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if you want explosive drama with your hiking adventures, there’s nothing like walking on a volcano. Here are 10 trails that will take you there.

Start sprinkling bumfuzzle, taradiddle, and collywobbles into everyday conversation—but maybe let quomodocunquizing rest in obsolescent peace where it belongs.

Sin-eater, hokey-pokey man, and pure finder are all actual jobs from the past that no longer exist.

For those who prefer the road less traveled, these parks are worth the journey.

Need an interesting fact to drop at parties? Look no further.

Which versions of ‘Matilda,’ ‘The Witches,’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ will make the cut?

Euphemisms allow us to discuss some grim or controversial topics employing a more palatable turn of phrase. These expressions were coined to disguise everything from capital punishments to diseases, death, slavery, and cannibalism.

Find out what everyone is searching for to perfect their spook-tacular looks this Halloween.

Critics might have panned the film—Roger Ebert said it was “made of artificial bits and pieces”—but audiences loved it, and now it’s a beloved cult classic. Ahead of its 30th anniversary in October, here’s what you need to know about ‘Now and Then.’

From Execution Rocks and Devil’s Den to Skull Mesa and Maggoty Run—plus, how these spots came by their terrifying monikers.

Which Jane Austen books is the internet obsessed with?

From tragic factory fires to toxic food scandals, some safety laws we may take for granted today actually have some pretty unsettling backstories.