Lucid dreaming — the art of realizing you’re dreaming and allegedly controlling the action — is one of those concepts that sounds profound until you realize it mainly involves a lot of yelling “Fly!” and waking up disappointed. Naturally, it’s been monetized. Welcome to lucid dreaming retreats — weekend getaways where you pay hundreds of … Read more
Somewhere between the greeting cards and the off-brand aspirin, the Stillwater Bluff Pharmacy hides its claim to fame: the “Haunted Soda Fountain Stool.” According to the laminated sign taped to the counter with yellowing Scotch tape, this particular red vinyl seat has been “the site of unexplained movements” since 1957. Unexplained movements, mind you, that … Read more
You can measure the collective desperation of a town by the quality of its wishing well. In the case of Whispering Falls, that quality falls somewhere between “don’t drink the water” and “please update your tetanus booster.” The Legendary Wishing Well of Whispering Falls is tucked between a vape shop and a taxidermy studio. A … Read more
Look, I know what you’re expecting. You’re expecting me to mock Miss Cleo. You’re expecting me to tear apart the late-night infomercials, the cartoon Jamaican accent, the psychic hotline scandal, the lawsuits, the whole gloriously ridiculous circus of it. But you’re wrong. Dead wrong. Because I believe Miss Cleo was the real deal. And no, … Read more