Let’s be honest—many of today’s skylines are about as exciting as a bowl of plain oatmeal. Endless rows of glass boxes and concrete rectangles that make you wonder if architects collectively lost ...
Many great engineering achievements of the past, from Gothic cathedrals to the Great Wall, the Golden Gate Bridge to the Eiffel Tower, feature prominently on the tourist map.But if you want to bring ...
- Cost then: $49 million (contract awarded on March 4, 1931). - Cost now: $703 million. - Time to build: Five years. - Dimensions: 726.4 feet tall, 6.6 million tons. - What went into it: The dam ...
In an era dominated by smart appliances and high-tech devices, you might be surprised to learn that many vintage appliances ...
Six collections, countless compelling models, and a huge variety of materials and colors feature in this important marque’s ...
MARGATE – There are still many exotic places to visit on their bucket list, but after seeing the New Seven Wonders of the World, the last remaining Ancient Wonder of the World and a few places in ...
Surprisingly, at least to me, this Peter Bjorn And John track came out in 2006 as part of the band’s third album, Writer’s Block. The Swedish trio enjoyed a little bit of success in Europe in the ...
I know what you’re thinking. Didn’t Doechii cover this song, and it has been a pretty big charting hit recently? Not really, actually. Doechii’s song “Anxiety” samples the same soundbite that Gotye ...
SCDIRB copy 39088019623404 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries: The Beckwith-Browning-Peterson Teratology Collection. SCDIRB copy cataloged with funds from Dr. Alan Peterson. SCDIRB copy with ...
In this episode, John Romer invites viewers to investigate the notion of Seven Wonders and the concept of Wonder itself. He examines the statue of Zeus and the Colossus of Rhodes. For Zeus, John Romer ...