The Witness Trees of The American Civil War

Aug 31, 2017

Across the United States there are hundreds and thousands of trees that have stood around for many centuries and bore witness to the history...

Old Sarum of Salisbury

Aug 30, 2017

Old Sarum in Salisbury, England, is a historically important archeological site consisting of an Iron Age hillfort and what little remains o...

Hill of the Buddha

Aug 30, 2017

The Hill of the Buddha is a giant Buddha statue located atop a small hill near a cemetery in the Japanese island Hokkaido. The statue was bu...

The Closes of Edinburgh

Aug 29, 2017

The Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, consisted originally of the main street, now known as the Royal Mile, and a large number of small alley...

The Mysterious Erdstalls Tunnels

Aug 29, 2017

Across Europe, there are hundreds of underground tunnels that lead to nowhere and about which no historic records have ever been found. They...

The Art of Deliberate Imperfection

Aug 28, 2017

Some people are perfectionists, going great lengths and through punishing routines to achieve the perfect figure, the perfect score, the ini...

Ytterby: The Village That Chemists Love

Aug 25, 2017

What do the following ten chemical elements have in common? Yttrium Ytterbium Terbium Erbium Gadolinium Thulium Scandium Holmium D...

Elche, The City of Palm Trees

Aug 23, 2017

In the city of Elche, in Spain, there is a large grove of palm trees that’s the only one of its kind in Europe, and one of the largest palm ...

The Stilt Walking Shepherds of Landes

Aug 23, 2017

The Landes region of southwestern France, bordering the Bay of Biscay, is covered by a large pine forest. In fact, it’s the largest ‘maritim...

The Silo Art Trail in Australia

Aug 22, 2017

For more than a hundred years, grain silos doting the plains across the Wimmera-Mallee region of Victoria, Australia, have defined the state...