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The Witch-Proof Windows of Vermont

Drive around enough of Vermont’s picturesque streets, and you’ll become puzzled over an architectural anomaly that even the locals can’t explain. Or, maybe it’s just that the explanation is a little too eerie for comfort. You see, the anomaly in question is called a “witch window…” Witch windows are cockeyed windows that have been a staple…

Whatever You Do, Don’t Tell the French About Tarrare

(A word of caution: this is not an article to read on your lunchbreak).  He could wrap his empty stomach around his waist like a belt, and began eating his bodyweight in meat every day as a child. His lips were nearly non-existent, and his mouth was so wide, it could hold 12 eggs at…

200 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Go Down to the Basement in Paris

Underneath the product aisles of a well-known Monoprix supermarket branch in central Paris, where I’ve often popped into myself to pick up a bottle of wine and some olives before attending parties nearby, the skeletons of up to 200 lost souls have been discovered buried in a mass grave. For some of us reading of course, this may very…

Not for Tourists: Island of the Dolls

Are you in the mood for a good ghost story? I always am. Doll collecting is a pretty spooky habit on its own. But when you start hanging them from trees on a remote island allegedly haunted by the spirit of a girl, well, things start to tip the scales. Deep in the canals of…

The Creepy World of Vintage Michelin Men

He’s been around since 1894 and is one of the world’s oldest and most famous mascots. But it’s a wonder how Michelin managed to sell anything in the early 1900s when these creepy photographs were taken. Michelin man looks more like a zombie mummy than cuddly mascot… By the 1970s, he looked a little less…

Night of the Living Dead: Revenge of the Abandoned

There’s only one way we celebrate Halloween on this website, and that’s by feeding our thirst for the abandoned and forgotten. But on the spookiest day of the year, there was only one explorer I could turn to– the master of abandoned night photography, Troy Paiva of Lost America. Troy has been at it for over…

13 Extremely Worrying Easter Bunnies

How parents let their children near any of these bunnies is beyond me. Sorry for possibly ruining your Easter with this post, but really, what is Easter if not just another holiday that makes you fat? And why are most bunny costumes absolutely terrifying? Down with the sweaty man in the creepy bunny suit. More…
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