Santa's Icelandic Workshop
Santa's Icelandic WorkshopIceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?There is much speculation as to the "real location" of Santa's workshop, but there is a strong case for northern...
View ArticleNamibia's Space Ball
Namibia's Space BallMysterious welded sphere dropped from spaceAmid reports of explosions just north of Windhoek in mid-November, Namibian authorities discovered a strange sphere resting peacefully in...
View ArticleGeilo Ice Music Festival
Geilo Ice Music Festival Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festivalEach February, musicians brave Norway's interior and wrap their lips and hands around carved blocks of ice for the world's only...
View ArticleGalleta Meadows Estate
Galleta Meadows EstateMetal Jurassic Park on the side of a California HighwayDriving along the remote SoCA S-3 highway, you might spy a horse as it rears off to the side of the road. Then, rising out...
View ArticleKlerksdorp Spheres
Klerksdorp SpheresTiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years agoOver the last few decades since they were first discovered, the Klerksdorp Spheres have caused quite an uproar, brining science and...
View ArticleLanyop Gallery
Lanyop GalleryFree candle-lit art gallery, accompanied by a live piano scoreOnce the sun sets on Dunedin's main drag, George Street, the Lanyop Gallery opens its doors and invites guests to come and...
View ArticleMuseum of Mourning Art
Museum of Mourning ArtArlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grievingMourning and personal response to death are unique to every person. But the Museum of Mourning Art at Arlington Cemetery...
View ArticleParo Airport
Paro AirportHimalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the worldLanding at Paro Airport has been described by many people as breathtaking. Conversely, the tiny airstrip situated a...
View ArticleTianmen Shan
Tianmen ShanHeaven's gate stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountainIn almost any condition, heaven's gate looks otherworldly, like a portal to something greater than the earth. Usually...
View ArticleShukhov Tower
Shukhov TowerAn unused hyberbolic electricity pylon kept as architectural monumentOriginally created to carry electricity across the Oka River, the Shukhov Tower was created in stunning hyperboloid...
View ArticleAlabama's Natural Bridge
Alabama's Natural Bridge150-foot-long rock bridge, too fragile to walk overAmidst blindingly green foliage and stunning rock formations is Alabama's Natural Bridge, a sprawling sandstone and iron ore...
View ArticleFuente de Tláloc
Fuente de TlálocDiego Rivera's massive tiled fountain dedicated to a pre-Columbian godJust five years before his death, Diego Rivera finished one of his most intriguing works, la Fuente de Tláloc....
View ArticleSoumaya Museum
Soumaya Museum66,000 pieces of art, donated by the world's richest manHousing a whopping 66,000 pieces of predominantly Central American and European art, the Soumaya Museum was donated and constructed...
View ArticleLa Casa Azul
La Casa AzulFrida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and worksFrom the outside, La Casa Azul is a simple structure that would likely be overlooked if not for its striking shade of blue....
View ArticleWitley Park
Witley ParkSuicide, ponzi schemes and an underwater billiards room in SurreyEven a century before social networks and 24 hour news-cycles would have carried the story to every person in the world, the...
View ArticleChina's Wonderland
China's WonderlandBeijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandonedJust 45 minutes out of Beijing, the city fades away into a milieu of cornfields and expansive empty land. More than a decade ago,...
View ArticleBarra Airport
Barra AirportBeach runway is off limits during high tideYou might want to think twice before lying on the beach near Barra in the Hebrides, because it will drastically increase your chances of being...
View ArticleBattle of the Oranges
Battle of the Oranges 12th century Italian skirmish, reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus Anyone with a little knowledge of European history can probably tell you about the War of the Roses....
View ArticleVilla Demidoff
Villa DemidoffRenaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus Renaissance gardens always seem completely extravagant and wondrous, but when they've become overgrown after decades of...
View ArticleChildren are the Victims of Adult Vices
Children are the Victims of Adult VicesThirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern worldIn 2001, Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin constructed an unusual sculpture...
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