Get ready to witness the otherworldly beauty of geothermal hot springs from an angle once reserved for birds. These photographs reveal the intricate patterns and vibrant, milky-blue waters set against the stark, black volcanic rock. Each frame is a work of art, highlighting the sheer scale and surreal beauty of these natural spas. It’s a visual journey that feels both intimate and epic, a quiet moment of awe from hundreds of feet in the air.

This is a landscape born from immense power. In fact, over 85% of homes in Iceland are heated using geothermal energy drawn from the very same volcanic systems that create these stunning hot springs. The beauty you see in these photos is a direct result of the incredible forces shaping the Earth from within, making Iceland a true geothermal paradise.

We hope this aerial journey provides a moment of escape and inspiration. The world is full of wonders, and these images are a powerful reminder of the breathtaking beauty waiting to be discovered, often from a perspective we rarely get to see.

If these photos left you in awe, share this visual escape with someone who dreams of visiting the land of fire and ice.

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Unveiling the Hidden Gems of Rural Turkey

Rural Turkey is home to some of the most scenic and untouched landscapes in the world. These 20 images capture the essence of this unspoiled beauty, offering a visual feast of rolling hills, meandering rivers, and fields full of natural color. Whether it’s the unique charm of Turkish villages or the tranquility of the countryside, these photos invite you to experience Turkey beyond the usual tourist spots.

Authentic Villages and Traditional Architecture

Rural Turkey is rich in culture and history, and this is reflected in its traditional villages and architecture. The photographs showcase rustic stone houses, terracotta roofs, and quaint villages nestled among the hills. These places preserve the authenticity of Turkey’s past, offering a glimpse into a slower, simpler way of life that has been passed down for generations.

The Natural Beauty of Turkey’s Countryside

Turkey’s rural landscapes are diverse and awe-inspiring, from lush green valleys to towering mountains. The 20 stunning images highlight the natural beauty of this region, showcasing its peaceful lakes, vibrant wildflowers, and wide-open fields. These areas, far removed from the hustle and bustle of the cities, provide a serene escape and a perfect retreat for nature lovers.

A Glimpse into Rural Life in Turkey

The photographs also capture the everyday life of rural Turkish communities, offering insight into the farming culture, local traditions, and friendly people that make rural Turkey so special. You’ll see farmers tending to their land, local markets brimming with fresh produce, and communities that have maintained their way of life for centuries.

Why Rural Turkey Should Be on Your Travel Bucket List

If you’re looking for an authentic Turkish experience away from the tourist crowds, rural Turkey is the place to be. The 20 photos in this collection not only showcase the beauty of the landscapes but also celebrate the rich culture, warm hospitality, and timeless charm that rural Turkey has to offer.

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Bieganski’s enthralling photographs invite us on a picturesque expedition through the charming streets of Vilnius. His work offers a vivid portrayal of the city’s journey from its historical origins to its contemporary vibrancy and into its promising future. Discover the beauty of Vilnius in the breathtaking images showcased in the gallery below.

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2 Yee Haa

3 Technically Correct

4 Can’t Beat A Fathers Jokes

5 Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?

6 Technically The Truth

7 He Isnae A Dug, Moira

8 The Longest Running Prank Ever

9 Invisibility Cloak!

10 Wee Moon

11 May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favour

12 Train Rides

13 He Was Running Out Of Patience

14 Wooo!

15 I Want This To Be Real

16 Breaking News

17 Smoking A Malboro Red While Wearing A Knights Helmet? Nae Bor Mate

18 Very, Very Sorry

19 Mosh Pit

20 That’s The Story

21 Bruce Mate Come On

22 A Conversation With My Scottish Friend

23 Bacchialdi’s

24 Anyone Lost A Hat?

25 Natural Order Restored In Glasgow

26 Just To Help Yous Oot A Wee Bit

27 Scottish People Gpt

28 As A Glaswegian, Even I Was Surprised By The Scale Of Braehead Shopping Centre

29 L For Effort!

30 Mulhern Not Having A Good Time Of It In The Comments

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The United Kingdom has a rich and long history of habitation and governance. Over the years, this has resulted in a collection of peculiar laws that were appropriate for the time in which they were enacted. While some of these laws may still be in effect today, they can seem quite absurd and humorous.

Here are some examples of current and former laws in the U.K. that are both unbelievable and entertaining.

In the U.K. it is an executable offence to allow your pet to mate with a pet of the royal house without permission.

If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and wants to use the toilet, you legally must allow them to enter.

In the U.K. it is illegal to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances.

As of 1939, it is illegal to carry a plank over pavement on a U.K. street. The exception is if you are unloading it from a vehicle.

Until 1976, all Taxis in the U.K. had to carry some hay in their cars to be legally operated.

In the 19th century it was illegal for women to eat chocolate on public transportation.

In the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned the eating of mince pies on Christmas Day, technically this is still law.

It is illegal to be drunk while in charge of a cow, horse, or carriage.

Unless you are The King it is illegal to eat a Mute Swan.

Placing a stamp that has the queen or king on it upside-down is considered an act of treason.

Since 1839 it has been illegal to beat the dust off of rugs or carpets in London. You can, however, shake your door mat, so long as it’s before 8AM.

It is illegal for someone to import potatoes that either are, or may be Polish potatoes.

It is legal for a pregnant lady to ‘relieve’ herself anywhere at anytime in the U.K.

As of 1313 it is illegal to enter the house of parliament while wearing a suit of armor.

As of 1322, all beached whales and sturgeon found in the UK belong to the crown.

Under the Vagrancy Act 1824, asking a stranger for some change, even if it’s for parking, is considered begging and is illegal.

In some parts of the U.K. it is illegal to hang your laundry out on a line.

The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 makes it an offence to “fly any kite or play at any game to the annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers in any street”.

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A giant snow maze called “Snowlandia” was built in the small Polish town of Zakopane, one of Poland’s most popular skiing destinations, and you better bring a thermos – because getting out is going to take you a while.

A giant snow maze was recently opened in Poland

50 workers took almost a month to build the maze using over 60,000 ice blocks. They even built a 16 m (52.5 ft) tall snow castle that you can enter next to it.

Snowlandia is bigger than 10 tennis courts, making it the biggest snow maze in the world

Over 60,000 ice blocks were used to create the maze

The maze is lit up with colorful lights during night time, making the whole area look almost like something from a fantasy book.

It took 50 workers over a month to build

There’s even a huge snow castle you can visit next to it

It’s full of amazing sculptures and treasures you can explore

Artists from Poland and Slovakia created the sculptures to decorate both the maze and the castle. You can already begin planning your trip – Snowlandia is scheduled to open again in January 2020!

There’s even an ice throne if you’re not afraid to freeze your butt!

The visitors seem to love Snowlandia

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Groundhog Day

Portland Head Lighthouse

“Knitting (like I do) and travel go together very well. Since many of the sweaters I have knitted are of landmarks around the world, traveling gives me the opportunity to experience the very places I have depicted on my sweaters,” says the artist. “I also get a chance to teach my knitting skills to others, give speeches about it, and meet fans wherever I go. In addition, traveling enables me to see sites that give me inspiration for more sweater ideas.”

Hollywood Sign

Ice Skating

Sam says that the most challenging types of scenes to knit are urban scenes and bridges. “Some of the challenging ones I have done are Times Square, Las Vegas, and the Mackinac Bridge, which was my most recent,” said the man.

Sedona

Owls

“At first, I didn’t think anything of the idea of posing in front of the landmarks or objects they represent. But it seemed like the natural choice to wear them there,” said Sam. “Before long, I had 10-15 such pictures. I realized this was a form of art of its own and I started making a conscious effort to create more pictures like these.”

People love Sam’s colorful sweaters with over 50k people having liked his Facebook page and another 41k following his Instagram account. See his colorful sweaters in the gallery below and don’t forget to check out our previous post here!

M&t Bank Stadium – Current Temporary Picture Is At High School Football Field

Leaning Tower Of Pisa

Hanukkah III

The Gateway Arch

Carnegie Hall

Cape May Lighthouse

Las Vegas Strip

Colonial Williamsburg

Mt. Washington

Birthday Cake

Passover III

Sherwood Gardens

Red Rock Canyon

Grand Canyon

Chautauqua Park, Boulder

Cape May

London Bridge Arizona

Rocky Mountain National Park

Hoover Dam

Natural Bridge

Reptiles

Boulder Creek

Boulder Central Library

Pittsburgh

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London Tower Bridge – Picasso

London isn’t short of famous landmarks, but Tower Bridge is one of the oldest and best. It was built 125 years ago, to ease road traffic whilst maintaining access to the Pool of London docks. With giant moveable roadways that allowed ships to pass, it quickly became an important part of central London infrastructure. In this reimagining, the towers are painted in Picasso’s distinctive abstract style. The bridge’s centre has a fitting tribute to the Union Jack, whilst the suspension is a mixture of blue and orange color blocking.

Angel of the North – Leonardo Da Vinci

What didn’t Da Vinci do? The Italian was a polymath of the Renaissance era that turned his hand to whatever took his fancy whether drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, engineering and pretty much everything else. What he didn’t do unfortunately was design the Angel of the North. But what if he did? Well, here’s what it would look like in his individual style. Obsessed with proportions and angles, Da Vinci would bring a more human form to the angel much in the style of his Vitruvian Man. And there’s one thing you can be sure of. Those wings would be perfectly in proportion.

Edinburgh Castle – Antoni Gaudi

When walking through the streets of Barcelona, it’s impossible to ignore the influence of Antoni Gaudi on the architecture of the city. But what would Edinburgh’s most famous landmark look like if it were designed by the Spanish architect? This re-imagined version showcases Gaudi’s free-flowing style and the influence of nature on his work. Borrowing from his most famous (and yet to be finished) architectural vision, La Sagrada Familia, you can see the gothic influence but presented in a form beyond recognition, in just the way Gaudi always intended. How do you think the Scottish public would take to the new look?

Albert Docks – Andy Warhol

While the Albert Docks has its fair share of modern art within the walls of Tate Liverpool, if the renowned pop art pioneer Andy Warhol would have had his way, the outside walls of Liverpool’s world-famous docks would be adorned with the loudest block colors and vibrant palettes. Warhol’s works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture, with his most famous pieces including Campbells Soup Cans and Marilyn Diptych. In this re-imagining of the docks in Warhol’s style, Campbell’s-esque lettering comes to the fore as does his signature use of block color and repetition.

The Duke of Wellington Statue – Salvador Dali

If you head to Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow, you’ll find the celebrated Duke of Wellington Statue in all its glory. And if you’re lucky, you might just see it with a small addition from one of the locals. The placing of a traffic cone atop the Duke’s head is a common practice in the city, but imagine if the Surrealist hands of moustachioed marvel Salvador Dali got his hands on it? That’s exactly what we’ve done here. Most-famous for his 1931 painting of melting clocks, the Persistence of Memory, Dali would no doubt go for something a little more outlandish to place on the Duke’s head. And while he’s previously opted for angels riding snails, of course he’d switch out the Duke’s horse for an elephant.

Leeds Town Hall – Marcel Breuer

Originally born in Hungary, Marcel Breuer first made his name as a furniture designer, crafting two of the most important chairs ever. But after basing himself in New York, he found his signature architectural style becoming one of the world’s most popular architects in the 20th century. His bold imposing Bauhaus architecture is all about geometric forms, function, and directness. While Leeds Town Hall in its current guise showcases the best of Gothic influences, if Breuer were the architect we would see it take on a much more geometric form in the style of one of his most famous buildings, the Whitney Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Durham Cathedral – Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn was one of the greatest American architects of the 20th century. After years in the industry, he finally found his signature style in his 50s, where he combined Modernism with the weight and dignity of ancient monuments. So, whilst the original Gothic style of Durham Cathedral might be more Hogwarts than modern, if Kahn were to design it, he’d be taking things back to ancient citadels with a modern twist. In this re-imagining of the great cathedral, you can see the brickwork combined with triangle and circle shapes made most famous in Kahn’s work including the Indian Institute of Management and National Assembly Building of Bangladesh.

Humber Bridge – Wassily Kandinsky

The Russian painter and art theorist, Wassily Kandinsky is credited as being the pioneer of Abstract Art. Kandinsky believed that abstract colors and forms can be used to express the inner life of the artist. And here’s just what the Humber Bridge would look like if it was recreated to showcase the inner-life of Kandinsky. Just a little more abstract that in its current guise, with the bright bold colors inspired by his paintings such as Composition VII and the structure of the bridge’s girders pulled into more abstract lines made famous by Kandinsky in such works as Composition 8.

Bullring Birmingham – Gustav Klint

The Bullring in Birmingham is one of the UK’s shopping epicentres, housing internationally renowned brands inside its futuristic walls, which were redeveloped in 2003. But it could have looked quite different if it had been designed in the 1900s – particularly if it had been designed by the painter of the moment, Gustav Klint. Klint’s work was widely known for its symbolist nature, and this reimagining borrows from his ‘Golden Phase’, where much of his work used gold leaf.

Beetham Tower – Le Corbusier

Tower currently stands tall above Manchester city centre shimmering in the sun and reflecting light from its countless glass panels. But not if Modernist Movement pioneer Le Corbusier had turned his hand to the original design. Le Corbusier is famed for his style known as New Brutalism which used rough, heavy forms of stone, concrete, stucco and glass. In this reworking of Beetham Tower in Le Corbusier’s style, you can see his love of block shapes and dashes of color that bring a little brightness to the brutalism. Do we think the residents of Manchester would take to this in the same way they love the iconic Beetham?

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Bar In Nebraska Doing It Right

‘The Restaurant Of Order Mistakes’ Employs Waiters With Dementia, And You Never Know What You’re Getting

This Restaurant In Austin Is Catching The US Up With The Rest Of The World

Contrary To Popular Belief

A Pub Urinal In Ireland

Windimere Pub Is Keeping The Local Populous In Good Spirits

This Restaurant Has A Painting Of Their Very First Customers

I Found This In A Cocktail Bar In Indiana And It Made Me Smile

This Poster Is In The Window Of A Pub In Sydney. Made Me Laugh

This Bar Obviously Owns A Cat

My Local Bar Dressed Up For Halloween

I’ll Have The Soup And Salad, Please

This Cafe In Seoul, Korea

Saw This In The Window Of A Bar In Iceland

My Local Bar Has A Drunk Test For People Leaving

I See What You Did There

A Pub In My Town Places Rubber Ducks In Puddles To Warn Guests

This Chalk Art In A Local Bar

Medieval-Themed Pub In Prague

Saw This Near Robin Hood’s Bay

Restaurant Puts Its Negative Reviews On Display

This Relatable Sign Outside A Bar In London

This Sign Is Hanging In The Dining Area Of Our Local Greek Restaurant

This Restaurant Has An Option For When Your Significant Other Says She Isn’t Hungry

Local Bar’s Breathalyzer Replacement

Stools In An Italian Pub

Hmmmm

I Need To Work Here

Wife: “Where Are You?” Me:

Encountered This In The Restaurant I Visited Today, And Couldn’t Resist Sharing

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As a writer, I can’t think of anything more satisfying than a well-timed, multi-faceted pun. Clever and creative word-play – dished up with the wink and a nod of someone that doesn’t take themselves too seriously – is just the kind of thing to tickle my funny bone. And if this story is anything to go by, there are millions of you out there that agree!

Colorado native Vince Rozmiarek is the man behind these hilariously creative roadside signs, which showcase the kind of laugh/cringe humor that only dads seem to really excel at. What started as an April Fools’ prank has put him and his town, Indian Hills, firmly on the map, with a Facebook page dedicated to the sign having over 90k followers worldwide!

“It all began 5 years ago, on Aprils fools day, when I put up a street sign that stirred up the area,” Vince told Bored Panda in an earlier interview.

“We have a heavy police presence in the town of Morrison, which is next to Indian Hills, and they run a ton of speed traps traffic signs. The sign said, ‘Indian Hills annexed by Morrison, slow down.’ Many people believed that prank, and the amount of attention it brought was really surprising.”

From then on, Vince decided to put bad puns and jokes up a couple of times a week. “I also try to create unique holiday puns/sayings, and current events that I feel are important. It is hard to keep coming up with the material, but I do try” he said, explaining that the reason he does it is straightforward – he likes to make people laugh.

Do you appreciate this”so bad it’s good” kind of humor? Make sure you check out the sign’s dedicated Facebook page to keep up to date on the latest and join in too – the puns and jokes that the signs inspire in the comments are just as good as the original!

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