historyWhite Pine Fever: The Studebaker Tree Sign
Formed from 8,259 pine trees planted in 1938, the Studebaker sign in Bendix Woods County Park has outlived its…
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animalsCaterpillar Bombs: 6 Times Animals Have Been Used as Weapons
Millions of hungry caterpillars may soon fall onto the illegal coca fields of South America as the Colombian…
architectureYou Cube: Nakagin Capsule Tower By The Night
Tokyo's icon of futurism, the Nakagin Capsule Tower building, can now be experienced by the night thanks to an…
Sustainable ArchitectureUnconventional Bamboo Treehouse Honors Indonesian History
This unconventional bamboo treehouse by Budi Pradono Architects pays tribute to Indonesian culture with the…
artWar Flowers: A Red Sea Of Ceramic Poppies
The Tower of London's “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” features 900,000 hand-made ceramic poppies…
artFordite: Recycled & Reworked Auto Paint Jewelry
Fordite (or Detroit Agate), multiple layers of baked automobile paint overspray once dumped as worthless slag, now…
natureA Photographic Tour of the Oldest Living Things in the World
There are things on this Earth that have been alive since before the Great Pyramids were built. They have survived…
travelHoly Heights: The World’s 7 Most Sacred Mountains
From Mount Everest to Mount Sinai to America's rocky Black Hills, these 7 prominent peaks prove pointedly that a…
historyCommie Karma: 7 Amazing Recycled Trabant Cars
The ugly, smokey, slow & smelly Trabant automobile endures as an ironic and iconic symbol of the late, unlamented,…
environmentBurn Rubber: The World’s 9 Worst Tire Fires
Enormous, out of control tire fires are both terrifyingly evil in appearance and terribly deleterious to the…
travelEternal Kitty: Rome’s Famous Feral Cats
Welcome to the roamin' empire! Ancient Rome may have been founded by twin brothers raised by a wolf but these…
animalsCold Saurus: 5 Amazing Dinosaurs of Antarctica
Global warming? Been there, done that, in Antarctica of all places! The southern continent began freezing over 23…
treesWalk Past: 8 Amazing Native American Trail Marker Trees
Trail Marker Trees are ancient signposts from a time before GPS, compasses or maps. Shaped and molded by Native…
animalsSpine Tingling: Meet Pikaia, Our Earliest Ancestor!
The earliest ancestor of all vertebrates (including us) appears to have been a tiny, worm-like creature just 2…
animalsAnatomical Drawings Bring Mythical Monsters to Life
It is a question that has plagued mankind for centuries yet has been solved with no credible answers: how do…
animalsPrehistoric Inspiration: California Desert Sculpture Safari
In a stretch of inhospitable desert 90 miles east of San Diego, a dry wind caresses the dramatic curves of a…
artButting In: Portrait Made of Over 20K Used Cigarette Butts
Cigarette butts litter the streets of most cities and towns, creating an environmental burden that could easily be…
historyFission for Explanations: Gabon’s Natural Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear power is a controversial topic among people who care for the environment, but nature was creating nuclear…
natureFall of the Century: Stunning Pics of Dry Niagara Falls
With almost 30 million visitors each year, Niagara Falls is a wildly popular tourist destination. People make…
historyFrom Ghost Town to Green Town: Rebirth Of Greensburg, Kansas
On May 4, 2007, the residents of the small Kansas town of Greensburg faced one of the worst natural disasters in…
