The Aqueduct of Loukous

Jul 18, 2019

In the Greek municipality of North Kynouria in Peloponnese, near the villa of Herodes Atticus, a wealthy Greek aristocrat and a Roman senato...

Wainhouse Tower: The Tallest Folly

Jul 18, 2019

Wainhouse Tower, standing high on a hill in the King Cross area of Halifax, is the tallest structure in Calderdale and a prominent landmark ...

Via Cava: The Cave Roads of Tuscany

Jul 17, 2019

In southern Tuscany, there is a mysterious network of old pathways deeply entranced into massive rocks appearing like narrow canyons flanked...

Bernd And Hilla Becher’s Industrial Photography

Jul 17, 2019

For over 40 years, starting from the early 1960s, German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher photographed over two hundred industrial plants and...

The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower

Jul 16, 2019

On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associate...

Dresden’s Tobacco Mosque

Jul 15, 2019

Standing on the banks of the Elbe river, in the German city of Dresden, is a monumental building with a multicolored glass dome and high-ri...

Beautiful Siberian Lake is Actually a Toxic Waste Dump

Jul 15, 2019

The electric blue waters of this pond in the Russian city of Novosibirsk has become the backdrop of many Instagram fans lately. Photograph...

Linnaeus's Flower Clock: Keeping Time With Flowers

Jul 3, 2019

Who needs a watch to tell time when we got flowers? Many species of flowering plants open and close their flowers at specific times through...

The World’s Southernmost City

Jul 3, 2019

The southern part of South America is fractured into a number of small islands collectively known as Tierra del Fuego. Located roughly betwe...

That Time When America Air-Dropped Pianos For Troops in Battlefields

Jul 2, 2019

You thought pianos dropping from the sky is a gag for cartoons? Then hear this story out. During World War Two, all kinds of production inv...