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This is How New York City Celebrated Halloween in 1993
Twenty-three years ago, in 1993, Gregoire Alessandrini was a student living in New York City. As a new arrival from France, he found the city to be an intoxicating mix of constant surprises—ones that...
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Saatse Boot in Värska Parish, Estonia
To enter Russian territory, travelers typically need to show a valid passport, fill out various forms, and carry a Russian migration card from place to place. But there is just one piece of Russian...
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Museum of Historical Chamber Pots and Toilets in Prague, Czech Republic
There is a small museum in Prague, not far from the Vltava River, that is truly a celebration of “form follows function.” In its collection of historical chamber pots and toilets there is a wide array...
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Thelma and Louise in Hardeeville, South Carolina
Driving along the highways of the southeast, all the souvenir shops, truck stops, and fireworks stands you see will start to blend together. Outside Hardeeville, South Carolina though, you might do a...
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Victorious Fatherland War Museum in Pyongyang, North Korea
Like a big pat on the back, the Victorious Fatherland War Museum is devoted to remembering all the victories in North Korea's struggles against its imperialist enemies, the Japanese and the Americans....
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Exhausted Geese Are Falling Out of The Sky in Canada
It’s raining geese on Canada’s Sunshine Coast. According to the Coast Reporter, tired geese have been dropping out of the sky, and landing in people’s yards, simply too tired to continue flying.Over...
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Gibbs Farm in Kaukapakapa, New Zealand
In 1991, entrepreneur and art collector Alan Gibbs purchased a piece of property on New Zealand’s North Island that has now come to be known as Gibbs Farm. Immediately following his purchase, Gibbs...
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Cuckooland in Tabley, England
On the 30th of October, every clock in the United Kingdom will be celebrating a centennial milestone. In the midst of the First World War, Parliament passed the Summertime Act of 1916, creating what’s...
View ArticleWatch This Artist Create Kaleidoscope Masterpieces With Single-Celled Algae
Algae kaleidoscopes were among the many creatively biological ways that Victorian scientists entertained themselves. Using the end of a piece of hair, they moved tiny single-celled algae known as...
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In the 1800s, Sick People Would Consult Cookbooks Before Doctors
In most middle-class British households in the 18th and 19th centuries, you would find a booklet filled with recipes collected and curated over generations. But these guides were more than the...
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109-Year-Old Fruitcake and 70-Year-Old Bacon in Hurricane, Utah
There are a couple of artifacts in this small museum’s collection that might be described as idiosyncratic. Maybe even eccentric. At the Pioneer Heritage Museum in the city of Hurricane, Utah you’ll...
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Inside the Final Days of New York City's Last Dairy
On a recent Friday between 2:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., Anthony Vasquez wound his truck through midtown Manhattan, making 40 stops to deliver milk for Bartlett Dairy. New York City is America’s largest,...
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Watch a Claymation Mark Twain Take Tom, Huckleberry, and Becky to Meet Satan
If going on adventures with Tom Sawyer was one of your childhood dreams, let this video crush your eight-year-old fantasies.This 1985 claymation clip is part of an animated film called The Adventures...
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This Map Shows The Future of Your Immortal Soul
If you’re worrying about the state of your mortal soul, this handy graphic by François Georgin could help you.Published in 1825 in Jean-Charles Pellerin’s print shop in France, 3 Roads to Eternity...
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How the Hidden Sounds of Horror Movie Soundtracks Freak You Out
You’re sitting in the movie theater; it’s pitch black except for the dim glow on-screen. Nothing scary has happened yet—but you see a person walking, alone. You feel an overwhelming sense of dread. A...
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The Real Electric Frankenstein Experiments of the 1800s
On November 4, 1818, Scottish chemist Andrew Ure stood next to the lifeless corpse of an executed murderer, the man hanging by his neck at the gallows only minutes before. He was performing an...
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Salvador Dalí Desert in Sud Lípez Province, Bolivia
In Bolivia's Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Abaroa, there is a surreal, barren, wind-swept swath of land that has been frequently compared to a Dalí painting.Salvador Dalí was a Spanish...
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Witch Dungeon Museum in Salem, Massachusetts
Located in the very heart of Salem, Massachusetts' central tourist district is this so-called "museum" that doesn't so much educate visitors about the area's history of witch hunts as it does walk them...
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Halloween House in Los Angeles, California
This single family home launched Michael Myers' murder-spree that has continued through one of the longest running horror franchises of all time.Near West Hollywood, on a quiet street just north of...
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The Exorcist Stairs in Washington, D.C.
If, for whatever reason, you happen to find yourself at the ExxonMobil gas station in Georgetown where M Street becomes Canal Road, you might notice an exceptionally long, steep staircase wedged...
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