It's remarkable that human growth and development goes so smoothly, despite the numerous opportunities for errors. Here are 10 cases where things went wrong.

Time capsules... messages from today to the world of tomorrow! Time capsules may not be time travel but they're the nearest thing to it we've got.

Animals have gone from small to huge, and back, in a cycle that left many species in the dust. Here are 12 of the most intriguing lines to hit a dead end.

Sound Mirrors, Acoustic Horns and War Tubas were the only means of detecting enemy aircraft before the invention of radar - and for some time after.

Carbon chugging chimneys are shifting from sooty to beauty through new artistic visions and via a variety of infrastructure renewal projects.

Here are some of the best gingerbread houses ever created. We hope you enjoy these 32 astounding architectural designs of gingerbread houses.

While you're stuck in your cubicle from 9 to 5, there are people out there getting paid to sleep, taste pet food and sniff armpits.

Vintage images of Japan from the early 20th century are made even more compelling when you know the story of T. Enami, their prolific and enigmatic creator.

Originally decorative downspouts on the roofs of buildings, gargoyles have evolved into sculpted creatures whose often evil looks mask beneficial intent.

Here's an exploration of 16 of the most cringe-worthy torture techniques and devices to ever come out of the haunted halls of human history.

Survival Town was a group of buildings and structures designed to measure the effects of an atomic weapon. On May 5, 1955, Survival Town became Loserville.

Robots looking for a literal heart to a metaphorical soul: the story is as old as science fiction and plays on human nature and tales as old as time.

These ten drop dead gorgeous tombstones exquisitely detail the strength of the spirit to move the living once the departed themselves have moved on.

Whether to support your obsession with ghouls or just for thrills and chills, here are 10 of the creepiest, most ghost-infested and haunted castles in the world.

These 9 examples of preserved buildings stand, in stark contrast to their successors, as testaments to a war that forever changed the world we live in.