Travel

America’s Most Haunted: The Whaley House, San Diego

October 5th, 2011, Featured, by Tom

The Whaley House in Old Town San Diego is reportedly haunted by the ghosts of several generations of the same family, including Thomas Whaley, a California settler who built the house for his wife and children.

Vienna’s Drowned Rest Anonymously in the Cemetery of the Nameless

September 28th, 2011, Featured, Travel, by Tom

For all Vienna’s grand and historic burial grounds, home to the likes of Beethoven and Strauss, the Cemetery of the Nameless remains one of the Austrian capital’s most poignant and mysterious.

Timothy the Tortoise: Crimean Hero & the Last Surviving Veteran of Sevastopol

September 15th, 2011, Living, Travel, by Tom

Believed to be around 165-years-old at the time of her death in 2004, Timothy the Tortoise had a successful maritime career that rendered her a veteran of the siege of Sevastopol and the last survivor of the Crimean War.

The Enigmatic Medieval Ruins of Egypt’s Shali Fortress

September 6th, 2011, Travel, Urban Exploration, by Tom

The ruins of Shali in Egypt’s Siwa Oasis display a medieval ghost town that remained inhabited until a major rain storm in 1926. The fortress is now a popular tourist destination, and a lure to historically-minded urban explorers.

The Strange Scarecrow Village of Cape Breton Island

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September 3rd, 2011, Art, Featured, Travel, by Tom

Cape Breton Island, with its traditional Celtic music and winding Cabot Trail, is a popular tourist destination. But visitors flocking to this romantic island may happen across an altogether different type of roadside attraction – Joe’s Scarecrow Village.

Glass Beach: How Nature Reversed a Trashy Stretch of California Coast

September 2nd, 2011, Featured, Travel, by Tom

When a beautiful stretch of Pacific coast became a dumping ground over 50 years, nature eventually fought back and smoothed the discarded glass into pretty trinkets that helped “Glass Beach” become a modern tourist attraction.

7 Eerie Abandoned Resorts and Holiday Destinations

August 25th, 2011, Travel, Urban Exploration, by Tom

The world abounds with spooky abandoned resorts, from Germany’s Prora Nazi resort to Varosha and Puente-del-Inca. In this article we take a look at some of the most impressive, mysterious and foreboding holiday destinations no longer available.

Vernacular Architecture on Scotland’s Remote Isle of Tiree

August 19th, 2011, Architecture, Featured, Travel, by Tom

The Isle of Tiree in the Scottish Inner Hebrides has remained remarkably true to its roots despite its proximity to mainland UK, with 48 per cent of its population speaking Gaelic and its own unique brand of vernacular architecture.

Mano del Desierto: The Giant Hand of the Atacama Desert

August 6th, 2011, Art, Featured, Travel, by Tom

Emerging from the sand of Chile’s Atacama Desert, Mano del Desierto – or Hand of the Desert – by Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal, looks like the vestige of a lost civilisation, representing human vulnerability and helplessness.