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Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The first-ever expedition to the bottom of a startling desert sinkhole found wonders—but only natural ones.

Medieval expert Scott Bruce delves into the darker—and sometimes more hopeful—corners of human imagination.

These yokai make a scary good brew.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

Inebriated play, from ancient Rome to Tang Dynasty China.

Bad weather and dazzling white poplars helped create this spooky shot.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

Philadelphia’s famed anatomy showplace, the Mütter Museum, gets a facelift.

Modern vampires may be dashing, but that's not how the legendary bloodsuckers started out.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

For a time, eating and relaxing among the dead was a national pastime.

Make the marzipan "limbs" that commemorate loved ones on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.

Historic objects made with dangerous elements are lurking in museum collections.

A new cookbook is a translation of a rare, 13th-century volume.

Remains sealed in the foundations suggest builders would do anything to protect the heart of a fledgling kingdom.

Then make these bone-shaped sticky rice cakes with spirit-soothing associations.

The late, legendary magician and actor always followed his curiosity.