Nicknamed the Woodpecker, it was the subject of conspiracy theories and counter-interference when it first opened. Today, it's a favorite destination for tourists visiting Pripyat and the Exclusion Zone

The coveted statuette of the ape is disputed by two writers who traveled halfway around the world in search of the lost paradises of the chan-du

We believe diamonds are valuable because of a successful marketing campaign launched in 1947 but they're neither rare nor inherently valuable and lab‑grown diamonds can be produced at half the price and twice the size

After being declassified online in 2011, it became the most popular document on the FBI website

Main arguments of conspiracy theorists against and one reason in favor

From nuclear wasteland to ghost town inhabited by liquidators, returnees, looters, legions of tourists and stalkers, squatters defying the radioactivity left by Chernobyl. Would you go on vacation for a month?

Japan, land of ancestral customs and rituals, also creator of modern habits that are at least shocking to westerners

According to this theory Amelia Earhart ditched in the Marshall Islands, either on purpose or by pure chance. She was then captured and later executed by the Imperial Japanese Army. Evidence, eyewitness accounts, the Jaluit photograph and the unexpected statements of 4 high ranking military officers support this thesis

The man who came from Taured

Her disappearance is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century. It has been speculated that on her last flight, she crashed into the sea, was captured by the Japanese in the Marshalls Islands or reached the Phoenix Islands. The Gardner theory, although far-fetched, is like putting a semi-happy ending to this story

Since the end of WW2, after a UFO incident occurred, mysterious men appeared with the mission to disinform. They try to convince witnesses that what they had seen was a natural phenomenon. Or all the way around. When the sighting is that of a secret weapon, they spread fake news about UFOs. When they fail, they are free to remove the public credibility of witnesses or even eliminate them

On September 16, 1943, the Black Sheep Squadron began its reign of terror over Japanese pilots, shooting down 11 Zeros in the Solomon Islands. Their leader, Greg "Pappy" Boyington, scored five of those victories and from that fateful day for the Rising Sun, he continued adding kills almost daily

In 1941, a squadron of mercenary pilots became the terror of the Japanese air force during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Grateful Chinese called them the Flying Tigers

In 1958, a mysterious World War II bomber was discovered in the middle of the Sahara, perfectly preserved as if it had suddenly been transported through time from the 1940s and dropped onto the desert dunes 15 years later. This is the story of the aircraft and the tragic fate that befell its crew

Far from being fortuitous, the Titanic's accident was the result of a large number of mistakes and fatalities that came together to send her down. Even the stars conspired against the unsinkable ship

Just a few hours before the sinking, first‑class passengers were celebrating an extravagant 10‑course dinner with plenty of alcohol. The feast surely influenced the fate of some of them later on

Left at the altar, she tried to freeze time right at that moment, leaving the house exactly as it was. The banquet table sat there for years with a wedding cake slowly rotting away and she wore her wedding dress for the rest of her life

This is Orphan Ann on Radio Tokyo, the little sunbeam whose throat you'd like to cut. Get ready again for a vicious assault on your morale!

There was a time when architects, filmmakers, writers, and intellectuals imagined humanity living in UFO houses in the near future, traveling through space, and arriving at Jupiter in 2001. Of that future, only the ruins remain today

Hong Kong's old walled city was one of the most fascinating slums ever to exist. A refuge for the Sun Yee On triads and the 14K, it was demolished in 1993 but its impact remains visible in today's culture