CAN SEE RUSSIA ON HIS OWN
I Traveled To Russia’s Northernmost City To Be Its Only Tourist
No one really travels to Murmansk for fun. Except for me.
VICE
YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES
Hanging Out With One Of Indonesia's Celebrity Sorcerers
"I asked if he ever used dark magic. No, he said, at least not on purpose."
TAKE TWO, CALL ME IN THE MORNING
What Are The Medical Benefits Of Psychedelics?
Professor David Nutt advocates for the medical use of LSD. In his own words: "I'm trying to encourage pain researchers to study the effect of psychedelics. I think LSD could be the next revolution in pain therapy. "
THIS SHIP IS BANANAS
See The World For Almost No Money By Traveling On Container Ships
Container ships are no place for landlubbers, and they can be a hassle just to board, but they're also full of hidden luxuries. Best of all: the price tag on most of these voyages is zero dollars.
TAPPING OUT
The Town That Seceded Until It Ran Out Of Booze
It all took place 166 years ago in a small California town 62 miles northeast of Sacramento called Rough and Ready.
BEER-SWILLING BRITS
The Beards, Beer And Street Dancing Of Santacon London
'Tis the season of Santacon bar crawls. Love them or hate them (or begrudgingly tolerate them), a mob of red-suited merrymakers crowding the streets is a sight to see.
NEW GENERATIONS
Women Are Getting So Many C-Sections It's Starting To Affect Evolution
Before C-sections were available, more women with narrow birth canals died, regrettably, in child birth. The procedure has reduced the maternal mortality rate, and it also looks to be affecting the gene pool.
A HELMET CAN'T SAVE EVERYTHING
What It's Like To Get Hit By A Car And Forget Your Identity
"There is sub-littoral whiteness. Not the black absence of everything but the whiteness of its complete presence."
WE'VE GOT SODA, PURPLE STUFF
Did Sunny Delight Really Turn People Orange?
We spoke to experts about the 90s scare story, and found out there's plenty of other stuff still in circulation that could change the color of your skin.
THESE CHARACTERS DON'T EVEN GET TO LOOP
Inside A Creepy, Dying Westworld-Like Theme Park In South Dakota
Welcome to 1880 Cowboy Town in Buffalo Ridge: roadside Americana at its weirdest and most surreal.
PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
What I Learned About Sex From Watching A Load Of Old Erotica
The British Film Institute's put a batch of once-lost erotic films online, drawing a line from what was seen as risque in the 1890s to how we think about sex now.
ABDUCTED STRAIGHT
The Legal Industry For Kidnapping Teens
When David was woken up in the middle of the night and hauled into the back of a van by two strange men, he wasn't being kidnapped in the traditional sense. What happened to him was arranged by his parents, and was completely legal.
SOME GRAPHIC PHOTOS
My Strange Winter With A Shaman In Kazakhstan
Bifatima Dualetova, one of the last Sufi dervishes in Kazakhstan, often performs qurban, an Islamic offering ritual where she slaughters sheep above her followers to allegedly free them of evil spirits by giving God an animal's soul in exchange.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
What Oil Pipelines Can Do To Native American Land And Life
Just a few hours away from Standing Rock is another reservation that has dealt with the oil industry very differently, and has very different problems.
GO GO PÉPITO
Why Pépito The Cat Is More Famous Than You
For the past five years, Clément Storck has been tracking his cat's movements. Since he created Pépito's account in 2011, the handsome black cat has gotten over 18,000 followers.
FILTERING THE TRUTH
Instagram: The Perfect Breeding Ground For Conspiracy Theories
Instagram is built for easily digestible information, not fact-checking.
THREE OH FI-DEL
Fidel Castro Dominated Miami's Politics For Decades
The Latin American strongman cast a long shadow over the southern tip of Florida.
IT AIN'T UNUSUAL
'Mars Attacks!' Was The Disaster Movie That Ravaged Disaster Movies
"Mars Attacks!", which is about to turn 20, came out the same year as many other big-budget disaster movies, but the cult classic couldn't be more different from its rivals.
TWO THOUSAND SIX, NO 'TEEN'
A Look Back At London's Music Scene, 10 Years Ago
Photographer Ben Rayner was only 21 when he took these photos — capturing the likes of Dev Hynes and pre-debut Adele — in a cheaper-than-now Peckham, London.
CURSE YOUR ROTTEN LUCK
What You Can Do If Someone Steals Your Drugs, According To A Lawyer
Only a complete idiot would go to the cops, right? But if you did, can the law help you in any way? Here's what a lawyer has to say.
