forest Doodletown is a ghost town near NYC Popkin

mexico The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails Séamus Bellamy

bias Bari Weiss' CBS News swims in Epstein-related baggage Jason Weisberger

Games The next Silent Hill has a twist fans won't see coming Grant St. Clair

cheap but bad Trump's watch comes with a hilarious typo Jason Weisberger

movies Backrooms makes $10.4m in preview screenings Rob Beschizza

taxation California should tax empty homes and dead storefronts Jason Weisberger

History Two green-skinned children appeared in a 12th-century English village Ellsworth Toohey

circus Dashcam shows Los Angeles cops dangerously lose their suspect Jason Weisberger

movies Critics like being in the Backrooms Rob Beschizza

law "Dead body" turns out to be a sex doll Rob Beschizza

ireland Irish seagull shits on King Charles III Rob Beschizza

False Hope AI's giant rural job machine mostly appears to manufacture hype Jason Weisberger

Science Early 1900s Thermocap hair loss device looks like sci-fi medical tech gone wrong Popkin

music A choral group's Popeye cover is bringing back Saturday mornings Popkin

books Here's a terrific search hack for the Internet Archive Book Images Flickr photo stream Jennifer Sandlin

mysteries 15 honey-drizzled bananas appear on a plate every month on a street corner Ellsworth Toohey

movies Anthony Bourdain biopic a fresh take on the genre Grant St. Clair

Sober DUI Another Tennessee "DUI" case with no alcohol ends in lawsuit Jason Weisberger

art This tree branch is accidentally NSFW Popkin