The Catacombs of Odessa
Underneath the city of Odessa, in Ukraine, is an extensive network of tunnels believed to be the largest catacomb system in the world. Large...
Underneath the city of Odessa, in Ukraine, is an extensive network of tunnels believed to be the largest catacomb system in the world. Large...
On the night of December 27, 1972, a US bomber B-52 was knocked out of the sky during a bombing raid on Hanoi, Vietnam. A part of the wrecka...
During the winter months, Venice suffers from bouts of periodic flooding, known as acqua alta , caused by exceptionally high tides that occu...
Some Native American cultures built large stone circles by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground. They are known as “medicine ...
The landscape around Kansai, in southern-central Japan, especially around Osaka and Nara, is dotted by curious keyhole-shaped mounds surroun...
The Bay of Fires, on the northeastern coast of Tasmania in Australia, is a large bay that extends for about 30 km from Binalong Bay in the s...
In 1954, the United States and Canada jointly embarked on a massive engineering project that involved the creation of a 600-km-long navigabl...
In a secluded spot near the Old English Garden, in London’s Battersea Park, is a small bronze statue of a terrier. The statue was erected in...
The ancient city of Petra, located in the heart of the mountainous desert of southern Jordan, had different approaches in the past. One poss...
When the Second World broke out in Europe, and London became the prime bombing target, people began to pour into the platforms of the London...
South of San Francisco, near Daly City, lies the small town of Colma where the dead outnumbers the living by a thousand to one. It’s less th...
Submerged in the waters of an artificial lake, in the “pink city” of Jaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, India, is the beautiful marbled pala...
At the southwest corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue, in front of the entrance to the Village Cigars store, there's a small ...
Restoring an ancient monument is a delicate business. Do you shore up an existing wall, or redo it completely in modern concrete? When the c...
Moored at Bataviawerf, in Lelystad, in the Netherlands, is an authentic replica of a 17th-century ship named Batavia that once belonged to t...
The Hejaz railway that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, was one of the principal railroads of the Otto...
Google Maps and GPS tracking apps are of great assistance when hiking in the wild, but they still fall short when it comes to identifying di...
About four miles east of Coudersport, in the town of Sweden, in Potter County, Pennsylvania, lies the most puzzling geological anomaly. It’s...
Most eucalyptus trees are moderately-sized but come to their native land, Australia, and you will be surprised at how tall these trees can g...
From the archives of Amusing Planet. World’s Highest Tennis Court at Burj Al Arab The world’s highest tennis court stands atop the fourth ...