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Pirou-Plage Ghost Village in Pirou, France
Born of a financial fiasco in the 1990s, the resort of Pirou-Plage in Normandy remained a half-built ghost town until its colorful houses were discovered by squatters and ravers in the 2000s. Since...
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The Long, Politically Fraught History of Seeds in the U.S.
A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail.When you’re looking to plant a fresh urban garden, it’s natural to hit your local...
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Watergate Steps in Washington, D.C.
Few people know that the first Watergate wasn't the hotel where a presidential scandal took place. It was a forgotten staircase on Washington, D.C.'s waterfront.The stairs were originally intended to...
View ArticleWatch the Process of Precipitation in Hypnotic Slow Motion
Precipitation2 from Beauty of Science on Vimeo.After watching this video you will have to eat every word your high school self ever uttered about how boring chemistry was and how lunch couldn’t come...
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There Are Hundreds of Secret Underground WWII Bases Hidden in British Forests
It’s almost impossible to find one of Britain’s secret, underground military bases unless you know what to look for. In the years since they were built, starting in 1940, many of them have collapsed or...
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Striking Portraits of Lonely Cars in 1970s New York
On a snowy night in 1976, a Buick LeSabre was parked outside a White Tower hamburger restaurant in New York's Meatpacking District. For photographer Langdon Clay, armed with a Leica and some Kodachrome...
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Found: A Bucket of Gold on the Streets of Manhattan
What would you do if you walked by a bucket filled with gold on the street?One guy in Manhattan decided to just take it.The bucket of gold, as the New York Times reports, didn’t just magically appear....
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The Indecent Little Man on the Church of St. James in Brno, Czech Republic
On the southern window of Brno's Church of St. James, one sculptural element of the impressive church seems somewhat out of place: an indecent little two-headed man cheekily displaying his bare butt to...
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Sea Lions Are Surprisingly Receptive to Holiday Spices
If a sea lion is in a recovery center, how can you make him happy? You can give him some toys to play with, and plenty of water to flop around in. You can house him with a friend, or toss him a fish or...
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Urban Axes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
You stand behind a line with your weight on your back foot, facing a wooden target. Raise your arms behind your head and with a flick of the wrist your weapon spirals through the air and (hopefully)...
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Strange Creatures Appear On Kansas Police Cameras
Last week, the police in Gardner, Kansas set up some wildlife cameras to try and get a bead on a mountain lion who had been spotted around town.Instead, they saw these surprises:And also this...
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Boblo Island Abandoned Amusement Park in Amherstburg, Canada
Ontario's Bois Blanc Island, frequently abbreviated as "Boblo Island" opened its amusement park in 1898. With whirling rides, organ music, and brightly glowing lights, it attracted thousands to the...
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Atomic Liquors in Las Vegas, Nevada
In 1945, when Joe and Stella Sobchik opened a small café on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, the war was still on, and that meant rationing. Running a restaurant was a challenge in those days, but Joe and...
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British Cemetery of Ocracoke in Ocracoke, North Carolina
In the early days of the United States' entry into World War II, the Navy was woefully under-manned, under-shipped, and under-gunned. The Atlantic seaboard was especially vulnerable to German...
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When the Government Tried to Bust Abbie Hoffman For Publishing Its Own Public...
A version of this story originally appeared on Muckrock.com.On what would have been the radical’s 80th birthday, we look back at one of the strangest incidents in Abbie Hoffman’s 13,000 plus page FBI...
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How Civil War Soldiers Gave Themselves Syphilis While Trying to Avoid Smallpox
Bullets fly, the cold creeps in, and your body is so malnourished that you can barely walk. You know that if smallpox gets a hold of you, you don't stand a chance. You look at your fellow soldier's...
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Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Ferrari’s world famous supercars are manufactured entirely in Maranello, Italy, but over 2,800 miles away in the arid deserts of the United Arab Emirates lies the world’s only Ferrari-themed amusement...
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Here Are the Real Boundaries of American Metropolises, Decided by an Algorithm
When we think about where we live, usually our ideas start with political boundaries—we'd say we live in a particular state, city, or town. Ask about a neighborhood, sports team loyalties, or regions...
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Burgruine Gösting (Gösting Castle Ruins) in Graz, Austria
Sitting in a valley surrounded by rugged hills, Graz is the second largest city in Austria and has historically been an important point of passage between Western and Eastern Europe. In medieval times,...
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Found: A 2,000-Year-Old Cemetery Full of Pet Cats
In ancient Egypt, where cats were first domesticated, they were often buried in a ritual, religious fashion. The cat burials found on the site of Berenike, an Egyptian town on the Red Sea that thrived...
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