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Casa Batllo, Barcelona in HDR:: Photo Credit: MorBCN

Restored and remodeled by the Spanish modernist architect Antoni Gaudi in the years 1905–1907, Casa Batllo is now one the most overlooked buildings by the tourists who visit Barcelona. Although Casa Batllo is a museum now, Gaudi designed it for for a wealthy Barcelona Aristocrat.

The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a visceral, skeletal organic quality.

Casa Batllo building, Barcelona :: Photo Credit: Fran…

Ever wonder where the world’s greatest tree-house is to be found? Ever wonder who the tenacious soul behind it is? Could you even, in a moment of fantasy, have gotten yourself to fancy the long tree house you made as a kid as being the world’s greatest tree-house?

Well, if you did find yourself fancying your childhood tree-house as the world’s greatest, you may find yourself having to think again after getting to see the tree-house Horrace Burgess has built around…

Adolf Hitler: suffered over 50 murder conspiracies including a porn-mad plan

Leader of the Nazis, Hitler is responsible for the killing of approximately six million Jews (overwhelmingly Ashkenazim), as well as two million ethnic Poles and four million others who were deemed “unworthy of life” (including the disabled and mentally ill, Soviet POWs, homosexuals, Freemasons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the Roma) as part of a program of deliberate extermination. It’s no surprise then that he appears as number one in our list,…

This custom-modified Mercedes 0404 is owned and operated by “Rotel“, which is an acronym for “Das Rollende Hotel” (”The Rolling Hotel”), a German tour company that offers budget tours all over the world in similarly equipped vehicles. This coach has 24 passenger seats and 26 sleeping berths (the two extras are for the driver and the guide). On the curb side across from the berths is an extensive drop-down “camp kitchen” set up.

Travel has reached a new dimension with the…

Most people hope they’ll die by passing in their sleep, in a peaceful setting, or maybe surrounded by loved ones. But for the victims of these 15 executions, that couldn’t be further from reality. Whether it’s being set on fire inside of a tire or having your limbs slowly cut off, these deaths are sure to make you cringe. I’d say “enjoy”, but that would be a little weird. Instead, let’s just say, try not to yak on your keyboard!

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The sailing stones (sliding rocks, moving rocks) are a geological phenomenon where rocks move in long tracks along a smooth valley floor without human or animal intervention. They have been recorded and studied in a number of places around Racetrack Playa, Death Valley, where the number and length of travel grooves are notable. The force behind their movement is not understood and is subject to research.

Racetrack stones only move every two or three years and most tracks develop over three…

Cricket player Merv Hughes insured his moustache for $ 370,000.

While playing on Australia’s national cricket team from 1985 to 1994, Merv Hughes took out an estimated $370,000 policy on his trademark walrus mustache, which, combined with his 6′4″ physique and outstanding playing ability, made him one of the most recognized cricketers in the world.

Three sisters insured their virginity for £1 million

An Essex insurance company has cancelled what may have been the most bizarre insurance policy in Britain. In the policy,…