Xian Ming Wall | The Largest Ancient City Wall (28 pics)

Xian Ming Wall - The Largest Ancient City Wall — The Ancient City Wall is located in downtown of Xian is the best preserved, oldest and largest ancient city defense system in China. The rectangular wall standing around 12 meters tall (40ft.) and with a perimeter of almost 14 kilometers (8.5 miles), with each side fortified by a huge gates, the wall remains quite an imposing structure despite being dwarfed by the many surrounding high rise buildings. When visiting Ancient City Wall in Xian vacation, tourists will have a chance to rent a bike cycle and ride around the Ancient City Wall.

Stunning Paintings on Micro Objects by Hasan Kale (29 pics)

Stunning Paintings on Micro Objects by Hasan Kale — Nothing is impossible for talented Turkish artist 54 year old Hasan Kale. He paints realistic landscapes in his native city of Istanbul, using unexpected items. Kale creates fantastic various micro landscapes and portraits painted on insects, coins, food, matchsticks, and other small objects on everything from coffee beans to chili pepper seeds. His unique paintings leave far behind all the artists who use traditional canvas to create his paintings.

Geometric Shapes | Land Art by Using Natural Materials (13 pics)

Geometric Shapes Land Art by Using Natural Materials — German artist Dietmar Voorwold lives in Scotland, where he creates beautiful and ephemeral work of land art by adding stones, leaves and other natural materials in a simple but beautiful geometric shapes and patterns. Voorwold studied Graphics and Photography and later Art Therapy, which kept him immersed in the visual arts and made him appreciate its therapeutic features. Finding great inspiration in the Scottish landscape, the artist spends most of his time there creating land art installations and organizing art therapy workshops.

Chefchaouen | Majestic Blue City of Morocco (27 pics)

Majestic Blue City of Morocco, Medina Chefchaouen — The Chefchaouen is a pretty little town of about 40,000 resident was founded in 1471 by Mulay Alí Ben Rachid and located in northeastern Morocco near the Mediterranean Sea. Beyond its picturesque stands for an obvious reason, the blue color that floods the city from end to end. Houses, courtyards, walls, shops, streets, roads, all have this blue color of the Mediterranean sea. And this is why Chefchaouen is such a popular tourist destination for photography with its wonderful and panoramic view of the Hispanic flavored town of blue and white washed houses with tiny balconies, tiled roofs and patios embellished with citrus trees and the majestic views of the Rif Mountain.

Everyday Objects Transformed into Stunning Hidden Characters (28 pics)

Everyday Objects Transformed into Stunning Hidden Characters — French Artist Gilbert Legrand is a creative, talented illustrator and graphic designer from Toulouse, France. For the past 10 years, he has been finding the hidden characters in everyday objects creating funny stories in everything that he sees in his surrounding. With the help of paint he transforms everyday domestic household objects into stunning funny tiny sculptures. A little imagination and an adjustable addition of a face and maybe some arms and legs a wrench stuff turns into a sly fox, a hinge can become a shady salesman, a juicer becomes a woman emerging from a pool and scissors turns into a kissing couple.

Go Green | Traditional Grass Roofs of Norway (21 pics)

Go Green - Traditional Grass Roofs of Norway — Grass roofs or Sod roofs are common on the Faroe Islands, west of Norway. These roofs have begun to reappear as an alternative to modern materials. For hundreds of years houses in Norway have been covered with turf. And they come in different varieties. Some are bright green and almost velvety, others are golden and look like they’re growing wheat or oats. A number of turf roofs have flowers mixed in with the grass, and a few have small trees. The advantages of turf roofs are many. They are very heavy, so they help to stabilize the house. They create grass roofs which are eco friendly and give a great insulation for cold climate, noise and are long lasting.

Santos Express | A Genuine Old Train Hotel (18 pics)

Santos Express - A Genuine Old Train Hotel — The Santos Express Train Lodge is a genuine old train parked on the Santos Beach in the harbor town of Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape of South Africa. With all cabins facing the sea the unique and romantic experience of staying on a real train only 30 meters from the sea you cant really beat its unbelievable position and exquisite views. There's 7 coaches of which 4 are identical with 5 compartments 2-4 sleeper 2 coupes 1-2 sleeper 2 toilets and 1 shower. The 5th coach is divided into a 16 bed Dorm with a self catering kitchen, lounge and the Caboose - an on suite room with balcony Coaches 6-7 are vintage Royal Ladies 2 Suites in every coach with king size bed. With double, single and budget compartments, accommodation has spectacular sea views and hot, clean showers. Great seafood, traditional meals, Cosy bar, stunning view and a nice warm atmosphere.

A Retired Boeing 727 Turned into a Sweet Home (18 pics)

A Retired Boeing 727 Turned into a Sweet Home — Bruce Campbell 64 years old is an inventive engineer from Oregon doesn’t just love planes, he lives inside of one. Campbell lives in this plane 6 months every year, and spends the other part of the year in Japan. After purchasing a retired Boeing 727-200 for $100,000, he placed it in his backyard, otherwise known as the middle of the woods in Oregon. Campbell’s start up costs were actually quite considerable. He paid $17,000 to move the plane from an airport to a staging site, $20,000 to rent the staging site for four months, $21,600 to remove the wings and tail, and $25,000 to finally move it to an unusual and innovative home and office. Campbell is working to restore some of the plane's original features, from the cockpit to flight stairs, a working lavatory, LED lighting and some of the seats. What an awesome way of giving the airplane a second life.

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New Craze of Buffalo Body Painting Contest in China (11 pics)

New Craze of Buffalo Body Painting Contest in China — A buffalo is led to the stage of an international buffalo body painting competition held in Jiangcheng County, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Artists from 8 countries showcased their painted buffaloes to compete for a 100,000 yuan ($16,042) prize reward at the competition on Sunday, according to local media. Buffalo body painting is a popular entertainment in this area. A total of 48 water buffaloes were covered in brightly colored body paint. Every buffalo was painted by a group consisting of 3 to 7 artists from United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Vietnam, Laos & China.