Category: Life & Tradition

Plague, Drought, Landslides, and Earthquakes: This Italian Ghost Town Was Hit by Every Possible Calamity

Enter into Italy’s wasteland of ancient ghost towns, long abandoned and left to slowly crumble and fade under the hot southern sun. There are more than 6,000 vacant villages in Italy, and Craco is just one of them. It’s hard to imagine that this eerily quiet medieval village once buzzed with life. Once known as “Golden…


Surprising Things Take Place for Some Before Dying

Venturing to the brink of death, many people have witnessed extraordinary occurrences, delving into the enigmatic realm of near-death experiences (NDEs). A 1991 Gallup poll revealed that a striking 5 percent of the adult American population encountered these phenomena. Fast forward to 2019, and a study involving over 1,000 participants from 35 different countries found that 10…


Chimp Who Spent 28 Years in Experimental Lab and Other Facilities Is ‘Awestruck’ to See Sky for the First Time

A 28-year-old chimpanzee who spent her entire life in a cage has seen the open sky for the first time at her new 3-acre (1.2-hectare) sanctuary home in Florida. Vanilla was born in captivity and spent her first two years of life in a 5-foot- (1.5-meter-) square suspended cage at New York’s former biomedical research…


Grateful Dog Waits in the Driveway Every Day for the Miner Who Rescued Her 2 Years Ago: VIDEO

A rescued dog has found an adorable way to thank her rescuer. Since being rescued from a mine site in West Virginia, she waits patiently on the driveway for him to come home from work and has done so every single day for two years. Tim Fitzwater, a state mine inspector for West Virginia, who…


Opera Singer Leaves Career, Finds Her Feminine Power in Being a Classic Wife and Mother

An opera singer who realized her conservative values were incompatible with a career in the liberal arts found her true calling as a wife and mother. She explains how taking on a traditional gender role has led to feeling happy, fulfilled, and empowered as a woman. Currently pregnant with her second child, content creator Abby…


Sustainable Living Enthusiasts Descend on Ohio’s Amish Country Amid ‘Homesteading Tsunami’

WALNUT CREEK, Ohio—Amid the rolling green hills of eastern Ohio, Amish and Mennonite farms dot the landscape along roads traveled by horse-drawn buggies and automobiles. Here, self-sufficient living is a way of life. This is a reason why the Food Independence Summit has already become one of the country’s largest sustainable living events where experts…


The Jungle Holds a New Election: The True Leader Proves Himself by His Qualities

At a great meeting of the Animals, who had gathered to elect a new ruler, the Monkey was asked to dance. This he did so well, with a thousand funny capers and grimaces, that the Animals were carried entirely off their feet with enthusiasm, and then and there, elected him their king. The Fox did…


God’s 15 Miracles: Abortion Survivor Tells How Her Dad’s Prayers Doomed Her Mom’s 6 Abortion Attempts

Second-trimester abortion survivor Lauren Eden knows she’s alive and here for a reason. Forty years ago, her teen mother tried aborting her six times, while her father, a college senior at the time, prayed for God’s timely intervention. Soon, miracles unfolded one after the other—15 of them in total. Born prematurely at 26 weeks after…


Children From Fatherless Homes Most Affected by Mental Health, Behavioral Issues: Report

Roughly one in four U.S. children are living in fatherless homes, causing undeniable negative effects on the children’s behavior and mental health, according to a report published by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI). Comparing several dozen studies conducted from 1987 up to 2022, the AFPI—a non-partisan research institute working “to advance policies that put…


Boy, 10, Buys Antique Tractor With $2,800 Life Savings to Help Tend the 200-Acre Family Farm

A 10-year-old boy with ambitions to take over his family’s 200-acre beef farm in Wisconsin has invested his life savings in a rare antique tractor to help his parents. Hard-working Caleb Bergner is one of four siblings being raised on the Bergner Beef Family Farm in Pulaski, Wisconsin. Caleb attends a nearby Catholic school, but…