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Body Found After Hiker Fell While Livestreaming His Climb Up Japan’s Mount Fuji On YouTube

Hiking Mount Fuji outside of the summer months has been discouraged by authorities, but currently there is no law banning climbers from attempting to scale the famous landmark.

By Natasha Ishak • Oct 30, 2019

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Body Found After Hiker Fell While Livestreaming His Climb Up Japan’s Mount Fuji On YouTube

Hiking Mount Fuji outside of the summer months has been discouraged by authorities, but currently there is no law banning climbers from attempting to scale the famous landmark.

By Natasha Ishak • October 30, 2019

Aboard The Rocky Mountaineer: The Glass-Domed Luxury Train That Journeys Through The Rockies

On the Rocky Mountaineer, you'll experience the Canadian Rockies, five-star-dining, and according to the line's website, even a Sasquatch sighting.

By Erin Kelly • Oct 7, 2019

Aboard The Rocky Mountaineer: The Glass-Domed Luxury Train That Journeys Through The Rockies

On the Rocky Mountaineer, you'll experience the Canadian Rockies, five-star-dining, and according to the line's website, even a Sasquatch sighting.

By Erin Kelly • October 7, 2019

20 Photos Inside Craco, Southern Italy’s Medieval Ghost Town

An abandoned village brought down by natural disasters and the Plague, Craco is still hauntingly alive with history.

By Erin Kelly • Oct 5, 2019

20 Photos Inside Craco, Southern Italy’s Medieval Ghost Town

An abandoned village brought down by natural disasters and the Plague, Craco is still hauntingly alive with history.

By Erin Kelly • October 5, 2019

Meet Caesarion, Caesar And Cleopatra’s Love Child Who Never Stood A Chance

A co-king by age three, Caesarion's solo reign over Egypt lasted mere days before his adoptive brother had him killed.

By Carly Silver • Sep 12, 2019

Meet Caesarion, Caesar And Cleopatra’s Love Child Who Never Stood A Chance

A co-king by age three, Caesarion's solo reign over Egypt lasted mere days before his adoptive brother had him killed.

By Carly Silver • September 12, 2019

Japan Considers Dumping Radioactive Fukushima Water Into The Pacific

Over 1 million tons of radioactive water has been collected in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Now it has to go somewhere.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 10, 2019

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Japan Considers Dumping Radioactive Fukushima Water Into The Pacific

Over 1 million tons of radioactive water has been collected in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Now it has to go somewhere.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 10, 2019

The Mysterious History Of Area 51, From U-2s To UFOs

Some are convinced the government uses Area 51 to dissect aliens and study flying saucers. In truth, the classified site has been used to build spy planes — and dump toxic waste.

By Richard Stockton • Aug 25, 2019

The Mysterious History Of Area 51, From U-2s To UFOs

Some are convinced the government uses Area 51 to dissect aliens and study flying saucers. In truth, the classified site has been used to build spy planes — and dump toxic waste.

By Richard Stockton • August 25, 2019

Thailand’s Drought Reveals A Sunken Buddhist Temple Submerged For 20 Years

Thailand's in the middle of its worst drought in 10 years. The silver lining? A long-hidden temple has reemerged.

By Marco Margaritoff • Aug 12, 2019

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Thailand’s Drought Reveals A Sunken Buddhist Temple Submerged For 20 Years

Thailand's in the middle of its worst drought in 10 years. The silver lining? A long-hidden temple has reemerged.

By Marco Margaritoff • August 12, 2019

Introducing Atomik Vodka: The First Liquor Made From Crops Grown In The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

The Chernobyl Spirit Company has three goals: utilize the exclusion zone, stimulate local economies, and make safe, delicious vodka.

By Marco Margaritoff • Aug 8, 2019

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Introducing Atomik Vodka: The First Liquor Made From Crops Grown In The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

The Chernobyl Spirit Company has three goals: utilize the exclusion zone, stimulate local economies, and make safe, delicious vodka.

By Marco Margaritoff • August 8, 2019

44 Evocative Images Of The Prague Spring, When Czechoslovakia Tried To Escape Soviet Rule

For roughly seven months in what's known as the Prague Spring, Czechoslovakia exercised a more lax form of communism, provoking the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact to invade in August 1968.

By Natasha Ishak • Jul 25, 2019

44 Evocative Images Of The Prague Spring, When Czechoslovakia Tried To Escape Soviet Rule

For roughly seven months in what's known as the Prague Spring, Czechoslovakia exercised a more lax form of communism, provoking the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact to invade in August 1968.

By Natasha Ishak • July 25, 2019

Bean-Carrying Truck Overloads And Collapses Historic 113-Year-Old Bridge

The Northwood Bridge spanned 56 feet over North Dakota’s Goose River — until Monday afternoon, when a 42-ton semi truck barreled over it.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jul 25, 2019

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Bean-Carrying Truck Overloads And Collapses Historic 113-Year-Old Bridge

The Northwood Bridge spanned 56 feet over North Dakota’s Goose River — until Monday afternoon, when a 42-ton semi truck barreled over it.

By Marco Margaritoff • July 25, 2019