Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser — The Rise and Fall of Disney’s Ridiculous ‘Space Cruise’

Are you an extreme hardcore Star Wars fan? Do you have thousands of spare dollars sitting around that you won’t miss? Well, that’s too bad because you’ve missed your chance to go on a space cruise through the Star Wars galaxy. That chance was Halcyon, the Galactic Starcruiser. It was a two-day simulated cruise in …

Snake Island — The Strange Story of the Forbidden Brazilian Death Trap

Ilha de Queimada Grande is a small Atlantic island off the coast of Brazil. It has a temperate climate, yet its varied terrain ranges from the craggy coast to dense rainforest. Sounds like a nice vacation spot, right? It’s too bad you can’t ever go to the island. Not that you’d really want to. You …