For 35 years, Polly Pocket™ has always been pocket-sized—until now. This summer, Polly’s iconic home from the ‘90s is now available for a life-sized adventure on Airbnb.
Now you can rent a life-size version of Polly Pocket’s 90’s-era compact.
Category: Odd Places
The Zone of Silence (Zona de Silencio) – Science cannot explain why radio waves are unable to penetrate this desolate desert area.
In a Chihuahuan desert patch near the Bolson de Mapimi in Mexico, there exists an eerie area of land called Mapimí Silent Zone (La Zona Del Silencio) or the Zone of Silence. The area’s name derives from an odd anomaly that prohibits radio waves from transmitting inside the zone.
The sordid (and slightly terrifying) history of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center on Long Island.
Under high security and guarded by the Department of Homeland Security, the three-mile-long island is home to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, a Level 4 Laboratory, the highest security rating granted by the United States government.
New York City Underground – lost underground tunnels beneath the city see new light.
You would presume that city government would have knowledge of every nook and cranny in their city, that they would have every street, subway, tunnel, and building mapped and documented. Surprisingly, many of our older cities have underground labyrinths that are largely or wholly undocumented, long forgotten by time.
What are all those tiny little elf-doors scattered throughout the U.S. Capitol?
When you visit the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. try not to get too caught up in the splendor and instead, look down. Chances are you’ll see a tiny little elf-door somewhere along the wall. In fact, they are scattered throughout the U.S. Capitol building but most visitors never notice them.
Texas bar prohibits customers from entering if they ARE wearing a mask.
Contributing once again to my home state’s persona of ignorant rednecks, a bar in Elgin, Texas is turning away any customer who shows up WEARING a mask. Yeah, the genius owner of Liberty Tree Tavern says “no masks allowed”. The bar reopened last week and says they are adhering to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s requirements…
The clearest images of the top-secret Area 51 base ever taken – Pilot takes advantage of Nellis air traffic controller’s mistake and gets unobstructed closeup view of the top-secret facility.
A wily Nevada pilot took advantage of Nellis air traffic controllers in April 2020. The pilot had flown near the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) base before and knew that parts of the highly restricted airspace above the Mojave Desert were sometimes opened if no air traffic was using the space. Knowing this, Gabriel…
The history of the top-secret Dulce Base – an underground base in New Mexico reported to be home of alien research facility.
Residents from Dulce, New Mexico will attest that the Archuleta Mesa in New Mexico has seen its share of bizarre events. According to several reports, it is the home of the top-secret Dulce Base – a research and military facility operated jointly between humans and alien beings from another world.
Computer glitch causes every pyrotechnic in 18-minute fireworks show to go off at the same time.
It was the most spectacular pyrotechnic display ever seen – or the worst. This is what it looks like when a computer malfunction causes an 18-minute fireworks show to be compressed into a stunning five-second show.
The mysterious Nazca Lines of Peru
The Nazca Lines are a collection of unusual, large ancient geoglyphs etched into the high plateaus of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. The largest are nearly a quarter-mile long and depict a variety of objects and shapes including more than 70 drawings of animals such as birds, fish, llamas, jaguars, and monkeys – many…
