
This cave under The Chihuahua Desert in Mexico is actually a working mine that is known for its amazing crystals. The name of the cave is Naica Mine, is located 1000ft under ground, and it was discovered by two miners that was also brothers when they were drilling into the Naica lead. The chamber of [...]
New York City – the city of skyscrapers and never-ending possibilities., one of the most important and most popular cities in the world. Here are some old historic pictures of New York from the first half of the 20th century. The photos are really beautiful and you will almost feel that you are a part [...]
We have all seen glowing stars on the sky at night, but what about seeing stars under the ground? You get the chance to do that in the Waitomo Glowworm Cave on the North Island of New Zealand. Of course the “stars” are not real; they are glowing worms that is hanging from the ceilings [...]
Before Nintendo, Playstation and X-box existed, children, especially boys, were playing with construction toys. Some of them that were the most popular are The Erector Set (change the name to Meccano) that was first produced in 1913. The toy had a whole collection of screws, bolts, metal beams, nuts, gears, and even electric motors. Other [...]
Today almost no one gets impressed by photomontages, and we can all thank Photoshop for that. A lot of people can already use that photo program and it is just not so shocking to see a montage anymore unless it looks super realistic. But something that is impressing are these photomontages were made and published [...]
Posted on 02 September 2010
This cave under The Chihuahua Desert in Mexico is actually a working mine that is known for its amazing crystals. The name of the cave is Naica Mine, is located 1000ft under ground, and it was discovered by two miners that was also brothers when they were drilling into the Naica lead. The chamber of [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 01 September 2010
New York City – the city of skyscrapers and never-ending possibilities., one of the most important and most popular cities in the world. Here are some old historic pictures of New York from the first half of the 20th century. The photos are really beautiful and you will almost feel that you are a part [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 01 September 2010
We have all seen glowing stars on the sky at night, but what about seeing stars under the ground? You get the chance to do that in the Waitomo Glowworm Cave on the North Island of New Zealand. Of course the “stars” are not real; they are glowing worms that is hanging from the ceilings [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 28 August 2010
Before Nintendo, Playstation and X-box existed, children, especially boys, were playing with construction toys. Some of them that were the most popular are The Erector Set (change the name to Meccano) that was first produced in 1913. The toy had a whole collection of screws, bolts, metal beams, nuts, gears, and even electric motors. Other [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 26 August 2010
Today almost no one gets impressed by photomontages, and we can all thank Photoshop for that. A lot of people can already use that photo program and it is just not so shocking to see a montage anymore unless it looks super realistic. But something that is impressing are these photomontages were made and published [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 August 2010
Probably the world’s largest scale model of a city is this one of Shangai, and is to be found in the Shangai Urban Planning Museum on the third floor. Shangai is China’s most populated city, and one of the country’s most important cities, also known as the “Pars of the East”. It serves as cultural, [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 August 2010
The Bahamas – known for its tropical islands, miles upon miles of sandy beaches, clear warm water and coral reefs. But it hides a little secret called the “blue holes” that are located under the water and look like beautiful blue vertical caves. Bahamas has quite a few blue holes that make up a whole [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 15 August 2010
Most people do fear these little creatures called spiders even if some of them are harmful. Still there are several that are dangerous, and one of them is the hobo spider from North America, also known as Tegenaria Agrestis, that belongs to the group of funnel web spiders. What’s special about [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 August 2010
Most people have heard about the legend and genius Nikola Tesla. Some of the things he invented were X-ray, the radio, microwave oven, electron microscope, neon lights, speedometer, and he was the first to design the hydro-electric power plant in Niagara Falls. A lot of his inventions were unfortunately credited by [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 August 2010
Most lovable robot from Star Wars series, a R2-D2 (Artoo or R2 for short) can be turned into a awesome PC mod case. This PC case mod is made for “Science Fiction Case Mod Contest” by Frenki Janse . Best part about it was that the budget for this was low and Frenki [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 12 August 2010
Aquariums have always been a popular item, whether it’s for decoration or just for “pet purposes”. They are to be found in apartments, restaurants, hotels, malls and several other places, they are joyful and pretty to the eye, and come mostly in a square shape, but there are exceptions. This guy [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 11 August 2010
They are not alive and they cannot attack you but still they are scary as hell and amazing to observe. The backbone of the snakes is made up of many vertebrae attached to ribs. Humans have around 24 ribs and 33 vertebrae but snakes can have from 100 up to 400 vertebrae [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 August 2010
Hyungkoo Lee has come up with the idea to represent famous cartoon characters as skeletons. He wanted to figure out how the anatomy of the cartoons would look like if they were alive, and the materials used to manage to create this are some synthetic materials and surprisingly enough real animal bones. He [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 09 August 2010
The endless steps on the walls seen in these pictures are big water reservoirs that go by many names like Baoli, Baori, Baudi, and so on, but are most known as India’s stepwells. It looks like the steps are made for other purposes than practical reasons, but that is not the case. The steps give [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 08 August 2010
This interesting work of art is actually old photos superimposed on present day scenes. It shows how it was back in the days and how it is now. The brains behind the project are several photographers from a flickr group who have managed to cooperate and create an amusing art piece by [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 07 August 2010
This artwork is based on the world known 2009 Tarantino movie Inglourious Basterds with actors such as Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz. The movie’s production team came up with the idea to cooperate with Upper Playground and create these different illustrations that’s representing the movie. Inglourious Basterds has won several prices [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 August 2010
Words like Stalin, Cold War, Communism and KGB reminds of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, also known as the Soviet Union. This higly centralized state was the former Russian Empire in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991. With a lot of power, the USSR was an empire with growth and opportunities. These [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 04 August 2010
Being an avid Star Wars fan, Travis S. has build an electric guitar that looks like Han Solo’s starship from the movies. With a huge passion for both guitars and Star Wars, Travis used a month to create his little piece of art by using a vintage Millennium Falcon toy. He claimed [...] Continue Reading