China’s Waterfall Skyscraper

Jul 26, 2018

In a country where new buildings rise up every single day, it’s a challenge for architects to come up with original designs that stand out a...

Trona Pinnacles

Jul 25, 2018

This unique geological feature, called Trona Pinnacles, are located about 10 miles south of the mining community of Trona, in California’s d...

Demonstration of a Cantilever Bridge

Jul 25, 2018

A cantilever bridge is a bridge whose main elements are cantilevers—structures that are anchored at only one end while the other end floats ...

The Domes of Fabedougou

Jul 24, 2018

These weathered rocks in the village of Fabedougou, near Banfora, in south-western Burkina Faso resemble the sandstone towers of Bungle Bung...

Cropmarks: How Dry Weather Can Reveal Hidden Archaeological Sites

Jul 24, 2018

Across Europe, and the world at large, there are a large number of archeological sites yet to be discovered. Many of these ancient settlemen...

Battle of Kohima: The Greatest World War Two Battle Everyone Forgot

Jul 23, 2018

Perched on top of a mountain ridge, some 5,000 feet up in the remote hilly terrain of northeast India, lies the town of Kohima, in what is n...

Morwellham Quay: A Historic Copper Port

Jul 21, 2018

Just four miles to the southwest of Tavistock, in Devon, England, “bordering the beautiful River Tamar, amidst towering cliffs and gently ro...

Tower of The Winds: The World’s First Weather Station

Jul 20, 2018

The Tower of the Winds, or the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes, is an elegant octagonal marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens. It is...

The Story Behind Sydney’s ‘Eternity’ Graffiti

Jul 20, 2018

For over twenty five years, from 1930 to 1956, the people of Sydney woke up each day to a one-word sermon—”Eternity”—handwritten in yellow c...

Before The Internet, What People Asked New York Public Library's Librarians?

Jul 19, 2018

Before there was the Internet and Google, the only way to find answers to a pressing question was to visit the local library and ask the all...