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The Same Dead Whale Keeps Washing Up In California
Here's why Wally the dead whale keeps returning to Southern California beaches https://t.co/wQ5ycoZEEopic.twitter.com/M7APKDUHCG— LB Press-Telegram (@presstelegram) July 16, 2016On June 30th of this...
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Witley Wonder Underwater Ballroom in Surrey, England
Called an "Underwater Ballroom," in reality it was a subterranean smoking room built beneath a roof aquarium. Either way, it was spectacular, and like everything else on Whitaker Wright's Lea Park...
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Bay Islands Underwater Museum in Roatán, Honduras
The Bay Islands Underwater Museum is the only one in Honduras, and totally glorious.The place is known for its combination of marine life and history, spanning four eras involving Spanish settlers,...
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Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut in Olenivka, Ukraine
Organized more than 15 years ago, this museum boasts a collection of busts of communist leaders and the heads of socialism throughout the history of the USSR — lined up on stone shelves and racks and...
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Rummu Underwater Prison in Rummu, Estonia
It is unlikely that the prisoners in this Soviet prison ever imagined that the quarry they were forced to work in would someday become a beautiful diving spot. But it's a weird world, and time is long....
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PokéGyms Have Nothing on These Hidden Real-World Gyms
The world's oldest basketball court. (Photo: Paris YMCA)Pokémon players currently swarming the world in search of Psyducks and Pinsers can send their creatures into battle at the nearest virtual...
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The Minor Farce that Unfolded the First Time the Republicans Came to Cleveland
Frank Lowden in December 1923. (Photo: Library of Congress)Ninety-two years ago, in Cleveland, a bunch of Republicans gathered at their convention to nominate a presidential ticket. A few weeks before...
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There Are Significantly More Pots of Gold to be Found in Ireland Now
(Photo: Bullion Vault/CC BY-ND 2.0)It's long been rumored that along the Irish border with Northern Ireland there lies a vast trove of gold beneath the surface of the Earth. The area had been mined...
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How to Steal a Beach
Cemex mine, Monterey Bay. (Photo: Edward Thornton)In Northern California's Monterey Bay, a peculiar thing happens every time there's a storm. When wind and rain hit, a pond set back about 100 feet from...
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Weaverville Joss House in Weaverville, California
The Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park, home to the Temple of the Forest Beneath the Clouds, is a jewel of Northern California history. It is small but well worth the time to stop and visit....
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A Homemade Speedboat Has Held the Deadly Water Speed Record Since 1978
Ken Warby and the Spirit of Australia crack the world water speed record in 1978 (Photo: X Swamp/Youtube)Boating can be dangerous. Trying to be the fastest boat ever recorded is insanely dangerous....
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America's Only Floating Post Office Delivers More than Mail to Detroit's Ships
Captain Sam Buchanan prepares to take a mail parcel on board for a delivery to a passing freighter as traffic backs up on the Ambassador Bridge that connects Detroit to Windsor, Canada. (Photo: Liana...
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Found: Vessels That Let Your Immune System Control Your Personality
The brain has lymph vessels running around it. (Image: Popular Science/Public domain)One of the the most important systems in the human body is the lymph system, through which immune cells travel to...
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70 Years Ago, the U.S. Military Set Off a Nuke Underwater, And It Went Very...
The most destructive part of the blast was the misty cloud of radioactive water. (Photo: U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps)Seventy years ago, on July 26, 1946, the U.S. military tried a new type of...
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Neptune Memorial Reef in Key Biscayne, Florida
Ancient looking columns guarded by carved lions guard the entryway into a "lost city" 40 feet below the surface of the sea, complete with stone roads, soaring gates, and crumbling ruins.Originally...
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Underwater Hotel in Key Largo in Key Largo, Florida
Not far from the scuba diving haven of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida, you can find a different way to scan the serenity of underwater life while staying warm and dry.At...
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Ithaa Undersea Restaurant in Addu City, Maldives
To enter the restaurant, visitors climb down a spiral staircase in a thatched pavilion at the end of a jetty. They enter the building, which has a curved roof like a tunnel, from above.Secured five...
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Great Blue Hole in Belize City, Belize
The Great Blue Hole, located just 100 kilometers (60 miles) off the coast of Belize, is an underwater sinkhole that researchers believe is the largest of its kind.Circular in shape and characterized by...
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The Utter Inn in Västerås, Sweden
The Utter Inn has what could be called at best very limited accommodations. It has only one available room houses only two single beds, but those lucky enough to occupy those two beds get a singular...
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Bimini Road in North Bimini Island, Bahamas
According to Greek legend, the city of Atlantis sunk into the ocean in one single day, wiping its existence off the earth 11,000 years ago. Since that time, scientists, treasure hunters and...
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