Author: Paul Pinkerton
Paul Pinkerton is one of the authors writing for Outdoor Revival
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 is one of the largest…
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 to war and left his…
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 which have been dated at…
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 even taught about in Hawaiian…
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 during antiquity. The first had…
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 Southern India. They reside in…
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, but they certainly possess the…
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 expect to discover a ghost…
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 through the tree to enlarge…
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 Colonel Eugene Deatrick saw a…