1. Chicken Soup For generations, chicken soup has been treated less like dinner and more like a prescription. Parents swore it could chase away colds, soothe sore throats, and somehow restore energy faster than any pill. The warm broth helped […]
1. Burning Sage or Herbs to Chase the Illness Away When someone fell ill, families often burned sage, rosemary, or other strong-smelling herbs to cleanse the room. The smoke was believed to drive out whatever unseen force caused the sickness.
1. Front Doors Should Never Face Directly Into a Staircase For generations, people believed that a front door aligned straight with a staircase invited bad luck to rush right into the home. The idea was that good fortune could not
1. Acid-Wash Jeans Acid-wash jeans were practically a uniform in the ’80s, especially if they were tight at the ankle and worn with absolute confidence. The lighter the wash, the better, and bonus points if they looked slightly uncomfortable to
1. Bread For centuries, bread was more than just food. In many European households, a loaf was believed to absorb evil or bad luck from a room. People sometimes placed bread under a pillow to ward off nightmares or bad
1. The Old Iron Swing Set This playground earned its reputation from the way the swings would start moving on their own long after sunset. Parents whispered that the iron chains made a sound like footsteps when the wind died
1. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Kentucky Waverly Hills sits on a hill overlooking Louisville and has become one of the most infamous abandoned hospitals in the country. Built to treat tuberculosis patients, it expanded rapidly during the early twentieth century when
