14 haunting images that show the emptiness of Britain's only desert
Many people will be surprised to hear that England has a desert. Located on the southeastern coast of Kent, Dungeness is a somewhat desolate landscape that is home to two nuclear power stations and a...
View ArticleA self-made billionaire came up with these wacky concept buildings —...
Vasily Klyukin has been described as a "Russian-born Tony Stark." The self-made billionaire earned his riches in banking and real estate before dabbling in science fiction and architecture. In 2015, he...
View Article17 photos that show what the radioactive area around Chernobyl looks like...
On April 26, 1986, a radioactive release 10 times bigger than the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power station inside the then Soviet Union. It would go down in history as...
View ArticleGo inside a bizarre 'Wizard of Oz'-themed amusement park that has stood empty...
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View ArticleHow the 'Rich Kids of Instagram' spent their spring break
The "Rich Kids of Instagram", wealthy young adults whose extravagant lifestyles are curated on the three-year-old Tumblr and Instagram account of the same name, may have outdone themselves over spring...
View Article50 amazing new public-space transformations captured by Google Street View
A parking lot becomes a park. A crosswalk gets the cobblestone treatment, and a sidewalk stretches just a few yards.In the life of a pedestrian, these changes — big and small — make all the...
View ArticleMesmerizing photographs of China's crushing overpopulation
China has the largest population in the world, with a shocking number of 1.3 billion people and growing by the minute. The overpopulation was such a problem that in 1980 it made the one-child policy,...
View ArticleWe tried the wildly popular better burger chain founded by the genius...
The vibrant fast-casual better-burger sector is alive and well, with more and more chains offering their twist on the classic burger.A few big names manage to stand out among the fray: Shake Shack,...
View ArticleThis Eastern European country technically doesn't exist — but it's home to...
Transnistria, a 125-mile-long territory on the border of Moldova and Ukraine, is home to a half-million people. It has its own military, police, parliament, and postal system — and yet, you can't find...
View ArticleThe world in photos this week
A selection of photos from some of this week's biggest news that you might have missed.Daniil Kvyat of Russia drives the (26) Red Bull Racing Red Bull-TAG Heuer RB12 TAG Heuer on track during practice...
View ArticleEverything you need to know to buy and smoke a high-quality cigar like a pro
Once a mark of status akin to the shoes you wore or the watch on your wrist, cigars today are — for most of us — more a hobby than a lifestyle. You've probably smoked one at special events or...
View Article25 incredible pictures of Dubai from above
Dubai spares no expense when making its cityscape the most jaw-dropping in the world.In the 2000s, the emirate dropped nearly $600 billion into constructing the world's tallest tower, the biggest...
View Article19 images showing the brutal training for China's paramilitary police
China's paramilitary police training is seriously intense. The Chinese Paramilitary Forces are made up of three main parts — the People's Armed Police (PAP), the People's Liberation Army (PLA), and the...
View ArticleAn abandoned Washington, DC subway tunnel is being filled with 650,000...
An unused, underground trolley station is getting a makeover of epic proportions. The Dupont Underground in Washington, DC, will soon be filled to the brim with 650,000 translucent, plastic balls. It...
View ArticleThis failed $5.3 billion nuclear power plant in Germany is now an amusement...
The SNR-300 was supposed to be Germany's first fast breeder nuclear reactor when construction began in 1972. The reactor was made to use plutonium as fuel, and it would output 327 megawatts of...
View ArticleMeet the Yankees' fans who came out in 30-degree weather to celebrate MLB's...
The New York Yankees were scheduled to have their Opening Day on Monday against the Houston Astros, but it was postponed to Tuesday, due to inclement weather. The weather for the postponed game was...
View ArticleThis photographer captures images of the real food people eat around the...
Photos of food are now everywhere, thanks in part to the rise of wacky food trends and Instagram. But if your Instagram feed is filled with food photography, you might unknowingly be experiencing...
View ArticleKids in this kindergarten play on fake mountains and life-size chessboards
Liceo Europa is a kindergarten in Zaragoza, Spain, that completely reimagines the traditional classroom. Instead of sitting at desks facing a chalkboard, kids climb custom-built landscapes that...
View ArticleA daredevil photographer shares how he got more than 666,000 Instagram...
Photographer Timothy McGurr, who goes by the moniker 13th Witness online, isn't your average daredevil Instagrammer. He doesn't like being pigeonholed as any one type of photographer — and don't even...
View Article11 eerie photos of abandoned places around the world — including prisons,...
What author Richard Happer loves most about abandoned places is that they're everywhere you look — if you look hard enough."There are so many of them, right on the doorstep of our everyday worlds,"...
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