Princess Juliana International Airport is best known for very low-altitude flyover landing approaches due to one end of its runway being extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach. The airport serves as a hub for Windward Islands Airways and is the major gateway for the smaller Leeward Islands, including Anguilla, Saba, St. Barthelemy and St. Eustatius. Continue reading to see more.
Let's face it, most people go to Starbucks for the free Wi-Fi, and occasionally a drink or two. However, after a while, all the stores begin to look the same, that is unless...you visit one of these ten unusual locations that are located around the world. Continue reading to see them all.
Always wanted to see how people in Paris lived 70-years-ago, but don't know where to find the photographs? Well, the apartment you see above was left untouched for 70-years, and discovered three years ago after its owner died aged 91. Its owner had fled for the south of France before the outbreak of World War 2 and never returned since. Continue reading for more pictures and information.
Unlike other photographers, this one decided to capture the childhood of a French girl named Tippi Degre, a mowgli of sorts - fictional character from The Jungle Book series. You'll see her riding a five-ton elephant, relaxing with a cheetah or even hugging a giant bullfrog like you would a teddy bear. She was born and raised in Namibia, Africa by her French wildlife photographer parents. Continue reading for a 54-minute video documentary, more pictures, and additional information.
Amazing color footage of London in 1927, shot by an early British pioneer of film named Claude Frisse-Greene, has surfaced. These clips are a part of his travelogues using the color process his father William - a noted cinematographer - was experimenting with. Continue reading for more.
Today, Dubai is best known as a cosmopolitan metropolis that has grown steadily to become a global city and a business and cultural hub of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region. While Dubai was built on the oil industry, the emirate's Western-style model of business drives its economy with the main revenues now coming from tourism, real estate, and financial services. Continue reading for more.
Russian billionaire Dmitry Itskovhas has unveiled plans to upload his own brain and become immortal in a hologram avatar body by 2045. The program is called the '2045 initiative', and described as the next step in evolution. So far, over 20,000 people have signed up on Facebook to follow its progress, with global conferences planned to explore the technology needed. Continue reading for two videos and more information.
According to a Time magazine article from 1983, the KGB was the world's most effective information-gathering organization. It operated legal and illegal espionage residencies in target countries where a legal resident gathered intelligence while based at the Soviet Embassy or Consulate, and, if caught, was protected from prosecution by diplomatic immunity. Continue reading to see some of the gadgets and tools that their spies used.
The Dubai Police Force is basically the 15,000 strong police force for the city of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. They are under the jurisdiction of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE (who in turn is the ruler of Dubai), and cover an area of 4,114 square kilometers with a population of 2,106,177 people. Continue reading for more.
A mysterious 30-foot sea monster washed up off the coast of the Bay of Plenty coast in New Zealand - the coastline is about 120-miles south east from the city of Auckland - after storms in last month. Some people have suggested that it could be a saltwater crocodile, killer whale, giant moray eel, dolphin or even a dinosaur. Continue reading for a video and more information.
