The seated Buddha at Lantau, also called the Tien Tan Buddha, is 34 meters (110 feet) tall, weighs 250 metric tons and is approached by visitors from the nearby Po Lin Monastery by climbing 268... »

Giant Buddhas | Edited by spinkk and Dylan

In 869 Kyoto was struck by an massive epidemic. In order to end the plague and appease the gods, Emperor Seiwa requested the head priest of the Yasaka Shrine to hold a procession to remove the... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Wondrous Performances, Rites and Rituals | Edited by spinkk and Dylan

Michael Rugg and Paula Yarr are co-founders of the Bigfoot Discovery Project or "BDP." The BDP accepts the subject of the Patterson/Gimlin Film (the famous blurry 'bigfoot' film) as the type... »

Fascinating Fauna, Museums and Collections, Strange Science, Unique Collections | Edited by GregRose and Dylan

In 1949, Keynsian economist Bill Phillips (father of the Phillips curve) built the financephalograph, also known as the “Moniac.” Using water to represent money, the massive hydraulic model of the... »

Strange Science, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan

The Viennese Clock Museum is housed in the Harfenhaus (Harpist's House), one of the oldest homes in Vienna. With around 1,000 clocks in all, there is much to see, from ornate pocket watches, to a... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces, Long Now Locations | Edited by Dylan

One of two self-built castles in Hungary (the other is the much more ramshackle Tarodi Var), Bory Castle was the work of Hungarian sculptor and architect Jeno Bory. Bory built the castle between... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and Henry

The Manzana de las Luces, or “Block of the Lights”, housed the activities of the early Jesuit missionaries in the nascent Buenos Aires, and as a complex comprises the church of San Ignacio, a... »

Subterranean Sites | Edited by and Dylan

The JMSDF Submarine Museum's three-story brick building, opened in 2006, is dwarfed by the submarine Akishio, mounted on steel cradles between the museum and Kure's busy downtown street. The... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Unusual Monuments, Retro-Tech | Edited by spinkk, Dylan and others

Located a minute's walk from Argentina's national legislature, at the end of Buenos Aires' Avenida de Mayo, the Palacio Barolo, once South America's tallest building, still towers above the... »

Commercial Curiosities, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by , Dylan and others

At the center of a busy traffic interchange of Elephant and Castle sits a gleaming stainless steel box that has perplexed south Londoners for decades. Depending on which urban legend is favored... »

Unusual Monuments, Electrical Oddities, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Trevor and Dylan