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Dingo Fence in Coober Pedy, Australia
Looking at a map of dingo habitats in Australia, the wild dogs are labeled as “common” throughout the north and central regions of the country, but in the bottom right corner, separated by a distinct,...
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UC Berkeley's Nobel Laureate Parking Spaces in Berkeley, California
The Nobel is the world’s most prestigious award for academic, cultural, and scientific advances. A Nobel Laureate will, apart from the award money, get a medal and diploma right from the hands of the...
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An Adorable Swedish Tradition Has Its Roots in Human Experimentation
During the second World War, at a mental hospital outside of Lund, Sweden, researchers forced a group of patients to ingest 24 pieces of a sticky, light brown substance in a single day. These severely...
View ArticleFound: A 2,300-Year-Old Sword, Still Shining
In Xinyang, China, archaeologists excavating a tomb that dates back more than two millennia found a sword still sheathed in its scabbard. When they carefully pulled the sword out, they found a shining...
View ArticleQuebec's Hottest New Real Estate Listing Is An Entire Fake Village
Wannabe time travelers, start emptying your coffers: Canadiana Village, a massive fake 19th-century town, has gone up for sale. The village, located in Quebec, is 60 hectares of fields, trees, and...
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Levoča Cage of Shame in Levoča, Slovakia
Public shaming has, sadly, a long history. Stocks and pillories were used for centuries to put criminals and troublemakers on public display, to try and keep a town’s rowdier elements in check....
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Fort Defiance Park in Cairo, Illinois
While there is a whole sport dedicated to summiting the highest point in each state, there is not one for summiting the lowest point in each state. You may assume this is because getting to a state's...
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Museo Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, Italy
Pietre dure is the art of using the natural variegation in semi-precious stones to assemble an image—much like a paint-by-number picture, executed as a jigsaw puzzle of stone veneers. Tucked amid the...
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See the Crumbling Concrete Dwellings of an Abandoned Japanese Island
Filled with Japanese tourists in straw hats and a handful of gaijin, or Westerners, the cruise ship plied through the calm waters of the South China Sea. I was on my way to Japan's Hashima Island, a...
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Fargo Wood Chipper in Fargo, North Dakota
Twenty years ago, an “Eager Beaver” backyard wood chipper became an accidental movie icon. In its star-making scene, the chipper is about as grisly as the Coen Brothers get, sucking down Steve...
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The Ice-Skating Dandies of 18th-Century Paris
In the 18th century during the brisk winter months, Parisians flocked to the glistening frozen fields of La Glaciére, or the Glacier. The grassy terrain, flooded with water and frozen over, was an icy...
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Why a Fake Patron Named 'Chuck Finley' Checked Out 2,361 Books at This...
In what might be the dork misdeed of the year-so-far (although seriously, at least one person might lose their job), a small cabal of library workers in Florida have been caught juking the check-out...
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The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in St. Louis, Missouri
At the intersection of the Venn diagram where dog lovers meet art lovers is this niche museum, which houses an extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend, from Impressionist...
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The Room of 10,000 Ancient Skulls in Pueblo Libre, Peru
Indigenous people have lived in Peru since as early as 12,000 BC, leaving Peruvian archaeologists with thousands of years of prehistoric human skulls to examine. The Museum of Anthropology,...
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Great Train Story Diorama in Chicago, Illinois
Stretched across a 3,500 square foot “S” shaped table “The Great Train Story” takes visitors from Chicago across the plain states and over the Rockies all the way to the Port of Seattle. This huge...
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Tom Edwards Memorial Fountain in Fremantle, Australia
Though only one man died during the little-known Fremantle Wharf Riot of 1919, his loss inspired workers across Australia.In 1917, the Fremantle Lumpers Union (an association of dock workers) had...
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Intempo Building in Benidorm, Spain
This strangely shaped 47-floor building is the highest residential building in Spain, and one of the few high rise buildings in the world in the shape of an arch.The high rise is located just inland...
View ArticleWatch an Armless, Legless Man Light a Cigarette
Prince Randian was born without limbs in British Guyana in 1871. Propelled to stardom under P.T. Barnum, he built a comfortable life for himself, his wife, and their four children by making a living...
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Scientists Just Classified a Brand New Organ in Your Body
Scientists have long known about the mesentery, a membrane that lines your abdominal cavity and keeps your intestines in place, but until recently, it didn't get the credit it deserved. That's because...
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How Flap Illustrations Helped Reveal the Body's Inner Secrets
For much of recorded history the human body was a black box—a highly capable yet mysterious assemblage of organs, muscles and bones. Even Hippocrates, a man who declared anatomy to be the foundation of...
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