Make it Right in New Orleans: 5 Post-Disaster Home Designs
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward will never be the same again – and Brad Pitt is determined to make that a good thing. The actor’s Make it Right Foundation is in the ...
Month: October 2009
Global Ossuaries: 7 Creepy Wonders of the (Un)Dead World
It sounds like a horrible nightmare: human bones stacked in patterns on the floor, their skulls lining the walls and staring, gaping-eyed, at visitors. It's no nightmare, though: in churches, ...
All Aboard! 15 Recycled Train Car Homes, Offices & Hotels
Railroad cars are big, heavy, and cumbersome. They're notoriously hard to move into new locations off of their tracks, and because of their odd shape most people wouldn't think of using them for ...
10 Of The Most Chilling Haunted Castles In The World
Have you ever heard an odd sound in the dark, a weird whisper of the wind, shiver with unexplained goosebumps, or have the feeling of being watched? Scoff if you like but most people have at some ...
Den of Daydreams: 8 Fantastical Make-Believe Makeovers
While many of us go for a functionalist, pick'n'mix approach to home decor ("I need curtains: oh, that will do" etc.), let us be upstanding for the financially brave, creatively passionate and ...
Crafty Consumerism: 15 Creative Forms of Barcode Art
Barcodes may be a potent symbol of consumerism, but they aren’t just found on product packaging anymore. Whether imbued with meaning or merely appreciated for their visual impact, barcodes are ...
War & Pieces: 9 Bombed-Out But Preserved Buildings of WWII
World War II caused death and destruction on a scale unknown in human history. While the human cost of the war is of course paramount, the loss of property and with it, the cultural heritage of ...
Fractured Reality: Bizarre 3D Collaged Photo Sculptures
Unlike the human eye, the lens of a camera can’t judge spatial relationships, and photographs can only ever show a flat representation of a subject. But what happens when you take those flat, ...
Do it Yourself? 14 Silly (and Scary) Vehicle Modifications
We've all seen the car driving down the street with a garbage bag duct taped over a broken window. As dangerous (and hilarious) as that may be, it is by no means the limit of amateur automotive ...
Faux Photography: 43 Stunning Super-Realistic Works of Art
Amazingly, none of these beautiful pieces of art are photographs. They were all made with various methods, but all of them are part of the photorealism genre. The movement got its start in the US ...
