This Whimsical Unicorn Cafe Is Probably the World’s Most Colorful Place
If you’re ever in Bangkok, Thailand, and you;re a fan of unicorns, ponies or just colors in general, there’s a place you simply must visit. It’s called “Unicorn Cafe” and, just like you’d expect, it’s full of plush unicorns, rainbows and lots of other colorful treats. To say Unicorn Cafe is a colorful place would […]
Doll’s Head Trail – Probably the World’s Creepiest Hiking Trail
Just outside the city of Atlanta, in Georgia, lies one of the strangest, most disturbing hiking trails in the world – Doll’s Head Trail. Faithful to its name, this 1.5-mile course is lined with creepy doll heads that seem to be following you with their gaze as you walk by. Long before it became home […]
How a Quirky Village Pond in Indonesia Became an Underwater Selfie Hot-Spot
It’s not very common for small ponds to have their own Instagram accounts, let alone tens of thousands of followers, but then again Umbul Ponggok is not your usual village pond. Located in Indonesia’s Central Java region, Umbul Ponggok is a small pond measuring just 20 meters by 50 meters, but boasting the cleanest water […]
Monet’s Pond – The Japanese Pond So Beautiful It Looks Like a Real-Life Monet Painting
Up until four years ago, Monet’s Pond, a small body of water just outside Seki City, in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture, didn’t even have a name, but thanks to social media and a catchy nickname, it has become one of the most popular tourist destination in the Land of the Rising Sun. Before it became known […]
SkyCycle – Japan’s Sluggish Yet Terrifying Pedal-Powered Roller Coaster
Most roller coasters rely on speed, tight turns and steep slopes to get riders’ adrenaline levels up, but SkyCycle, a pedal-powered coaster ride in the Japanese city of Okayama is proof that roller coasters can be even more terrifying at low speeds. Located on a greenery-covered hill at the Washuzan Highland amusement park in Okayama, […]
Monte Neme – Spain’s Very Own Toxic Maldives
During the same time that a turquoise but toxic lake near the Russian city of Novosibirsk is making international headlines as the “Siberian Maldives“, a similarly dangerous attraction is gaining notoriety in Spain. During the first and second World Wars, Monte Neme was a prized tungsten mine that supplied the material necessary for making light […]
The Siberian Maldives – An Alluring But Dangerous Tourist Attraction
Russian Instagram users in search of the perfect selfie have been flocking to a lake near the Siberian city of Novosibirsk that boasts turquoise water and white sandy beaches similar to those in the Maldives. But unlike the popular Indian Ocean archipelago, there is nothing natural about its beauty. Dubbed the “Siberian Maldives” or “Novosibirsk […]
World’s Longest Water Slide Will Take You on a Four-Minute Ride Through a Malaysian Jungle
Located on a jungle-covered hillside in Malaysia, the new 1,140-meter-long water slide being built at Penang’s Escape Theme Park will most likely be declared the longest in the world when it opens, in August 2019. The current Guinness record for the world’s longest water slide has been held by the 605-meter slide at Action Park, […]
This Russian Beach Is Covered With Hundreds of Man-Made Stone Towers
Cape Vyatlina, one of the most picturesque places in the Russian Far East, has come to be known as the Russian Stonehenge in recent years, after people started building stone towers on its rocky beach. Today, there are hundreds of them, and new ones are erected almost every day. The tradition of building towers at […]
Shinjuku Tiger – Tokyo Living Legend Has Been Wearing a Tiger Mask for 45 Years
Yoshiro Harada, a newspaper delivery man from Tokyo, Japan, was only 24 years old when he decided to live the rest of his life as a tiger and became Shinjuku Tiger. Today, at age 69, he is considered a living legend of the business district. Born in Nagano Prefecture, Harada moved to Tokyo in 1967 to […]
Solothurn – The Swiss Town Obsessed with the Number 11
Solothurn is a picturesque town in the north-west of Switzerland known primarily for its special affinity for the number 11. It seems like everything in this place was designed around this magical number, from the fact that there are precisely 11 churches and chapels, as well as eleven historical fountains, eleven museums and eleven towers in Solothurn, […]
Montenegro’s Water Tree – A Rare Natural Phenomenon
The small village of Dinoša, in Montenegro, is home to an old mulberry tree that turns into a water fountain every time it rains heavily. As we all know, water doesn’t normally gush out of living trees, but at least in this case the phenomenon has a perfectly reasonable explanation. You see, the meadow that […]
Conch Island – A Man-Made Island Built Out of Millions of Conch Shells
Conch “Island” isn’t technically an island, but a mountain of conch shells discarded by fishermen in the same place over hundreds of years. Located just east of Anegada, the second largest of the British Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean, Conch Island is both a stunning tourist attraction and a testimony to the popularity of conch […]
Would You Pay to Sleep in a House Surrounded by 77 Lions?
The Lion House is a unique rentable property in South Africa that allows tourists to spend their vacation in the middle of a nature reserve, surrounded by 77 adult lions. Imagine going to sleep to the sound of lion roars, knowing that the only thing standing between you and dozens of predators is an electrified […]
The Levitating Stone of Shivapur, a Controversial “Miracle”
Every day, hundreds of tourists and devotees visit a shrine in Shivapur, a small village about 180 km east of Mumbai, in India, to witness a controversial “miracle” known as the Levitating Stone of Shivapur. The Shrine of Qamar Ali Darvesh, a Muslim Sufi Saint who lived about 700 years ago, features an ancient stone […]