Archive for the ‘Travel & Places’ Category
The Business of American Vacations [Infographic]
Source:
http://www.visualeconomics.com/the-business-of-american-vacations/
This is not a dance club (PIC)
Posted on: August 20, 2010
Move along!
Source:
http://extraloud.tumblr.com/post/977546910/dancing-is-strictly-forbidden
Archive Fever at Duke University
Posted on: August 18, 2010
Mad men and mad women, ponds and dragonflies, in Durham, North Carolina.
Located in the Mikata area of Tokyo, the off-kilter lofts look more like a McDonalds playground than residences meant for elderly adults.
Much like the very popular Nintendo DS game Brain Age, each crazy-looking unit was designed to stimulate the senses far beyond what a typical older person is used to in their daily lives, keeping them nimble.
Source:
http://inhabitat.com/2010/08/12/japanese-reversible-destiny-lofts-cheat-death-by-design/
Three Florida children bought tickets with baby-sitting money and flew to Nashville, Tennessee on Southwest Airlines, unbeknownst to their parents.
The undersea river, up to 115 feet deep in places, carries a volume of water 10 times greater than Europe’s biggest river, the Rhine.
Source:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/08/sixth-largest-river-discovered-under-black-sea.php
