Terrifying Glass Skywalk on the Side of Tianmen Mountain

Nov 13, 2011

Jutting out from a sheer cliff 1,430 meters high, the glass skywalk in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park offers sightseers terrifying thrill...

Amazing Street Art at Sarasota Chalk Festival

Nov 12, 2011

The Sarasota Chalk Festival brings in artists from around the world to display their art on the streets of Sarasota, Florida. The festival, ...

Ivanhoe Reservoir Covered With 400,000 Black Plastic Balls

Nov 10, 2011

In 2007, the Department of Water Protection in Los Angeles detected high levels of bromate, a carcinogen that forms when bromide and chlorin...

Strange Airport#2: Kansai International, Japan

Nov 9, 2011

Kansai International Airport is Japan's second most important international airport, located on an artificial island in the middle of Os...

Cricket Fighting Contests in China

Nov 9, 2011

Cricket fighting is a form of amusement popular in many areas in China. It was nurtured by Tang Dynasty emperors more than 1,000 years ago a...

Acrobatic Display of Starling Murmuration

Nov 9, 2011

Every year during autumn, thousands of starlings put on a spectacular dance show just before dusk over the sky in Scotland (and other countr...

Bosco Verticale: World’s First Vertical Forest in Milan

Nov 8, 2011

A fascinating new pair of residential tower called Bosco Verticale is being constructed at Milan, Italy. Designed by architect Stefano Boeri...

North American Wife Carrying Championship

Nov 7, 2011

The North American Wife Carrying Championship is a fun sport in which male competitors race while carrying a female teammate on their backs....

Incredible Light Paintings by Brian Matthew Hart

Nov 7, 2011

Light Painting Photography is becoming more and more popular each day. Also known as light drawing or light graffiti, light painting is a ph...

World's Largest Collection of The World's Smallest Versions of The World's Largest Things

Nov 5, 2011

The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things is a traveling roadside museum out...

UPrinting Giveaway: 3 Sets of Die Cut Business Cards

Nov 4, 2011

This weekend we are organizing a great giveaway for Amusing Planet readers. UPrinting.com has generously agreed to sponsor this event, and t...

Gibraltar, World’s Only Airport Runway Intersecting a Road

Nov 3, 2011

Gibraltar Airport or North Front Airport is a civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, a tiny peninsula wit...

Max de Esteban’s Photos of Deconstructed Gadgets

Nov 3, 2011

At first glance these images look like X-Ray’s, but they are not. Barcelona-based artist Max de Esteban meticulously took apart different ga...

Sunland Baobab - A Bar Inside a Hollowed Out Tree

Nov 2, 2011

Sunland Baobab is a well-known enormous baobab tree in South Africa. It is one of the largest baobabs in South Africa with a circumference ...

Darwin Beer Can Regatta

Nov 2, 2011

The Darwin Beer Can Regatta is an event which has been held annually since 1974 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia at Mindil Beach. Pa...

Beautiful Close-Up Pictures of Animal Eyes by Suren Manvelyan

Nov 1, 2011

Armenian photographer Suren Manvelyan surprised us with his close-up pictures of human eyes revealing unbelievable desert landscape like s...

Maharajas' Express: The Most Expensive Train in India

Oct 31, 2011

Operating since January 2010, Maharajas’ Express is the newest luxury train of Indian Railways and easily one of the most expensive one in ...

Sheep Occupy Madrid Street to Protest Grazing Laws

Oct 31, 2011

Spanish shepherds led flocks of sheep through the streets of downtown Madrid on Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, migration and droving ...

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park: The Flooded Desert

Oct 31, 2011

The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park located in Maranhão state, in northeastern Brazil, is one of the most marvelous and unique places in t...

Street Food Vendors From Around the World

Oct 29, 2011

In general understanding, street food is a quick meal or drink sold in a street or other public place, such as a market or fair, by a vendor...