stories

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

The Lion House: when humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

6 days ago Ivan

1 min read

• Travel

The Finger: discover wooden middle fingers raised in protest

1 week ago Nathan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Tomb of the Dunbar victims: the unidentified remains from a wreck sometimes known as “Australia’s Titanic.”

2 weeks ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

Bosco Verticale: a vertical forest in the middle of Milan’s urban jungle

4 weeks ago Danijel90

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Wolf Moon – first full moon of 2026!

4 weeks ago randomcollabs

12 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of January 2026: holidays, folklore and traditions

4 weeks ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Travel

‘Arc Majeur’ by Bernard Venet, the work of art, which took 35 years to complete, that has a motorway running through it!

1 month ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Discover the Candy Cane mountains, swirling layers of white and red rock that earned them their festive nickname

1 month ago Ivan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Bonfires on the levee for Papa Noel: a Cajun-style Christmas on the river that also involves sky-high pyres (and explosives).

1 month ago Nathan

4 min read

• History

Wire, house fires, feathers, toilet-cleaning brushes…with real (and fake) Christmas trees!

1 month ago Leo S

4 min read

• Travel

Discover Santa’s House…in Greenland!

1 month ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

Lala’s Little Nugget: at this Austin dive bar, it’s been Christmas every day for more than 50 years!

2 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Paul McCarthy’s Santa of Oslo: a controversial statue that stands year-round in a traffic circle.

2 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Food

Discover Nobel Ice Cream, the world’s smartest dessert!

2 months ago Robin

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Cold Moon: December’s Full Moon

2 months ago Leo S

15 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of December 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

2 months ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

What’s the real history of Black Friday?

2 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Motors

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

2 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!)

2 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.

3 months ago Robin

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Beaver’s Moon: November Full Moon

3 months ago Leo S

10 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of November 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

3 months ago randomcollabs

5 min read

• History

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

3 months ago Anya

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Her Vacant Chair: the rocking chair headstone allegedly haunted by the spirit of a young girl named Pearl

3 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Food

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

3 months ago Danilo

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

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

3 months ago Danilo

3 min read

• Food

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

4 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

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

4 months ago Danilo

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

October 2025 Full Harvest Moon: the Largest and Brightest Supermoon of the Year

4 months ago randomcollabs

12 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of October 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

4 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

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

4 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

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

4 months ago Robin

4 min read

• Travel

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

5 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Corn Moon: September’s Full Moon

5 months ago Leo S

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of September 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

5 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Travel

Hønekilden – “The Hen Spring” of Sønderborg

5 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!

5 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

6 months ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Sturgeon Moon: August’s full moon

6 months ago Leo S

11 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of August 2025: holidays, folklore and traditions

6 months ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

7 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Buck Moon: July’s Full Moon

7 months ago Leo S