Hangar One of Mountain View, California

Oct 13, 2015

One of the most recognizable landmarks of California's Silicon Valley is a huge steel-framed airship hangar, known as Hangar One, that s...

The Kerio Crater Lake in Iceland

Oct 13, 2015

The Kerio Crater Lake (sometimes spelled Kerid) is located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, and is one of the most photogenic volcanic...

The Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls

Oct 13, 2015

The Bridge of Flowers is a flower laden bridge located in the village of Shelburne Falls in Massachusetts, USA. The 400-feet concrete bridge...

The Unusual Border of Märket Island

Oct 12, 2015

Märket is a small 3.3-hectare lump of rock located in the passage joining the Gulf of Bothnia to the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Finland....

Hail Cannon: A Gun That Allegedly Controls Weather

Oct 12, 2015

Ever since men abandoned their nomadic life and started growing their own food, they have been trying to influence the weather. That simply ...

‘Trans Am Totem’ And ‘Spindle’: The Art of Stacking Cars

Oct 10, 2015

At a traffic median in the busy urban intersection of Quebec Street and Milross Avenue, near False Creek, in Vancouver, stands a 10-meters h...

The Tree That Owns Itself

Oct 10, 2015

At the intersection of Dearing Street and Finley Street, in a quiet residential neighborhood near downtown Athens, in the state of Georgia, ...

The Ninety Mile Beach, Australia

Oct 8, 2015

There are a lot of long and straight things in Australia: a 145-km stretch of road without a turning, a 478-km stretch of dead-straight rai...

Timgad: An Ancient Roman City With a Very Modern Grid Design

Oct 8, 2015

The ruins of Timgad lies on the slopes of the Aures Massif, about 35 km east of the town of Batna, in modern-day Algeria. Built nearly 2,000...

Bacterial Art on Petri Dishes

Oct 8, 2015

The American Society for Microbiology launched its first ever Agar Art contest, inviting microbiologists to unleash their hidden creative ge...

Rollstone Boulder: The Rock That Was Exploded in Order to Preserve

Oct 7, 2015

On a traffic island in downtown Fitchburg, Massachusetts, stands a 110-ton granite boulder, known to locals as “the Rollstone Boulder”. The ...

Bodegas Irache’s Wine Fountain

Oct 7, 2015

Bodegas Irache is a winery located in the small Spanish town of Ayegui, at the foot of the Mount Montejurra, only two kilometers from the me...

The Bulford Kiwi

Oct 6, 2015

On the gentle slope of Beacon Hill above the military town of Bulford, close to Salisbury Plain in the English county of Wiltshire, there is...

Progreso Pier, The World’s Longest

Oct 6, 2015

The port city of Progreso, in the Mexican state of Yucatán, boasts of the longest pier in the world. Built with reinforced concrete, the pie...

Sansha: A City That Includes Almost an Entire Ocean

Oct 5, 2015

On July 2012, China announced a new prefecture-level city called Sansha whose seat of administration lies on what it calls Yongxing Island, ...

Ilha da Queimada Grande, The Snake Island

Oct 5, 2015

Ilha da Queimada Grande, nicknamed Snake Island, is a 430,000-square-meter island located about 33 km off the coast of the state of São Paul...

Every Photo From NASA's Apollo Missions Are Now on Flickr

Oct 3, 2015

Surely, you have seen many images from the Apollo missions, including some of the most iconic space photos in history, but you've never ...

The Meenakshi Temple of Madurai, India

Oct 3, 2015

The iconic Meenakshi Temple is located in the ancient city of Madurai in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located in the heart of the 2...

The Rocking Horses of Lincoln

Oct 3, 2015

In the town of Lincoln, in the US state of Massachusetts, off Old Sudbury Road, is a patch of deserted farmland where people keep mysterious...

The Monumental Earthworks of Stan Herd

Oct 2, 2015

Since the late 1970s, American artist Stan Herd has been creating gigantic crop art — portraits and other images he creates by plowing, pla...