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Ghost Ships: Ten Scary Spirits Of The Seven Seas

Mysterious ghost ships with missing crews have spiced the tales of mariners for hundreds of years. Here are ten of the scariest ships you ever will "sea".

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Dial4Light: Turning Street Lights On Via Mobile Phone

A groundbreaking cost-cutting, energy-saving program in Germany called Dial4Light requires pedestrians to activate street lights using their cell phones.

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App Provides Glimpse of Phantom City

An iPhone app allows users to explore the New York City that could have been if visionary architectural proposals had become reality.

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18 Super Shipping Container School and Hotel Designs

After seeing the success of other shipping container construction projects, schools and hotels are getting in on the money- and time-saving cargotecture method.

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Sin City Skinny Dip: 10 Luxurious Las Vegas Hotel Pools

From last resort to desert oasis, Las Vegas' host of hotels have helped make the gambling mecca a fabulous fun destination and the party starts in the pool.

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Building Up An Appetite: Architecture With Good 'Taste'

These 10 mouth-watering buildings may look delicious but their "tasteful" designs project a brand image that warms the heart while aiming for the stomach.

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Stunning Stereoviews: Historical Photos Show Past in 3D

Life in turn-of-the-century Japan is captured in vivid 3D with stereoviews by photographer T. Enami, viewed with a stereoscope or made into animated images.

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Amazing Vintage Images from Japan's Forgotten Master

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.

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Gargoyles: From Gothic Garglers to Grotesque Guardians

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

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Mess on the Motorway: 15 Weird Truck Spills

Whale guts, fake blood, penguins and sausage: all of these things and more have spilled onto America's highways during tractor-trailer accidents.

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7 Wonders of the (Un)Dead World: Global Ossuaries

We typically see burial places as solemn and sorrowful, but these seven amazing collections of human bones artistically remind us to embrace life every day.

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10 Of The Most Chilling Haunted Castles In The World

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.

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Tilted In Your Favor: 13 More Famous Leaning Towers

There's more to food than pizza and there's more to leaning towers than Pisa, as these 15 slanted spires show by NOT living life on the straight & narrow.

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10 Insane Interiors and Radical Room Designs

Inner sanctum or artsy asylum? These 20 insane interiors and radical rooms show what happens when one moves beyond the fundamental to, well, just mental.

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14 Super Places to Swim: From the Bizarre to the Beautiful

It's been said, Don't wait for your ship to come in - swim out to it. Consider a bit of travel to visit theses 14 places to swim, from the bizarre to the beautiful.

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