Free-washing: Pillars of earth at Half Moon Bay
A storm surge at Half Moon Bay in California has uncovered columnar structures that give food for thought.
The magic of the ridge poles
They always appear "on top" to attentive observers - decorative additions to 19th century houses. Before that they were already omnipresent ... But for what purpose?
Even for vegetarians: more or less appetising minerals
No, it's not a ham or a fake picture: it's a so-called "sarder" - a chalcedony variety ... also known as carnelian.
Rapid petrifaction: bird's nest with eggs
Petrified in a flash. Is that possible? Obviously yes, but not always in the same way ...
Bacharach: Rails in slate
One drives carelessly past it, no signs, no parking possibility ... Why also, there are only simple rails in the rock!
Devils Bench, Devils wall and Cartruts
Last stage on the historical circular path of Leistadt: Devils Bench, Devils wall and Cartruts …
From canapé to ascent
Third stage on the historical circuit of Leistadt: "Soup bowl" and "Canapee" ...
Anything but a mini quarry
Another stage on the "historical circular path of Leistadt": The Krummholzer chair ...
Curiosities in the megalithic district
The "historical circular route" around Leistadt in Rheinland-Palatinate begins with megalithic curiosities that have been "labelled" for tourists ...
The Giants of the Chocolate Hills
Photo: Slava Myronov (Source: Flickr)
The chocolate hills on the Philippine island of Bohol are almost perfectly hemispherical or conical in shape. There are said to be 1,268 of them in an area of 50 square kilometres. These hill shapes are absolutely unique ...
Unicorns: Exterminated and trivialized
"At the edge of Canada, one sometimes sees a kind of animal that reminds one of a horse, with braided feet, shaggy mouth, a horn on the forehead, a tail like a wild boar, black eyes and a deer neck …"
Tragic crash: The Rock of Tandil
The Movediza Rock is a huge monolith with a weight of more than 300 tons, which was probably on the edge of a rocky outcrop for thousands if not millions of years and is said to have swayed slowly in strong gusts of wind. Its crash occurred just under 100 years ago. There is still no explanation for this …
World Theatre: North American Cities of the 15th Century
Strange places and cities in North America in the 16th century on old maps awakened my interest to take a closer look at the material.
Ketzerstein compass magnet: Megaliths in the Westerwald forest
There, where the compass needle points north with every turn of the body, one feels abandoned by all good spirits. This is the case at the Ketzerstein near Liebenscheid-Weißenberg …
The Time of the Moonlight Towers
If one considers that Thomas Alva Edison developed a carbon filament lamp only in 1879 and then invented light bulbs according to general historiography, one is surprised if one looks at the episode of the moonlight towers.
Earl's Court Tower: Fairytale tower or water dispenser?
Cottages were built on Rhode Island in New England in the late 1880s when Narragansett became known as a summer resort for unforgettable summer holidays. These summer cottages were arranged around a park-like estate that remained in memory as Kentara Green.
Bologna: Skyscrapers Skyline in the Middle Ages
Skyscrapers obviously have a much older tradition than assumed. If one is interested in the general term "skyscrapers", even "Sheeplepedia" leads us to the numerous high towers that constituted Bologna in the 11th or 12th century.
The Devils Slider of Utah
Mit dürren Worten versucht die Wissenschaft, uns diese Felsanomalie zu erklären. Diese ungewöhnliche geologische (oder gegebenenfalls menschengemachte) Formation befindet sich …
Not kissed awake yet: Granite frog from New Boston
The so-called 'Frog Rock' really exists: It's a big granite rock in New Hampshire (USA), southwest of New Boston ... and it looks exactly like on the old postcard.
Missing! When islands just disappear ...
When I read that the Japanese coast guard has been searching for a missing island for quite some time, I can't help smiling.
Dead Aries as Order Logo: The Golden Fleece
I must admit that so far I knew little or nothing about this connection: the Golden Fleece. It is an order that goes back to the beginnings of the 15th century as an award and honoured the "merits of knights" in an unspecific way.
Megaliths as real pillars: Carn Brea Castle
Science uses a term unknown to me so far for peculiarities which cannot be explained (or which it does not want to explain): "Folly" - (literally translated: foolishness/spleen/madness). That's why Wikipedia also writes about Carn Brea Castle that the castle is a "small stone folly".
On a big foot: New tracks of a Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest?
Probably in Oregon, several traces of a bipedal creature have been recorded by a female rider. Compared to humans, this suggests an extraordinary phenomenon.
Sun gone: Blackout in Siberia
There's nothing in the Western press about it: On July 20, regions in Siberia were immersed in darkness for several hours during the day...
Sun gone: Blackout in Siberia
There's nothing in the Western press about it: On July 20, regions in Siberia were immersed in darkness for several hours during the day...
Camel rock on mallorca
Far away from the "Ballermann", the hiker can enjoy an interesting karst landscape scenery.
Keyholes from above: They appear worldwide
Only 100 km east of Mecca it starts: On a 20 km long - almost dead straight - axis from north to south one finds an accumulation of strange geographical formations, which repeat themselves...
