Thought raccoons breaking into your garbage was bad?  Imagine what it'd be like if it was polar bears!  Living in the Polar Bear Capital of the world is no easy task, especially during polar bear peak season in October and November each year.  Take Halloween, for example. ...

On a misty, overcast morning in Hanoi, my husband and I braved Vietnamese traffic as we wove through the streets on our little rented motor scooter.  We were in quest of a rare delicacy, a mythical morsel we had heard of from several friends who had visited Vietnam - a meal of cobra,...

How far would you go for beauty and youthfulness?  Is it worth smothering your face with bird poop or soaking your hair with bull semen?  Travel with TripAtlas.com as we take you around the world to look at 10 of the most unique, bizarre, fun and strange spa treatments offered today....

Stub your toe? @$#%%!  In July 2009, scientists at Keele University in the UK concluded that swearing can help reduce pain.  In fact, it was found that those who swore in reaction to pain could endure pain 50% longer than those who didn't swear.  Tell that to Virginia...

At TripAtlas.com, we're getting ready for Halloween by brushing up on some super spooky stories about haunted hotels all over Canada.  Some of these old hotels date back to the mid 1800's and these stories are known by staff and hotel guests as legends, myths and sometimes as truth. ...

In the spirit of the new X-Files movie, I Want to Believe, TripAtlas.com is featuring destinations from around the world where alien sightings are believed to have taken place. I Want to Believe! Earliest Alien Sightings in the Modern DaySince the late 1800's, the new world has been intrigued,...

You've no doubt heard of rib-eating contest, hot dog and burger eating contests, pizza or sausage contests. But what about blueberry pie (hands free!), baked beans, pizza, birthday cake, cabbage, cow brains, mayonnaise, peanut butter + jelly sandwiches, pig's feet - or even The Turkey Testicle...

As Thanksgiving approaches each year, it's also time for turkey testicle festivals that take place throughout the USA and are especially popular in Illinois.  And why not - after all, turkey testicles are thought to be an aphrodisiac. The Annual Turkey Testicle Festival in October The...

Maybe Freud was right when he was came up with the idea of phallic obsessions - at least for the minds that created and came up with the idea for the Icelandic Phallological Museum - that's right, the Iceland Penis Museum. The museum is located in Husavik in Northern Iceland, a small town also...

I must be full of merde, right? Well, not totally. The next time you’re visiting the city of love, don’t forget to stop by La Musee des Egouts de Paris, located at 93 quai d’Orsay in Paris, France – or, the Paris Sewer Museum. More totally wacky and offbeat travel...