1918 went out with a bang in St. John’s — Cabot Tower exploded.

Tibb’s Eve and mummers? Sure. What about playing for Christmas cake and choosing champion of the bay. There are many strange Newfoundland Christmas customs.

The story of Newfoundland’s first bank robbery.

The personal experiences of people who experienced the 1929 Newfoundland tsunami are fascinating, unbelievable, and heartbreaking).

It was a bold idea that helped win the war and changed aviation forever.

The National War Memorial in St. John’s, Newfoundland is an impressive monument. Check out these facts, in which we touch on phrenology, leading-lights and lick-ability.

In a roundabout way, the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake may have led to a classic Newfoundland kitchen party song and a successful Canadian folk-rock band.

After mapping and naming the Newfoundland coast, Capt. Cook brought the word tattoo to the English speaking world.

Phantom weather lights, jack o’lanterns and carving far-creepier-than-anticipated halloween turnips in Newfoundland.

Mockbeggar in Bonavista, Newfoundland has reputation for being a haunted places... for good reason. Ghosts and mystery bodies abound.

The Newfoundland-Nova Scotia ferry was torpedoed and sank in 1942 killing 137.

In 1884, a ship was found drifting off Newfoundland—lamps still burning on the table, crew vanished. Was it ice, mutiny, or murder? A century later, a new clue washed ashore.

Was Happy Adventure, Newfoundland named by pirates?

In 1888 the crew of ship Augusta encountered a sea monster off Newfoundland.

Videos of capelin rolling in Newfoundland, capelin science and a capelin drink recipe.

Before the Titanic, another White Star ocean liner saw tragedy off Newfoundland. Majestic struck and sank the fishing schooner Antelope.

Newfoundland is one of the foggiest places on the planet -- here's why. Plus, make fog in a jar!

Sheila's Brush is a piece of Newfoundland weather folklore associated with St. Patrick's Day... but where did it come from?

Tuckamore tress may be the perfect symbol of resilience.

A button, a penny, a straw? In Newfoundland Pancake Day (aka Shrove Tuesday) comes with a dangerous(?) fortune-telling tradition.