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• History

Salii: the jumping priests of Rome

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• Lighthouses of the world

Porto Rico: Guánica Lighthouse Ruins

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• Abandoned Places

Fort Gorges: accessible only by boat, this centuries-old fort never saw troops or combat.

1 year ago Nathan

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• Travel

Camp Bonifas: the world’s most dangerous golf course that can literally kill you

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• Travel

Visingsö Oak Forest: a forest of immensely tall and unusually straight trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never existed

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• Food

Moose Milk: the Winter Cocktail of the Canadian military

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• Random Christmas 2020

20# The true story of Silent Night

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• Travel

Le Mort Homme: a memorial to the soldiers who died in the bloody battles to control Verdun in World War I

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• Abandoned Places

Abandoned Bunkers of Salpalinja, Finland

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• History

Horatio Nelson: from frail guy to National Hero

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• Travel

Tham Piew Cave: a tangible reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

3 years ago Ivan

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• People, mysteries and stories

Lt. George Dixon and his lucky gold coin

3 years ago Leo S

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• People, mysteries and stories

The haunted fields of Andersonville~

3 years ago Leo S

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• People, mysteries and stories

Old Charleston Jail: criminal, pirates and war prisoners~

3 years ago Leo S

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• History

Lepanto: the battle that saved Europe

3 years ago Robin

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• Abandoned Places

St. Dunstan-in-the-East: one of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

3 years ago Ivan

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• Today In History 🗓

#September 10, 1547: Battle of Pinkie Cleugh between English and Scottish forces

3 years ago Robin

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• History

The ghosts of Cold Harbor battlefield – Mechanicsville, Virginia

3 years ago Leo S

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• History

The Battle of the Somme: the bloodiest day in British military history

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Sinhagad: the lion’s fort in Pune – India

3 years ago Ivan

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• History

D-Day: the day that changed Europe’s history

3 years ago Robin

4 min read

• History

“The Death Camp” and the forgotten story of Germany’s first holocaust

4 years ago Anya016

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• People, mysteries and stories

Hiljainen Kansa: the Silent People of Finland

4 years ago Pavel

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• Food

11 historic dishes born from tough times that you easily can make at home!

4 years ago randomcollabs

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• Travel

The haunted Fox Tower at Dongbianmen – China

4 years ago Ivan

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• History

#March 9, 1974: the incredible Hiroo Onoda’s One-Man war finally ends

4 years ago Leo S

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• History

#February 13, 1945: Ancient Dresden reduced to rubble

4 years ago Anya016

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• History

The massacre of Gorla and the sad story of its little martyrs

4 years ago Anya016

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• History

1950s Berlin: Photographs of a destroyed city

4 years ago Pavel

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• History

Access forbidden for a century – the French “Red Zone”: a no-go area since WWI

4 years ago Adam

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• History

England’s (almost) forgotten pet massacre of 1939

4 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Cripta de los Héroes: the final resting place for many of Peru’s greatest military heroes.

4 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Art and Photography

Tsuneko Sasamoto: the first Japanese Photojournalist who still works at 105 years

4 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Huang Yung-Fu, the 96-year-old painter who saved his village

5 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• History

War Pigs: the defense weapon against Elephant attacks

5 years ago Adam

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• History

Execution with the Cannon: terrible capital punishment until the nineteenth century

5 years ago Adam

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• History

Norimitsu Odachi: Japan’s Longest Sword measured 377 Cm and weighed 14.5 Kg.

5 years ago Pavel

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• Advent Calendar.

22# Silent Night and the Christmas truce.

5 years ago Adam

4 min read

• Advent Calendar.

20# The Halifax Christmas Disaster of 1917

5 years ago Leo S

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• Art and Photography
• History

5 Photos of People Laughing in the Face of Death

5 years ago Pavel

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• Abandoned Places

Italian Alpine Wall~

5 years ago Leo S

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• History

Peace between Athens and Sparta: an agreement signed only in 1996

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