Showing posts from May, 2016

A Blast From The Past: Episode 18

May 29, 2016

A collection of interesting articles from Amusing Planet’s archives. Illustrated Guide to Italian Hand Gestures Hand gestures and body lan...

These Mysterious Mounds in South America Are Made of Worm Poop

May 28, 2016

Scattered across the vast grassy floodplains of the great Orinoco River of South America, in an area roughly the size of Ireland, are thousa...

Rock in The House, Fountain City

May 27, 2016

On April 24, 1995, a 55-ton boulder rolled down a hill and crashed into the bedroom of the house of Maxine and Dwight Anderson at 440 North ...

Historic Dollhouses Capture 300 Years of British Domestic Life

May 27, 2016

The National Building Museum in Washington DC has a new exhibit. On loan from the Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood in London, this ...

Cuexcomate: A Dead Volcano You Can Climb Into

May 26, 2016

Located in the neighborhood of La Libertad, in the city of Puebla, Mexico, the sinter cone deposit of Cuexcomate has been mistakenly describ...

Memorial to The Murdered Jews of Europe

May 26, 2016

One of the most impressive and controversial memorial to the Holocaust is located near Brandenburg Gate, in the Friedrichstadt neighborhood ...

Parque de Bombas: The Old Ponce Fire Station

May 25, 2016

One of Ponce’s most recognizable landmarks is Parque de Bombas, the city’s old firehouse building and now a firefighting museum. This bright...

The Skyscraper Without a Window

May 25, 2016

Standing at 33 Thomas Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of New York City is a 550-foot tall monolithic, granite-clad, concrete buildin...

The Crooked House of Himley

May 24, 2016

The Crooked House, so called because of its lean, is a curious little attraction and a local watering hole located close to the village of H...

Hidden Poems on Boston’s Sidewalk Reveal When it Rains

May 24, 2016

For the last few months, Boston’s local artists have been spray painting poetry onto concrete sidewalks using biodegradable, water-repellent...

The Fine Cave Paintings of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave

May 23, 2016

Of all prehistoric cave paintings discovered in different parts of the world, the ones at Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southern France des...

John Hooper’s Public Art And Sculptures

May 23, 2016

Located in front of Barbour's General Store on King Street in downtown Saint John, in New Brunswick, Canada, is a set of eleven life-siz...

Monument to The Taxi Driver, Buenos Aires

May 21, 2016

Located in the square of the Avenue of the Italians and Macacha Guemes, in the neighborhood Puerto Madero, in Buenos Aires, the Monument to ...

Kamilo: Hawaii's Plastic Beach

May 21, 2016

On the remote southeastern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii, lies the beach of Kamilo, where swirling ocean currents bring and dump all sorts...

The Ruined Churches of Ani

May 20, 2016

Up on a plateau in the remote highlands of northeast Turkey, 45 km away from the Turkish border city of Kars, lies the crumbling ruins of so...

The Mysterious London Stone

May 20, 2016

Embedded in the wall of 111 Cannon Street, in the City of London, just above the sidewalk, is a small grilled window that appears like a dec...

The Tombstone Covered Floor of St. John's Co-Cathedral of Malta

May 18, 2016

Commissioned in 1572 by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière as the Conventual Church of St. John, the St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, ...

Quincy Granite Railway: America’s First Commercial Railroad

May 18, 2016

When architect Solomon Willard arrived in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1825, and discovered a granite ledge in a wooded area, he knew he had fo...

Bridges With Buildings

May 17, 2016

Back in the old days, one of the easiest way to raise money for a bridge’s maintenance was to rent space over the bridge to merchants and sh...

Trajan’s Column: An Emperor’s War Diary Carved in Stone

May 16, 2016

In the beginning of the 2nd century, the Roman Emperor Trajan led two very successful war campaigns against the powerful Dacia kingdom by th...

Flower Carpets at Infiorata Festival, Italy

May 16, 2016

The best time to visit Italy, if you want to catch the incredible Infiorata festival, is during May and June. At this time of the year, espe...

A Blast From The Past: Episode 17

May 15, 2016

A collection of interesting articles from Amusing Planet’s archives . World’s First UFO Landing Pad, and the First Landing! St. Paul, Alb...

The Abandoned Humberstone And Santa Laura Saltpeter Works

May 14, 2016

Forty-eight kilometers east of the city of Iquique in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, lies the remains of two large saltpeter works. B...

Devon Island: Mars on Earth

May 14, 2016

Devon Island in Baffin Bay, belonging to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is the largest uninhabited island on Earth, and for good reasons. ...

The Merci Train: 49 Boxcars Filled With Gratitude

May 12, 2016

On February 3, 1949, a crowd of over 25,000 gathered at New York Harbor to see the arrival of a merchant ship named Magellan. On the side of...

El Tatio Geyser Field

May 11, 2016

The El Tatio Geyser Field, locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio, is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile, about 89 kilome...

The Crooked House of Canterbury

May 10, 2016

Sir John Boys House, also known as The Crooked House, is a skewed 17th century half-timbered building located at the extreme end of Palace S...

Graves on Airport Runways

May 10, 2016

New development projects on previously undeveloped land often encroach upon existing private properties and farmlands. Sometimes such a prop...

The Granite Sculptures of Hope Cemetery

May 9, 2016

One of the main uses of granite throughout America is in tombstones and memorials, and the finest examples of this craft can be seen at the ...

Vietnam Veterans Dog Tag Memorial in Chicago

May 9, 2016

At the Harold Washington Library in Chicago is a new art installation called “Above and Beyond” featuring over 58,000 replica dog tags — one...

The Valley of Square Trees

May 7, 2016

Inside the flat wide caldera of the dormant volcano of El Valle, in Panama, is a town that goes by the same name. Here, in the foothills of ...

Corlea Trackway: A 2,000-Year-Old Wooden Road in Ireland

May 6, 2016

Long ago, a large part of north-western Europe, particularly Ireland and Great Britain, were covered in bogs. These soggy wetlands, composed...

Jasper Creek, Venezuela

May 6, 2016

In the Gran Sabana Municipality of Bolívar State, in Venezuela, near the town of Santa Elena de Uairén, flows a small stream. The bedrock of...

Junction Valley Railroad: World’s Largest Quarter-Sized Railroad

May 6, 2016

The Junction Valley Railroad in Bridgeport, Michigan, United States, is a model railroad but not the tabletop variety we are familiar with....

The Highway of Death

May 4, 2016

Twenty five years ago, one of the most brutal massacres in war history occurred in Iraq, along Highway 80, about 32 km west of Kuwait city. ...

A Walkway Over Water in China

May 3, 2016

The Shiziguan scenic area, in Xuan'en County of central China's Hubei Province, has unveiled a new floating walkway over a brilliant...

Murals From Trash by Bordalo II

May 3, 2016

Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo, known in the art world as Bordalo II , uses trash as his medium which he recycles into amazing stree...

Markthal: Rotterdam’s Beautiful Food Market

May 3, 2016

At Rotterdam’s historic Binnenrotte Square, next to Blaak Station, is an eleven-stories-tall arched building that huddles over an immense fo...

The Altamura Man

May 3, 2016

In 1993, a team of speleologist probing a karst borehole in the Altamura Murgia region, near the Italian city of Altamura, stumbled upon a n...

Paiva Walkways in Arouca

May 3, 2016

The Pavia Walkways are an 8-km-long route of wooden walkways and staircases that cling to the mountain side along Paiva river in Arouca muni...

A Blast From The Past: Episode 16

May 1, 2016

A collection of interesting articles from the archives that you may have missed. The Secret Life of the Harvest Mice Photographers Jean-Lo...