How did a geologist's boat trip inspire the concept of deep time? What is the connection between Vincent Van Gogh and the advent of particle physics? What mysteries lurk within the murky depths of the Great Lakes? These are merely a few of the fascinating questions explored in this book of entertaining essays. In them, you will discover a treasure of knowledge both wonderful and strange-of weird literature, obscure histories, mythology, horror comics, music, astronomy, and more. From John Milton to Swamp Thing, from Orion to Stonehenge, each essay takes you to a destination you may not have imagined it could lead. You are invited to enter this volume and lose yourself in myth, the cosmos, and the paradox that is the human mind.