Known as "the Sistine Chapel of crystals," Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) contains some of the world's largest known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum as long as 36 More...
A noted marine explorer named Jacques-Yves Cousteau wrote: "It is all strange, unearthly, and yet familiar. Strange because the sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonders forever."
Diving is becoming a much more popular More...
The restaurant industry is one of the most lucrative in the world. Ironically, part of the frenzy surrounding the dining experience has little to do with the provisions themselves-but instead revolves around the highly imaginative manner in which More...
The medieval mind, just like the classical mind before it, was captivated by the wondrous things people had made. For much of the thousand-year period known as the Middle Ages, most Europeans lived in small, isolated communities; travel was More...