Showing posts from January, 2013

The Boneyard Project: Art on Abandoned Airplanes

Jan 31, 2013

“The Boneyard Project” is an art exhibition of scrapped military aircraft that have been repurposed as canvases for contemporary artists. Th...

Lego Themed Hotel in California

Jan 31, 2013

A LEGO themed hotel is being constructed right next to California’s very own Legoland amusement park in Carlsbad, California. The hotel its...

Ancient Ice Houses of Iran

Jan 29, 2013

Before the invention of the refrigerator, which is a relatively modern invention, ice was a precious commodity that couldn’t be easily obtai...

John Salminen’s Watercolor Paintings of Urban Landscapes

Jan 26, 2013

John Salminen is one of America’s most highly recognized watercolorists. He is a prolific painter who paints six to ten hours a day in a ba...

Realistic Tulle Portraits by Benjamin Shine

Jan 25, 2013

Tulle is that lightweight, very fine netting, commonly used for veils, wedding gowns and ballet tutus. British artist Benjamin Shine takes ...

Hong Kong's High-Density Residential Apartments

Jan 25, 2013

Because of historical, political, and geographical reasons, only 23.7% of Hong Kong’s land is developed out of which only 6.8% land is used ...

Anamorphic Sculptures by Jonty Hurwitz

Jan 25, 2013

If you thought anamorphic art was extraordinary, how about anamorphic sculpture? South African artist Jonty Hurwitz makes incredible sculp...

The 10,000 Bedroom Nazi Hotel That Was Never Used

Jan 24, 2013

Stretching for over three miles along the white sandy beach on Germany's Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, lies the world’s biggest hotel wit...

Creative Street Art by OakOak

Jan 24, 2013

French street artist OakOak converts street objects, signs and other fixtures around his native city of St Etienne, France, into humorous s...

Close-Up Pictures of Corals by Felix Salazar

Jan 23, 2013

Felix Salazar, a photographer and composer based on LA, offers us a closer look at the dazzling bright colors and texture of corals through ...

Casa Mila in Barcelona, Spain

Jan 21, 2013

Casa Milà, popularly known as ‘La Pedrera’, looks like an artistic piece of modern architecture, but it’s not. This unusual building of undu...

Airport Runway Becomes Parking Lot for Hurricane Damaged Vehicles

Jan 20, 2013

Tens of thousands of vehicles damaged by Superstorm Sandy are being temporarily stored on runways and taxiways at Calverton Executive Airpar...

Altered Street Signs by Clet Abraham

Jan 19, 2013

For two years, French street artist Clet Abraham was sneaking out into the night and pasting removable stickers onto street signs throughout...

Decorated Mud Houses of Tiébélé, Burkina Faso

Jan 19, 2013

In the south of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in west Africa, near the border with Ghana lies a small, circular village of about 1.2 he...

Okunoshima Rabbit Island

Jan 16, 2013

Ōkunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan between Hiroshima and Shikoku. During World War II the island used to be a t...

“Bridge to Nowhere” in Whanganui National Park, New Zealand

Jan 16, 2013

One of the most visited attractions in Whanganui National Park, New Zealand, is the “Bridge to Nowhere” -  an abandoned and isolated concret...

Panmunjom, The Only Place Where Tourists Can Get Shot

Jan 15, 2013

Panmunjom is located in the most sensitive area of Korea's demilitarised zone. It’s the only tourist destination where visitors are requ...

Amsterdam, the City of Bicycles

Jan 14, 2013

Amsterdam is one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, with an estimated 800,000 bikes within the capital. In contrast, the city...

The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India

Jan 14, 2013

Roopkund is a glacial lake located at an altitude of about 5,029 metres in Uttarakhand, a state in India. When the ice melts, hundreds of hu...

Runit Dome: The Radioactive Trash Can on Enewetak Atoll

Jan 13, 2013

Since World War II, the United States has conducted over 1,000 nuclear tests mostly at Nevada Test Site and the Pacific Proving Grounds in ...

The Doomed Village of Doel And Its Amazing Street Art

Jan 11, 2013

Doel is a 700 year old village situated near the river Scheldt in Belgium, that is currently facing the threat of demolition. Its only crime...

The Inhabited Volcanic Island of Aogashima, Japan

Jan 11, 2013

Aogashima is a small, tropical volcanic island in the Philippine Sea, under the administration of Tokyo despite being located some 358 kilom...

Old Airplane Turned Into a Kindergarten

Jan 8, 2013

In the Georgian city of Rustavi, an old but fully functional Yakovlev Yak-42 aeroplane has been transformed into a kindergarten classroom. H...

Phraya Nakon Cave, Thailand

Jan 8, 2013

Nestled deep within Thailand’s Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, almost 300 kilometres south of Bangkok, the Phraya Nakon Cave is one of the m...

Titlis Cliff Walk: Europe's Highest Suspension Bridge Opens

Jan 8, 2013

Europe’s highest suspension bridge has opened to the public at Engelberg, Switzerland – a popular ski destination. The 100-meter long Titlis...

Artificially Heated Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach, Iceland

Jan 7, 2013

In Iceland the sea is normally far too cold to tempt swimmers, but at Nautholsvik bay in Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, a thermal b...

Incredible Balancing Stones by Michael Grab

Jan 5, 2013

Colorado artist Mike Grab creates astonishing towers of balanced stones using nothing but gravity, and his uncanny ability to find the natur...

Kurt Wenner, the Artist Who Invented 3D Street Art

Jan 5, 2013

Kurt Wenner produced his first commissioned mural at the age of sixteen and by that time he was already earning his living as a graphic art...

Frozen Air Bubbles in Abraham Lake

Jan 4, 2013

Abraham Lake is an artificial lake on North Saskatchewan River in western Alberta, Canada. The lake was created in 1972, with the constructi...

Spend a Night With Giraffes at The Giraffe Manor in Nairobi

Jan 3, 2013

Giraffe Manor is a unique property and hotel in the Lang'ata suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, famous for its resident herd of endangered Rothsc...

ArcelorMittal Orbit in London

Jan 3, 2013

Unveiled during the London Olympics 2012, the ArcelorMittal Orbit is a 115-metre-high sculpture and observation tower in the Olympic Park in...

Alfred J. Sirleaf And His Chalkboard Newspaper

Jan 3, 2013

In Liberia, a country where radios and televisions are luxuries most people cannot afford, there is one enterprising journalist who has foun...

Photorealistic Pencil Drawings by Diego Fazio

Jan 3, 2013

It’s hard to believe these pictures are not photographs. They are pencil drawings made by Diego Fazio , a 23 year old self-taught artist liv...