Bronze Aged: Cornwall’s Scenic Abandoned Metal Mines
Nearly 4,000 years ago, Cornish miners singlehandedly jump-started the Bronze Age by digging, scratching and clawing copper and tin ores from mines hacked deep beneath Cornwall's fertile soil. ...
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Art On The Fly: 10 Examples Of Real Zany Zipper Art
All praise the zipper: the ubiquitous, maintenance-free, no muss, no fuss fastener that trumps both buttons and Velcro! Zippers operate smoothly, silently and safely day in and day out, often in ...
School Fuel: Monumental Beverly Hills High’s Tower of Hope
Beverly Hills High School is keeping a big secret - "big" as in 150 feet tall - on its neatly manicured grounds in zip code 90212. What appears to be a miniature version of Paris' Eiffel Tower ...
10 Pimped Out Pump Jacks Give The Nod To Urban Oil Art
Mechanical "nodding donkeys" have been grazing the surface of uninhabited oil fields for many decades but in urban settings they can look, well, crude. Making these horsehead pumps look ...
Towering Achievements: Incredible Industrial Towers
Not many of us would think of industrial towers as impressive pieces of modern architecture, but a closer look reveals that they are, in fact, amazing structures. They have to be able to not only ...
Smokin’ Stacks: 10 Ways To Upcycle Industrial Chimneys
Once soaring symbols of the Industrial Revolution and material progress, smokestacks later became the poster kids of environmental degradation. Today, legions of artists, urban planners and ...
True Costs: The Making of 5 Modern Marvels of Engineering
Even today modern wonders of engineering like the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge inspire awe (and songs and works of art). A quick look at their origins, however, can turn awe to ...
