The Beautiful Uummannaq Island, Greenland

May 25, 2015

Uummannaq is a picturesque island and town in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located 590 kilometers north of the Ar...

A Glue-less Paper Bridge That You Can Walk Over

May 25, 2015

British artist Steve Messam has installed a bright red, weight-bearing arch bridge across a stream in the rural Lake District National Park...

Monte Testaccio: The 2,000-year-old Garbage Dump in Rome

May 23, 2015

On the outskirts of Rome, near the Horrea Galbae, a short distance away from the east bank of the River Tiber, lies an enormous mound overgr...

Mill Ends Park: World’s Smallest Park

May 22, 2015

Mill Ends Park in Portland, the United States, is only two feet in diameter and is really just a flower pot, but don’t say that aloud, espec...

The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

May 22, 2015

On the third floor of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the state of Maryland, in Baltimore, the United States, the chief medical...

Spiders Rain Down on Australian Town

May 20, 2015

While raining cats and dogs is only a metaphor, raining spiders is a reality in Australia. The latest arachnid shower took place last week i...

Ducks Get Their Own Lane in Britain

May 20, 2015

Ducks and ducklings can appear in the most unlikely places, such as in the middle of a busy street walking single-file or nesting under balc...

Photographing Cruise Ships From Above by Jeffrey Milstein

May 20, 2015

Modern cruise ships look gigantic enough from the shore, but their true scale is only revealed when viewed from above. New York-based photog...

White Sands Desert, New Mexico

May 19, 2015

About 26 km southwest of Alamogordo and just south of the White Sands Missile Range , in the state of New Mexico, the United States, is an i...

The Wall of Tears, Galapagos Islands

May 19, 2015

The Galápagos Islands are best known for their diverse flora and fauna. The islands were made famous by Charles Darwin whose keen observatio...