PopSpots: NYC Album Cover Locations, Now and Then
Look into New York City's past, at the locations where iconic album cover photos were taken, in a series of photo montages by Bob Egan called 'PopSpots.' Egan has tracked down the exact places ...
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Mexican Venice: The Man-Made Island City of Mexcaltitán
During the dry part of the year, Mexcaltitán looks like any other island off the coast of Mexico, save for its unusual shape. But in the rainy season, the streets flood and locals must take to ...
Forgotten Tributes: 25 Monumental Relics of Yugoslavia
If you were to travel today through the area that was once Yugoslavia, you would come across some incredible massive objects that allow an unexpected look directly into the area's past. Before ...
Fantastic Failures: 10 Wacky Failed Inventions From the Past
There are some inventions that will forever be remembered fondly even after they are made obsolete by other technology. And then there are the other ones...the failures that never quite took off, ...
Missing Manuscripts: 7 Lost Wonders of the Written Word
How different would the world be today if the Bible contained a book that advocates free love? If we had access to the other two-thirds of the writings of Aristotle, one of the most influential ...
Hold The Icing: A Baker’s Dozen Titanic Cakes
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the legendary luxury liner RMS Titanic and in commemoration (not celebration) of the event, we present 13 creative Titanic cakes. They may not be ...
Haunted House? The Abandoned Mansion of Steve Jobs
The life of late Apple magnate Steve Jobs was unquestionably full of interesting twists and turns. One of the lesser-known battles fought by Jobs was that of Jackling Mansion, a home that ...
Tired Out: Spain’s Abandoned Sitges-Terramar Racetrack
Few places are as incongruously silent as abandoned racetracks, and the Sitges-Terramar Autodromo Nacional near Barcelona, Spain has slumbered in quiescence much longer than most. Built in 1922, ...
Korean Twin Towers Fail to ‘Cloud’ Memories of 9/11
Korean Twin Towers FAIL? It would definitely appear so, though Dutch architects MVRDV strenuously deny any connection, inspirational or otherwise, with New York City's lost World Trade Center ...
Architectural Tilts: 13 Leaning Wonders of the Built World
When you don't place a structure - particularly a very tall structure - on a solid foundation, this is what happens. The building starts to lean, further and further each year, and though it may ...
