Trumped Up: Stores & Businesses Trading On The Trump Name
An orange by any other name doesn't taste the same, as the owners of these Trump-named but otherwise unaffiliated stores and business can truly attest. Take Trump Tobacco, a Huntington ...
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Still Standing Tall: 7 Monumental Statues of the Ancient World
Perhaps we’ll never know what it was like land on a Greek Island and gaze up at the long-lost Colossus of Rhodes, one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but there are many ...
My Space: 15 Creatively Painted High School Parking Spots
So custom-painted assigned high school senior parking spots are a thing now, and it appears students are expressing a LOT (ahem) of creativity. The concept looks to be a win-win for ...
Turn On: Backwards Glances From Famous Monuments
Photographer Oliver Curtis turns his back on some of the world's most famous monuments, capturing a wholly unexpected side to these familiar cultural icons. If life is a journey and not a ...
House of Eternal Return: Trippy Exhibit Owned by George RR Martin
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin purchased a sprawling abandoned bowling alley in Santa Fe, New Mexico so an art collective called Meow Wolf could transform it into a bizarre and ...
World’s Tallest Tower: Dubai Superstructure by Santiago Calatrava
Edging out the record-holding Burj Khalifa by just a hair, the world’s tallest tower is set to rise into the Dubai skies by 2020 as the crown jewel of a new waterfront development. Neofuturist ...
Suckers! Japan’s Ubiquitous Octopus Playground Slides
Weird anthropomorphic, gaudily painted concrete octopus slides lurk within hundreds of Japanese playgrounds, silently traumatizing generations of kids. ...
Cruelty of Concrete: Harsh Architecture in Berlin & Beyond
There is an innate coldness and harshness to concrete that lends it a sinister air, as if unsavory practices are carried out within, even if the structure is actually in use as a church or ...
NYC Secrets: 10 Hidden Sights in The City That Never Sleeps
Even if you're sick of the surface-level, tourist-friendly version of New York City, there are still many sights to be seen, including fun little secret installations right under your nose in ...
Strange Sights of France: 12 Offbeat Travel Destinations
You haven't really seen France if you've never toured a mansion made of pebbles, taken a ride on a gigantic animatronic elephant, checked out Nazi bunkers turned guerrilla art or gazed upon row ...
