Artistically Enabled: 18 Weird & Creative Handicapped Parking Signs
Blue & white Handicapped Parking signs and stencils are one of urban life's most familiar icons... and then there are those that have been creatively hacked. There's a fine line ...
Category: Culture & History
From food to art and history and architecture, traveling somewhere is one thing – experiencing that place is another. Skip the tourist stops and delve right into the local dive bar, kitsch cafe, modern culture, ancient ruins or other attraction to get a real sense of what it is like to live, breath, eat and sleep the history of a place.
Winter Carousels: Circular Spinning Ice Islands Carved with Chainsaws
Ice fishing huts and art shanties allow people to enjoy peaceful winters and creative expression on frozen lakes, but for those with something more dynamic in mind: rotating DIY islands of ice ...
Timelapse Tour: Watch How Global Cities Grow Between 1984 and 2016
Human civilization has grown and expanded at an amazing rate - or alarming, depending on who you ask - and you can watch the last 32 years of it unfold via satellite imagery thanks to Google’s ...
Angling for Warmth in Winter: 21 Ice Fishing Hut Designs
Not just cold comfort, these portable shacks designed to be towed out onto frozen lakes come in a variety of forms, from the practical and resourceful to the funny and artistic. These ice ...
US Megaregions: Algorithm Redefines Boundaries of Metropolitan Areas
A new geographical study of the United States reveals the functional boundaries of megapolises around the country, defining them by usage rather than arbitrary political borders. Unlike ...
Santa Claustrophobia: The World’s Creepiest Santa Statues
The ho-ho-horror! Much like creepy clowns, these dark and disturbing Santa Claus statues cross the fine line separating awe-inspiring and just plain awful. One would think the bizarre ...
Life After Death: Organic Burial Pods Turn Human Bodies into Living Trees
Amidst a huge array of natural burial initiatives and urban cemetery alternatives, the Capsula Mundi stands out as a sustainable solution that serves wishes of the deceased as well as the ...
Park Like a Girl: Women Frustrated with Pink “Ladies” Parking Places
Sexism or security – why not both? Pretty pink women-only parking spaces show once again that best intentions can bring about unintentional consequences. A curious fact about designated ...
Devoted: 12 Unusual Election Polling Places People Still Go to Vote
Voting in elections is one of our most cherished democratic rights but where we vote – and who the candidates are – can leave a lot to be desired. Polling places (or "polling ...
Street Eats: Free Urban Refrigerators for Sharing Spare Food
A few years back, one man in Saudi Arabia was hailed as a hero for putting leftover food from his restaurant in a refrigerator along the street for anyone to take; since then, an ongoing effort ...
