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Mexicable Cable Car in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
In Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico City's roughest and most populated suburb, most residents travel to work in the inner city. Navigating the notoriously congested traffic on the main road through the...
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A Lone Dolphin Keeps Swimming Into Pisa
The Arno, a river that connects the northern Italian city of Pisa with the Mediterranean Sea—and, going inland, Florence—has been a thoroughfare for commerce for centuries. Over the past month, it's...
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The Powerful 1940 Map That Depicts America as a Nation of Immigrants
In the years leading up to the Second World War, isolationist sentiment coursed pretty strongly throughout the United States. Some Americans feared that immigrants were a threat to the country. Sound...
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Convento de Cristo in Tomar, Portugal
A magnificent castle overlooks the river Nabão. It is known as a convent, but it was built in 1160 as a headquarters for the Knights Templar, the formidable Catholic military that answered to the Pope....
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A Massive Syrup Spill Gums Up a Vermont Highway
Have you ever made yourself a big batch of pancakes, settled down in front of your plate, uncorked a big bottle of maple syrup—and severely overpoured, drowning your breakfast and setting you on a...
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The Little-Known Passport That Protected 450,000 Refugees
On January 27, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order that, among other provisions, barred all refugees from entering the United States for 120 days (and banned Syrian refugees...
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Found: A Gecko That Loses Its Giant Scales if It Is So Much as Touched
Scientists knew, just by looking at them, that geckos of the newly discovered species Geckolepis megalepis were probably distinct from other fish-scaled geckos. Their scales were just that big—larger...
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Japanese Garden at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Los...
Whether daydreaming of an escape to a Far East Zen paradise or enrolling at Starfleet Academy, a stroll through this traditional Japanese Garden, part of a not-so-glamorous water reclamation plant in...
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Jefferson Pools in Warm Springs, Virginia
When it was built in 1761, Jefferson Pools was a "gentlemen" bathhouse, uniquely built in an octagonal shape with a large hole in the roof to let the steam out. The women's bathhouse nextdoor came...
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Sidaway Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio
The only suspension bridge ever built in Cleveland was also the victim of 1960s racial conflict. Though this pedestrian bridge still stands today, it has not been usable in more than 50 years.The...
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Humans Probably Altered the Amazon 2,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought
If you go deep into the Amazon, in the Brazilian state of Acre, and you look in the right spot, you'll eventually find lots of geoglyphs: shapes dug into the dirt that are recognizable from high above....
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Little Limestone Lake in Canada
Little Limestone Lake is located in the northern Manitoba Lowlands, where temperatures can get as low as -20°F, but it often looks as though it belongs in the Caribbean. That's not because it shares...
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Washington Mini Monument in Washington, D.C.
Unknown to most passersby, there's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument under a manhole near the actual monument. Officially known as "Bench Mark A," this underground oddity is actually a...
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Nishi Rokugo Tire Park in Tokyo, Japan
In the Tokyo metropolitan area, where nearly everything is crammed for space, about 40,000 square feet of land is designated for Nishi Rokugo Park, one of the strangest and most innovative playgrounds...
View ArticleNASA Says an Astronaut Threw a Football 564,664 Yards
In an act of extreme silliness, American astronaut Tim Kopra threw a football in the International Space Station that, NASA says, is the "longest Hail Mary pass ever," or 564,664 yards. The pass was...
View ArticleWatch the Dramatic Ad That Introduced the First Remote-Control Color TV
In the early days of color television, if you wanted to change the channel or crank up the volume, you had to get up out of your easy chair like some kind of schmuck, walk a few paces while muttering...
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U.S. Presidents Do Have Spending Limits for Securing Private Homes
Franklin D. Roosevelt had Hyde Park. Lyndon Johnson had his ranches. The first President Bush had a house in Kennebunkport, Maine, and the second a ranch in Crawford, Texas. Even after they’re elected,...
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Cook & Book in Woluwe-St.-Lambert, Belgium
Cool & Book in Brussels is far more than just a bookstore. It's the size of a supermarket and divided into eight different sections, heavily decorated with kitsch and glamour.A full Airstream...
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Watch a German Motorcycle Gymnastics Show From 1934
If you were looking for a day of entertainment in 1930s Munich, you might find yourself on a field cheering loudly over the roar of motorcycle engines. In this 1934 video, archived by British Pathé,...
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Miracle of America Museum in Polson, Montana
Moonshine stills, an 1880s hearse, UFOs, pro- and anti-Vietnam War bumper stickers, Victorian hair art, a tugboat, antique bobbin lace, a one-room schoolhouse from 1912, logging equipment, Native...
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