The STF Kolarbyn eco-lodges are located in the thick of Sweden's woods and are not your typical hostels. For anyone who's always dreamed of living inside the trunk of an actual tree, these... »

Extraordinary Flora, Commercial Curiosities, Odd Accommodations, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by katiebaker4, Mark_Casey and 2 others

Roger Williams is the founder of Providence. He died in 1683, and was buried three times. Once at his death, again in 1860, and then a third time in the late 1930s to mark the 300th anniversary of... »

Natural Wonders, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

According to the 200-year-old story, members of the Spaulding family of Dummerston, VT, started dying at inexplicably young ages with terrifying regularity due to a strange disease that seemed to... »

Extraordinary Flora, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker

Many of us fantasize about what we would do with our own island. Brendon Grimshaw turned his fantasy into a wondrous reality - a flora and fauna preserve, primarily housing over 100 land... »

Anomalous Islands, Extraordinary Flora, Fascinating Fauna, Natural History | Edited by Rachel

The fairy-talesque Angel Oak tree in Charleston, SC is thought to be one of the oldest living organisms east of the Mississippi River. It stands 65 feet (20m or 6 stories) tall, is 28 ft (8.5 m)... »

Geological Oddities, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by katiebaker4 and Dylan

Michelangelo looked at a massive block of marble and saw the statue David. Edward Leedskalnin looked at South Florida's coral bedrock and saw a castle. Graffiti artists looked at the Berlin Wall... »

Extraordinary Flora, Unusual Monuments | Edited by serflac, Mark_Casey and others

Located in the Mojave Desert, these Creosote bushes have been discovered as being a single organism called a clonal colony. A clonal colony is a group of genetically identical plants that grew... »

Natural Wonders, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by ProfessorElliot and Rachel

There are arboretums, and then there are herb gardens. There are mountains, and then there are hills. And in Ireland, there are glens, and then there is The Glen. If a glen is a small valley,... »

Geological Oddities, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by uwwtp, Rachel and others

If there's one thing small-town folks in Indiana know, it's not to let something special pass them by. If that thing is a little strange, well, it won't be for long. Such was the case with the... »

Extraordinary Flora, Outsider Art, Unique Collections | Edited by Mark_Casey, Dylan and others

The front lawn arboretum of the Indiana Statehouse counts several commemorative and interesting trees among its display, and it's up to visitors to decide just how special they actually are.... »

Extraordinary Flora, Strange Science, Natural History, Unique Collections | Edited by Mark_Casey and Dylan