The geographic features of other planets are often captivating and enigmatic, and Mars’ Danielson crater is no exception to the rule. According to NASA, its wave-like layering is the result of ...
“Shrek” Welsh couple Tracey and Vivian Williams had guests green with envy when they got hitched in a Shrek-themed wedding. Covered head-to-toe in green paint, fake ogre ears, wigs and dr...
Open to the public only two years before this photo was taken in 1903, the Brooklyn Bridge boasted the title of first steel-wire suspension bridge and was dubbed a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
The sleepy seaside town of St. Ives, England offers world weary travelers an escape from the hustle and bustle of city life as well as stunning and serene sunsets.
Filled with woods, gardens, a mini amusement area and cycling courses sprinkled throughout the park, Hitachi Seaside Park is a must-see for anyone venturing to Japan.
Snapped by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1963 the moment a puppet dragon was slain, these kids provide visual proof that there was such thing as entertainment before Xbox.
No, “superb” isn’t a superlative used by us, it’s actually part of its name. Known for their peculiar behaviors, male wrens pluck yellow petals and display them to females as ...
Wenseslao Moguel vs. Firing Squad One day in March, Wenseslao Moguel was captured for taking part in the 1915 Mexican Revolution. As a result, Moguel was sentenced–without trial–to execut...
Excavated in 1968, the interior of Finland’s fantastic rock church boasts fine acoustics and natural lights streaming through its glazed dome.
Erected in the 1960s, the Berlin Wall divided communist East Germany from the noncommunist West. For 28 years, the Iron Curtain kept East Germans from fleeing to the West and the momentous occasion o...
Four years after the tribal leader surrendered to the United States, Sitting Bull posed with Buffalo Bill for this iconic 1885 photo. For a time, Sitting Bull even toured with Bill’s Wild West ...
This bird’s large feet aren’t the only things to boast about; its squawk is described as “raucous high-pitched screech, with a subdued musical tuk-tuk.” Fun fact: during the R...
At the end of January, thousands of people from around the world gather in Bulgaria for the three-day event known as the Kukeri Festival. A Bulgarian tradition, the Kukeri marks an event where indivi...
Taken in the midst of World War II in 1943, this iconic photo presents a rather prescient image of Western policy regarding the Middle East.
If you think that building a bucket-shaped sandcastle adorned with sea shells is an artistic feat, you should take a look at the works of actual sand artists. Sand brushing, sculpting, painting and b...
Located on the Baltic coast, Gdansk is Poland’s largest seaport and served as the birthplace of the Solidarity movement, which brought an end to Communist rule throughout Central Europe.
As if Brazil didn’t already have a lot to offer, how about adding a stunning purple tree to the mix?
Located 12 kilometers north of Šiauliai, Lithuania stands the aptly named Hill of Crosses. This symbolic hill serves as an international pilgrimage site covered in over 100,000 crosses of all differe...
Taken in 1964, the then-baby faced Beatles took some time to teach iconic talk show host Ed Sullivan how to strum a few chords while on the show. The next Paul McCartney? Doubtful.
The ways people die are often conventional, however, history provides us with a multitude of recorded deaths that are markedly more interesting: Chrysippus of Soli, 207 BC Chrysippus was a Greek phil...
The United States has quite a bit in common with its “enemies”, doesn’t it? Of the 194 member states in the United Nations, 50% have abolished capital punishment all together and a ...
This premise is fit for a king, literally. El Escorial, located 28 miles northwest of Madrid, is the historical home of the King of Spain.
Pearl Harbor Fleet of Ships, Hawaii Popularly described as “a day that will live in infamy”, the infamous attack on a U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 resulted in the deaths of 2,40...
Formed by cult leader Jim Jones, the tragic November 18, 1978 mass suicide resulted in the deaths over 900 individuals.
The Ten Commandments, Moses As religious history goes, this one’s a biggie. Moses delivered this speech regarding God’s Ten Commandments, which define ethics and worship in Judaism and most forms of ...
Ever wonder why our military spending budget is so vast? It might have something to do with the fact that we’ve got troops in six continents.
Nestled on the Elbe River, while Hamburg is the second largest port in Europe it remains one of the prettiest.
The Mullet The mullet hairstyle boasts a contrasting and distinct mix of short hair in the front and longer looking “tail” down the back. Prominent mainly in the 60s and 70s, this trend can actually ...
While Ernest Hemingway is famous for his pure virility, he is less known for being a father. Here is a photographic testament to that fact.
Also known as clean tagging, dust tagging, grime writing, green graffiti or clean advertising, reverse graffiti is a method of creating temporary or semi permanent images through the removal of dirt....
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