adriatic sea, where you can really listen to singing the Sea, thanks to a work of art and architecture of extraordinary and unique beauty […]
SS Baychimo: the Ghost Ship that sailed alone for 38 years and disappeared…
This is the mystery of the Arctic ghost ship: Abandoned 1914 cargo vessel SS Baychimo drifted for decades – but is she still out there? Somewhere out there a phantom […]
Only an unusual story from greek chronicle….
During the end of ’80s, the south side of Greece was a discreet livable zone, where crime and mob were almost completely absent, probably due to the poverty of people […]
Aquaria waterpark, just another typical italian story.
The waterpark was founded in Pinarella di Cervia in 1992, with the initiative and totally private investments. Its symbols were the large twisted slides with vivid colors, which drew a […]
Capri, Punta Carena and its lighthouse
Capri Island have a lot of beaches, but one of the most beautiful is Punta Carena. It’s not really a beach but a bay with clear and blue waters what […]
Lighthouse in Świnoujście, the highest lighthouse of the Baltic Coast.
lighthouse height: 68 m light emitted to the height of: 68m over sea level light is seen at the distance: 25miles/about 46.3km Geographic position: width 53″55’03″N length: 14″17’10″E The Swinoujscie’s […]
Latarnia Morska Niechorze – Niechorze Lighthouse, Poland
Height of Lighthouse: 45m The light ascends to the height of: 62,8 m of the sea level Light Range: 20 nautical miles (about 37km) The decision to build a Lighthouse […]