Puyehue-Cordon Caulle Volcano Erupts in Chile

Jun 6, 2011

A volcano in the Caulle Cordon of southern Chile erupted on Saturday, June 4, shooting out pumice stones and pluming a cloud of ash 10 kilom...

London’t First Playboy Club

Jun 6, 2011

The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago in 1960, and subsequently in New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Kansas City and elsewhere. There w...

‘Running of the Brides' in New York City

Jun 5, 2011

The Running of the Brides is a local tradition that has taken place since 1947 at Filene's Basement store in downtown Boston. On this da...

Slauerhoffbrug, The Flying Drawbridge

Jun 4, 2011

Slauerhoffbrug also known as the 'Flying Drawbridge', is a fully automatic bascule bridge located in the city of Leeuwarden in Nethe...

Artistic Stockholm Subway System

Jun 4, 2011

The Stockholm subway system is said to be the longest art exhibition in the world - 110 kilometers in length. Traveling by subway is like tr...

The Many Constumes of Manneken Pis

Jun 3, 2011

At the corner of Rue de l'Étuve/Stoofstraat and Rue du Chêne/Eikstraat in the heart of Brussels, is a famous landmark – the Manneken Pis...

Performing Street Monkeys of Indonesia

Jun 3, 2011

Street monkey performance is a common form of cheap entertainment in Jakarta, Indonesia and in many Asian countries like India. Macaque monk...

Wunderland Kalkar: Nuclear Power Plant Turned Amusement Park

Jun 2, 2011

In Kalkar in 1972, construction was started on the SNR-300, the first fast breeder nuclear reactor in Germany. The reactor was designed to u...

Astronaut Paolo Nespoli’s Photos of Earth From Space

May 28, 2011

ESA’s astronaut Paolo Nespoli, while working and living on the International Space Station, started sharing his experience with the world vi...

Iron Wire Sculptures by Mattia Trotta

May 28, 2011

Italian sculptor Mattia Trotta creates amazing sculptures from wire meshes, which at first glance, I mistook to be that by Ivan Lovatt who...