Travel & Places

Incredible facts about countries, landmarks, and the world's most extraordinary places.

There is a Region in Antarctica That is So Dry. Not Even Ice Can Form There. It Has Not Seen Rain in Nearly 2 Million Years and is Host to Unique Lifeforms.

Travel & Places There is a Region in Antarctica That is So Dry. Not Even Ice Can Form There. It Has Not Seen Rain in Nearly 2 Million Years and is Host to Unique Lifeforms. January 1, 2023

Travel & Places During World War II, Germany Attempted to Bring About the Collapse of the British Economy by Forging £130 Million in British Bank Notes. These Notes were Considered the Most Perfect Counterfeits Ever Produced. December 31, 2022
Travel & Places There is a Very Small Aluminum Pyramid on the Very Top of the Washington Monument. At the Time it was Completed, Aluminum was Considered More Precious than Gold or Silver. December 30, 2022
Travel & Places There is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Alberta, Canada, called "Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump." It is Where the Aboriginal People Used to Chase Buffalos Off a Cliff. December 1, 2022
Travel & Places Barcelona's Basilica of La Sagrada Familia Took 100 Years to be Built Because Its Late Architect, Antoni Gaudi, Specified in His Will That the Construction Cannot be Funded by Corporate Donations or Government Funding. November 30, 2022
Travel & Places The Sahara Desert, Which is Known for Being the World's Hottest Desert, Used to be a Tropical Rainforest. November 28, 2022
Travel & Places Micronesians Navigated the Pacific by Using the Stars, Recognizing and Interpreting Different Types of Ocean Swells. They Also Make Stick Maps of These Ocean Swell Patterns. November 20, 2022
Travel & Places Alaska's Coastline is Longer Than All 49 States Combined. Yes, Even Longer Than Hawaii. October 31, 2022
Travel & Places Ordinary South Koreans Could Not Get a Passport and Travel Abroad Until 1989. Until 1992, South Koreans Who Wanted to Travel Abroad Still Had to Go Through Anti-Communist Education. October 23, 2022
Travel & Places In 2009, an American Tourist Clung to the Outside of a Transcontinental Australian Train After Almost Being Left Behind. October 20, 2022
Travel & Places The Guedelon Castle was Built from Scratch in 1997. The Group of Friends Behind the Project Only Uses Medieval Methods and Materials. The Castle is Currently Under Construction and is Estimated to be Completed in October 20, 2022
Travel & Places The World’s Littlest Skyscraper is Located in Wichita Falls and was Built in 1919. The Blueprints Indicated the Units were Inches and Not Feet. The Remote Investors were Practically Swindled. October 19, 2022
Travel & Places Yuma, Arizona is the Sunniest City on Earth with More Than 4,000 Sunlight Hours a Year. October 16, 2022
Travel & Places Canada’s Mount Thor has the World’s Longest Vertical Drop. If You Fell Off It, You Would Fall for Over a Kilometer Before You Hit Anything. October 13, 2022
Travel & Places Airport Runway Numbers Are Not Sequential. They Are Based On Compass Bearings. Runway 9 Would Be 90 Degrees, Runaway 27 Would Be 270 Degrees, and So On. October 5, 2022
Travel & Places The Dude Chilling Park is a Local Name Given to a Park Space in Vancouver. The Name was Based on the “Reclining Figure” Sculpture That Resembled a Dude Chilling. October 4, 2022
Travel & Places Half of the British Population Would Refuse a Free Trip to the Moon Even if Safety were Guaranteed. According to Most, They were Just Not Interested in the Idea. September 16, 2022
Travel & Places Amtrak Trains are Often Delayed Whenever Freight Trains Illegally Slow Down. September 13, 2022
Travel & Places The United States Tried to Purchase Greenland from Denmark Twice. Once in 1946 and Then Again in 2019. September 12, 2022
Travel & Places The Pilot and Co-Pilot Eat Different Meals During Meal Service Just in Case of Food Poisoning. September 9, 2022