Postman’s Park’s Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice

Feb 21, 2017

Tucked away in a quiet corner of Postman's Park in central London, easily overlooked, lies a remarkable memorial. Under a wooden canopy,...

Sarajevo Tunnel: The Tunnel of Hope

Feb 20, 2017

Five meters below the runway of Sarajevo's airport runs a short stretch of tunnel that was dug out during the Siege of Sarajevo to bring...

Elgin Marbles: A Piece of The Parthenon in London

Feb 20, 2017

Should a museum keep artistic treasures it acquired under dubious circumstances a long time ago, or should it return them to their country o...

A Blast From The Past: Episode 33

Feb 19, 2017

From the archives of Amusing Planet. Tristan da Cunha - The Most Remote Island in the World Tristan da Cunha is a volcanic island in the m...

Floating Houses of Lake Bokodi

Feb 17, 2017

Lake Bokodi, in the village of Bokod, about 80 kilometers west of Budapest, Hungary, is an artificial lake created in 1961 by the Oroszlány ...

The Romantic Tale Of The Chicken Farmer Rock

Feb 16, 2017

Verona might be the birthplace of the most famous love story in literature, but the small village of Newbury, in the state of New Hampshire,...

The Mystery of Carolina Bays

Feb 16, 2017

In the 1930s, when the Atlantic coast was being photographed from airplanes for the first time in history, a curious geological feature came...

The Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou

Feb 15, 2017

The town of Ait-Ben-Haddou, located on the southern slopes of the High Atlas Mountains, is one of the most spectacular manmade sights along ...

The Russian Gangster Cemetery in Yekaterinburg

Feb 14, 2017

The Shirokorechenskoe Cemetery, located on the southwestern outskirts of Yekaterinburg, in Russia, is the final resting place of many famous...

The Waffle Rock

Feb 13, 2017

Just outside the visitor center of Jennings Randolph Lake, in Mineral County, in the US state of West Virginia, is a large piece of rock on ...