The Amazing Seashell Temple in Taiwan
In the hills near San Chih, northern Taiwan, lies the Seashell Temple, one of the most amazing architectural works in the world. I’m sure many of you have seen photos of it before, it’s almost on every spam photo site on the internet, sometimes listed as being in Bagkok or Taiwan, but I thought it […]
Living in a Missile Silo
Why spend your money on a boring apartment when you can live the rest of your life in a cool abandoned missile silo? Bruce Townsley, a former social worker from Chicago, got the idea of turning a missile silo into a comfortable home in the mid ’80s, while watching the Johnny Carson Show. One of […]
The Ideal Palace
Le Palais Ideal is one of the most popular examples of naive art architecture, built by Ferdinand Cheval, a French Postman, over a period of 33 years. Cheval began building his Ideal Palace in April 1879. While he was on the job, the postman tripped over a stone and was impressed by its unusual shape. […]
Batmobile Replica Seen in Sweden
An impressive replica of the original Batmobile has been turning heads on the streets of Sweden, recently. Batman undoubtedly one of the most comic-book hero of all times and fans are always trying to find or build the coolest memorabilia. Not long ago we featured some photos of a home-built Batman Tumbler built from scratch […]
World’s Spiciest Flag
Chinese create a giant flag of China made from thousands of red hot peppers and corn cobs. These days, there is a nationwide celebration going on in China, with just a few hours left until the country’s 60th anniversary and its people are going out of their way to prove how much it means to […]
Disney’s Biggest Fan
George Reiger considers himself Disney’s number one fan and to prove it, he has covered most of his body with over 1,900 Disney tattoos. When people ask George Reiger why he has almost 2,000 tattoos relating to Disney, his answers that Disney practically raised him when he was a child and he wanted to have […]
Pogo-Stick Master Rises to New Heights
Fred Crzybowski, a 20-year-old from Los Angeles, is known as “the Tony Hawk of the pogo world” for the extreme pogo-stick jumps he can perform. Fred, who started using a pogo-stick at the age of eight, is the current record holder for the most consecutive backflips, which stands at nine. He has appeared in motion […]
Bloody Nipples Gallery
If you’re a runner, you probably already know about the issue of nipple bleeding, but for people like me, who only run when they’re being chased, this is new. I stumbled across this set of photos on Unknown Highway, one of my favorite sites, and thought I’d investigate further to find out what exactly makes […]
The Driftwood Horses of Heather Jansch
Heather Jansch is a very talented artists who specializes in creating amazing sculptures of horses and other animals from driftwood. As long as she can remember, Heather Jansch has always been fascinated by horses and dreamed of living in the middle of nature, surrounded by grazing horses. Thanks to her drawing and sculpting talents, she […]
Lena’s Stone Forest
One of the most beautiful natural wonders of Russia, Lena’s Stone Forest is also one of the most difficult to reach, by tourists. Known also as Lena’s Stone Pillars, this incredible rock formation is not only beautiful to look at, it’s also holds important information on the formation of the organic world. Fossils from various […]
Infinite Hope
Skull artists Quinn Gregory decided to take a break from designing bling-skulls and created a 5’3″ sculpture of Jesus, covered by nearly 250,000 Swarovski crystals. Entitled “Infinite Hope” this statue of Jesus took the artist 14 and a half months to complete, 10 of which he pent just encrusting the crystals. To him “the brilliance […]
Meet the Hairiest Man in China
I know, being the hairiest man in China is not how you’d want to be known, and neither does Yu Zenhuan, whose hair covers 96% of his body. Yu was diagnosed with a rare condition that causes hair to grow in places it normally shouldn’t. he was born in a family of farmers and, when […]
The Grape Fight of Binissalem
One of the most fun events of September took place in the village of Benissalem, on the island of Majorca, during Fiesta of La Vermada. Over one thousand people, both locals and tourists, gathered in Binissalem, a village known for the quality of its wines, for what may have been the biggest grape fight in […]
A Preview of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a theme park based on JK Rowling’s best selling series, Harry Potter, due to open in the spring of 2010, at Universal Studios’ Islands of Adventure resort, in Orlando. Artists have drawn artworks to show the world a small preview of the magical theme park. Let’s have a […]
The New World’s Tallest Man
Sultan Kosen, a former basketball player from Turkey, has been acknowledged as the world’s tallest man, by the Guinness Book of Records. 26-year-old Kosen is 2 meters 46.5 cm tall and he also holds the record for the world’s biggest hands (27.5 cm) and the world’s biggest feet (36.5 cm). He grew as a normal […]