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Stop Trespassing On Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring
Better just stick to the path around the Grand Prismatic Spring. (Photo: James St. John/CC BY 2.0)Just because you’ve got an upbeat social media presence and enough money to travel around making...
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Found: 70 Hidden Cave Paintings From 14,500 Years Ago
The drawings on the wall. (Photo: Provincial County of Bizkaia)In a cave in northern Spain’s Basque country, at least 70 cave paintings have been hiding for thousands of years. Axturra cave was first...
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The Taj Mahal Is Turning Green
The Taj Mahal in its regular garb. (Photo: Shikhar Sharma/CC BY-SA 3.0)The Taj Mahal, one of the world's most-visited monuments, draws 20,000 people every day.Over the past few weeks, though, Acra's...
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Meet ‘Deadshot Mary,’ a 1930s Undercover Cop Superstar
Mary Shanley, New York City detective, photographed in 1937. (Photo: Library of Congress/LC-USZ62-134710)On June 20th, 1938, pedestrians near bustling Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan were treated to...
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These Artists Twist Thousands of Rubik's Cubes a Day to Create Massive Murals
Josh Chalom, creative director of Cube Works, stands in front of a mural made of almost 86,000 Rubik's Cubes in Macau, China. (All Photos: Cube Works Studio).A group of artists hunch over a massive,...
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The Licorice Shrine in Poulsbo, Washington
Poulsbo Washington's Marina Market is home to the Licorice Shrine. Which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. The Shrine hovers over 500 varieties of authentic licorice from all over the world...
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Speculum Alchemiae in Prague, Czech Republic
Hidden in the historical center of Prague you will find a ground floor studio sporting portraits, books and assorted curiosities. The hide of the last black bear to be hunted in the outskirts of...
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Las Hurdes in Pinofranqueado, Spain
Every country has its own version. A remote part of the country where the locals are "backwards" and the region carries a well known stigma. In the United States it was Appalachia; in Spain, it was...
View ArticleGrizzlies and Polar Bears Are Going to Be Fornicating More
Grizzly-polar bear hybrid shot dead in Canada brings new global warming fears https://t.co/rXFDEqT0Kbpic.twitter.com/a3LjTupnxe— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 25, 2016Grizzly bears, like most species,...
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Classic Carnival Rides Are Flight Simulators in Disguise
The very rare Fly-O-Plane. (Photo: Martin Lewison/CC BY-SA 2.0)Lee Eyerly wasn’t trying to give anyone a thrill. The inventor was trying to help people learn how to fly. The flight simulator he built...
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Kilbeggan Distillery in Ireland
Midway between Ireland’s bustling capital city of Dublin and the traditionally Irish Galway City, stands the oldest licensed distillery in the country. In a warehouse of wooden casks, the golden...
View ArticleWatch a Man Play a Flamethrowing Guitar on His Roof
There is a scene in the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road in which Immortan Joe's army rides into battle upon their modified hot rods and warrior wagons. One of the most distinctive vehicles in his army is...
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They Found a WWII-Era Submarine With Bodies in It Off the Coast of Sardinia
A torpedo is loaded on to the HMS P311. (Photo: Ministry of Information/Public Domain)The life of the HMS P311 was short. A British Royal Navy submarine, it was launched in March 1942, and formally...
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Joseph Moir's Shot Tower in Taroona, Australia
Built by a Scottish immigrant and entrepreneur in 1870, Joseph Moir's Shot Tower was the first such tower ever built in the Southern Hemisphere and has been a Tasmanian landmark ever since its...
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The Longest Place Name In The World in New Zealand
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku--pokaiwhenuakitanatahu holds the world record for being the longest place name on the entire planet, at the length of 85 characters....
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Fes el-Bali in Fes, Morocco
Walking around the 9,400 winding alleyways of Fes el-Bali is like wandering a maze. Location in Fes, Morocco, it’s the world’s largest surviving medieval city, crowded with shops and stalls, mosques...
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How The Medical Cadaver Finally Got the Respect it Deserves
The 16th century anatomist Andreas Vesalius. (Photo: Boston Public Library/CC BY 2.0)Dead bodies are taboo. Rituals and rites regarding them differ from one religion and culture to the next, but in...
View ArticleThis Cryptozoology Museum Just Installed A New Bigfoot
More about Elwood. https://t.co/Qn1pbsCj0Z@Mandate33@ThompsonsPoint#Bigfoot#CryptozoologyMuseum@Bgfootwhispererpic.twitter.com/vS0NitykwU— Loren Coleman (@CryptoLoren) May 25, 2016Bigfoot has been...
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Everyone Thought It Was Art When These Clever Teens Put Glasses on a Museum...
A MOMA visitor enjoys the new exhibit. (Photo: Twitter)This past Monday, California teen TJ Khayatan and a few of his friends headed to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to destress after finals....
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Found: Circles of Stones Arranged by Neanderthals 176,500 Years Ago
Circles of stalagmite pieces, arranged in a circle 176,500 years ago. (Photo: Etienne FABRE - SSAC)Approximately 176,500 years ago, in a cave in what is now called France, Neanderthals cut 400 pieces...
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