Banaba: A Tropical Paradise Destroyed by Mining

Oct 8, 2018

In the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii, there is a small island named Banaba belonging to a scattered group of is...

Robert Peary’s Meteorite And Minik

Oct 8, 2018

Many historical figures are celebrated for achieving great things but conveniently forgotten of all the terrible things they did to other pe...

The Mountain That Japan Hid From The World

Oct 5, 2018

Photo credit: 663highland/Wikimedia Inside the Shikotsu-Toya National Park, in the island of Hokkaidō, not far from the active stratovolca...

Stott Hall: The Farm in The Middle of The Highway

Oct 4, 2018

Driving along the M62 motorway, on the border between Lancashire and Yorkshire between junctions 22 and 23, motorists are greeted with an un...

The Treetop Squatters of Hambach Forest

Oct 3, 2018

For the past six years, some men and women have been living in a small 250-acre forest on the outskirts of Cologne, near the town of Jülich ...

Corippo: The Village That Wants to Become a Hotel

Oct 2, 2018

The tiny mountain village of Corippo, perched on the Swiss Alps, is much more than a village. It is an autonomous municipality with its own ...

Frankfurt’s Old Quarter Reconstructed 70 Years After The War

Oct 2, 2018

The DomRömer Quarter in the heart of the old town of Frankfurt, Germany, has received a new breath of life after the controversial Technical...

Gliwice Radio Station, Where World War 2 Began

Oct 1, 2018

On the evening of August 31, 1939, as the last rays of the setting sun lingered on the top of the giant wooden mast towering over the then G...

The Bächle of Freiburg: The Mediaeval Gutters That Became Recreational Hotspots

Sep 29, 2018

The German city of Freiburg in the edge of Black Forest has a curious attraction—little streams of clear water flowing through the city in o...

Smith Mansion: The House That Killed its Builder

Sep 28, 2018

For over thirty years a five story rickety wooden structure with long undulating staircases and haphazardly protruding balconies have been s...