Revisited
Micro-distillery and Brewery: The Glen Luss Distillery
For more than 1500 years, people have been drawn to Luss in Scotland – also known as the ‘Dark Village’. Soon, the area will...
Uzbekistan’s Solar Furnace: Formerly Top-secret Soviet Compound
This formerly top-secret facility in Uzbekistan uses sunlight to produce clean and instantly adjustable heat for melting or testing materials. Continue reading for a...
Casa Ry: Reinterpretation of Classic Farmhouse Design
Christoffersen & Weiling Architects (CWA) from Denmark have reinterpreted the classic farmhouse with their design of ‘Casa Ry’. The classic country construction has been...
Casteel Creek Retreat: western-themed mansion in Colorado
The Casteel Creek Retreat in Colorado is an incredible western-themed mansion with everything you could ever wish for! Take a look inside to see...
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Renovating a church into two family homes
This Neo-gothic church in Québec, Canada has been carefully transformed into a modern family home. Check out the amazing before and after pictures in...
The Tree Church Of Ohaupo, New Zealand
When you look into visiting New Zealand, the idea of man-made designs in nature like the Tree Church of Ohaupo doesn’t typically come to...
Roughneck Brigade: Air-cooled Classic Porsche Club
Roughneck Brigade ® is an, by invitation only, air-cooled classic Porsche club founded in 2014 and with members in 8 countries. Old News Club...
Swell – Surf & Lifestyle Hotel in Guatemala
Swell – a Surf & Lifestyle Hotel in Guatemala has opened its doors to surfers and travelers from around the world. Take a look...
Take a look inside Lenny Kravitz’s Brazilian farm
World-famous singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz's has opened the doors to his Brazilian farm compound.
In the tropical forest outside of Rio De Janeiro, the 54-year old...
From Warehouse to New York Chelsea Townhouse
A former warehouse in West Chelsea, New York has been spared from the wrecking ball and converted into a modern Chelsea townhouse. The historic...
Camp Adventure Forest Tower in Denmark
Just one hour south of Copenhagen, you will find Camp Adventure and the unique nature experience “Forest Tower”. The 45-meter-tall hourglass-shaped tower lets you...
Wuyuan Skywells Hotel: 300-year old Huizhou property
A 300-year old Huizhou-style property in East China’s Jiangxi Province has been turned into a luxury retreat. The Wuyuan Skywells Hotel project has focused...
Four Seasons eco-luxurious accommodations
Amongst the trees in Quebec is a new concept of four seasons eco-luxurious accommodations. The domes blend perfectly into the landscape and inside they...
Fuselage cabin for extreme wilderness
The Fuselage cabin is the perfect hideout for the most extreme environments. It can be mounted on stilts or even suspended from the trees...
Abandoned industrial places in Belgium
The French photographer Jordy Meow has visited the abandoned industrial places in Belgium – or as he calls it: “the nation of ruins”. His...
Panoramic views of the Rocky Mountain
Portland-based architectural firm Skylab Architecture has designed this amazing residence with panoramic views of the Rocky Mountain. The exterior is engineered to combat the...
The Mars Science City by Bjarke Ingels Group
The world-famous architects from Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) are designing a massive Mars simulation city in the desert of the UAE near Dubai. The...
Mount Gay Rum – the world’s oldest rum distillery
Rum has been produced in Barbados for over 350 years and is recognised as one of the finest (and strongest!) in the world today....
The Lost Whiskey Concrete Cabin
If you need a break from everything, go off-grid, focus on relaxing - and possibly enjoy a good whiskey - this would be a pretty good...
The golden age of Saint Tropez at Hotel Épi 1959
Visiting this hotel is like stepping back in time. The legendary hotel welcomed stars such as Brigitte Bardot, Steve McQueen and Audrey Hepburn in...
The sound wave concert hall by Zaha Hadid Architects
The design of the 'sound wave' concert hall is based on the properties of musical sound resonance creating wave vibrations in a continuous smooth...
Living in a Boeing 727 airplane
Former electrical engineer Bruce Campbell has been living in a Boeing 727 in Oregon, near Portland, for more than a decade. Airliners are scrapped...
A dark secret in the Catacombs of Paris
Beneath the city of love you can find a 300 km underground system with secrets from a dark age. The catacombs of Paris hold...
Would you like to take part in building a colony on the Moon?
Moon Express aims at being the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon. And the ambitious grand plan? To build a...
The hunt for Siberian elephant tusks and ivory
Sale of Siberian elephant tusks is under close scrutiny and has made Ivory of the extinct woolly mammoth extremely popular in China. A new...
Chernobyl – one of the most radioactive places on earth
The Chernobyl accident happened in 1986 and is still considered the most disastrous power plant accident in history. Still today, radiation levels are among...
Cerro Gordo: The abandoned mining town
Cerro Gordo is an abandoned mining town outside California. The 300 acres of land was owned by a wealthy family for decades but they...
Nara Dreamland: Abandoned amusement park
Nara Dreamland opened in 1961 and was the Japanese answer to the legendary Disneyland. The now abandoned amusement park shared several of the themes...
Hashima Island: Japan’s abandoned coal mining
What was Hashima island used for?
The deserted island of Hashima, Gunkanjima has many names including Battleship Island and Ghost Island. The 480m long island...
Revisiting Noma – the reinventor of Nordic Cuisine
Four-time renowned “the world’s best restaurant” and the reinventor of Nordic Cuisine. Noma in Copenhagen has reopened in version 2.0 after being closed for...
Renovating a castle to its former glory
In 2013, the Australian couple Karina and Craig Waters bought an abandoned castle in the French Pyrenees. They dreamed of restoring and renovating a castle in...
The global seed vault can withstand judgement day
Deep inside a mountain in Svalbard, Norway, seeds from plants and crops all over the world are stored in a unique botanical shelter designed...
Oymyakon: Welcome to the coldest city in the world
Winter is coming... with beautiful landscapes covered in snow as we all wish for Christmas. But what if winter was also really hard work?...
The deadly dream of Mount Everest
More than 4,000 people have climbed the highest mountain in the world. Up to 50 people have reached the summit on a single day...
Earthquake moved main island of Japan
Tōhoku earthquake
On 11 March 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake with a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) hit north-eastern Japan and is to this date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in...
