Kristian Vedel
Kristian Vedel was a Danish industrial designer and part of the Scandinavian Design movement.
Karen Karnes
Karnes became known in the 1960s for creating a flameproof casserole that could be put directly on the stove, along with other functional cups and vases she continued to make for more than 40 years. As her career progressed, she began to make larger, more abstract sculptural works in clay.
Wilson A. Bentley
The Snowflake Man s a biography of "Snowflake Bentley", the farmer from Jericho, Vermont, who pioneered the technique of photographing snowflakes and who then went on to take over 5000 photomicrographs of snowflakes, ice, dew, and frost. Although his photographs were taken between 1885 and 1931, they have never been equaled and are still much admired today.
Philippe Petit
Philippe Petit is a French high-wire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized high-wire walks between the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on the morning of 7 August 1974.
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle, a forbidding medieval edifice near Leipzig, Germany, was supposed to be the Nazis' most escape-proof prison. Incorrigible Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other camps were sent to Colditz, the only German POW camp with more guards than prisoners. Yet English, French, Polish, Dutch, and other inmates managed to sneak out in surprising numbers.
Underwater hockey
The British Navy invented underwater hockey in the 1950's to keep their divers fit and to improve their ability to move and work efficiently under water.
Huacachina
Huacachina is an oasis in Peru.
Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal.
Rhino Runner
The Rhino Runner is a type of armored bus used extensively in Iraq, especially on the infamous Route Irish between Baghdad International Airport and The Green Zone.
Ryugyong Hotel
Ryugyong Hotel is a hotel in North Korea. Construction began in 1987 and ceased in 1992, due to the government's financial difficulties. The unfinished hotel remained untouched until April 2008, when construction resumed after being inactive for 16 years.