Paul Pinkerton

1,500 year old Angel Oak – A truly ancient and majestic tree

The Angel Oak is a Southern live oak tree located in Angel Oak Park, on Johns Island, South Carolina and…

8 years ago

The real story of the bike chained to a tree on Vashon Island, when a boy went to war in 1914

We have all seen this picture on the internet a thousand times. A tale of a lad that went off…

8 years ago

23,000 year old fishing hooks found in Sakitari Cave, Okinawa

Recently on the coast of Okinawa, Japan, in the Sakitari cave, researchers and archeologists have discovered the world's oldest fishing hooks…

8 years ago

Niihau – The populated but forgotten Hawaiian island

In Hawaii, there is a peaceful, quiet island which has been called “The Forbidden Island.” An island which is barely…

8 years ago

Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt and they are spectacular

The area of the Nile valley known as Nubia, which lies within present-day Sudan, was home to three Kushite kingdoms…

8 years ago

The ancient Toda tribe and the amazing Toda huts they call home

The Toda people are a small tribal community who live far away from Nilgiri plateau in the hill country of…

8 years ago

182 year old giant tortoise called Jonathan is the oldest land animal currently living

Long being the subject of various dichotomies in folklore and philosophy, tortoises may not have the ability to outrun us,…

8 years ago

The hundred year old ‘ghost ship’ discovered in the Ohio River by Kayaker

It was another wonderful day for the kayakers as they were cruising through the forest. Yet they certainly did not…

8 years ago

The Wawona Tunnel Tree a 2,300-year-old wonder of Yosemite National Park

In 1881, two men, the Scribner brothers, were paid $75 ($1,664 in 2016) for the job of cutting a tunnel…

8 years ago

A true survivor: Lieutenant Dengler a PoW survived torture and starvation

Flying low over the dangerous and impenetrable Laotian jungle on a bombing mission against the Viet Cong, U.S. Air Force…

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