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How the occult has been depicted in art, from mandrakes to palmistry.

Tiny Hashima Island was Mitsubishi's coal mining base for nearly a century.

The Mad Monk was assassinated 100 years ago in Russia.

Wintertime in a remote Montana forest heralds the arrival of mating season for the flying squirrel—and one of nature's most spectacular air shows.

A graphic history of Sarah Bishop's unusual life near the Connecticut-New York border.

Peek inside the Bodleian Library's Map Room.

Photos of neon signs and advertisements along one of America's most iconic highways.

How to eat a scorpion in style.

Architecture that redefines what it means to travel in style.

See what the Victorians did for fun.

The San Diego Chargers' lightning bolt stands in for Trump's hair.

A graphic history of the community displaced for the vast public park in 1857.

Since 2011, drought and pestilence have killed more than 100 million trees in California. What does that mean for the fate of the world’s largest tree, the giant sequoia?

Nighttime scenes of parked cars and deserted streets.

An elusive predator returns to Europe’s mountains, helping restore nature’s balance. A French photographer stalks the Eurasian lynx.

The Fiesta de las Ñatitas thanks the dead for a year’s worth of friendship and service.

The ghost village of Pirou-Plage in Normandy was reclaimed in the 2000s.

Secret symbols aplenty.