(Check out our complete collection of Urban Exploration Tips, Tricks and Guides.) There is something about photographs of deserted places and abandoned buildings that is mysterious and intriguing ...
Sometimes it is easy to find the beauty in abandoned buildings and cities, but in many cases the forces driving men from locations are relatively benign; economics, or the environment, or at ...
The word “photography” has its roots in Greek, roughly translating to “writing of light.” Just as text is most interesting when free of superfluous words, photography using little light ...
(images via: Casa Pauline and Nathan Snider and BurlingameBarley) We humans like a bit of adventure, as a rule. We drive fast, we hang glide, we even eat bacon with breakfast. But for the most ...
Scientists are the reason we are able to power the lights in our homes or to connect with people hundreds or thousands of miles away. Some of them were real geeks or strange, quirky and eccentric ...
(Check out our complete collection of Green Art, Design and Technology.) Amazing tree houses aren't just for children anymore - in fact, some are so well made and carefully detailed, they rival ...
Adaptive reuse used to be a tactic of necessity - people didn't have the time, energy or money to build something new so they made the best with what they had. Today it is a way to stand out, ...
[Andrew D. Blechman is the author of Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias (Grove Atlantic)] Imagine what America might look like if a sizable minority of its elders secede ...
Why are we so interested in shipwrecks and other strange stories about underwater wonders of the world? The idea of ancient buried treasure, mysterious happenings, mystical pirate stories and ...
Has it really been that long? It is hard to believe how much the site has evolved in just one year. Many regular readers have likely noticed a number of significant recent changes to the site ...
