“We have, especially in the Western world, come to understand ourselves as our brains,” says historian Elsa Richardson. While the brain is viewed as the seat of the mind, the stomach is often relegated to the status of a mere “workaday organ,” Richardson adds, with a purely physical function and no part in defining our identity. However, expressions...

In the late 19th century, the British were expanding their empire into Africa. As they moved into modern-day Ghana, and anxious about French and German influence over the area, they offered to extend a protectorate over the Ashanti people. The Ashanti King (Asantehene) Prempeh I, who had ascended to the throne in 1888, refused in order to protect Ashanti...

The necropolis is a complex of several domus de janas ("fairy houses"), a series of Neolithic tombs dug inside rock. The crown jewel of the site is the main one. Formerly a tomb complex, it was then re-used in Roman times, with modifications, and then as a Church until the middle ages, with even more alterations and decorations. Besides the fact...

Not far from the salty breeze of the Maine coastline, there's a curious sight that's been drawing the attention of both locals and travelers alike. It's known affectionately as "The Old Man of Shore Road." This isn't your average roadside attraction—it's a natural wonder that plays a delightful game of hide and seek with those...

St. Nick's Nature Reserve and Community Center lies just under a mile from one of York's popular visitor attractions, The JORVIK Viking Centre.  The area which was once a dumping ground for household wastes, but is now a popular walking area in a reclaimed wooden wildlife habitat. Thanks to the City Planners and a handful of volunteers, this once blighted...

In Forres, just east of the center of town, a rather large boulder sits at the base of Cluny Hill. This rock is wedged into a wall and rests in front of the municipal Police Station. On it is a sign that reads: "From Cluny Hill witches were rolled in stout barrels through which spikes were driven. Where the barrels stopped they were burned with their...