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A knot on the Knopenlaantje.
Vorden, Netherlands

Het Knopenlaantje

Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.
You must climb a ladder to place your letter in the Bridegroom's Oak.
Eutin, Germany

Bridegroom's Oak

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.
A male dolphin balances a marine sponge on his rostrum.
science

The Secret to Dolphin Seduction Is the Gift of a Large Marine Sponge

Update your holiday wishlist accordingly.
Natasha Frost November 21, 2017
A sampling of Houghton Library's hair collection, including Keat's
libraries

Untangling the Secrets of One of Harvard’s Historic Hair Collections

The university's Houghton Library is home to a number of famous tresses.
Cara Giaimo November 20, 2017
Felsenkirche, the "crag church."
Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Felsenkirche (Crag Church)

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
The Sweetheart Memorial in Fort Devens.
Devens, Massachusetts

Sweetheart Memorial

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.
Echidnas are out there, looking for love.
animals

Warm Your Heart With Videos of 'Echidna Love Trains'

For the enigmatic mammal, mating season is trailing season.
Eric Grundhauser September 1, 2017
The model railroad.
Jonesport, Maine

Maine Central Model Railroad

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.
The eternal lovers of Valdaro.
Mantua, Italy

Lovers of Valdaro

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
Permanently Closed
Gyeongju, South Korea

Love Castle

This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.
Virginia & Rolf
news

Found: A 72-Year-Old Love Letter That Was Never Received

“Are you as lonesome for me as I am for you?"
Sarah Laskow May 15, 2017
The 'Stand By Me' Tree.
Berlin, Germany

'Stand By Me' Tree

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.
Matchmaker Amy Van Doran in the Modern Love Club.
New York, New York

Modern Love Club

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.
Also known as the Lover's Bench.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Bench of Whispers

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.
The envelope of one of the letters.
news

Found: Love Letters a WWII Soldier Wrote to His Boyfriend

Homosexuality was illegal at the time.
Sarah Laskow February 21, 2017
A drawing of a heart from the 16th century.
mythology

Medieval Europe Couldn't Quit This Story About a Woman Eating Her Lover's Heart

Her husband tricks her into eating it.
Sarah Laskow February 14, 2017
A 1921 valentine.
victorian

The Rude, Cruel, and Insulting 'Vinegar Valentines' of the Victorian Era

Nothing like getting surprise hate mail from a would-be lover on February 14.
Natalie Zarrelli February 6, 2023
The bundling bag was not always enough. When two people bundled, a bolster or wooden board was installed to separate the two halves of the bed.
features

The Awkward 17th-Century Dating Practice That Saw Teens Get Bundled Into Bags

And a wooden board separating the lovers in bed.
Natalie Zarrelli January 26, 2017