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...

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...