These 6 Abandoned Places Will Haunt Your Dreams. From New York to Namibia, some of the most beautiful places in the world are in its forgotten corners. 1. IM Cooling Tower, Belgium Once used to cool chemical waste before transmitting it to the atmosphere, the tower has been out of commission since 2006. Industrious photographers and adventurous tourists are taking advantage of the stunning sites. 2. The City of Kolmanskop, Namibia Located in the Namibian desert, Kolmanskop is a reminder of the diamond-boom that engulfed Namibia in the early 1900s. An empty ghost town, the desert sands and winds started to take back the city: rendering it spooky, decrepit and kind of beautiful. 3. What to do with a wrecked coal ship? 4. Pripyat was the city that once housed the employees of The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and their families. On April 26, 1986, an explosion rocked Chernobyl and all residents were forced to evacuate. 5. 6.
The 1 Weirdest Thing You Never Knew About Your Home State. Your home state is special. Forget "the Great State of... " nonsense. Your home state is weird, maybe even weirder than you realize. For all the proud historical landmarks achieved by your state's leaders, there are countless bizarre moments of which you can be equally proud. Become a hometown hero and master your state's most random piece of trivia below. Alabama There's a store that sells unclaimed baggage from airports. The Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro buys luggage that has never been claimed from airports and then sells the found items to new owners.
Image: Facebook of Unclaimed Baggage Center Alaska A clever jokester once burned tires inside a dormant volcano to make it seem active on April 1st. On April 1, 1974, Oliver Bickar climbed into Mt. Image: WikiCommons Arizona The U.S. Residents of Supai and Phantom Town receive mail by mule trains, as the terrain is too tricky for motorized vehicles. Image: WikiCommons Arkansas A school for the deaf has a "leopard" for a mascot. California. 41 Things You Need To Know Right Now, For No Reason In Particular. LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just how big is a Minecraft world? Big, as it turns out. Sometimes I worry that we don’t unsheathe some of the really big numbers nearly often enough to justify their existence, so it’s nice that Mojang consistently deal in ten consecutive digits or more.
Two hundred sixty-two quadrillion, one hundred and forty-four trillion. That’s the number of block-spaces you’ll find in a fully-explored Minecraft world. More or less infinite, is the point. Cor, isn't it nice to be free of that nagging doubt that you might one day stumble face-first off the edge of existence and roll down the gargantuan shell of a space-turtle? I’ll refer you to FriskyShotgun on the Minecraft subreddit, who’s created an infographic for the dual purposes of maths-checking and inspiring awe. The Scale of the Universe 2. 44 Unique And Useful Websites That Will Change Your Life. MuyInteresante.es. Innovacion, Tecno, Ciencia, Historia, Naturaleza, Salud. 29 Most Eerie Photos of The Abandoned and Bankrupt City of Detroit.
For decades Detroit stood as a testament to the might of American manufacturing and industry. The auto industry thrived in the city and the city thrived around it. Over time, the decay of the American automotive industry and outsourcing to foreign factories caused this once thriving city into decline. Now, the city sits in bankruptcy, properties falling into ruins and decay. The abandoned places of Detroit explored and photographed by Yves Manchand and Romain Meffre of Paris show the grandeur of the history of Detroit and at the same time expose the horror of the city’s financial disaster.
One of the most stunning photographs captured by this pair of urban explorers is in the vault of a failed Detroit bank. Via Marchand Meffre. Abandoned & Forgotten Monuments from the Former Yugoslavia. Jan Kempenaers journeyed throughout the region stepping into Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and other territories from the former republic. Hidden in these countries are a numerous large monuments that were built to honor the end of World War II and were major tourist attractions.
Since the breakup of the republic and the bloody civil wars that rocked the region the monuments have gone unnoticed, unremembered, and ignored. Jan Kempenaers took his camera and captured the grandeur of the monuments to remind the world of their beauty and to try to rekindle the stories hidden behind each monument, which have faded from our minds. It is both Jan and our hopes that as the world remembers these treasures the renewed interest helps preserve their beauty and bring their stories of hope and wishes of peace back to the forefront. Via Jan Kempenaers. Old Finnish People With Things On Their Heads | Lara Sanchez.
Almost a year ago I discovered this photo series at Kiasma – The Museum of Modern Art in Helsinki, Finland. Photographers, Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen came up with something truly peculiar and special, in their photo series Eyes As Big As Plates. Their subjects are old, super serious and Finnish, all while wearing ridiculous “organic” head pieces and attire…need I say more? Images via VisualNews and Riitta Ikonen.
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