This is about as strange as it gets. In a quaint public park in Lintz, Austria, three drain pipes have been transformed into mini hotel rooms. Christened the Das Park Hotel, each room comes with a double bed, a bed light, linens and a side table .The guests can pay what they feel a stay […]
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Museum of Modern Art
Posted in Art, Design, Images, Photography, Society, Travel, World on May 7th, 2008
The Museum of Modern Art is a world class museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York, USA. It has single-handedly spurred the development of modernist art and is widely considered be one of the most influential museums of modern art since its inception in 1929. MoMA was the first ever museum to admit […]
World’s Tallest Buildings
Posted in Art, Design, Images, News, Photography, Society, Travel, World on May 1st, 2008
Which are the world’s tallest buildings? It depends on what you are measuring. The debate continues as to what parts of buildings are deserving of recognition when measuring a buildings height. Should flagpoles, spires, and antennas be included in the total height measurement? Technically speaking, communications towers, observation decks and towers, […]
Haunted Lighthouses
Posted in Images, Photography, Travel, World on Apr 15th, 2008
Fuel for ghostly stories, and spooky tales, the isolation and darkness associated with life in a lighthouse is a prime reason for these desolate places are the birthplace of some very interesting, if not dark, stories. Many legends about lighthouse keepers and their families along with tales of a supernatural nature have developed over […]
Strange Boat Designs
Posted in Art, Design, Images, News, Science, Society, Travel, technology on Apr 12th, 2008
There existed many a historical design, which deserved to be constructed today, and many of which would form the basis of new designs. We are sadly mistaken if we believe that 20th Century boat design is a steady evolution from primitive older boats to modern sophisticated boats. Sure there have been some real concrete developments […]