Nightmare Fuel – The World’s Largest Spider Web Is Home to Over 111,000 Spiders
A team of researchers discovered that a cave close to the Greek-Albanian border is home to the world’s largest spider web created by more than 111,000 spiders.
World’s Most Inaccessible Library Is Carved into the Side of a Cliff
The Mianhua Library, located near the village of Mianhua, in China’s Guanxi Province, is a unique library housed in a large grotto, on the side of a rock cliff. Ever since it opened in May of this year, Mianhua Library has been going viral on Chinese social media. Libraries aren’t usually very popular online, but […]
China Literally Shaves Down Mountains to Make Room for Expressway
Why bother drilling tunnels when you can simply shave down mountains? That was apparently the philosophy behind the new Lu’an Expressway in China’s mountainous Guizhou Province. We have already written about the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, the soon-to-be-inaugurated world’s highest bridge (625 meters or 2,051 feet above the Beipan River Valley), but the expressway running […]
Canada’s Incredible Shrinking Mill Optical Illusion
The Shrinking Mill of Port Colborne, in Ontario, Canada, is an intriguing optical illusion that makes a giant grain elevator shrink the closer you get to it. Usually, things tend to appear smaller in the distance and grow in size the closer you get to them, but that rule does not apply to the grain […]
India’s Most Beautiful Cricket Ground Is Hidden in the Middle of a Sprawling Plantation
The Harrisons Malayalam Plantation in Varandarappilly, Kerala, is home to India’s most beautiful cricket ground, a hidden oasis in a sea of green canopy. A remote cricket ground in Kerala, India, has been getting a lot of attention online because of its unique location, tucked away in the center of a lush tree plantation. Seen […]
Japanese Airport Hasn’t Lost a Single Piece of Baggage in the Last 30 Years
Kansai International Airport welcomes tens of millions of passengers every year, but it has developed a system that ensures none of their baggage ever goes missing. Losing a piece of baggage is always a risk at airports. For example, in the US, data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows that domestic flights lose about […]
Yongwu Road – China’s Most Beautiful Flooded Road
Every year, during the rainy season, a scenic road winding through China’s Poyang Lake like a mythical dragon becomes flooded, offering a unique driving and visual experience. Yongwu Road is the only stretch of road connecting Wucheng, one of the oldest townships in China, to neighboring townships and counties. Part of the X219 county road, […]
At This Rain-Themed Cafe It Pours Every 15 Minutes
Rain Report Cafe in Seoul is a unique cafe where it rains perpetually every 15 minutes and patrons are offered umbrellas, rubber boots, and raincoats. If you find nothing more relaxing than a cup of hot coffee on a rainy day, you’ll probably love the concept of Rain Report Cafe, a South Korean cafe where […]
World’s Saltiest Body of Water Is So Salty It Doesn’t Freeze at -50 Degrees Fahrenheit
Located in Antarctica’s McMurdo’s Dry Valleys, the shallow Don Juan Pond is the world’s saltiest body of water. With a salt content that puts the Dead Sea to shame, it remains liquid even at -58 degrees Celsius (-50 Fahrenheit). At four inches deep, Don Juan Pond looks more like a large puddle than an actual […]
Lost Lake – Oregon’s Disappearing Body of Water
Every summer, Oregon’s Lost Lake disappears down a couple of volcanic tunnels only to return in the fall, as a number of streams start flowing into what looks like a peaceful meadow. Driving past Lost Lake in the late fall or in the winter, you may not pay much attention to the seemingly plain body […]
Gaoqi Ling – China’s ‘Knife Edge Mountain’
Gaoqi Ling is a natural wonder in China’s Hunan Province, a mountain of perfectly smooth rock with an extremely narrow ridge that people love to traverse despite the apparent danger. China’s Danxia Park is famous for its unique landforms, particularly the multicolored “Rainbow Mountain,” but it is home to other less-known but just as intriguing […]
Iran’s Shazdeh Garden – A Stunning Green Oasis in the Middle of a Desert
Iran’s Shazdeh Garden, also known as the Prince’s Garden, is a surprisingly lush garden full of greenery and water fountains surrounded by arid desert. Located 6 kilometers from the city of Mahan, in Kerman Province, Shazdeh Garden is a historical Persian garden built by the Qajar Dynasty, at the end of the 19th century. The […]
The World’s Smallest National Border is Only 85 Meters Long
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, a small rock in northern Africa conquered by Spain in 1564, holds the title for the world’s smallest national border, measuring just 85 meters in length. Spain has almost 2000 kilometers of land borders with Portugal and France, but it also has much smaller borders with countries like Andorra, […]
Russian Developer Transforms Boeing 737 Jet into a Stunning Luxury Villa
Located atop a cliff on the Indonesian island of Bali, 150 meters above sea level, the stunning Private Jet Villa by Hanging Gardens is probably the world’s most beautifully converted Boeing 737 jet. Converting retired airplanes isn’t new. We’ve seen them transformed into homes, restaurants, or even museums, but what developer Felix Demin managed to […]
This Italian Church Has a 500-Year-Old Crocodile Hanging from the Ceiling
The Santuario Della Beata Vergine Maria Delle Grazie, in Italy’s Lombardia region, is an old church famous for having a real taxidermied crocodile hanging from the ceiling. What’s the last thing you expect to see when you look up in a church? Granted, there are plenty of interesting answers one can think of, but ‘a […]