Checkerboard Forest
If you pull up Google Maps and look at the forested areas of Western United States, you’ll notice strange checkerboard patterns, like the on...
If you pull up Google Maps and look at the forested areas of Western United States, you’ll notice strange checkerboard patterns, like the on...
In a remote sheltered harbor guarded by two precipitous headlands, in the North of Scotland, dozens of oil rigs are sitting idle, some for m...
Once upon a time, in the waters not far off the coast of Sicily, there was an island called Ferdinandea. It was located right where the Medi...
In the heart of Siberia’s boreal forest, a massive crater the locals call the “gateway to the underworld” has been growing for the last fift...
From the archives of Amusing Planet. Parting of the Sea in Jindo The Jindo county is an archipelago of 250 islands, of which Jindo Island ...
That little bump ahead, just beyond the fork in the road, is the world’s smallest registered mountain. Located in Australia’s low-lying Terr...
A source of confusion among many first time visitors to the US state of Utah are the bars. Like any regular bar, there are stools lining the...
These tall chimneys billowing thick, toxic smoke stand on the banks of the Saint Clair River, on the outskirts of the Canadian city of Sarni...
A bridge of concrete and steel that floats may seem highly unusual, if not impossible, but there are twenty such bridges around the world, f...
The rocket holds a special place in history. It’s an icon of technological progress that’s both revered and feared at the same time. During ...