Toronto neighborhood invites World Cup visitors to join hunt for strategically placed beaver statues Posted July 14, 2026 Berczy Park is home to a much-loved fountain that features canine sculptures that shoot water out of their mouths. Now, there’s a new dog in town at Berczy. Rather, a new Doug in …
Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anti-consumerist Repair Cafés urge you to fix it instead of pitch it Posted July 10, 2026 On a drizzly Saturday morning in May, the basement of the New Paltz United Methodist Church filled with old lamps, blunt knives, malfunctioning sound mixers, and …
A new kind of date makes personal to-do lists a reason to get together with friends Posted July 3, 2026 Life tasks like paying bills, canceling subscriptions, and answering overdue emails are becoming a reason to socialize for friends, couples, roommates, and other …
The “balikbayan” box: The way Filipino Americans have sent love all the way back home Posted June 19, 2026 Beginning in the 1970s, just about every Filipino household in America was either hauling balikbayan boxes in person or mailing them to relatives back in the Philippines.…
Owl found in a concrete mixer is on the mend and maybe a bit wiser from the ordeal Posted June 17, 2026 An adolescent owl that was found stuck in a concrete mixer in southwestern Utah is finally on the mend, flying free and maybe a bit wiser from the ordeal
A Taiwanese town embraces a slow pace of life through a snail race Posted June 6, 2026 The Taiwanese town of Fenglin has grown a reputation as a place where life moves slowly, and people can catch their breath. Rather than push against this rhythm, the town of aroun…
In a remote German village, mail is delivered by boat during warmer months Posted May 30, 2026 Andrea Bunar had been waiting for months for the arrival of spring and the day she could finally deliver the mail by barge again through the narrow waterw…
How 2 men claimed an absurd record by driving an old 3-wheel car the length of Africa Posted May 23, 2026 Englishman Ollie Jenks remembers when his friend first pitched the idea to him. The proposal by his Canadian buddy Seth Scott, a fellow lover of cars and crazy ad…
New Yorkers flock to Manhattan park for lovable woodcocks’ bobbing strut Posted May 9, 2026 American woodcocks came to New York City looking to strut their stuff, and New Yorkers fell in love. The curious birds, known for their bobbing w…
A real possum appears among plush toy animals in Australian airport gift shop Posted April 20, 2026 On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: its big brown eyes were moving. A browsing pass…