Although it looks like the food hamper from a giants’ picnic, this is a basket-shaped building open for business. Completed in 1997, the award-winning architectural achievement in Ohio, USA, is the brainchild of basket entrepreneur Dave Longaberger. Founder of the USA’s Longaberger Company, Dave Longaberger dreamed up the idea to house his offices inside the …
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This pair of aces were hitting high during their breathtaking tennis match on the helipad of a seven-star hotel in Dubai. Switzerland’s Roger Federer played the USA’s Andre Agassi in a friendly game on the world’s highest court in 2005. The luxurious Burj Al Arab stands 321 m (1,053 ft) tall on a purpose-built island. …
Spider-Man scaling skyscrapers is the stuff of superhero stories. But one Frenchman has brought comic strips to life with a series of incredible climbs. His amazing antics have led to both awards and arrests around the world. Meaning “free from aid”, free solo climbing involves climbing without ropes or safety equipment. Climber extraordinaire Alain Robert …
Before bungee jumping, there was a scarier sport. A daredevil diving ritual called Naghol has been a tradition for centuries on Pentecost Island in the South Pacific. Local men risk life and limb to throw themselves from dizzy heights with only a jungle vine around their ankles. Land diving was first performed from treetops, but …
Maho Beach is no peaceful paradise. Its blue skies are overshadowed by low-flying jets, while the crashing Caribbean surf is drowned out by roaring engines. With the runway just metres from the sand, thrillseekers and plane spotters can experience extreme encounters with aircraft every single day. Sunbathers face powerful winds of 240 kph (150 mph) …
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Tomatoes are weapons of war at the annual La Tomatina, the messiest date on Spain’s festival calendar. This celebratory fruit-fest is now the world’s biggest food fight. Armed with an endless supply of squashed tomatoes, thousands of participants prepare for pelting! Since 1945 the town of Buñol has become a crimson tide of tomatoes on …
Since the 18th century a fascinating festival has taken place in Spain’s Catalonia region. Here, human tower building is a competitive sport, in which courageous castellers (builders) attempt to create a formation that stands head and shoulders above the rest. At this twice-yearly arena event, teams of castellers work together to build the most impressive …
The Gurung tribesmen of Nepal make a living by collecting honeycomb from gravity-defying Himalayan cliffs. They put themselves in the stickiest of situations, dangling from rope ladders to access the sweet treat. Balancing precariously up to 90 m (300 ft) above the ground, honey hunters use thick smoke to sedate huge swarms of angry bees. …
The depths some people dive will take your breath away. From the earliest times, people have taken the plunge, but today freediving (diving without breathing equipment) is an extreme sport that pushes the human body to its absolute limit. Participants plumb the depths on just one deep breath. Holding their breath for minutes at a …
Setting up home in the treetops of Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, the Korowai people are traditional hunter-gatherers who use the rainforest’s resources to craft their tree houses. This remote location meant the tribe’s existence was secret until recently. Towering above the ground, each house has a large Banyan tree at its centre. Branches and leaves …
Standing head and shoulders above the volcanic land of Easter Island are moai – huge human heads carved from rock more than 500 years ago. Created by the ancient Polynesians, the sculptures are still sacred to today’s islanders. The moai are testament to the extraordinary capabilities of the ancient Polynesians because they were difficult to …
Turkey’s ancient underground caves of Cappadocia were once inhabited cities. Steep, hollowed hillsides mask a secret subterranean world. Derinkuyu is about 85 m (279 ft) deep, carved out of volcanic rock. The deepest of Cappadocia’s underground cities, Derinkuyu had sleeping quarters, communal rooms, bathrooms, cooking pits, wells, ventilation shafts, churches, and stables for animals. Historians …
A chance discovery of a hidden pit in Xian, China, led to an incredible find – nearly 8,000 life-size soldiers sculpted 2,200 years ago. Called the Terracotta army, these clay figures were crafted to protect the tomb of China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. The statues were modeled in clay and originally painted in bright …
Aircraft pilots flying over Peru’s Nazca desert in the 1930s were amazed to see huge drawings scratched into the landscape. These geoglyphs are called Nazca lines, after the ancient Nazcas who made them, and they are a fascinating tribute to a lost people. The geoglyphs cover a vast area of about 450 sq km (174 …
Hailed as the eighth wonder of the world, the Giant’s Causeway on the north coast of Northern Ireland consists of a pathway of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. A famous legend explains its creation, but it really resulted from a volcanic eruption. Legend goes that giant Finn McCool created a causeway from Ireland to Scotland …
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