It took Stan Munro (38) 6 years to build this toothpick city. He used 6 million toothpicks and 170 litres of glue. He can spend until 6 months to create a building and each of his creations is built to 1:164 scale. Stan works at the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, New York (USA). Stan takes...

Setenil de las Bodegas is a town (pueblo) in the province of Cádiz, Spain, famous for its dwellings built into rock overhangs above the Rio Trejo. This small town (pueblo) is located 157 kilometres (98 mi) northeast of Cadiz. It has a distinctive setting along a narrow river gorge. The town extends...

The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal , and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River At 918 meters, it is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world. The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals had previously met near Magdeburg...

Creative writing starts with passion. Therefore, if you want to be a creative writer, the first thing to do is identify your passion. Then write out of your passion. But how? – is what you have to say best suited to poetry, short story, non-fiction article or novel? Your next step is to ask yourself...

Instead of using pencils to draw, Melbourne-based artist Ghostpatrol does it the other way round—he draws on pencils. ‘Pencil Sets’ are a series of over 40 intricately drawn illustrations on the carved out bodies of pencils. But what does he use to draw on these pencils, when he’s drawn on...

My father and I have been the best pals of all time. We are so close, that he is the one preparing my food for lunch and he would usually be the one to fetch me up at school. Growing up as a child, my father has been my confidant to all my problems. And so one time, I asked him “Daddy, why is my...