For most people, it's fair to expect a walk in the woods to be a largely peaceful experience. When they plan a hiking route, they expect the dirt paths and the underbrush, scattered pine needles, ...

Pictured here are tar balls – sticky clumps of oil, sand and shells – washed up on Gulf Shores, Alabama, in 2010, following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Here are some of the weirdest things to have ...

Sometimes the weirdest stories don’t come from big headlines. They come from a dusty box in an attic, a strange object pulled from a river, or something spotted on a quiet walk that suddenly turns ...