Twisty Mystery: Ancient Underground German Tunnels
Why would a network of cramped, claustrophobic tunnels emerge into the kitchens of farmhouses, the aisles of churches and the center of cemeteries? No one knows exactly why man-made subterranean ...
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Bridges to Go: 12 Temporary, Movable and Mobile Structures
While other bridges just go up and down or stay stationary, these 12 remarkable structures unfurl, tilt, rotate, drop down below the surface of the water and even lay and remove bridges at the ...
Lilliputian Library: 4500 Miniature Books Form Huge Collection
Most book enthusiasts can recite the biggest names in their collections, but Jozsef Tari is only concerned with the smallest titles. His huge collection is so tiny that if you didn't know what ...
Monster Mash: 8 Giant, Earth-Shaking, Prehistoric Beasts
Some of the coolest extinct animals are now the most mundane. A giant rodent the size of a small car is much more exciting than the one scurrying on the subway track. Prehistoric animals almost ...
Deconstructivism: 7 Icons of the Postmodern Architecture
What if you took all of the elements of a building, hacked them apart and put them back together again without apparent rhyme or reason? At a glance, that seems to be the primary visual effect ...
All Azure: The Monochromatic City of Chefchaoen, Morocco
Morocco is renowned for its colors, with its cities awash in vivid shades of red, purple, green and gold. But things are a little different in Chefchaoen, a town in the northwest nestled among ...
H is For Historic: 2 Incredible 19th Century Alphabets
Every generation has had its own unique brand of art and its own ways of teaching children. These incredible occupational alphabets from the mid-19th century are an amusing intersection of the ...
Eccentric Hideaway: Secret Underwater Room Lies Below a Lake
Urban explorers know that it isn't typically the readily-visible locations that hold the most intrigue; it is the hidden places unknown to most of the world. The places that most of us will never ...
7 Man-Made Architectural Wonders of the Ancient World
The Colosseum, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Great Wall of China and Machu Picchu are world-famous ancient architectural wonders, but they're hardly the only man-made structures worthy of ...
History’s Hooligans: 3 Bad Boys Driving Up Museum Visits
There is no denying that some historical figures have been so completely awesome that modern "celebrities" can't begin to touch them. Art student Jenny Burrows and copywriter Matt Kappler put ...
