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Summer is the time to get your car, RV, or bike out on the road and gather great stories to share.
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6 Bonkers Travel Stories From Our Readers

From encountering a manhunt for escaped criminals to visiting a ‘time machine’ in Southern California.
Sarah Durn August 18, 2023
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Podcast: Relampago del Catatumbo

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team January 17, 2022
Memorial to Henry West.
Reading, England

Henry West's Grave

The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.
Lítla Dímun, Faroe Islands

Lítla Dímun

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.
The trees against an ominous sky.
Slope Point, New Zealand

Slope Point

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.

Site of the Knickerbocker Disaster

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
Human Skeletons in Skeleton Lake in Roopkund
Chamoli, India

Skeletons of Roopkund Lake

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Man Lake. Photo taken in immediate succession with that of Woman Lake appearing next.
Hauts Plateaux, Cameroon

Man & Woman Lakes

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.
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Tropical Storms Were Once Named After Wives, Girlfriends, and Disliked Politicians

Want a storm named after you? Well, it's complicated.
Tao Tao Holmes March 23, 2016
Death in the background, life in the foreground.
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Fleeting Wonders: Potential Superbloom Brings Life To Death Valley

Cara Giaimo February 15, 2016
I say tornaydo, you say tornahdo, let's call the whole thing off.
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Until 1950, U.S. Weathermen Were Forbidden From Talking About Tornados

Cara Giaimo February 10, 2016
Flying near a fast-forming North Dakota storm
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Meet the Midwestern Pilots Who Risk Their Lives to Change the Weather

Justin Nobel November 17, 2015
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Fleeting Wonders: Lightning Strikes Ocean, Nearby Man Claims Superpowers

Eric Grundhauser September 22, 2015
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100 Wonders: The Everlasting Lightning Storm

Dylan Thuras September 22, 2015
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100 Wonders: The Coldest Town on Earth

Dylan Thuras July 23, 2015
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Once in a Lifetime

Melissa Marshall September 2, 2014
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Where to Catch a Moonbow

Allison Meier April 2, 2014
Hamnøy Reien, Lofoten.
Røst, Norway

Lofoten Islands

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.