When your new partner shows up without luggage, or, worse yet, turns out to be a morning person.

The iconic Antarctic airport shuttle is retiring from McMurdo Station after 30 years of service. What will he do next?

Cats and rats both hunt endangered species. So why do we love one and hate the other?

Luis Sorriano straps his books to two trusted donkeys and brings the classroom to children in hard-to-reach towns.

The only skyscraper Frank Lloyd Wright designed is currently sitting empty. Turns out, its design was maybe a little too considered.

You can visit the father of utilitarianism anytime you like. But will it make you happy?

What’s the real story behind America’s most infamous Air Force base?

In the 1860s and ’70s, people would gather, listen to live music, eat delicious food, and ... watch people walk in circles?

Located across from a bookstore in Alresford, England, this public toilet served as an information superhighway for spies.

In 1800, Elma Sands was found murdered at the bottom of the Manhattan Well. What followed was America’s first recorded trial.

An urban explorer ventured deep below the bustling streets of downtown Minneapolis. He discovered more than he bargained for.

Want to be a hit at a third-century Roman dinner party? Look no further than ‘Deipnosophistae’ by Athenaeus of Naucratis.

We look for wonder everywhere we go. But today, let’s talk about the trips that aren’t worth it.

Though the golden age of benshi was drowned out by the advent of sound, their art form is far from silenced.

Mesopotamian laborers and Victorian office clerks alike would line up around the block for Sweetgreen if they could.

Filling four trucks and as loud as an airplane taking off, the Wall of Sound was the largest, most sophisticated sound system ever built. It nearly destroyed the band.

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The kolache is a traditional Czech pastry with sweet or savory fillings. The Texas kolache is bigger, fluffier, and sometimes filled with an entire Hershey chocolate bar.