Magnificent Photos of Grimsvoetn Volcano Eruption in Iceland

May 26, 2011

The Grimsvotn volcano began erupting on Saturday, sending clouds of ash up to 12 miles into the air. The amount of ash spewing from the volc...

The Postman Who Built a Palace With Stones Collected Over 33 Years

May 22, 2011

The story begins in 1879. Joseph-Ferdinand Cheval (1836 - 1924) , then 43 years old, had been working as a rural mail carrier in the southea...

Evolution of Type: Anatomy of Typography

May 21, 2011

Graphic artist and sculptor Andreas Scheiger came across the book “The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering” (1918) by famous type designer F...

Child Labor in Indian Coal Mines

May 19, 2011

Times photojournalist Daniel Berehulak, along with Mark Magnier, reported a fantastic photo essay on the mining situation in the Jaintia Hi...

Impressive Paintings by Dan Witz

May 19, 2011

Dan Witz is one of the most prolific artists working on the streets of New York City today. Witz, consistently active since the late 1970s,...

World Beard and Moustache Championships 2011

May 18, 2011

The World Beard and Moustache Championships is a biennial competition in which men with elaborate beards and moustaches compete with each o...

Pulp Fiction Meets Simpsons

May 18, 2011

In this hilarious series, an anonymous animator at Film Roman (the production company behind The Simpsons) sketches famous Pulp Fiction scen...

Real-Life Locations in ‘Fallout: New Vegas’ Video Game

May 16, 2011

London copywriter Chris Worth, inspired by the futuristic role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas , set out to explore the Mojave Desert and di...

World's Largest Video Game Museum in Berlin

May 15, 2011

The world's largest video game museum was opened early this year in Berlin. The Computerspielemuseum (Computer Game Museum), located on...

Portraits of Authors in Their Own Words

May 15, 2011

American artist and author John Sokol creates portraits of literary greats in which the lines of their faces are crafted from the author’s ...