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Dee Stadium in Houghton, Michigan
The sports arena known as "The Dee" stands on the site of the old Amphidrome, where in 1903 professional hockey was born. The Amphidrome sadly burned down in 1927, but the new stadium quickly assumed...
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A Washington Dentist Skated a Whole Pond Into Swirly Ice Art
Sometimes you head out to get some exercise, and you end up making a massive geographic art piece instead. On January 15th, David Chuljian, a dentist in Port Townsend, Washington, decided to take...
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Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field in Calipatria, California
Within a mere two square miles of the desert outside the Salton Sea there are enough gryphons, gas vents, salses, and mudpots to delight any geological oddity enthusiast.At the Davis-Schrimpf Seep...
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Paste Eater's Grave in Goldfield, Nevada
As the story goes, a vagrant wandering the streets of Goldfield in 1908 was rummaging through the trash outside the local library, looking for something to eat. The best sustenance he came across was a...
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According to Experts, We Just Ticked Closer to Apocalypse
Update, 1/26: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientistsannounced Thursday that, thanks largely to the continued threats posed by nuclear weapons and climate change, the Doomsday Clock is now at two and a half...
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Curtea Veche (Old Princely Court) in Bucharest, Romania
In the heart of Bucharest, often overlooked by tourists exploring all the wonders of Old Town, is all that remains of Curtea Veche, the Old Princely Court. Today, not much remains of this princely...
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The Texas Woofus in Dallas, Texas
The Texas Woofus is a mythological chimera made up of the main staples of Texas livestock. Originally created in 1936 for the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, the Woofus features the mane and...
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Mary Tyler Moore Statue in Minneapolis, Minnesota
In downtown Minneapolis you'll find a bronze statue honoring Mary Tyler Moore, or rather her character, Mary Richards, tossing her hat skyward in a jubilant expression of independent career-woman...
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Portugal's Unexpectedly Heroic Custard Tarts
Small, crumbly, with a bright yellow color and a slightly burned top, Portugal’s rustic pastel de nata—custard tart—is often near the top of foodies' travel guides. But the flaky pastry also has a...
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Under the Black Eagle Pharmacy Museum in L'viv, Ukraine
The ceiling of Під Чорним Орлом, or Under the Black Eagle pharmacy, is painted with symbols of air, water, fire, and earth, representing the humors of the body, the preeminent theory of early medicine....
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The World's Most Powerful 'Super Laser' Has Been Created
While things are looking grim for the sciences here in America, a team of British and Czech scientists have recently claimed to have invented the world’s most powerful "super laser." They have named...
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Found: Tens of Thousands of Previously Unknown Nazi Persecution Sites
When researchers started working in 2000 on an encyclopedia of camps and ghettos from the Holocaust, they thought they would find 5,000 examples of labor camps, POW camps, military brothels, ghettos...
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You Can No Longer Release Balloons in Atlantic City
A lot of things are illegal in Atlantic City—underage gambling, vandalizing hedges, (probably) blowing up the chicken man. Wednesday night, lawmakers worked to add one more thing to the list: releasing...
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Gocta Waterfall in Cocachimba, Peru
In 2005, German economist Stefan Ziemendorff, who was working on a wastewater project in the Amazonas province of of Peru, took a break from his work to go for a hike in Peru's Utcabamba valley in...
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U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock in Washington, D.C.
It may not look like much, but this little display outside the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. is the Master Clock, an incredibly important but little-known cyber system that's maintained by...
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The Joys of Pretend Villainy
While the average person likely spends most of their lives trying to avoid being a villain, there are those who make it a point to get out there and unleash their inner baddie.For live-action...
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Holy Chalice of Valencia in Valencia, Spain
There are many, many contenders in the race for the title of Holy Grail: stone cups, bronze cups, cups of gold. For some, the whole idea is just a tale told in medieval legend, but for many Christians...
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The Awkward 17th-Century Dating Practice That Saw Teens Get Bundled Into Bags
If today’s complicated dating world disturbs you, imagine being a young woman in love in 17th-century Wales. You can’t wait to begin your life with your beau, but first, you need to prove to your...
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A Beginner's Guide to Body Snatching
Say it's 1820 and you're an uneducated, lower-class chap with nights and weekends free who needs to pick up a few extra quid. You might consider the profitable, if criminal, profession of body...
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Olympic Black Power Statue in San Jose, California
Perhaps no image from the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City is more recognizable than the silent protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the Olympic medalist podium. During the award ceremony,...
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