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LOFAR Superterp in Dwingeloo, Netherlands
When standing next to the world’s largest telescope, you might expect that it would tower over you. Well, not when it's a radio telescope. While it may not be tall, this wondrous piece of equipment is...
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Canyon Diablo in Leupp, Arizona
If any place defined the lawless, fickle disposition of the Wild West, it was Canyon Diablo. Progress on Arizona's stretch of the transcontinental railroad was temporarily halted in 1882 after reaching...
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Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom Clock in Coventry, United Kingdom
The city of Coventry has long embraced the legend of Lady Godiva and her nude protest ride through the city streets, but one of the stranger tributes to the famous figure is the Lady Godiva and Peeping...
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Ski Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Just because you are in one of the hottest cities in the world doesn't mean that you shouldn't be allowed to have a nice ski. Of since snow is kind of hard to come by in Dubai, they went ahead and just...
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How Often Do Cops Plant Evidence? No One Knows For Sure
Making a Murderer's cops appear to have planted blood that, unlike this spatter, was very real (Photo: Kameleonklik/Deviant Art)Making a Murderer, Netflix’s obsession-worthy true-crime show, has two...
View Article100 Wonders: A Visit with a Frozen Dead Guy
Bredo Morstoel lived his whole 89 years of relatively peaceful and serene life in his native Norway. It was not until he died that his adventures began. After Morstoel's passing in 1989, his grandson...
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The Shawshank Trail in Mansfield, Ohio
If you’re a cinema fanatic (or a Morgan Freeman/Tim Robbins/Stephen King fanatic) who wants to see nearly every single location featured in The Shawshank Redemption, the Mansfield/Richland County...
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FOUND: A 4.5 Billion Year Old Meteorite, Almost Swallowed By the Earth
The meteorite (Photo: Curtin University)Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is an amazing place, all on its own. It's the lowest natural point in Australia, and when it's full, it's the largest lake on the...
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Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote, Spain
Located in the Southwest corner of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands is a hidden gem that has been wrought from Mother Nature's innards, yet looks descended directly from outer space: Timanfaya National...
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The Indestructible Appeal of the Wrecking Ball
Where have all the wrecking balls gone? (Photo: Ildar Sagdejev/Wikipedia)When one thinks of demolishing a building, the image of a massive wrecking ball smashing through the structure is usually the...
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Fleeting Wonders: The Incredible Da Vinci Ice Bridge in Finland
A rendering of the Bridge in Ice, coming soon to Finland. (Image: MNN/Bridge in Ice)Sure, ice sculptures are impressive, but when you live on a wintery tundra, your average frozen swan just won't cut...
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Statue of Oscar Wilde in Dublin, Ireland
Merrion Square in central Dublin is not far from Trinity College. One of Dublin’s famous blocks of Georgian homes, Merrion Square was once the stomping grounds of many prominent Irishmen, including the...
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From Portrait Painters To College Applicants, Squirrel Obsessives Through the...
Squirrel ornaments. (Photo: kloniwotski/flickr)“As I look around now, I don’t see much except for squirrels,” says Janet George as she surveys the interior of her Pennsylvania home. If there’s a...
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The NYPL Just Released More Than 180,000 Images. We Picked the Best of Old...
The NYPL Bookmobile in the Bronx, 1950s. (All photos: Public Domain/From the New York Public Library)In a boon for history lovers everywhere, the New York Public Library has made over 180,000 public...
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Airport Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida
If you keep your eyes open when driving on Springhill Road just south of Tallahassee International Airport, you might notice a small break in the security fence. Turn in, drive up between the fences...
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Mammoth Rubbing Rocks in Duncans Mills, California
Finding clues to the prehistoric past doesn’t always entail digging. In the case of the mammoth rubbing rocks near Jenner, California, it’s best to look up.The atypically smooth, shiny patches on these...
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The Incredible World of Period Underwear Patents
(All images courtesy of U.S. Patent Office.)This post first appeared at The Last Word on Nothing.This past year, there has been alot of activity in an unexpected market—period underwear. These work by...
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Ruins at Llano Del Rio in Llano, California
Today the ruined foundations of the Llano Del Rio socialist colony look like the remains of some ancient settlement, but less than a century ago, the site was an optimistic vision of the future.First...
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The Secret Mermaid in Chicago, Illinois
In 1986, four sculptors decided to hide a mermaid along the Chicago lakefront, and now that stone amphibitress is a permanent fixture along the city's waterfront. The artists - Roman Villareal, Jose...
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