World’s Strangest

A village in Turkey has become the latest location deemed to be a haven from the Mayan apocalypse. With around 600 inhabitants, Sirince has seen an un…

Mirko Curti found more than be bargained for after chasing his cat through the streets of his village. The escaped feline had scarpered through the st…

Dashrath Manjhi lived in the little village of Gahlour, Bihar, India. The nearest medical facility was in Gaya, which was only about 8 km away as the crow flies, but 50 km away by road due to a mountain. Manjhi’s wife, Falguni Devi, was injured in the 1950s, and died on the long route to [...]

What happens when you put 10,000 excited, young, attractive, healthy athletes together in one place without parents or journalists? You’re exactly right. Home to more than 10,000 athletes at the Summer Games and 2,700 at the Winter, the Olympic Village is one of the world’s most exclusive clubs. To join, prospective members need only have spectacular [...]

Huzzah! Dull and Boring are together at last! Remember the Neatorama story posted by Miss Cellania that told us the village of Dull in Perthshire, Scotland proposed [...]

It’s hard to watch the mind of a beloved family member slip, and also painful to know that you’re losing mental acuity with age. Now there’s a nursing home in Wiedlisbach, Switzerland designed to make that transition easier. Caretakers lead residents to believe that they’re living independent lives in the past: The newly approved €20m (£17m) [...]

The rights to the 1978 song “Y.M.C.A.” generate a million dollars a year, even after all this time. But that money doesn’t go to the Village People, who performed the original recording, or the songwriters. Victor Willis, the original lead singer of the group, filed papers this year to regain control in 2013 over his share [...]

Near Orda, a Russian village in the Ural Mountains, you can find an enormous underwater gypsum cave. It’s one of the largest in the world, with galleries stretching as far as five kilometers. Victor Lyagushkin led a team of divers deep inside to photograph this natural wonder. You can view many beautiful pictures of it [...]

A Chinese company has begun construction of a duplicate Austrian village that is known for its scenic Alpine beauty. The town of Hallstatt attracts thousands of visitors a year, but apparently some of them were there to photograph, draw and take measurements of architecture to be duplicated in its Asian counterpart. After taking photos and collecting [...]

A small village in England is the latest to become victim to a strange unexplained humming noise. Residents have complained about a low humming sound …