Found: A Mysterious Jawbone With Gold Teeth
On Christmas Eve, Isaac Jones went hiking with his new metal detector, on a trail by the Yuba River, near Nevada City, Calif. It was the first time he had ever used a metal detector, and at the...
View ArticleA Controversial New McDonald's Has Opened Near The Vatican
McDonald's riles cardinals with branch near Vatican https://t.co/qd57dRtZe2pic.twitter.com/tZNZgUfSph— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) January 4, 2017There are over 30,000 places in the world where you can...
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Bracewell Radio Sundial in Datil, USA
Throughout the 1960s, during the aspirational fervor of the Space Race, the emerging field of radio astronomy made great strides—and largely thanks to an Australian engineer named Ron Bracewell, who,...
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Giant Snow 'Mushrooms' Are Winter's Rarest Natural Wonder
Vaughan Cornish had come to Canada’s Glacier National Park to look at waves. As a geographer, waves were his great passion. He was fascinated by undulating forms in seas and in deserts, in the movement...
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The Bakelite Museum in Williton, England
This rustic 18th century building's whitewashed walls and the antique waterwheel outside betray the its original use as a mill, which may lead one to believe the museum inside is dedicated to industry...
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Flamingo Habitat in Las Vegas, Nevada
The city of Las Vegas does its absolute best to bring the whole world to The Strip, featuring a replica of the New York City skyline, a 460 foot Eiffel Tower, a giant Egyptian sphinx, and the Grand...
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St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia
In the heart of Marietta, Georgia, just off the city's square, you'll find the unassuming but elegant cemetery that belongs to the nearby St. James Episcopal Church, established in 1849. Most who...
View ArticleWatch Hot Maple Syrup Freeze into Toffee on Packed Snow
During the maple syrup season in spring, maple trees drip their sap into buckets that harvesters haul away so they can boil down the sap into syrup. But before the syrup gets distributed, the hot...
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Why is This Space-Age Car Slamming into a Wall of Flaming TVs?
On a bright, clear Fourth of July in 1975, a crowd of onlookers and reporters assembled in the vast parking lot of the Cow Palace, a convention center just outside San Francisco. They had been summoned...
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Palau Dalmases in Barcelona, Spain
Palau Dalmases is among the most beautiful 17th century palaces in Barcelona, situated on the historic Calle Montcada. This street, world famous for the Picasso Museum, was once the heart of the city's...
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Nearly 100% of Australia Now Has a Feral Cat Problem
Whether they like it or not, Australians are becoming real cat people. In fact, according to a recently released report, nearly 100% of Australia is now infested with wild cats.As is being reported in...
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Twin Lakes Capitoline Wolf in Cincinnati, Ohio
By 1931, Benito Mussolini had been in power for 10 years, and he marked the anniversary by sending a few replicas of Rome's iconic Lupa Capitolina (Capitoline Wolf) statue around to other cities,...
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Berlin’s Secret Cold War-Era Vineyard
Mention the word “vineyard” and most people will think of rolling green hillsides or sweeping valley views. Yet few of them would expect to find one right in the heart of one of Berlin's hippest...
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Mesmerizing Depictions of Magic and Witchcraft Throughout History
In 1870, artist Robert Bateman painted an unusual scene. In it, a mandrake plant is pulled carefully from the earth with lengths of string. The painting depicts just one part of the extensive mythology...
View ArticleFound: Unexplained Poems Left on the Shelves of a British Grocery Store
Someone keeps leaving weird poems on food at Tesco. https://t.co/GUED3ehS2Ypic.twitter.com/rwLlFTPCEE— Report UK (@ReportUK) January 4, 2017In the bakery aisle of a Tesco supermarket in Coventry,...
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Ferdinand Magellan Presidential Railcar in Miami, Florida
During World War II the White House purchased a luxury Pullman rail car named the Ferdinand Magellan and transformed it into a rolling White House, codenamed "U.S. Car Number 1." Franklin Roosevelt...
View ArticleThousands Of Kinder Eggs Have Washed Up On A German Island
Spiel und Spaß auf @Insel_Langeoog: Nach Sturm Zehntausende Innenteile von Überraschungseiern angespült. https://t.co/SQYi36S8D7#Langeoogpic.twitter.com/Q9czJpxp8t— Burkhard Ewert (@burkhardewert)...
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Oswald's Bear Ranch in Newberry, Michigan
Oswald's Bear Ranch is the largest in the United States, with roughly two dozen rescued bears. They live in huge enclosed habitats that visitors can observe from viewing platforms. The cubs have their...
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Why the U.S. Government Treats Catfish Unlike Any Other Fish
In early December, the House Freedom Caucus—a group of conservative Republicans aiming to push their party rightward—released a detailed agenda for the first 100 days of the new administration. The...
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Peek Inside Buffalo's Abandoned Art Deco Train Terminal
The main Amtrak stop in Buffalo, New York is known informally as ‘America’s Saddest Train Station’. A modest, one-story brick building, smaller than the average house, it currently sits with a blue...
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