After writing the 10 most amazing engineering achievements list, it’s time for the less pleasant list of engineering disasters. We all make mistakes, and engineers aren’t an exception. But engineering mistakes can cause unforgettable disasters that will forever echo in the minds of those who witnessed them, and their causes will be...
Before you is a list of 10 beautiful libraries with outstanding interior design. Some of these libraries are centuries old and hold large collections of books that some are well over a thousand years old! Some of the libraries we mentioned here are national libraries while others are libraries of an abbey, but all of them are well kept and...
Mankind has achieved remarkable engineering accomplishments that can be seen all around the world. We gathered together a diverse list of 10 such achievements, from incredible technology achievements, to incredible man-made structures, from recent history to accomplishments thousands of years old, that show that when people work together to...
A slot canyon is a naturally formed narrow canyon, often not wider than the average arm length. The canyon walls are very high and appear to be a “slit” in the rock formation around them. These natural wonders are found all over the world, but most frequently in places that get very little rainfall. 1. Antelope Canyon, Arizona...
Ancient cave paintings tell us some of what it was like for the people that thousands and thousands of years ago. These paintings can be found in countries all around the world, and the one thing they all have in common is their depictions of the animal life that existed during the time. Many of the cave paintings are so detailed and well...
A lost city is a city that became uninhabited and its location has been forgotten. The search for such lost cities fascinated explorers and adventurers since the 15th century and led to the development of archaeology! A lost city should not be confused with ghost towns – cities that were recently abandoned due to different circumstances and...
We define a city as bike friendly if the city offer bikers designated roads and bike racks well as an affordable and wide-spread rent service where every resident or tourist can rent a bike in one location and return them in another location, making the bicycles a true means of public transportation. A bike friendly city is also a city where a...
Except for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers that share the Staples Center arena in LA, each of the other 28 NBA teams have their own arena. The spectators capacity of each of those 29 arenas is similar and ranging from about 17,000 to 23,000. Before you is a list of the 10 arenas with the largest capacity (including standing...
We composed a list of beautiful sea stacks from around the world. But what are sea-stacks, exactly? A stack or a sea stack is a geological form consisting of a steep and often vertical column of rock in the sea, near the shores. These magnificent rock formations often appear in groups. Sea stacks are formed over long periods of time by erosion of...
Before you is a list of 10 self-portrait by world famous painters. Some of those artists painted many self-portraits, like Rembrandt and van Gogh, while others almost didn’t paint themselves at all, and even the paintings shown here are without complete certainty that they are in fact self-portraits. 1. Leonardo da Vinci –...
