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Noel Odell last saw Mallory and Irvine near the summit at 12:50pm on June 8, 1924. A century on, Irvine's boot has surfaced on the Rongbuk Glacier, and the Kodak he likely carried is still missing.
Every November 8, caretakers bring human skulls called ñatitas to La Paz's General Cemetery with flowers, coca, cigarettes, music, and thanks. The public festival is only one day in a year-round relationship.
What happens at a villain-hitting stall under Hong Kong's Canal Road Flyover, how old the ritual is, and where to go for Jing Zhe on March 6, 2027.
Parish registers, a notary's report on a rotting carcass, and four theories that each explain part of the Gévaudan attacks of 1764 to 1767. Plus the tower, the museum, and the memorials where the case is still argued.
Netflix released eight episodes about Lizzie Borden this week. The building across town that holds the hatchet, the crime scene photographs, and the prosecutors' papers has been shut since July 2023.
What Venice documented at Poveglia: 12 plague deaths in 1793, a warning stone, and no ghost story until 2001. Plus how to reach the island's public half.
What Okunoshima's poison gas factory made from 1929 to 1945, why the island vanished from maps, which ruins you can see on the loop road, and how to plan the ferry, the walk, and the rabbits.
Denver International Airport hosts one of the strangest sets of conspiracy landmarks in the country. Here is where they are, what to look for, and which famous ones are no longer on display.
In 1977, residents of Colares reported burns and blood loss from lights they called the chupa-chupa. Brazil's Air Force investigated the reports; records of observations in Pará are held by the Arquivo Nacional.