Cultures

(via Smithsonian) Researchers discovered the remains of a mid-19th century house, a centuries-old Chinese coin and other traces of the

(via Mental Floss) Dracula needs no introduction, but we’ll give him one anyway: Bram Stoker’s vampire, a Transylvanian count who

(via Smithsonian) Researchers discovered the blackened hazelnut-and-almond dessert in the ruins of a German house destroyed in March 1942.

(via Mental Floss) Meet the new generation of artisans keeping the tradition alive in U.S. cemeteries.

(via Smithsonian) Revelers in the British Isles transformed the root vegetables into lanterns designed to ward off dark spirits

(via Listverse) Have you ever wondered what the most bizarre phobias are? We’ve tackled this topic before, but this one

(via Listverse) So you’re feeling achy, sneezy, congested, or queasy due to contracting a cold. In that case, you might

(via Atlas Obscura) Philadelphia’s famed anatomy showplace, the Mütter Museum, gets a facelift.