Take a stroll through the city of Chefchaoen, Morocco, and you won't see much of anything that isn't painted blue, from walls and balcony rails to flower pots.

Every generation has had its own art and its own ways of teaching children. These occupational alphabets from the 19th century are an intersection of the two.

Cornish mines supplied the world with copper and tin for millennia but today, abandoned stone engine houses are all that remains of a once-thriving industry.

With their low, lonesome growls and timeless tremulous calls, foghorns fill the void when lighthouses lose their luster. And to that we say, “Hear here!"

Moscow's iconic red brick, riverside Red October Chocolate Factory has been tantalizing taste buds and giving Russians sugar rushes for nearly 150 years.

This selection of 15 sky-high statues showcases the tallest figural sculptures in their respective countries, all constructed with a higher purpose in mind.

There are the original 7 wonders, the new 7 wonders, and these 7 wonders: ancient man-made structures that amaze and inspire us with their complexity.

Bigger is better! The time, effort, and expense that goes into something as banal and fantastic as a pencil that has to be moved by a crane is incredible.

Happy Birthday, Viagra! Approved by the FDA on this day in 1998, the Little Blue Pill is now officially a teenager. Here's its sexy story in words and pictures.

This look at execution by electrocution focuses on Old Sparky – the electric chair used exclusively by the United States and its dependencies since 1890.