Beach Please: Abandoned Surf Cincinnati Waterpark
Wave goodbye to Surf Cincinnati, an abandoned water park and associated banquet hall complex that once entertained overheated Ohioans but now only breeds mosquitoes. Cincy You've Been ...
Tag: Sports
Kick Stopper: 12 Sadly Lost & Forgotten Soccer Balls
There are few things more poignant than a lost soccer ball, as illustrated by both a charitable Lost Footballs calendar and these 12 emotion-laden examples. “Ever lost a ball down the ...
Occasion of Gravity: 400-Foot-High Wedding on Netting Over Moab Canyon
There wasn't much room for cold feet in this high-flying marriage ceremony, vows for which were exchanged over a gaping void (complete with BASE-jumping flower girls). Ryan Jenks and ...
Architects Broke a Sweat Designing These 13 Striking Gyms & Fitness Facilities
Your sweaty neighborhood gym has nothing on these beautifully designed fitness facilities full of multi-story climbing walls, skybridge pools, dramatic boxing rings, nightclub-style lighting and ...
Rollout: 10 More Abandoned Roller Skating Rinks
Roller skating may not have been as “cool” as ice skating but it was one hot recreational activity back in the days before inline was superseded by online. Roller rinks, along with ...
Zero-Carbon, All Bamboo Sports Hall Features Organic 50-Foot Trusses
A new sports hall in Thailand highlights the aesthetic power and physical strength of bamboo, a flexible and fast-growing natural material. In total, more carbon is captured in the bamboo than ...
Oru Origami-Inspired Folding Kayak is Back with an Updated Design
City dwellers with small apartments and limited storage can now own a kayak that folds up into a suitcase-sized package perfect for toting on your bike or public transit. The Oru Kayak originally ...
Swim on the Subway: Taipei Train Cars Transformed into Sports Venues
Subway cars in Taipei have become swimming pools, basketball courts, baseball fields and track lanes to get residents amped for the upcoming 2017 Summer Universiade, an international multi-sport ...
Nothin’ But Net: 12 Slam Dunk Artistic Basketball Court Designs
Way cooler than your standard basketball court, these custom-designed settings and hoops turn the sport into something like an interactive art installation in which the players 'perform' in more ...
Amazon Calm: Rio’s Deteriorating Olympic Games Venues
Barely completed in time, venues at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil are going south in a big way now that the athletes have left. The Games of the XXXI Olympiad - ...
