The combination of inexpensive geothermal power and high prices for imported fruit led to Iceland using the warmth from lava to grow banana trees Strangeness
One of Britain’s oldest and most obscure destinations – The Petrifying Well of Knaresborough turns objects into stone Strangeness
The Ice Cream cone was first created at the 1904 World’s Fair, when An ice cream cart ran out of dishes to serve News
The Kayaköy village in Turkey – abandoned during a population swap with Greece, is now preserved as a museum Abandoned Spaces
Focke-Wulf 58 Weihe crashed in 1943, the wreck is fairly well preserved after 70 years Abandoned Spaces
J.R.R. Tolkien asked his wife to marry him by mail after no having communication with her for 5 years, meanwhile she was already engaged to another man Strangeness
In 1911, eleven & seven year old brothers rode on horseback from NYC to San Francisco in 62 days Strangeness