Explore 10 examples of nail houses and holdouts. These quirky buildings have remained in place long after their neighbourhoods have changed.
helping to provide visitors with a sense of solitude.In recent years, Aokigahara has become known as "the Suicide Forest", one of the world's most-used suicide sites; signs at the head of some trails urge suicidal visitors to think of their families and contact a suicide prevention associat...
Going back in time from the elderly Santa we all know and love, we pass Santa in his prime as Hitler/Stalin, and Santa becomes a younger man until he is a boy who never grows old. His minions are called Lost Boys, and when Peter found Michael and John, their supervision by their ol...
Off I went in search of data, and I found it in the form of a juicy, dense spreadsheet containing 140,000 wines from 10,000 producers in 33 countries, and their prices. The data was sent to me by Peter Krimmel, the CTO ofVinfolio, a fine wine retailer. It’s wide-ranging, assemb...
you are, they also use the same stuff to stuck roofing materials onto the top of their houses. Gingko Seeds (Japan): The seeds of the gingko tree, native to China, are a delicacy. I had them in a yakitori restaurant, where they were threaded with a pine needle and roasted over ...
s all houses and nothing tall (except this building at seven floors) and the trees are higher than the houses, so from up here there are trees in every direction. There are birds and my birdsong app says they are mostly sparrows and cardinals. I haven’t seen the latter yet. Krish ...
Listen up Missouri ladies, this is important Canva Four (or more) women may not live in a house or apartment together.The Simon Law Firmspecifies that "any dwelling that houses four or more unrelated females is considereda brothel". Awkward. ...
beer. The Oasis also houses the restaurant Brother Bowns BBQ (the reason I ended up at the Oasis). There are plenty of bars in the area that I would recommend. But if you come here for Browns BBQ, might as well enjoy a drink and the very dated décor (always a treat). Cheers ...
Shipping-container sized flow batteries from companies like ESS are available with capacities up to 500 kWh, with power outputs high enough to power tens of houses over a 12 hour period. Stacking multiple units into a single installation scales the capacity as needed. They’re aimed at the so...
Sol:Well, I’m from Portland. And so, you know, we like to think Portland’s weird. I don’t know if my interest in weird shit started from here or it was nurture nature, I guess. I always kind of use this bad analogy. If you look for pink houses in your neighborhood, or you...