In the Japanese city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, is an amusement park which has recently opened the “Tobu World Square” exhibition. It presents structures to the scale of 1:25, including 45 copies of buildings and structures that are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Amongst other things, it also includes the now non [...]
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Before World War I, Namibia came down on diamond fever. In the area now called Kolmanskop, the precious stones were found in abundance throughout 1908, activating an influx of new colonists hoping to capitalize on the riches. For the most part, they were successful; resident of Kolmanskop accumulated enough wealthiness to build an entire town [...]
Image credits: We hear the term “third world” tossed around with a much greater frequency than the other “worlds.” Based on an outmoded Cold War taxonomy in which the first world consists of capitalist NATO nations and their allies, the second world of the communist Soviet Union and its allies, the third of former colonies/developing [...]
Taiwan – San Zhi – is perhaps the second known abandoned city after Chernobyl. It was built as a luxury resort, but construction stopped because of the incredible number of deaths on sites.
The city of San Francisco is famous for it’s hills and impossibly inclined streets. But what would San Francisco be without its steep hills? Photographer Dan Ng attempts to “level” the streets of San Francisco by photographing it with a tilted camera, resulting in an altogether unique gallery of the city.
Long-tailed macaque monkeys are offered food during the one-year Monkey Buffet Festival, in front of the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi, 150km (94 miles) north of capital of Thailand Bangkok November 29, 2009. The festival provides diverse types of food and drink to the local monkey population, which numbers more than 2,000, giving [...]
Here’s the method of transforming a Donkey (domestic ass) into a zebra in a Palestinian zoo. Because kids should know what a zebra is.
No more loud music. Actors are hidden behind the curtain. A tent circus is empty. But it only seems to be – life never quiets down here. Arena is the first thing seen by a circus child. They fall in love, fight and even pay their last tribute to the dead here. The author of [...]
If you are a professional diver you should visit Cenote Angelita Mexico. These amazing pictures were taken by Anatoly Beloshchin in the cave Cenote Angelita, Mexico. Here’s his description: “We are 30 meters deep, fresh water, then 60 meters deep – salty water and under me I see a river, island and fallen leaves… Actually, [...]
As a response to Europe’s “Seven Wonders of the World” list, which didn’t include any Russian sights, Russia organized a national contest to select the seven most beautiful destinations the country has to offer. Almost 26 million people went online and voted for their favorites since the contest started in autumn 2007. Here are the [...]
