Legend has it that a Scottish earl named Henry Sinclair took a crew of explorers and discovered America in 1398, a whole century before Christopher Columbus. According to the story, they explored... »

Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

The term, “antiscorbutic,” refers to foods that cure scurvy. For centuries, people knew that there were certain foods that seemed to stave off the disease, but had no understanding of why. Cut to... »

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Dead Explorers | Edited by HJHausman

Wilson's Stone Igloo is on Igloo Spur, a small spur 160 m. up the general ridge extending southeast from Bomb Peak, east of Ross Island, Antarctica. Named and mapped by New Zealand Geological... »

Incredible Ruins, Dead Explorers | Edited by vtoniolo and Rachel

There are 14 independent peaks that make up the “Eight-thousanders”, an elite group of mountains that tower more than 8,000 meters (26,247 ft) above sea level, all of which lie in the Himalayan... »

Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Dead Explorers | Edited by Rachel, Seth Teicher and others

Located on a breathtaking expanse atop Capitol Hill, this burial ground was established in 1872 as the Seattle Masonic Cemetery, changing its name to the Lake View Cemetery in 1890. Now nestled in... »

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Dead Explorers | Edited by bboas, Rachel and others

Behind appropriately impressive heavy doors and ornate turn of the century stained glass windows, the Explorers Club headquarters on East 70th street looks like it has been been there forever -... »

Wonder Cabinets, Natural History, Repositories of Knowledge, Dead Explorers | Edited by Annetta, Rachel and others

Just inside the Cathedral door of Seville’s massive cathedral stands a monument to Christopher Columbus. His tomb is held aloft by four allegorical figures representing the four kingdoms of Spain... »

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Dead Explorers | Edited by Annetta and atimian

A 501(3)(c) nonprofit corporation, the Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum is a strange find in small-town Wisconsin. A random collection of outer space-related stuff and ... amazing old... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

Along with the nearby South Sandwich islands, South Georgia is the most southerly outpost of the British empire. It was first sighted by a London merchant in 1675 and claimed by James Cook in... »

Natural Wonders, Anomalous Islands, Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by PaperTiger and Nicholas Jackson

Found murdered in the bedroom of her cabin in the Virunga Mountains of Rwands in 1985, Dian Fossey was - and remains - the most widely-known researcher on the endangered mountain gorilla, of which... »

Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by Nicholas Jackson