When Summer Never Came: The Global Chill After Mount Tambora’s Cataclysm
— April 28, 2026In 1816, much of the world experienced a year so strange and unsettling that…
Tulips, daffodils and roses. Pretty boring stuff, right? Oh, they’re pretty for sure, and they look nice in the front yard, but they are a dime-a-dozen and everybody’s got them. How about some real outside-the-box flowers? Whether or not you could actually get them to grow in your yard is probably questionable, but they are fun to look at. Feast your eyes on some of the weirdest flowers you are ever likely to see.
It doesn’t take the casual observer very long to see why this flower has such and unusual name.
In 1816, much of the world experienced a year so strange and unsettling that…
On a chilly November morning in 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore…
In the rolling hills of Bath County, Kentucky, an ordinary spring day in 1876…
Odd or what? That, presumably, is a matter of opinion, but despite your thoughts regarding what's found here, you know you just have to look! We scour the web looking for things that make you question your own version of reality and present them here for your perusal.

