Interesting

Pepper Road

The road is entirely covered with massive amounts of red peppers, which are left along the road in order to dry out in the sun. The road is located in Turkey.

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Kiviak

Kiviak is a traditional wintertime Inuit food from Greenland that is made of auks preserved in the hollowed-out body of a seal. Around 500 auks are put into the seal skin intact, including beaks, feet and feathers, before as much …

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Morrison Shelter

The Morrison shelter were indoor shelters with a cage-like construction beneath it. It was designed by John Baker and named after Herbert Morrison, the Minister of Home Security at the time. It was the result of the realization that due …

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Brothels of Jakarta

Prostitution is illegal in Indonesia but because it is one of the main tourist attractions, the local police doesn’t care much about it. The girls, 30% of whom are underage, are working in terrible conditions. A photographer Ed Wray visited …

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Jewel Encrusted Skeletons

Art historian Paul Koudounaris hunted down these jewel encrusted skeletons in secret Catholic vaults. Those are the remains of Catholic martyrs dug up from Roman catacombs. They were sent to churches across Europe to replace relics destroyed in Reformation. Some …

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