Watch Mad Max Enthusiasts Create a Post-Apocalyptic World in the Desert
Wasteland, Another Roadside Attraction from MEL Films on Vimeo.Some people love a movie so much, they re-watch it over and over and over again. Others, decide to live it. Literally.Such is the case of...
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Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney, Missouri
Watkins Woolen Mill is empty, but by no means abandoned. The former plantation is part of "living history" at this Missouri state park.Built by Waltus L. Watkins in 1859, and originally known as the...
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Stained Glass at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois
The very first American exhibit dedicated solely to stained glass opened on Navy Pier in 2000.Named in honor of prominent Chicago collectors E.B. and Maureen Smith, the first museum housed more than...
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Found: A $5,000 Mortgage Payment That Was Accidentally Thrown in The Trash
After one Long Island woman accidentally tossed out $5,000 in cold, hard cash, a group of heroic sanitation workers went dumpster diving to fish it back out, according to NBC 4 New York.Bayban Nadalall...
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In China, Searching to Fill Mysterious Gaps in the Family Tree
In southern China, not far from where the rice paddies fade into the urban sprawl of the Pearl River Delta, there is a place that used to be called the Four Counties. It's farming country still, even...
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Scientists In Iceland Are Digging The World's Hottest Borehole
What's cooler than living on top of an active underground volcano? Oh, I don't know—maybe drilling into the volcano's core in order to renewably power your town. A team of geologists on Iceland's...
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Tokyo's Vibrant, Adorable Taxi Signs Are Disappearing
If you raise an arm in the neon-soaked streets of Tokyo, a taxi—or takushi—will begin a series of majestic maneuvers.The vehicle will exit the steady stream of traffic, and glide towards you. Before...
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In 1912, Thousands of Women Rallied Against 'Useless' Christmas Giving
The year was 1912, and the rampant commercialism of Christmas in America had begun to irritate the working women of New York City. Americans had been exchanging holiday gifts for centuries, after the...
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Whether You Say Freakin', Friggin', Or Frickin' Depends On Where You’re From
The Real Housewives of New Jersey is very often on in my house, blaring from a television or phone or tablet. I hear it more than I see it, and it is a fantastically fun show to listen to, if you have...
View ArticleThe Totally Jinxed Map of Global Superstitions
Across the world, and likely right this moment, humans are knocking on wood. Many are frantically flipping over their slippers, making sure they’re not upside-down. Still others around the globe are...
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Riggs Bank: 'The Bank of Presidents' in Washington, D.C.
Riggs Bank was a Washington institution for over a hundred years. More than 20 U.S. Presidents—from Lincoln to Nixon—banked at Riggs, whose headquarters across the street from the Treasury Department...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms in Chicago, Illinois
In the depths of the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago is a carpeted room with windows into 68 gorgeously decorated rooms—each built to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.The rooms were a project by...
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Santa Maria dell’Isola Monastery in Tropea, Italy
High on a rocky promontory on the breathtaking coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea—also known as the "Coast of the Gods"—is Santa Maria dell'Isola, a 4th century monastery that's accessible only by climbing up...
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Civil War Nurses Memorial in Washington, D.C.
When the U.S. Civil War erupted in 1861, both sides faced a significant absence of a critical resource: well-trained, experienced nurses. At the time, the only "professional" nurses to speak of were...
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Tigre Salvaje in Limones, Panama
If you visit Tigre Salvaje, right on the border of Costa Rica in Panama, you'll be welcomed into Dave Teichmann's house, where he'll show you his handwritten notes from his decades of turtle...
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Minichelista Restaurant in Mexico City, Mexico
Minichelista in Mexico City is likely the most bizarre restaurant you will ever visit, and even one of the best. Created 10 years ago by artists, the space is full of little tiny nooks and crannies...
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Schimpff's Confectionery in Jeffersonville, Indiana
Just across the river from Louisville is one of the oldest candy stores in the region. The Schimpff family has been making candy in the area since at least the 1850s, and it remains a family tradition...
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Ireland Park in Toronto, Canada
Toronto's Ireland Park commemorates the tens of thousands who fled Ireland during the Great Famine to North America in hopes for a new life and land between 1845-1852.The park was designed by...
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Found: The World’s Oldest Pool of Water Is 2 Billion Years Old
Deep within a mine in Canada, there is a pool of water bubbling out of the ground. It’s close to 2 miles below the surface of the earth and, according to the scientists who discovered it, it’s been...
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Capital Transit Co. Streetcar Barn in Washington, D.C.
Before it was occupied by Georgetown University office space, this iconic four-story brick building housed the Capital Traction Company's off duty streetcars. The Georgetown car barn is one of many...
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