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The state of California is home to plenty of mystical hotspots that are rumored to be hubs of paranormal activity, but few are as captivating and mysterious as Mount Shasta. Located in the Cascade Range in Sisikyou County, Mount Shasta is a towering stratovolcano which erupts every 600 years. Paranormal enthusiasts claim that the intense…
Many travelers assume Turkey has no good wineβbut they couldnβt be more mistaken. Chances are, theyβve never tried the award-winning wines of the Aegean region. In fact, many bottles from here regularly take home medals at international competitions. Around Izmir, the sheer concentration of wineries is remarkable: more than half of Turkeyβs wine is produced…
In the early 1900s, coffee and precious jewel merchant Carvalho Monteiro enlisted the help of Italian architect Luigi Manini to construct a mystical estate in Sintra, Portugal which featured ornate imagery that reflected Monteiro’s reverence for all things metaphysical. Quinta da Regaleira is a sprawling, dreamy, moss-covered maze of stone grottos, peridot-colored ponds, and lavish…
Like most mid-sized cities, Rockford, Illinois is home to an art museum, a natural history museum, and a childrenβs museum. What visitors donβt expect is a quartet of 12-foot stone statues that have been likened to stone gladiators, petrified robots, and golems that will spring to life at any moment to defend the town of…
Imagine stepping off the plane into air so clear it feels like you’ve been rinsed in it. Mountains rise like quiet guardians. The wind speaks in a language of ice. And for a few precious weeksβor monthsβthe sun either never sets or never rises. Welcome to Svalbard: a place so far north and so stripped…
In the late 1800s, word started to spread that a stretch of land surrounded by colorful mountains located deep in the Mojave Desert in Southern California was loaded with silver deposits. In 1881, thanks to a silver mining bonanza—the boom town of Calico began to blossom. Calico flourished for 12 years, until the price of…
In 1909, a riverbank collapse on the River Severn in Gloucestershire, England, led to concerns that a busy canal vital to the flow of goods and services would be compromised if the water level rose any higher. Old ships were intentionally beached to create a man-made barrier to protect the adjacent canal. Today, Purton Hulksβotherwise…
When you picture a winter mountain getaway, your mind probably jumps straight to the French Alps or the Swiss peaks. Yet, tucked away in the eastern corner of the Balkans lies a winter destination quietly stealing the spotlight. Snow-draped pine forests frame modern lift systems, while the scent of grilled meats drifts from timber-clad taverns….