http://www.worldbuildings.net/ World Buildings en Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:16:00 GMT Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:16:00 GMT info@worldbuildings.net info@worldbuildings.net http://www.worldbuildings.net/the-worlds-smallest-post-office/ Welcome to the Smallest Post Office in the world! Postmaster Lea Redmond takes her little tiny writing desk around to cafes in San Francisco, offering to post your letters in... http://www.worldbuildings.net/the-worlds-smallest-post-office/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/the-worlds-smallest-post-office/ Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:16:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/nightclub-burns-down-in-nudists-vs-swingers-turf-war/ Domestic terrorism has reached erect proportions with the latest line in the sand drawn by competing gangs of nudists and swingers. They're fighting over territory - the miles of Mediterranean... http://www.worldbuildings.net/nightclub-burns-down-in-nudists-vs-swingers-turf-war/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/nightclub-burns-down-in-nudists-vs-swingers-turf-war/ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:19:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/gandantegchinlen-khiid-monastery/ This temple in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is, thankfully, also known as the Gandan Monastery. That's much less of a mouthfull, and easier to write, but doesn't have the same impact as... http://www.worldbuildings.net/gandantegchinlen-khiid-monastery/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/gandantegchinlen-khiid-monastery/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:01:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/seuthopolis-the-underwater-city-being-unearthed/ The city of Seuthopolis was found in 1948, at the bottom of a lake in Bulgaria... The city had existed since 320 BC, originally the capital of the Odrysian kingdom... http://www.worldbuildings.net/seuthopolis-the-underwater-city-being-unearthed/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/seuthopolis-the-underwater-city-being-unearthed/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:41:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/casino-lisboa-macau/ Ah, Macau! This Chinese city was a Portuguese colony before the Portuguese decided to get up and leaving; the city grew steadily for years, but exploded in recent years as... http://www.worldbuildings.net/casino-lisboa-macau/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/casino-lisboa-macau/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:23:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/orava-castle/ Orava Castle is one of the most visited castles in Slovakia, where it is called 'Oravsky hrad', which means Orava Castle in English, which is English for 'Arva vara' as... http://www.worldbuildings.net/orava-castle/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/orava-castle/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:01:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/minature-paris-created-from-trash/ Paris is a city that people often praise for its architecture. Between the standout buildings and the fascinating neighborhoods, it's a city that invariably leaves its mark on your memory... http://www.worldbuildings.net/minature-paris-created-from-trash/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/minature-paris-created-from-trash/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:09:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/the-morning-glory-pool/ Fine, it's not a building. That is, people didn't build it. The Morning Glory Pool is a hot spring in Yellowstone Park, named in this peculiar manner, not because it... http://www.worldbuildings.net/the-morning-glory-pool/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/the-morning-glory-pool/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:51:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/fabulous-japanese-marble-mazes/ This may not be a huge, impressive building, but on the other end of the scale, these intricate marble mazes look like a lot of fun! Found on Gizmodo: "Apparently... http://www.worldbuildings.net/fabulous-japanese-marble-mazes/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/fabulous-japanese-marble-mazes/ Fri, 09 May 2008 04:30:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/st-michaels-golden-domed-monastery/ St. Michael's is located in Kiev, Ukraine, west of the Dnieper River, and is famous for the, obviously, golden dome that cries out across the city. The picture that you... http://www.worldbuildings.net/st-michaels-golden-domed-monastery/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/st-michaels-golden-domed-monastery/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:39:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/flying-spaghetti-monster-appears-at-us-courthouse/ The Cumberland County Courthouse in Crossville, Tennessee was granted the gift of his noodly appendage. Yes, the Flying Spaghetti Monster was in full view at the courthouse, drawing non-believers into... http://www.worldbuildings.net/flying-spaghetti-monster-appears-at-us-courthouse/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/flying-spaghetti-monster-appears-at-us-courthouse/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:47:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/the-oriental-pearl-tower/ Pshaw! Your feeble Sydney Tower has nothing on the magnificent Oriental Pearl Tower, a communications tower in Pudong, a suburb of the beautiful, commerically frisky, success-story city called Shanghai. It's... http://www.worldbuildings.net/the-oriental-pearl-tower/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/the-oriental-pearl-tower/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:49:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/innovative-australian-home-uses-water-tank-to-hold-up-house/ This is a wonderful idea, clever and original, with the added benefit of being entirely functional... This is a house in Victoria, Australia, where the designer has placed the rainwater... http://www.worldbuildings.net/innovative-australian-home-uses-water-tank-to-hold-up-house/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/innovative-australian-home-uses-water-tank-to-hold-up-house/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:02:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/an-incredible-photo-of-the-broaday-tower/ This is a stunning photo of the Broadway Tower in England, uploaded under a Creative Commons license for Wikimedia Commons. The author is Newtown2. It's located in the village of... http://www.worldbuildings.net/an-incredible-photo-of-the-broaday-tower/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/an-incredible-photo-of-the-broaday-tower/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:23:00 GMT http://www.worldbuildings.net/cn-tower/ The CN Tower is an iconic Canadian building, located in Toronto, Ontario, and used to be the tallest free-standing building in the world, until 2007. CN stands for Canadian National... http://www.worldbuildings.net/cn-tower/#comments http://www.worldbuildings.net/cn-tower/ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:54:00 GMT