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Remembering When Horse Diving Was an Actual Thing

For 50 years, this bizarre act was one of the Atlantic City's biggest attractions.

Diana Hubbell May 9, 2023

Les Abattoirs de Vaugirard

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

Namib Desert Horses

Thought to be the only herd of feral horses in Africa and one of the most isolated populations in the world.

London, England

Goodman’s Fields Horses

Metal horses galloping through a London fountain provide a link to the city's past.

Monacnappa, Ireland

Blarney Castle Horse Graveyard

Horse cemetery on the grounds of Blarney Castle.

Pewsey, England

Pewsey White Horse

This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

Marlborough, England

Marlborough White Horse

One of the smaller hillside chalk horses was designed and cut in by a group of local students in 1804.

Devizes, England

Devizes White Horse

In 1999, a new equine figure was cut into this English hillside near the site where an older white horse had previously appeared.

Broad Town, England

Broad Town White Horse

A chalk horse cut into an English hillside in the 19th century.

Morrisville, North Carolina

Fabius Page's Mule and Horse Graveyard

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

Nhill, Australia

Nhill Draught Horse Memorial

Dedicated to one of the horses that helped cultivate the region.

Eminence, Missouri

Wild Horses of Shannon County

It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.

Albacete, Spain

Caballero No. 1

This sculpture of a rider on horseback once crowned the tomb of an Iberian aristocrat.

Podcast: Chapel Creek Ranch

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team September 14, 2022

A Caribbean ‘Cow’ Tooth Could Solve the Mystery of the Chincoteague Ponies

A surprise discovery from Haiti may finally reveal how some famous feral horses got to a distant barrier island.

Gemma Tarlach August 16, 2022

Kala Ghoda Statue

A tribute to the area's namesake and King Edward VII.

London, England

The Duke of Wellington’s Mounting Stone

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

For Centuries, English Bakers' Biggest Customers Were Horses

A crusty, dense bread got the country's hardworking equines through long days.

Sam Lin-Sommer July 22, 2022