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Trump and Obama's Post-Election Meeting Might Not Have Been History's Weirdest
Two days ago, President Barack Obama told voters in Michigan that Donald Trump was "temperamentally unfit to be Commander in Chief." In August, Trump called Obama the "worst President in history,"...
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Peeling Back the History of Soviet Wallpaper
In the summer of 2014, Elena Amabili and Alessandro Calvaresi were photographing the ghost town of Ibene in Latvia, home to a top-secret radio telescope. But while there, they found themselves...
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Yangtorp Sanctuary in Jönstorp, Sweden
A Chinese meditation center appears like a mirage in the middle of the Swedish countryside. The vision comes complete with a dragon, a tea house and a temple, and depending on your perspective, it’s a...
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Mystery Space Junk Crashes Into Myanmar
While the metaphorical skies might be falling down across America, in Myanmar, the skies are literally coming down, as according to the BBC, a large chunk of what was apparently space debris crashed...
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Coyote in Healdsburg, California
Driving through picturesque California wine country, you might be surprised to find a massive, rusted metal coyote baring its teeth in a howl.Weighing seven tons, the Coyote sculpture was forged from...
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Basilique Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in Paris, France
Nearly every inch of this Paris basilica is covered in ex-votos, devotional artifacts that take their name from the Latin "ex voto suscepto," or "from the vow made." The church houses an astounding...
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Farine Five Roses Sign in Montreal, Canada
In 1977, Quebec passed legislation called “La charte de la langue française,” or The Charter of the French Language. Known simply as Bill 101, it cemented French as the official language of the...
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It's 'Barter Week' At B&Bs Across Italy
Feeling the sudden need to split for a bit? Does the idea of a relaxing in an Italian bed and breakfast, sipping on wine, gazing over insanely verdant and benevolent hillsides, and doing all of this...
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Phra Prang Sam Yot in Lopburi, Thailand
The new residents of Phra Prang Sam Yot aren't Buddhists or Hindus, they're primates.Phra Prang Sam Yot is a 13th century temple built by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII. It was originally used as a...
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Mexico City’s New Day of the Dead Parade is Based on a James Bond Film
Mexico’s famous Day of the Dead traditions might change because of eight minutes of Hollywood film. In a pre-credit sequence in Spectre, Sam Mendes’ second Bond film as director, and Daniel Craig’s...
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The Legendary Chinese Poison Made by Forcing Snakes, Scorpions, and...
In the mid-18th century, accepting the hospitality of women in the southern mountain regions of China presented an unusual risk. People told tales of women who seduced travelers, feeding men meals...
View ArticleWatch This Orange-Mustached LEGO Robot Solve a Rubik's Cube
Solving a Rubik's Cube takes a lot of time, practice, and patience. But this robot, built entirely out of LEGO pieces, can match the colored tiles in two minutes and 37 seconds. This robot actually...
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Rua do Amendoim in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
The pretty residential street of Rua Professor Otávio Coelho de Magalhães, or "Rua do Amendoim" (Peanut Street) as it is known to locals, will always have ample parking. This is because as soon as a...
View ArticleAustralian Cow Swims to Freedom, Stays on the Lam for 24 Hours
In what might be the makings of a future Disney film, a cow headed for export in Western Australia staged a daring escape over the weekend, according to the Guardian.The cow was being loaded onto a...
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Iran's Great Wall Is Now Buried and Forgotten
In northwestern Iran, running for almost 200 kilometers from the southeastern shores of the Caspian Sea to the mountains of Bilikuh in the east, lies the remains of the Great Wall of Gorgan—once the...
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The Forgotten Victorian Craze for Collecting Seaweed
Say it's the mid-1800s, and you're on a beach in England. Things look pretty familiar: the wind tugs at parasols, children laugh and chase seagulls, the waves roll in and out. In the distance, though,...
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Warsaw Poster Museum in Warszawa, Poland
During the 1950s and 1960s, communist Poland was a grey and gloomy place. So it makes sense that the Polish people were naturally drawn to the vibrant colors and thematic artistic works (in addition to...
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Toad House in Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Located in the little town of Ladysmith, Wisconsin (population approx. 3,000), Toad House is kind of in the middle of nowhere—which is exactly where you need a bakery/coffee shop/art gallery/community...
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Our Lady of the Grapes in Saint-Lager, France
Not only the faithful make pilgrimages to holy places. On the top of a large, lonely mountain in the Rhone region of France sits a gothic church dedicated to the intoxicating passion that many share:...
View ArticleWatch What Camp Life is Like for Children Who are Allergic to the Sun
SUNDOWN from Liza Mandelup on Vimeo.Summer camp is a great American tradition. And one completely out of reach for the so-called “children of the night”—the name given to kids who are allergic to the...
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