Bir Tawil is a very peculiar area. Located south of Egypt and north of Sudan, it is a trapezoid of land (about 2060 km²) wanted by neither Egypt nor by Sudan. In fact, both countries want to award... »

Intriguing Environs, Micro-Nations | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

In the far southwest corner of Sweden, in a nature preserve a few kilometers northwest of the town of Arild, on a rocky beach reachable only via boat or a strenuous 30- to 45-minute hike, is the... »

Outsider Art, Micro-Nations, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by GrynetMolvin, Henry and 3 others

Certainly, the British government used to control the thirteen original colonies, and though you may have thought that the Revolutionary War (and the War of 1812) solved that conundrum, according... »

Intriguing Environs, Micro-Nations | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and Dylan

We hear the term "third world" tossed around with a much greater frequency than the other "worlds." Based on an outmoded Cold War taxonomy in which the first world consists of capitalist NATO... »

Micro-Nations | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and Dylan

During World War II, Britain built large sea forts at the edges of its territorial waters, three nautical miles from shore, to protect against a sea invasion by Germany. However, they built Fort... »

Micro-Nations | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Dylan and others

After a dispute with the government over construction of his spherical house in central Vienna, the Austrian artist Edwin Lipburger declared his property an independent nation in 1984 and renamed... »

Micro-Nations, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and Josh

Krak des Chevaliers is the single most imposing symbol of the Crusades. The Krak is a massive Crusader fortress built during the First Crusade on a strategically important spot 40 kilometers... »

Micro-Nations, Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane, Annetta and others

Preston Boomer is the science teacher you always wished you had. Mr. Boomer, who goes by the nickname "Boom," has taught science at the San Lorenzo Valley High School for some 53 years.... »

Inspired Inventions, Musical Wonders, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech, Micro-Nations, Eccentric Homes, Mazes, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Treeman

Holy Mountain of Athos is a place out of time, a slice of history that might have never existed. Here, even the calendar is different from one used by the rest of the Greece. For most of its... »

Micro-Nations, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by stanestane

Australia has a long standing tradition of defying government. One such tradition, secession from government, took prominence in the 1970’s and 80’s thanks to the efforts of a group of five... »

Micro-Nations, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Lockeblade