During the early years of Bucksport, ME, its founder, Colonel Jonathan Buck, had a witch executed, as they did in that time. Before she died at the bad end of a hangman’s noose, she cursed Buck to... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

In retrospect, one could argue that during the Cold War era, the world was much easier to comprehend than it is today. Today, the borders between friend and enemy are blurred, wars are no longer... »

Outsider Art, Unusual Monuments | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others

Burlington, VT, on the shores of Lake Champlain, has six large flying monkeys adorning the roofs of two of the signature buildings of its harbor. The first two of these steel sculptures was... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

"That strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again … it is hovering and it's not an aircraft." Those were the last words of pilot Fredrick Valentich, as they were uttered to air traffic... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience | Edited by Rachel

The Argonaute French submarine, also known as the S636, was launched on October 23rd, 1958 as a flagship within the Toulon submarine squadron. With its stealthy, silent diesel engines and its... »

Watery Wonders, Unusual Monuments | Edited by katiebaker4 and Rachel

Bronzing items which one finds important, and well worth saving, isn't a rare practice. Attics and closets across the world are filled with bronze baby shoes, bronze hand prints and, less... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others

The Kazakh word "bayterek" translates literally to mean "tall poplar," as in the tree. That's what makes Bayterek Tower such a fitting name for a national monument steeped in symbolism and... »

Unusual Monuments, Commercial Curiosities, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others

The 55-foot-tall, 40-foot-wide granite Memorial Arch of Tilton in Northfield was supposed to be a giant tombstone for millionaire Charles Tilton. Alas, things did not work out that way, and now... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Phineas Gage was a 19th Century construction foreman. In 1848, at the age of 25, he was working in Cavendish, VT, blasting through boulders to prepare for a railroad line. To do this, he would... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Often lost in all the broomstick bluster that goes on in Salem, MA, is the fact that the witch hysteria actually started in the neighboring town of Danvers, where most of the participants lived.... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel