History & Trivia
abandonedNo Vital Signs: 7 Abandoned Health Food Stores
Health food stores may serve a niche market but their customer base is unusually…
Geography & TravelChapel Oak: France’s Oldest Tree Serves as a Worship Space
A handmade wooden staircase spirals around the trunk of the oldest tree in france,…
artWar Flowers: A Red Sea Of Ceramic Poppies
The Tower of London's “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” features 900,000…
animalsThe Brazilian Shorthair Cat: Ship To Shore To Home
Recognized as a breed in 1998, Brazilian Shorthair cats descend from ship's cats who…
RussiaA Tale Of Zoo Kitties: Stray Cat & Lynx Are Now BFFFs
A stray calico cat found both a home and a Best Feline Friend Forever after sneaking…
artFordite: Recycled & Reworked Auto Paint Jewelry
Fordite (or Detroit Agate), multiple layers of baked automobile paint overspray once…
animalsNatural Goal: Amazing Animal Mascots Of The FIFA World Cup
Only six times has the FIFA World Cup of Soccer featured an animal mascot. Let's…
oceansIn Sink: The World’s 7 Most Amazing Artificial Reefs
Human intrusion into the deep ocean isn't usually a good thing but in the case of…
plantsRootless: Seven Seedy Abandoned Garden Centers
Overgrown at the memory bank? No share in the soils of war? The bloom's definitely…
environmentGone Fission: Chernobyl’s Cooling Pond Fish Farm
Now abandoned, a fish farm and (later) a radiological research project once existed…
