archives: Weird Stuff

This travel promotion may be the most creative yet.   More »

Intending to go to Sydney, Australia, the pair learned there's another Sydney: in Canada.   More »

Poor turn-out at Moon the Balloon protest.   More »

Cuban professor publishes Dictionary of Fidel Castro's Thoughts.   More »

Earthquake shortens the distance between New Zealand and Australia.   More »

Will flashy contests and ads for products that don't exist REALLY increase tourism?   More »

File under: "Is this for real?"  More »

Good to know some politicians are busy doing "serious" work.   More »

This isn't an ordinary luxury cruise.   More »

Air New Zealand crew members' job description suddenly got strange.   More »

A murdered elephant, hand grenades in the lion's cage, and one quarantined pig. Folks, you can't make this stuff up.   More »

Safety and animal rights concerns cited in officials' decision to review the possibility of canceling future events.   More »

A little bird over at National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel Blog tells me that this week is Geography Awareness Week. This excites me, becau  More »

A few weeks back, I wrote about the “Montauk Monster,” a scary looking creature that allegedly washed up on the shores of Montauk in Long   More »

Actually, make that the Bird’s Nest, plus the rest of Beijing’s flashiest Olympic venues. Yup, in playing cards. The answer? 140,000. Che  More »

Some of our favorite Engrish signs found at home and abroad… Photo: Augapfel (creative commons) Photo: Shamam (creative commons) Photo: Stard  More »