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The Town Where You’re Not Allowed to Die
Inside Longyearbyen, Norway: The Remote Arctic Town Where It’s Actually Illegal to Die Because the Frozen Ground Preserves Bodies Forever...
Geography
The Jade Suits That Protected Souls for 2,000 Years
Archaeologists Uncover Han Dynasty Tomb Sealed for Over 2,000 Years, Revealing Royal Couple Wrapped in Jade Suits Stitched With Gold...
Geography
Alaska Has More Coastline Than the Rest of the U.S. Combined
Why Alaska’s 47,000-Mile Coastline Makes It Feel Like an Island Universe—And Why That’s Worth Remembering I first heard the fact...
SeasonalNature
Tourists Can Be Fined in France for Lighting Up Outdoors
Why Smoking at the Beach or Bus Stop in France Could Cost You €135 This Summer I still remember the...
Travel Stories
Chicago’s Phantom “Ghost Train” Mystery
The Strange Story of the CTA Train That Moved Without a Driver — What Really Happened Beneath Chicago’s Tracks When...
Travel Stories
Praying Beneath a Hidden Salt Mountain
How Colombia’s Salt Cathedral Was Carved 600 Feet Underground—and Feels Like Faith and Stone in One Imagine walking into a...
Geography
Australia’s Desert Bigger Than 100,000 Cities
How the Great Victoria Desert, Australia’s Biggest Wilderness, Thrives Quietly with Life, Culture, and Isolation The Greatest, Wildest Desert Down...
Nature
The Desert That Forgot How to Rain
How Chile’s Atacama Desert Went Centuries Without Rain—And Still Managed to Bloom With Life There’s a place on Earth where...
Geography
The Cave of Giants
Mexico’s Naica Crystals Grow to 30 Feet—And Why Scientists Could Barely Breathe Inside Imagine stepping into a room where the...
NatureGeography
The Night the Sky Doubled
How to Watch Two Meteor Showers Collide on July 29–30 — Southern Delta Aquariids + Alpha Capricornids If you have...
