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Morgantown PRT in Morgantown, West Virginia
Although the Morgantown PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) system may look quaint today, automated guideway transit systems like this one were at one time believed to be the future of American...
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The Duke's Diwan in Jordan
The oldest residence in the city, located just a stones-throw from the bustling souks of downtown, the Duke's Diwan has an open door policy of accepting all curious willing to climb the steep staircase...
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Found: A 9,000-Year-Old Decapitation Victim
(Photo: Strauss et al./PLOS ONE)Back in July of 2007, researchers excavating human burials at the Brazilian site of Lapa do Santo found something strange—two amputated hands that had been laid across...
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See the Bible in Real Life: Photos of Florida's Holy Land Theme Park
The Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida. (All Photos: Dan Cronin) Just four miles from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida is the Holy Land Experience, a theme park that turns Biblical stories...
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Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Factory Outlet in Saint James, Missouri
Suck it up and pay a visit to Missouri's Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Factory Outlet, a collection of over 600 hoovers (the nickname, not the brand), most all of which work.The collection was started by...
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The Brewmaster's Castle in Washington, District of Columbia
The Christian Heurich House, better known as "The Brewmaster's Castle" was once the home of one of the largest employers in Washington D.C., and today it continues to serve as one of the grandest...
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Every Major Trope of the American West Can Be Found on One Ranch
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in his Rolls Royce, driving by his devotees in the summer of 1982. (Photo: © 2003 Samvado Gunnar Kossatz/WikiCommons)Last fall, the Washington Family Ranch found itself unable to...
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The Miracle Sugar Substitute The FDA Won't Let You Have
Miracle berry tablets. (Photo: Alexander Klink/WikiCommons)If you have any kind of sweet tooth, the miracle berry really lives up to its name.When you eat this West African fruit, or let a tablet of...
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Zzyzx, California, Or the Biggest Health Spa Scam In American History
The last word in miracles. (Photo: Vezoy/WikiCommons CC BY-SA 3.0)Of all the legendary hucksters, grifters, and con men throughout American history, there is perhaps none more brazen than Curtis Howe...
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Old Carbonton Dam in Sanford, North Carolina
Standing just feet from a wooden picnic table in a North Carolina park, a solitary concrete tower marks the former location of a large dam that threatened to damage the surrounding ecosystem. Now the...
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How the Miracle Mollusks of Fangataufa Came Back After a Nuclear Blast
An aerial view of Fangatuafa atoll, the site of France's 1968 nuclear bomb test. (Photo: Public Domain/WikiCommons)In the 1960s and 70s, France conducted 193 nuclear tests in French Polynesia,...
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FOUND: $10 Million Worth of Fake Pot
Just a small portion of the NYPD's haul (Photo: NYPD)The New York Police Department, along with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Attorney's office, has found two million packets of...
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Mindebronden in Julianehåb, Greenland
You can probably imagine that, considering the climate, demand for fountains isn't too high in Greenland. In fact, when it was completed in 1932, Mindebrønden (Memorial Fountain) was the only fountain...
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Fleeting Wonders: Super Blood Moon
The super blood moon is hanging right around the corner. (Photo: Hanzlers Warped Visions/flickr)There’s a Super Blood Moon Apocalypse right around the corner, and it’s basically sky-gazing on steroids....
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The Parthenon of El Negro in Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Strange and opulent spoils came to the Chief of Police known for his flexible sense of morality, but it was all destined to fall into ruin. Arturo "El Negro" Durazo Moreno rose to the position of Chief...
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Al Wahbah Crater in Harrat Kishb, Saudi Arabia
Located in middle of an otherwise flat, barren desert the Al Wahbah Crater is a natural anomaly that would be wondrous enough on its own, but it hides its own salt field in its bowl.The giant crater...
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Moses Was Tripping, And Other Scientific Explanations For Biblical Miracles
God appears to Moses as a burning bush, as depicted by Eugène Pluchart in 1848. (Image: Hazhk/WikiCommons Public Domain)Thomas Jefferson was a great fan of Jesus. The author of the Constitution called...
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Exit Interview: An Ex-Mormon Who Used to Marry the Dead
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo: Michael Whiffen/Creative Commons)Much secrecy surrounds the sacraments that take place in the temples of the...
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We Asked a Cultural Historian: Are Apple Stores the New Temples?
The Broadway Apple Store (Photo: Matt Buchanan/Flickr)In more ancient times, when communal experiences were mediated by religion, crowds used to gather outside temples on feast days. In Biblical times,...
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