Close to Alabamaβs William Bank National Forest, stands a small cave area with a curved bridge. The bridge is 60ft tall and 148 ft long. However, itβs not the bridgeβs size that makes it unique, but the fact that itβs completely natural. Consisting of iron ore and sandstone, the bridge was formed over 200 million…
Lichtenstein Castle, not to be mixed up with the tiny European country Liechtenstein, is one of Germanyβs best-kept secrets. Lichtenstein Castle is located in the countryβs southwest state of Baden-WΓΌrttemberg, Germany. It is around a one-hour drive south from the city of Stuttgart. Tourists may flock to better-known German castles, including the Neuschwanstein, which admittedly…
Approximately 22 miles from the western gate of Yosemite National Park, in the Californian town of Groveland, stands an RV park quite unlike any other. Yosemite is well known tourist attraction. Besides, the familiar trappings of traditional cabins and yurts, the Yosemite Pines RV Resort boasts some magnificently restored Conestoga Wagons for the more adventurous…
In 1AD, the Turkish city of Seleucia Pieria had a problem: its all-important port required regular dredging, because the river water that flowed into from the Amanus Mountains carried a large amount of sediment. During each thaw, the river would rise causing frequent floods in the city. To counter this issue, Roman Emperor Vespasian ordered…
When Birmingham, Alabama‘s Sloss blast furnaces closed for good in 1971, it brought to an end the area’s nine decades, as one of the South’s largest pig iron manufacturers. In 2009, University of Alabama alumnus Joe McCreary, secured scrap iron from long abandoned furnaces. He used it to build Goldie 1971; a striking rust colored…
There is a cave in Missouri, USA, that has a particularly storied history. It began as a mine underneath a forest in the 1930s. In the 1950s, the 17,000 square foot space became ‘Caveland’ – a roller skate rink and concert venue that played host to major pop acts, including Tina Turner. Caveland closed its…
The community of Fackler in Alabama, USA, is home to a natural phenomenon that attracts a steady stream of visitors. It interests curious hikers, hardened cave divers and photographers. Neversink Pit straddles a line somewhere between a sinkhole and a cave. But, however you define it, it is nothing less than extraordinary. The 40ft wide-pit…
Leon Weisener is a retired art professor and set painter who, by his own admission, has always used whimsy in his work. The Carabelle Bottle House, from its conception to anyone’s experience of visiting, could barely be more fitting of that description. Following his retirement to the small Florida town, Weisener had no idea why…