In the 1930s, Joseph Stalin deported thousands of political opponents and prisoners to a barren, isolated gulag with so little food that it would soon become known as "Cannibal Island."Ondřej Žváček/Wikimedia CommonsOb River, where Nazino Island is located. There’s an isolated speck of land in the middle of a Siberian river called Nazino Island. Far from civilization, it’s a quiet place today. But the island has a dark past. It was once known as “Cannibal Island.

Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer disappeared on June 3, 2011 after a night out with friends at a bar in Bloomington — and hasn't been seen since. Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old sophomore at Indiana University in Bloomington, disappeared in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011. It was the end of the semester and Spierer, originally from Scarsdale, New York, was majoring in textiles merchandising. She went out for some drinks with friends before eventually began making her way home, and then dropped off the face of the Earth.

At 8 feet, 11 inches tall, Robert Pershing Wadlow was the tallest man in the world. But sadly, this "gentle giant" didn't live long.The tallest man in the world was born happy, healthy, and seemingly normal in size. On February 22, 1918, Addie Wadlow gave birth to an 8.7-pound baby named Robert Pershing Wadlow in Alton, Illinois. Like most babies, Robert Wadlow began to grow over the course of his first year of life.

For nearly 200 years, the Fugates — known as the blue people of Kentucky — remained largely sealed off from the outside world as they passed their blue skin from generation to generation.For nearly 200 years, the Fugate family – known as the “Blue Fugates” – passed their blue skin on for generations as they remained isolated from the outside world in the foothills of eastern Kentucky. Even locals who’d lived right nearby for decades would be shocked if and when they stumbled upon one of the infamous blue people of Kentucky.

Discover why China's Reed Flute Cave first captivated humans more than 1,000 years ago — then vanished from our history for more than a millennium.Flickr Located in China’s Guangxi autonomous region, Reed Flute Cave is one of the country’s most famous natural landmarks — and with good reason. Visitors can walk the length of the cave’s massive 787-foot interior and see an array of stunning rock formations including stalagmites and stalactites, many of them bathed in the vivid, multi-colored lights that have been placed among them.