Plushies lead very sad lives; if they are not always cooped up in a child's bedroom, they are collecting dust somewhere in a storeroom or an attic. Maybe it is time you treat your plushie to a holiday getaway with Unagi Travel, a Japanese travel agency for stuffed animals, where they will be able to see the world for a very affordable price and return safely back into your arms.

 

 

Think about prisons and you get horrific images of dark cells, strict regulations, bulky guards who will not hesitate to abuse their authority, and unfortunate inmates dropping their soap in the shower. There is one prison however, that does not stick to the status quo. The San Antonia prison on Venezuela's Margarita Island is nothing like your standard penal institution, in this prison paradise, prisoners get the run of the place.

 

 

Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is a death trap for birds and other winged-mammals foolish enough to plunge into its sinister waters. Like something out of a Tim Burton movie, except that this is real, the creepy lake turns unsuspecting winged creatures to stone when they touch the water.

 

 

Do you believe in the supernatural? The notorious, sprawling Winchester House in Northern California has long been rumoured to be haunted with stairs leading to nowhere and doors leading to walls. The former occupant, Sarah Winchester slept in a different bedroom every night, supposedly in order to confuse evil spirits. Some say that she also held special dinner parties for her spirit friends. Legend has it that she would serve her phantom guests in gold plates, offering them dishes like caviar, truffles, and pheasant stuffed with pate. Those ghosts were living it up!