Architecture
July 31, 2017

Elaborate Birdhouses Resembling Miniature Palaces Built in Ottoman-Era Turkey

Historic Ottoman architecture was designed to accommodate more than its human inhabitants. Birds, in their own unique way, were welcomed to the ornate structures with their own avian-sized palaces that look just like miniature versions of the larger thing. Projecting from the façade of concrete buildings, the feathered friends would enter multi-story mansions complete with balconies on which to survey their world at large.

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Photography
July 30, 2017

Magnificent Photos of Canyons Carved Over Millions of Years

Photographer Christopher Eaton (Pinyon Ridge Photography) takes beautiful and otherworldly shots of the most-visited and most-photographed collection of slot canyons in the American Southwest. These include Antelope Canyon and the nearby Canyon X. Located in Arizona, these deep and narrow landforms have been carved over millions of years. Namely as a result of flash floods, rushing water has eroded the stone into one-of-a-kind formations with smooth and sweeping contours.

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Photography
July 28, 2017

Heartwarming Photos of Elderly Couple Prove There’s No Age Limit to Being Madly in Love

Our society focuses a lot on youth, but as we've seen time and again, we should be paying more attention to those who are older. There's an intangible beauty that comes with such maturity, but that doesn't mean life has to slow down; you're never too old to chase your dreams or even act like an infatuated teenager. Photographer Irina Nedyalkova show us firsthand, as she captured endearing images of an elderly couple in love.

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Resources
July 27, 2017

View Leonardo Da Vinci’s Notebooks Online and Go Inside the Mind of a Genius

Thanks to the British Library, we can go inside the mind of a genius and peruse Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks. The first true Renaissance Man, Da Vinci not only painted the Mona Lisa, but was a master inventor who is sometimes credited with creating the parachute and helicopter. And, to top it all off, he wrote his notes backward, in mirror image from right to left.

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