The Drive-Through Trees of California

Jun 7, 2016

The giant redwoods of Northern California are the biggest trees in the world with trunks so thick that it’s possible to carve a small drivew...

The Mystery of Synchronous Fireflies

Jun 6, 2016

In the first few weeks of June, visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, United States, are treated to a rare natural spe...

A Blast From The Past: Episode 19

Jun 5, 2016

A collection of interesting articles from Amusing Planet’s archives. Tall Tale Postcards of the Twentieth Century During the early years o...

Fliegeberg: Otto Lilienthal’s ‘Fly Mountain’

Jun 4, 2016

One of the major inspiration to the Wright brothers was the work of German pioneer of aviation, Otto Lilienthal, who repeatedly and successf...

The Temples of Humankind, Damanhur

Jun 4, 2016

In 1978, a group of about fifteen people belonging to a mysterious spiritual community called Damanhur, lead by its founder Oberto Airaudi, ...

The Devil’s Nose Railroad

Jun 3, 2016

When Ecuador President General Eloy Alfaro took office in 1895, and announced that a new railway line would be built connecting the coastal ...

Texas Town Erects a Selfie Statue

Jun 3, 2016

The town of Sugar Land, Texas, has got the Internet talking after it erected a strange new piece of public art —a bronze statue featuring tw...

The Strangely Seductive 18th Century Anatomical Wax Models

Jun 2, 2016

These beautiful wax models of sensuous women lying supine, with their heads tipped back, and lips parted in ecstasy, look like they are from...

The Monument to Hugh Glass

Jun 1, 2016

Perhaps the most memorable scene from the 2015 movie The Revenant was Hugh Glass, played by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, being attacked by a gr...

Carving Dead Trees Into Public Art

Jun 1, 2016

Trees have long life spans, but eventually they too die of old age or succumb to diseases or get damaged in thunderstorms and hurricanes. Wh...