Aokigahara Forest: The Mysterious Forest at the Foot of Mount Fuji

Aokigahara Forest and Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Japan

Aokigahara Forest sits on 30 square kilometers of hardened lava at the northwestern base of Mount Fuji — a dense, silent woodland that grew, tree by tree, out of solid volcanic rock over more than a thousand years. The Japanese call it Jukai, the “Sea of Trees,” for the way its unbroken canopy ripples out … Read more

MH370 Mystery: The Missing Plane That Vanished With 239 People — and What Really Happened

MH370 mystery missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane

On March 8, 2014, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people took off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing. Forty minutes into the flight, it disappeared from radar. It was the beginning of the most baffling, most expensive, and most heartbreaking aviation mystery in modern history. The MH370 mystery has produced the largest underwater search in … Read more