Taiwan’s Houtong Cat Village Houtong Cat Village in Taiwan is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country.Moody Man/Flickr There are about 286 cats living in Houtong, Taiwan.Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images Before it became a cat village, Houtong was a thriving mining town during the early 20th century. That changed after the mine closed in 1990.kaurjmeb/Flickr Houtong used to be home to 6,000 residents. Now, there are barely 100 people living in the town.

The Cruise Ship Disapperance Of Annette Mizener The Charley ProjectAnnette Mizener was 37 when she vanished while on a cruise with her parents and daughter. When Annette Mizener won a free nine-day Carnival cruise to the Mexican Riviera, she invited her parents and daughter to join. But on Dec. 4, 2004, Mizener disappeared shortly before she was supposed to meet her parents for bingo — and witnesses found some disturbing evidence.

Photographer John Margolies spent more than 30 years on the road documenting America's big, bold, and bizarre roadside attractions. Bob's Big Boy statue sign, La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. 1981. Library of Congress/Flickr Atomic Signs sign, Route 550, Farmington, New Mexico. 1980. Library of Congress/Flickr Barber and beauty shop, Bedrock City, Rts. 64 and 180” (1987), taken in Bedrock City, Arizona. Library of Congress Compton Car Wash, Rosecrans Avenue, Compton, California, 1981.

After the body of 47-year-old Annie Chapman was found at 29 Hanbury Street on September 8, 1888, London descended into a panic over Jack the Ripper.AlamyAfter Annie Chapman was murdered by Jack the Ripper on September 8, 1888, London was thrown into a state of panic. In September 1888, the Whitechapel district of London found itself plagued by a gruesome series of homicides. Five women were not only slashed to death but utterly mutilated with their organs removed.

In the midst of a messy divorce, Charles Dickens tried to have his wife Catherine Dickens committed to an asylum so he could move in with his young mistress.Harvard UniversitySome of the newly-discovered letters between a journalist and family friend of the Dickens’. The dissolution of the 22-year marriage between Charles Dickens and his wife, Catherine Dickens, has been well-documented — as has the famed author’s cruelty towards his wife. But as a slew of newly discovered letters show, Dickens was petty enough during his separation that he went so far as to try to have his sane wife committed to an asylum.