The Nazca Lines Of America - Blythe Intaglios

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About 15 miles north of Blythe, just west of U.S. Highway 95 near the Colorado River, the Blythe Intaglios (or Blythe Geoglyphs) decorate the desert floor. These six enormous ground designs, in three locations, remain one of the enduring historic mysteries of the United States. They represent a human figure at each location and animal figures depicting serpents and quadrupeds at the other two sites. No one knows precisely who created them or when. 

13 Cool Hotels Converted From Different Structures

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Regular hotels may make for comfortable homes away from home, but they can be boring and bland and even similar to one another - wherever you go to stay. 
However, for the more adventurous vacationer, there are plenty of options that offer something completely different while still retaining all the modern amenities of a conventional hotel.

80 million year old Resavska Pecina Cave

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The Resavska Pećina cave is in eastern Serbia, in the region of Gornja Resava, 20 km from the town of Despotovac. It is one of the oldest caves in Serbia, some 80 million years old, with some of the older formations dating back around 45 million years.

Top Ten Podcast Sites For Promoting Your Content And Getting Links

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If you're interested in promoting your website through podcast sites then this list is for you. Promote your podcast on 4-5 popular podcast sites and gain a readership

What does your eye color say about you?

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They say that your eyes are the window to your soul - look into them and your true character will come tumbling out. It's true that you can tell a lot about someone from their eyes. What does your eye color say about you?

A wormhole - what is it?

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Wormholes (also known as an Einstein-Rosen bridge) are predicted by the theory of general relativity and is in fact a theoretical method of folding space and time so that you could connect two places in space together.. But be wary: wormholes bring with them the dangers of sudden collapse, high radiation and dangerous contact with exotic matter. What exactly is a wormhole?

The World's Darkest Material - Vantablack

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Vantablack®, made by the British company Surrey NanoSystems, is a super-black coating that holds the world record as the darkest man-made substance, absorbing all but 0.035% of visual light.

Mo'ynoq - the city of the beached ships

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What happened to the sea that Mo'ynoq stood on is considered one of the most severe anthropogenic ecological disasters of all time. Once a thriving port city with lots of happy citizens, Mo'ynoq is now considered one of the creepiest places on Earth.

47 Alternatives To Wikipedia

Wikipedia is perhaps the most popular reference site online, with millions of high quality articles available on virtually any topic. However, there are limits to what Wikipedia can offer. Here are 47 Wikipedia alternatives you can use to find information, research a paper, get quick answers, and much more.

The effects of high cholesterol on the body

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Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in your blood and in your cells. Your liver makes most of the cholesterol in your body. The rest comes from foods you eat. Cholesterol travels in your blood bundled up in packets called lipoproteins.

Walk Above The Trees On A Canopy Walkway In Cape Town

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Set against the eastern slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch is the first botanic garden in the world to be included within a natural World Heritage Site. Established in 1913 the 36 hectare garden is part of a larger 528 hectare nature reserve. The Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway is a new curved steel and timber bridge that winds and dips its way through and over the trees of the Arboretum.

12 Unintentional Ways We Could Destroy our Solar System

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We humans are doing a bang-up job of messing up our home planet. But who’s to say we can’t go on to screw things up elsewhere? Here, not listed in any particular order, are 12 unintentional ways we could do some serious damage to our Solar System, too.

A Retail Shop of Lost Baggage

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What happens to lost airline luggage? It lands up in Scottsboro Alabama, USA at the Unclaimed Baggage Center. This shop started in 1970, when H. Doyle Owens (an insurance salesman) borrowed $300 and bought a hundred or so bags left on Greyhound buses.

A cave so large - trees grow within it

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Son Doong Cave is located in the heart of the Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province of Central Vietnam. Only recently explored in 2009-2010, Son Doong Cave has only been open to the public since 2013.

Entomophagy - eating insects as a food source

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Entomophagy is the practice of eating insects as food. Already people in some parts of the world consider insects a tasty delicacy. Some 2,000 edible species are known to exist, and are eaten by an estimated quarter of the world’s population. It is common in cultures of North, Central and South America; and Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. 

The world's coolest marathon

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The Polar Circle Marathon is a standard 42 km marathon. This marathon is over the ice covered mountainous terrain of the polar circle with temperatures dipping down to -10 degrees Celsius (and that's in the autumn, when the race takes place).

The southernmost British post office - Port Lockroy, Antarctica

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Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on the Antarctic Peninsula of the British Antarctic Territory. Originally discovered in 1903 by a French Antarctic expedition, the port was named 'Port LaCroix' after Edouard LaCroix who helped finance the expedition.

The $1 billion mansion in Mumbai

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This mansion, named Anitlla, is 27 stories high, contains a health club with a gym and dance studio, at least one studio, a ballroom, guestrooms and a range of lounges and a 50 seater cinema. All of this for a family of five. Of course, there are 600 servants to pamper them.

Vdara hotel 'death ray' claiming victims in the Las Vegas Strip

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The tall, curving Vdara Hotel at CityCenter in Las Vegas is beautiful.  However, the south-facing tower is turning out to be problem for visitors at the hotel’s swimming pool. The curved mirrored surface of the hotel acts as a massive parabolic mirror that concentrates solar heat into a specific target area. 

Meanest and largest digging machine in the world.

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The Excavator 288, also known as the Bagger 288, is the largest digger machine in the world. Built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, it is the largest tracked vehicle in the world at 13,500 tons. Construction was completed in 1978