30 Ways the World Used to be Cooler

Man! The world used to be so cool, when did all this lameness hit us? I have to admit I didn’t really get all those people that are into nostalgia and collecting antique, listening to old music and watching to old black and white movies from the beginning of the last century, but now I finally get it. The world used to be way cooler than it is now. Just look at these awesome photos in the gallery bellow and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Nobody was concerned with alcohol, tobacco or snuff abuse. People weren’t smudging their kids by being overly protective, like they are today. It was the world of whiskey vending machines and ladies with shotguns and eye-patches. What went wrong? Can we at least bring the pipe smoking baby that resolves mysteries back or the bear boxing?

1. Baseball players drank and smoked in the dugout

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15 Places You Should See While You’re Still Young

There are so many interesting and wonderful places in the world that everyone should have a chance to visit at least once in their lives. It would be the best if you could do most of your traveling while still young, because then you can get the full experience. Still, most of the people start traveling when they retire and step down from their position in the office. Then they feel like they finally have enough time for all the things they were putting off, because they worked so hard, but then as it usually turns out, they don’t have enough energy anymore and even if they went and visited some place they planned long ago, they wouldn’t really have enough zeal to climb the rocks, visit Buddhist temples, part all night long, etc.

1. New York, New York

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We Live in a World of Incredible Beauty

We live in a world of incredible beauty, but somehow we seem to forget that. Well this photo gallery is made to remind you just how wonderful and amazing this planet of ours is. Honestly, I’m sick and the weirdos and freaks that have absolutely taken over the internet. This weekend, Artsy Spot is a place where you can relax and find fuel for your soul by enjoying amazing and breathtaking images of marvelous landscapes from all over the world. It’s amazing how beneficial a time spent in nature can be.And for those who can’t afford any spare time, here is this great gallery. Take some time and go through it, you’ll feel so much better after that. Enjoy!

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The Breathtaking Scapes from the Roof of the World

We bring you amazing and breathtaking images of Tibet, the roof of the world. Enjoy!

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The Tallest Teenagers in the World

Elisany Silva from Brazil

The 14 year-old Brazilian teen with 6’9″ tall. Her height hasn’t come without problems. She had to leave school as she could no longer safely sit down in the school bus. Her parents don’t have enough money to determine the cause of or treat her inordinate growth. A medical specialist speculates that she has a rare disease called Gigantismo, a condition that causes the brain to over produce growth hormones. But Elisany wants to make the best of her size, explaining that she is interested in modeling. She will soon make her runway debut at a bridal fashion show in Belem, Brazil.

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The Surreal World of Irish Dancing

Jiggery-pokery! £2,000 dresses, lashings of fake tan, parents who sacrifice everything for fame-hungry children… Enter the surreal world of Irish dancing. Loretta Mauriello paid £1 for the first Irish dance class her daughter attended. The modest price, she explains, was part of the attraction. She was working as a market trader and couldn’t afford much more. The irony isn’t lost on her. Fast forward 15 years and she practically puts her fingers in her ears when you ask her to quantify what she has spent on her only child’s ‘hobby’, now that her daughter Simona is 21, and still dancing. ‘Oh, don’t go there,’ she shrieks. ‘I’ve never worked it all out. I’m afraid to. But yes, we’re talking thousands and thousands. She first traveled to America for a competition when she was seven, and we’ve been all over the world. Every penny – flights, hotels – has been paid for by me.

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Fashion and Clothes Around the World

Around the world, clothes and ornaments feature the people and their culture. The first thing that people notice – clothes, can be determined by tradition, culture and social position, or simply a fashionable person. Let’s see how people dress in different countries according to their traditions.

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Marriage Traditions Around the World

All over the world each country celebrates the wedding day with some special and characteristic rituals that others may find strange and peculiar. Here are photos of some interesting wedding traditions from different cultures around the world.

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Green week in Berlin

In Berlin has started the “Green Week” (German: Internationale Grüne Woche 2011) – the largest agricultural show in the world. The seventy-sixth in a row insert Agricultural Fair will last until January 30. The German capital visited more than a thousand exhibitors from around the world. Here is a whole spectrum of food industry, alcoholic beverages, agricultural equipment, accessories, animals, technology and much more.

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Mad, mad world

It would be great if I could say that you’re going to see anything else in the pictures below but a freak-show, but the truth is that this is a mad, mad world filled with the weirdest people and strangest customs. Well, at least it’s not boring! Enjoy!

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Top 10 most polluted cities in the world

Pollution is a big problem in many cities around the world. It has been a serious threat to environmentalist in all developed countries. Efforts are being made to overcome the growing pollution in the world but for some cities it’s too much, and those are the ones where it hits the hardest. So if you’re a neat freak avoid these ten cities.

1. Baghdad – Iraq

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Breakfast around the world

They say you’re what you eat. Well, here you can see some breakfast from different countries around the world. Which one is your favorite?

Great Britain

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World wine festival

Every third Thursday of November, around the world wine festival Beaujolais nouveau is held. This is the day of official presentation of the wine manufactured from grapes Gamay Beaujolais from this French province. Beaujolais nouveau is imported in 200 countries, the amount of about 55 million bottles.

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Cycling around the world

Here goes the story of many years of wandering around the world by Salvador con Jose Rodriguez, a high school gym teacher from Spain and the images of all the exciting places he visited while riding his bike. It is really amazing how far he reached considering the fact that he never used any other transportation beside his bicycle. I couldn’t have reached the next town on my bike, but I guess he had years of training before his trip. Have a look at these great photos, the moving memories of his difficult, exhausting and still fulfilling voyage.

Cambodia

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Fantastic illustrations by Jacek Yerka

Here you have an opportunity to enter the fabulous and fantastic world of Polish artist Jacek Yerka. All of his paintings have more layers, as Mr Yerka himself has said in some interviews. Here are some of his best works. Enjoy!

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Wedding ceremonies from around the world

Wedding ceremonies are among the happiest ceremonies in all cultures and it is not just a bright, great, and memorable event, but also an ancient ritual. Because of that you can find out a lot about some ethnic group and culture just by looking at their wedding rituals. Here are some amazing shots showing wedding celebrations from different parts of the world. I like comparing the traditional and modern rituals, it’s really funny. Enjoy!

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Early twentieth century in color by Albert Khan

Albert Kahn was a banker and French philanthropist. He was born Abraham Kahn at Marmoutier, Bas-Rhin, France on 3 March 1860, into a Jewish family, one of 5 children of his parents, Louis and Babette Kahn. He died at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 14 November 1940,

In 1879 Kahn became a bank clerk in Paris, but studied for a degree in the evenings. His tutor was Henri Bergson, who remained his friend all his life. He graduated in 1881 and continued to mix in intellectual circles, making friends with Auguste Rodin and Mathurin Méheut. In 1892 Kahn became a principal associate of the Goudchaux Bank, which was regarded as one of most important financial houses of Europe.

In 1893 Kahn acquired a large property in Boulogne-Billancourt, where he established a unique garden containing a variety of garden styles including English, Japanese, a rose garden and a conifer wood. This became a meeting place for French and European intelligentsia until the 1930s when due to the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Kahn became bankrupt. At that time the garden was turned into a public park in which Kahn would still take walks. Kahn died during the Nazi occupation of France.

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A Trip to Kathmandu

Kathmandu the biggest city and the capital of Nepal is the destination that many tourists visit every year and it is an absolute can’t miss if you’re in this part of the world, because this is a vibrant city that pulses in different rhythms – the rhythm of well kept architecture, Hindu and Buddhist religious temples and fascinating traditions. Here are few photos of photographer Vyacheslav Argenberg that capture the magic of this amazing place, have a look and enjoy, because the image is worth more then a thousand words.

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Taxi on a world tour

Have a look at the sweetest, funnies and strangest taxis. This is what cabs look like in different parts of the world. As much as I envy Russians for ridding in Maybach taxis, I’m happy that I don’t have to ride in some strange vehicles like people do in India. Firstly let’s start with bubble taxi, the proud actor of Mexico City traffic.

bubble taxi

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Life through eyes of a fly

Photograph Viktor Kuyda is best known by his macro photography and images of bees, flies and insects. He dedicated so much of his time to insects and macro photography, that eventually he began to see the world through theirs eyes. These images are showing exactly that-life through eyes of a fly. It is a really unusual perspective and a breeze of cool air in the world of macro photography. If this was truly how flies see the world, their lives would be full of vivid and vigor colors.

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