Discover Japan and the iconic Odawara Castle are running two sets of online experiences for visitors around the internet to take part in.
Stay at home: Tour the world through Magical Mystery Doors
If you’re brave enough to start the tour, then you might find yourself at the door to King’s Landing in Game of Thrones, outside Monica’s Apartment in Friends or even Star Wars’ Mos Eisely.
Marry Your Outdoor Indoor Space With Ease
When spring finally arrives, and the weather starts to warm up – the bright yellow daffodils bring us lots of visual sunshine, the rays of the sun are warming and not just defrosting the ice, the animals begin to nest and flourish. This is where most of us are excited to get outside and enjoy […]
Ghost Train ad banned for being too scary
Thorpe Park have a new attraction arriving next year. It’s Derren Brown’s Ghost Train. An advert for the new ride was due to be aired on TV on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, before the watershed, but regulators Clearcast have now said it is too scary. A spokesperson for Thorpe Park told press; Plans to […]
Ordnance Survey releases map of Mars under Creative Commons license
The Ordnance Survey is the UK’s mapping agency. Since 1791 it has helped governments, companies and even individuals by producing and updating maps. How often do maps need updating anyway? You might be surprised. The OS days they make over 10,000 changes to its database of 450 geographic features every day. The most recent map […]
Did Google Streetview capture a ghost on camera?
A man browsing Google’s Streetview has found a demonic face appearing out of a window in the Walton area of Liverpool. He told The Liverpool Echo; I was looking on Google Street View to find a fish and chip shop in Walton, and I came across The Stuart Hotel. Something in the top left hand […]
Let’s build a church that looks like a giant chicken
Towering above the tops of the trees in the Magelang Distract in Indonesia is a giant chicken. The locals call it Gereja Ayam and, sadly, it is decaying rather quickly. Why did they build a giant chicken church? Good question. It is said that the building was intended as a prayer house for Daniel Alamsjah […]
They call it the Poltergiest House: Is 30 East Drive in Pontefract haunted?
Some say that the Black Monk of Pontefract is one of the most violent poltergeists in Europe. Are they right?
The Jorvik Viking Festival 2015 set to be a good one for authors
The Jorvik Viking Festival is taking place in York this year from 14th February to the 22nd. The festival is always a good one, I’ve been, a chance to experience history in a way that you don’t often get to. This year there is no shortage of good news for storytelling, books and authors. Event […]
A fairy post office you can visit
This remarkable little fairy post office is a real treasure. If you’re exploring the paths in Orinda’s Tilden park then you might be lucky enough to find this special place. The post office was create in back in December 2013. It was thought that the fairy location would not last very long. However, when the […]
