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The Tiny Kentucky Town That Eclipse Fans Are Obsessing Over
Go ahead. Try to book a hotel room in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, for the third weekend in August next summer.You can’t. They are completely booked from August 19th through August 22th. And the same goes...
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Bock Casemates in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Once known as the Gibraltar of the North, the mighty fortifications of Luxembourg were first built in 963. Over the following centuries, the city was held in turn by Burgundians, Spaniards, Austrians,...
View ArticleWatch Carl Sagan's Reflections on Our Place in the Universe
For today's Video Wonder, we present Carl Sagan's poignant "Pale Blue Dot."The text, originally given at a lecture at Cornell University, was inspired by a photograph taken of Earth on Valentine's Day,...
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Geigenbauer-Denkmal (Violin Maker Monument) in Luby, Czech Republic
The small town of Luby in the Czech Republic has been the center of violin building for decades, going back to when it was called Schönbach and part of Austria-Hungary. The first violins in the area...
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William Wallace Memorial in London, England
Situated on the outer wall of St Bartholomew Hospital in Smithfield is a memorial to Sir William Wallace, who was executed nearby on August 23, 1305. Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who...
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Breathtaking Photos of Ancient Trees Against Starry Skies
A sequoia can live for over 3,000 years. There's one baobab tree specimen that has been dated at over 6,000 years old. These are some of the world’s most ancient trees—trees that have lived through...
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House of Wax in Brooklyn, New York
House of Wax is the bar across from The Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn. To give this Victorian-themed bar even more remarkable flavor, it was built to include a 19th century wax collection of macabre...
View ArticleWatch Adorable Tiger Cubs Playing Together
Living in the modern world is often stressful, and it’s easy to forget to give yourself some time to decompress.To help you out, we’ve found this heart-melting video of tiger cubs posted by the San...
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Lithia Water Fountain in Ashland, Oregon
Lithia water, called so because of natural lithium oxide deposits in the spring, has been touted as a health tonic since the 1880s (although it wasn't until 1949 that the scientific community...
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You Probably Shouldn't Be Worried About This Colony of Herpes-Infected...
Imagine picnicking in central Florida when, suddenly, you hear some leaves rattle, and, from the shade of the trees, the curious face of a rhesus macaque emerges. The macaques, which were introduced to...
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Preston’s Pride in Tulare, California
In August of 1958, the proud B-17 bomber known as Preston's Pride was flown into Mefford Field outside of Tulare signaling the end of her flying career. She now sits across the street from airfield as...
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Peggy Guggenheim's Grave in Venice, Italy
Peggy Guggenheim's ashes are interred in her private palazzo and museum in Venice, and her companions in death are much the same as her companions in life. It's her beloved "babies," her 14 Lhasa...
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Old Zakopane Cemetery in Zakopane, Poland
Among European and Western culture, Polish cemeteries are unique. In a remarkable display of remembrance, they are often lavishly covered in flowers, pictures, mementos and candles, particularly around...
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A Famous Drag Queen, a Mummy in the Closet, and a Baffling Mystery
In October of 1993, Lois Taylor entered the Harlem apartment of Dorian Corey, a drag performer and dressmaker who’d died of AIDS two months earlier at the age of 56. Accompanied by two men searching...
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The Exploseum in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Outside of one of Poland’s largest cities, down an old dirt path in the middle of a forest, are the abandoned remains of one of Nazi Germany’s largest ammunition plants. Today, it’s been turned into an...
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Grant Wood Murals in Ames, Iowa
Most people know the artist Grant Wood for “American Gothic,” the iconic painting that typifies his unique style of Regionalism. While lesser known, some of Wood's largest works in the Regionalist...
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Newman Brothers Coffin Works in Birmingham, England
As of 2015, 75% of the deceased in the U.K. are cremated, but this wasn't always the case. It used to be that most people were buried, and in England, the finest coffins were made by the Newman...
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Slemish Mountain in Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Consisting of the remains of a long-extinct volcano, Slemish Mountain dominates the County Antrim landscape. The mountain likewise casts a long shadow in the cultural landscape of Ireland, thanks to...
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Why Justin Timberlake Sings 'May' Instead of 'Me'
The meme hit in 2012. A noble Tumblr artist first created it. It was picked up by BuzzFeed, followed by a flood of YouTube uploads. In 2016, you’ll see tweets about it. Justin Timberlake has...
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Why Americans Consider Celebrities for Political Office
It seems like a millennium has passed since Donald Trump announced he was running for President in June 2015. Now the businessman is president-elect, with the U.S. split between celebrating,...
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