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The Greatest Teen Job in the World Might Be Reopening Italian Catacombs
Walking through the Catacombs of San Gaudioso is a study in intergenerational cooperation. As you enter, you're greeted by a fifth century fresco of the Apostle Peter, his hands clearly beckoning you...
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Gumboot Capital of the World in Taihape, New Zealand
Sitting in the middle of Taihape, a small town of 1,640 in New Zealand, rests a gigantic iron boot. This multicolored, climbable gumboot may seem randomly placed at first, but it is actually there as a...
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Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong
Wong Tai Sin Temple is known for answering prayers and wishes with the practice of Kau Cim, a form of fortune telling that originated in China.The beautifully ornamented temple is dedicated to the...
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The Exquisite Drawings from the First Map of the Entire Sky
Since the very first star charts carved into mammoth tusks 32,500 years ago and the first recorded constellations in 17,300-year-old French caves, humans have come up with a variety of interpretations...
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The U.S. Has Hired Rats To Combat Wildlife Trafficking
There are a lot of amazing things about the African Pouched Rat. For one thing, they're enormous—more cat-sized than rat sized, they're about three feet long from tail to nose. For another, those noses...
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Relics of the Apostle St. Thomas in Ortona, Italy
St. Thomas, one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ, is claimed to have brought Christianity to India in 52 AD, where he was killed as a martyr. His relics traveled to quite a few places after his...
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Dragon Gate in Älvkarleby S, Sweden
The businessman Jingchun Li, who made a fortune on selling mosquito repellent in China, had high ambitions when he bought a hotel by the E4 highway outside the city of Gävle, Sweden in 2004. He...
View ArticleA Massive Celtic Cross Is Secretly Growing in an Irish Forest
VIDEO: Mysterious Celtic cross discovered in Donegal forest: https://t.co/qyoWkLJ7SMpic.twitter.com/PtUQrSWSOO— UTV Live News (@UTVNews) October 24, 2016Flying over Ireland is always a magical...
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Rod Serling Gazebo in Binghamton, New York
Martin Sloane realizes he has slipped back in time when he sees his younger self carving his name on a gazebo in the park with an old carousel. Martin has accidentally returned to his childhood town...
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The Future of Death Could Be a Shiny Cemetery Beneath the Manhattan Bridge
Imagine the Manhattan Bridge twinkling from underneath with hundreds of small pods filled with decaying biomass – the final resting place of many former New Yorkers, shining like stars in an otherwise...
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How to Read The Secret Language of Starfleet Uniforms
It’s Halloween time again, and as it has been for the past 50 years, a Star Trek costume is a safe bet for anyone looking to dress up. But do you want to be a Starfleet captain in 2268? A ship's doctor...
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The Dead Dunes in Pervalka, Lithuania
Built by winds and sea currents, the Curonian Spit is a ribbon of sand separating the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. The barrier bar has been designated a national park by both Lithuania and...
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The Vivid Blue Mineral That Grows on Buried Bodies and Confuses Archeologists
In 1861, a railway engineer by the name of John White passed away, was buried in a cast iron coffin, and began a slow transformation from White to blue.The explanation for this spooky color change,...
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How the ‘Fast and Furious’ Set Designers Made SoCal the Focus
Action films are often described as “rides”, and that description could not be more accurately applied to The Fast and the Furious. From the chrome-plated opening credits to the final vehicular barrel...
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Jigokudani (Hell Valley) in Noboribetsu-shi, Japan
Some hot springs are in picturesque mountain valleys, or in mystical high desert plateaus. The springs the feed the thermal baths in Hokkaido's most popular spa town, however, flow from a blasted...
View ArticleMan Dressed As Tree Arrested
Police say "tree guy" is 30 year old Asher Woodworth? He told police he wanted to see how his act affected "people's natural choreography." pic.twitter.com/ZHauVGI4mL— TVTEDDY (@TVTEDDY) October 24,...
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The Medieval Movement of Holy Women That Shaped Belgian Cities
On June 1, 1310, a woman named Marguerite Porète was burned at the stake in Paris after she had refused to retract her book, The Mirror Of The Simple Souls. She was a particular kind of woman, devout...
View ArticleTake a Virtual Tour of One Man's Strange World of Stuffed Animals
Have you ever wanted to attend a grand banquet with kittens or have a drink with squirrels at a club? In this 1965 clip archived by British Pathé, dolled-up dead animals are brought back to life in...
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Brno Astronomical Clock in Brno, Czech Republic
In 1645, near the last stage of the Thirty Years’ War, the city of Brno became famous across Europe when it managed to thwart a siege by the previously undefeated Swedish army, thanks in part to a...
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Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York
Though there had been efforts to advance the rights of women in early American history, the official start of the women’s rights movement is widely considered to have been the Seneca Falls Convention,...
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