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• Travel

Libreria Acqua Alta: one of the most interesting bookshop in the world.

6 years ago Anya

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• History

#February 18, 1966: the casket that carried assassinated President John F. Kennedy buried at sea.

6 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

The curious Toy Cemetery at Coyoacán Bazaar – Mexico

6 years ago Ivan

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• History

#February 16, 1923: A deadly bite, or King Tut’s revenge?

6 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

Macromural de Pachuca: the world’s largest mural covers a large swath of homes in Mexico.

6 years ago Ivan

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• History

#February 14, 1779: Captain James Cook’s last adventure

6 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Wall

6 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• History

#February 13, 1945: Ancient Dresden reduced to rubble

6 years ago Anya

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Gereja Ayam: the curious “chicken church” in the middle of the Indonesian forest

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

The abandoned disco Par hasard: it was the VIPs’ club

6 years ago Anya

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• History

25 Great Insults From 18th Century British Slang

6 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Food

Mie Lethek Garuda – a traditional food from Indonesia

6 years ago Ivan

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The dark origins of the fairy tale “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

6 years ago Pavel

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

“Leatherman”: the mystery man who walked along the same path for 30 years

6 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• History

Don’t touch the Royals: the absurd death of the Queen of Siam in the 19th Century

6 years ago Adam

3 min read

• History

Ramesses II: the first (and probably the last) mummy to receive a passport!

6 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

Signal de Botrange: the highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere

6 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

Baldpate Inn in Estes Park: the curious inn that houses 30,000 keys

6 years ago Leo S

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• Breaking News

Today is 02/02/2020: the first palindrome day after 909 years

6 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The “anomalous” burial of a child in a 5th century Umbrian cemetery

6 years ago Adam

4 min read

• Travel

A forest of pillars, recalling the Holocaust: the controversial Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin

6 years ago Anya

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Chinese New Year 2020: the year of the Golden Rat. History and traditions of a millenary festival.

6 years ago Pavel

1 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Macuti Lighthouse and Shipwreck – Mozambique

6 years ago Ivan

5 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Inez Clarke, the haunted statue of Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery that lives again whenever there is a thunderstorm

6 years ago Leo S

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• Travel

Venice: the only city in the world whose shape resembles a Swan

6 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Fort de la Chartreuse: the fort that was never used…as a fort!

6 years ago Anya

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Cemitério de Navios – The Angolan Ship Cemetery

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Udre Udre’s Grave: in Fiji islands, the resting place of the most prolific cannibal of all time.

6 years ago Nathan

10 min read

• Art and Photography

Paris through a Nazi’s lens: Propaganda pictures of Occupied France in 1940’s

6 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Al `Arish: an abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

6 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

“Half-Hangit” Maggie Dickson: the woman who survived the hangman’s noose.

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The splendid grave of the dancer Rudol’f Nureev covered by a rug like mosaic

6 years ago Robin

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

122 and not feeling it: the (unhealthy) Lifestyle of the longest-lived person in history!

6 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Travel

The real Sleepy Hollow: where the legends lives!

6 years ago Robin

5 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Fire Island Lighthouse – history and ghosts!

6 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• History

January 1985-2020: the anniversary of the greatest snowfall of the (last) century.

6 years ago Anya

1 min read

• Travel

Berlin: The Return of the Cows

6 years ago Anya

3 min read

• Travel

Snagov Monastery: the island that (allegedly) houses the tomb of Dracula

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Travel

Fremont Troll – Seattle

6 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Food

Son-in-Law Eggs: The curious story behind this Thai food delicacy

6 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Art and Photography

A splendid collection of rare color Photos of Paris taken about 100 Years Ago

6 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Sapporo, Japan: a giant Buddha statue wrapped in a Lavender Hill

6 years ago Pavel