It should come as no surprise that Tokyo, Japan is the mecca of theme restaurants. From deranged hospitals to ninja waiters, there is no shortage of bizarre culinary experiences awaiting to delight and baffle your senses. Below are three interesting examples, but there are many more in Tokyo and around the world. From [...]

  PICKING WASHINGTON’S NOSE AT MOUNT RUSHMORE   Photograph by Rise Studio, Rapid City, S. Dak   This candid photograph taken in 1932, shows workers doing construction on George Washington’s likeness at Mount Rushmore. The construction of Mount Rushmore National Memorial took about 14 years, from 1927 to 1941. Doane Robinson of the South Dakota [...]

  A VIEW FROM TEHRAN, IRAN   Photograph via loki010 on Reddit   Tehran is the capital of Iran with an estimated population of 8,429,807. It is Iran’s largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world’s 19th largest city by population. The city is home to [...]

  ILLUMINATED SANDCASTLE NOOSA MAIN BEACH, AUSTRALIA   Photograph via jennylouwho on Reddit   Spotted on Reddit (the source of all things Internet), this wonderfully illuminated sandcastle was built on Noosa Main Beach in Queensland, Australia. Unfortunately, the Sifter was unable to track down the actual artist of this terrific sandcastle. If you know, please [...]

  GRASSED TRAMWAYS OF FREIBURG, GERMANY   Photograph by CRAZYD   Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of [...]

Photograph by Xavier Dachez © Xdachez.com     Located only 10 minutes from downtown Quebec City, Canada, the Hotel de Glace is America’s only ice hotel entirely made of ice and snow. Using over 500 tons of ice and 15,000 tons of snow, the 32,000 square foot (2,973 sq m) ice hotel is a truly [...]