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Uncloaking the Origins of Collegiate Secret Societies
Hippol Castle, headquarters of the Order of Gimghoul. (Photo: Theevilfluffyface/WikiCommons)Inside a medieval-style castle on the wooded grounds of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,...
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Blue Ghost Fireflies in Cedar Mountain, North Carolina
No matter how delightful and wondrous a flying, twinkling creature may be, the southeastern United States is rife with lightning bugs (or fireflies, depending on your dialectic predilections). But...
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The Story Behind the Ritual that Still Haunts Broadway
Leave a light on for, you know, ghosts. (Photo: aerogondo2/shutterstock.com) For fans, lights are a vital part of the theatergoing experience. Rows of expectant ticket holders wait for the lights to...
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Huaca Pucllana in Miraflores, Peru
In the middle of an upscale residential neighborhood in the Miraflores district of Lima sits an ancient adobe and clay pyramid, dating from around 500 CE.The pyramid, known as Huaca Pucllana, was built...
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Visitors to New York's Grand Central Terminal are usually rushing frantically to catch a train. But if they just paused for a moment in front of the famous Oyster Bar on the lower concourse, they would...
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Führerbunker Parking Lot in Berlin, Germany
On January 16th, 1945 Adolf Hitler went underground. Until his eventual death about five months later, he would live in a bunker below the garden of the Reich Chancellery, a site that is now a...
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The Wellington Wreck of Simiane-la-Rotonde in Simiane-la-Rotonde, France
Hidden deep in a valley of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in Southern France, is a peculiarly sculpted collection of rusted metal. Miles from the nearest town, and long since left to the elements, it is...
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Thessaloniki Train Cemetery in Thessaloniki, Greece
On the outskirts of Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, hundreds of railroad cars have been standing abandoned on their railway sidings, rusting away for decades.These rusting and vandalized...
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Seeing Double: Extraordinary Stereographs From the 1800s
Reflection in a globe with camera and tripod, 1870. (Photo: Library of Congress)Of all the forms of early photography, the stereograph was the most popular, affordable and successful. First invented in...
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There's a Man Scattering Very Funny Fake Books, Signs and Pamphlets Around L.A.
(Photo: Jeff Wysaski/Obvious Plant)When Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant puts up one of his creations, he does not stick around to see the reactions. When he’s on a job, leaving fake signs and objects in...
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Mesa Prieta Petroglyphs in Velarde, United States
The Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project has the largest concentration of historic petroglyphs in New Mexico, and unlike most archaeological sites of this magnitude, it's assured that they will remain both...
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How Advertising Invented 8 Phrases We Use Every Day
Just another shampoo ad contributing to the cultural lexicon. (Image: Youtube)Modern speech is riddled with catchphrases and cliched sayings. Even if you buckle down and give 110 percent of your...
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Tom Sukanen's Prairie Ship in Moose Jaw, Canada
Born in 1878 on a Finnish atoll to a family of fishermen and shipbuilders, Tom Sukanen (birthname Tomi Jaanus Alankola) sailed to America at the age of 20 only to end up in the landlocked state of...
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Fleeting Wonders: the 2015 Sea Turtle Swimsuit Collection
A sea turtle hatchling, playful and spunky in a piece from the Vision Research Collection. (Photo: University of Queensland)Sea turtles already sport some of the best accessories in the animal...
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FOUND: A Woolly Mammoth in a Michigan Farmer's Field
Securing the mammoth skull and tusks with straps before hoisting it out of the pit. (Photo: Daryl Marshke/Michigan Photography)Two soybean farmers in eastern Michigan were digging deep into a field,...
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Kremlin of the Netherlands in Winkel, Netherlands
What is the Kremlin doing in a Dutch town of less than 3,000 people? Only one man really knows, but he'll be happy to show you around. Ger Leegwater, a retired sheet metal worker, began building this...
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The Evil Dead Cabin in Morristown, Tennessee
In the woods of Morristown, Tennessee, just past Martin Road, are all that's left is the remains of the chimney where the Necronomicon met its fiery demise. That and a tomb-sized hole in the ground...
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The Ramble Cave in New York, United States
In New York City's Central Park, just below the 79th St. Traverse, lies a heavily wooded area, interwoven with narrow, winding trails, and dotted with large granite boulders. While The Ramble, as it's...
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China Flat Museum Bigfoot Collection in Willow Creek, California
A small museum in an out-of-the-way town southeast of Redwoods National Park boasts an interesting collection of Bigfoot artifacts, footprint casts, theories, and media.In addition to the...
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Smiler's Point in Palm Desert, California
An ordinary turn in the road on the California highway is a point of pilgrimage for hardcore fans of a 1960s comedy film, who have named it Smiler's Point.The 1963 critical and box office smash hit...
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