World’s Strangest

Some companies find their niche and stick to it. Others, though, have to adapt to changing markets in order to thrive. Here’s a look at some companies that switched industries at some point in their histories, usually for the better. 1. Avon David H. McConnell started Avon in 1886 without really meaning to. McConnell sold books door-to-door, [...]

Numbers-wise, August was our best month ever. Remember when Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris’ home run record? Our August stats were like that, except if instead of hitting 70 home runs, McGwire had started a website and racked up 22,000,000 pageviews. Thanks to all 7-million-plus of you who stopped by. Here’s a look back at [...]

When it comes to accommodations, there’s good weird and there’s bad weird. I’ve stayed in a few of the latter kind — like an uber-budget flophouse in Paris where the door wouldn’t close all the way and stray cats would sneak into our room while we were sleeping. The hotels below, on the [...]