Ivanhoe Reservoir Covered With 400,000 Black Plastic Balls

Nov 10, 2011

In 2007, the Department of Water Protection in Los Angeles detected high levels of bromate, a carcinogen that forms when bromide and chlorin...

Strange Airport#2: Kansai International, Japan

Nov 9, 2011

Kansai International Airport is Japan's second most important international airport, located on an artificial island in the middle of Os...

Cricket Fighting Contests in China

Nov 9, 2011

Cricket fighting is a form of amusement popular in many areas in China. It was nurtured by Tang Dynasty emperors more than 1,000 years ago a...

Acrobatic Display of Starling Murmuration

Nov 9, 2011

Every year during autumn, thousands of starlings put on a spectacular dance show just before dusk over the sky in Scotland (and other countr...

Bosco Verticale: World’s First Vertical Forest in Milan

Nov 8, 2011

A fascinating new pair of residential tower called Bosco Verticale is being constructed at Milan, Italy. Designed by architect Stefano Boeri...

North American Wife Carrying Championship

Nov 7, 2011

The North American Wife Carrying Championship is a fun sport in which male competitors race while carrying a female teammate on their backs....

Incredible Light Paintings by Brian Matthew Hart

Nov 7, 2011

Light Painting Photography is becoming more and more popular each day. Also known as light drawing or light graffiti, light painting is a ph...

World's Largest Collection of The World's Smallest Versions of The World's Largest Things

Nov 5, 2011

The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things is a traveling roadside museum out...

UPrinting Giveaway: 3 Sets of Die Cut Business Cards

Nov 4, 2011

This weekend we are organizing a great giveaway for Amusing Planet readers. UPrinting.com has generously agreed to sponsor this event, and t...

Gibraltar, World’s Only Airport Runway Intersecting a Road

Nov 3, 2011

Gibraltar Airport or North Front Airport is a civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, a tiny peninsula wit...