Space Shuttle Concept Art of the 1960s and 1970s ~ KuriositasThe idea of a spacecraft returning from space to a horizontal landing had been
around for decades before the first operational space shuttle ...
Amazing Aerial Tramways of the World ~ KuriositasThe tramway itself goes from 1640 meters to 4765 meters and that makes it both
the highest and longest tourist aerial tramway in the world . The views from the ...
The Strange History of the Sunflower ~ KuriositasYou may not think that there is much to know about the sunflower . After all, the
plant is virtually everywhere. Yet it has something more than a simple, ...
The Tallest Statues of Jesus Christ in the World ~ KuriositasIt is one of the most significant religious memorials in the country and sits at the
geographical center of Mexico . There had been a smaller statue ...
Love Valley – Seeing is Believing ~ KuriositasLove Valley in Cappadocia , Turkey certainly has a claim to fame – a very large
one. Rather euphemistically named, the valley is home to rock ...
The Extraordinary Anti-Nazi Photomontages of John Heartfield John Heartfield . ... The weight of the Nazi flag at the top is just too much for the
house of cards to stand and it is seen just before it collapses.
Prague Astrological Clock Tower - Video Mapping 600 Years of But what is video projection mapping ? Put simply it is an exhilarating innovative
projection system with the ability to turn nearly any exterior ...
Merlin's Camelot - Château de Pierrefonds ~ KuriositasSituated North of Paris near the Forest of Compiègne, Château de Pierrefonds
makes the perfect setting for the Camelot of the Arthurian legend re-imagined for
...
Las Lajas Sanctuary: The South American Church that Looks Like a If you take the immediate exterior of the Las Lajas Sanctuary in Colombia it
doesn't look too much like an atypical South American Catholic ...
Kelimutu – Indonesia's Tri- Colored Lakes ~ KuriositasThey are located on the same volcanic peak yet each of the three crater lakes
atop Kelimutu in Indonesia is a markedly different color . It is the ...
The Swimming Pool that Turned into a Museum ~ KuriositasThe old swimming pool in the small town of Roubaix had been closed in ... pool
just happened to be a stunningly beautiful example of Art Deco architecture.
The Supertrees of Singapore ~ KuriositasThey look like a set from a forthcoming science fiction movie but these supertrees
in Singapore are very much of this world. A collection of ...
A Bridge Too Far ~ KuriositasThere was an overnight bridge demolition between the towns of Darlington and
Dishforth but the road had to be reopened in time for the ...
Love Valley . ... In this environment these huge phallic natural structures seems
like some sort of ancient homage to male fertility. However, they ...
Meenakshi Amman Temple – India's Dazzling Shrine Saturated with Unusually for a major Hindu temple , the Meenakshi Amman is dedicated to a
female deity rather than a male. Meenakashi was an avatar of ...
Bennett School for Girls : College which Taught America's Privileged Generations of well-heeled girls received their junior college ... eerie pictures ,
one can almost hear the echoes of girls ' laughter on the stairwell.
The Madness of Messerschmidt ~ KuriositasIt is the work of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt a German-Austrian sculptor who was
born in 1736 and who is most famous for his fixation with and ...
Salar de Uyuni - A Spectacular Sea of Salt ~ KuriositasThe world's largest salt flats, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia , is an ... salt flats in the
world at three thousand seven hundred meters above sea level.
Banksy Gives Occupy London Demonstrators a Giant Monopoly You might say that protesting as a full time occupation might be exciting. Yet
there is a limit to how much protesting you can actually do in a day ...
Here Comes The Mirror Man ~ KuriositasThe views from the Observatory of downtown Los Angeles and the Los ...
Possibly that is the reason why the Mirror Man climbed the slopes of ...
The Richat Structure – Earth's Bull's- Eye ~ KuriositasImagine if you were an alien species intent on conquering the earth by force.
Now, you might just
The Avenue Toward Heaven – China's Scariest Road ~ KuriositasIf there was a list of such roads then the Avenue Towards Heaven (also known as
the Big Gate Road ) in Tianmenshan, in the Hunan province ...
Astronomical Clocks – Literally and Metaphorically ~ KuriositasA slightly later example of the astronomical clock can be found in Lund Cathedral
in Sweden. It is generally thought that the clock here was ...
Bennett School for Girls : College which Taught ... - KuriositasThe founders of the Bennett School for Girls were decidedly aspirational.
Founded in 1890 it was soon attracting the daughters of a number of ...
The Highway that Goes Through a Building ~ KuriositasThe name of the highway we have already had – the name of the office block is
the slightly less exhausting Gate Tower Building . Believe it or ...
Art Forms of Nature – The Ernst Haeckel Collection ~ KuriositasErnst Haeckel – philosopher, professor, physician, naturalist, biologist and artist.
The pinnacle of his work – Art Forms of Nature - began ...
Wieliczka Salt Mine – An Astounding Subterranean Salt Cathedral From the outside, Wieliczka Salt Mine doesn't look extraordinary. It looks
extremely well kept for a place that hasn't minded any salt for over ten ...
Animated History of Poland - from Expo 2010 - IN FULL ~ KuriositasThe Polish Pavilion at Expo 2010 quickly drew crowds to see this amazing eight
minute animation of the entire history of Poland as a country. For those of us ...
Las Pozas – Surreal Eden of the Jungle ~ KuriositasIf you wander away from the town of Xilitla in Mexico and enter the tropical rain ...
You have just discovered Las Pozas (The Pools in English).
Digital Orca by Douglas Coupland ~ KuriositasDouglas Coupland, most famous for his novel Generation X has created this
amazing Digital Orca sculpture , now in place in Vancouver Harbor.
Banpo – The World's Longest Double Decker Fountain Bridge The South Korean capital of Seoul is a mega city with over ten million inhabitants.
As such, space for infrastructure is at a premium so when the ...
QR Code Cupcakes That Work ~ KuriositasMontreal based clevercupcakes have come up with a blinder this time - cupcakes
with a QR Code on top! OK, so far so almost cool but the ...
The Human Towers of the Castellers ~ KuriositasOnce this is done, the enxaneta can climb down – the other castellers then follow
in order until all of them have reached the safety of the ground ...
Jodhpur - India's Blue City ~ KuriositasWhy the population of the fortress city – the Blue City as it is universally known –
took to painting their houses in various shades of blue is not ...
Nicholas Was... by Neil Gaiman - Animated Version ~ KuriositasIf you haven't been looking forward to Christmas and you think you are going to
have a terrible time then spare a thought for Saint Nicholas . Father Christmas ...
The Most Dangerous Bird in the World ~ KuriositasThe southern cassowary is the most dangerous bird in the world – and you can
learn more about it over at our sibling site, the Ark in Space.
Under the Electron Microscope ~ KuriositasIt may be hard to believe but the first electron microscope was developed by
German physicist Hans Busch in 1926 with a prototype built by ...
The Kennecott Mines : Abandoned Alaskan Boomtown ~ KuriositasAbandoned Copper Mine Alaska. ... Unlike many other abandoned sites, the
Kennecott Mines have been designated a National Historic ...
Lençóis Maranhenses - Brazil's Lagoons Among The Dunes When you first see it, Lençóis Maranhenses in northeastern Brazil appears much
like a typical desert: sand – and lots of it. Yet closer inspection ...
That Walter White Mask Sells on Ebay for $41,400 ~ KuriositasLittle wonder then that artist Landon Meier took advantage of the situation ... The
winner of the auction (known under ebay privacy restrictions ...
The Rainbow Eucalyptus ~ KuriositasHowever the Rainbow Eucalyptus (or Eucalyptus deglupta to give it its Latin
name) comes in ... Image Credit Flickr User Carvalho. Even stranger, for a tree
not widely seen or known, it is the only eucalyptus species that is ...
Kuriositas 10 Amazing Places to Visit in India that Aren't the Taj MahalIf you are visiting India as a tourist then the likelihood is that at some point during
your stay you will find yourself at the Taj Mahal. This glorious ...
The Monument to African Renaissance – Magnificent Symbol or At one hundred and fifty meters in height the Monument to African Renaissance
dominates the skyline of the Senegalese capital of Dakar.
The Mysterious Moeraki Boulders ~ KuriositasOr are they the egg shells of sea-born dragons? The Moeraki boulders present
us with a mystery – what are they and how on earth did they get ...
The Pont du Gard Aqueduct Bridge – Masterpiece of Ancient The Pont du Gard crosses the Gard river in Southern France . Altogether the
aqueduct is over fifty kilometers in length and connects the towns of ...
Japan – The Land of Vending Machines ~ KuriositasYet where most countries have vending machines for a limited range of goods
the Japanese have taken it to extremes. Japan truly is the ...
The Richat Structure in Mauritania provides the perfect target towards which you
can aim ... It is also occasionally called the Eye of Africa – and you can see why.
Mahatma Gandhi's 'Dear Friend' Letter to Adolf Hitler ~ KuriositasIt could also be a surprise to see Gandhi addressing Hitler as friend. It was
common practice among Indians at the time to address people they ...
The Tufa Towers of Mono Lake ~ KuriositasThe tufa rock formations became visible. This is a sedimentary rock that is formed
by carbonate materials. Once underwater the tufa became a land bridge for ...
Kite Aerial Photography : Seeing the World from New Heights Although it is not quite as simple as attaching your camera to a kite and hoisting it
skywards, Kite Aerial Photography (we will call it KAP from ...
The Amazing 3D Chalk Street Paintings of Tracy Lee Stum ~ KuriositasTracy Lee Stum (left) is one of the foremost 3D street artists in the world. ...
Perhaps an exaggeration but Tracy started to depict, portray and ...
Although the Pont du Gard is no longer a functioning aqueduct bridge, the very
fact that it isclose to two thousand years old and still standing is ...
Haw Par Villa – Unusual Singapore Theme Park ~ KuriositasIn 1937 two brothers from Singapore had a dream – they wanted to help people
to learn, remember and pass on traditional Chinese values as ...
Atchafalaya – the Biggest Swamp in the States ~ KuriositasWhen exactly the swamp got its name is unknown, though it means long .... I sure
do miss louisiana, and thi beautiful atchafalaya swamp on ...
Platycerium - A Pretty Peculiar Plant ~ KuriositasPlatycerium – even the name sounds odd. Mostly referred to as Staghorn or
Elkhorn ferns, this genus of fern is, to say the very least, unusual ...
The world's largest salt flats, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia , is an other-worldly
experience that has to be seen to be believed. Join us on a trip to one ...
The world's largest salt flats, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, is an other-worldly
experience that has to be seen to be believed. Join us on a trip to one ...
Slime Mold - Alien Landscapes On Earth ~ KuriositasSlime Mold . ... there is more to it than meets the eye – particularly if you are lucky
enough to see Kim Fleming's remarkable macrophotography .
Cruise Ship Towel Animals take to the High Seas ~ KuriositasIf the sights and sounds of a cruise are not enough, many ships have special
classes which teach people how to make a towel animal . Take a ...
Floris Genérica- The Big Metal Flower of Buenos Aires ~ KuriositasIf you are a citizen of Buenos Aires you have probably been asked directions to
the big metal flower , which to a citizen of that city is somewhat ...
The California Poppy Reserve : A Sea of Orange Happiness Image Credit Flickr User Quadel. The blooming is intense to say the very least:
the reserve harbors the most consistent blossoming of California ...
The Ajanta Caves – Ancient Temples Carved from Rock ~ KuriositasThey Ajanta caves lay undisturbed for hundreds of years. Then, in April 1819,
during the time of the British Raj, an officer with the unassuming ...
Famous Scientists As Children ~ KuriositasHere are pictures of famous scientists when they were very young . See how
many you can recognize if not from their photograph (or painting) ...
Center Pivot Irrigation Explained ~ KuriositasWelcome to the world of center pivot irrigation . ... As the name suggests, this is a
method of irrigation, but it is one which, after the initial setup, ...
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation ~ KuriositasOpen to the public only one day a year, the Garden of Cosmic Speculation takes
science and maths as its inspiration. Quite simply, there isn't ...
United Buddy Bears Take Rio de Janeiro By Storm ~ KuriositasOrganized by the German Consulate in Rio, the buddy bears promote living
together in peace and harmony on their global tour – their paws ...
Namaqualand – South Africa's Daisy Sensation ~ KuriositasNamaqualand is dry for most of the year, an arid almost desert landscape which
extends along South Africa's western coast for 600 miles.
Kumbhalgarh – The Great Wall of India ~ KuriositasSome call it by the name of the fort it surrounds – Kumbhalgarh . ... Situated in the
state of Rajasthan in the west of India, work was begun by the ...
