Most Inaccessible Monasteries!

Buddhist monasteries are usually located in remote places far from the hub-bub of cities and towns. It takes more than a mild determination to reach them, but some of these are decidedly inaccessible. The idea is to keep all but only the most dedicated followers from reaching these holy places, while they also make the monks feel like they were closer to God in a place of peace and solitude. Today, however, most of these monasteries are tourist attractions, and in favor of the tourists, several accessible methods like ropeways and stairs have been added. They still look formidable and requires hundreds of meters of vertical trekking.

 

Monasteries of Meteora, Greece

The Metéora (Greek for “suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is a group of six monasteries and one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece. The six monasteries, built on natural sandstone rock pillars, are one of the most powerful examples of the architectural transformation of a site into a place of retreat, meditation and prayer. 

 

Interesting Science Facts

We live in an amazing world drifting through an amazing universe and these are some amazing facts about you, life, the world, and that amazing universe.  This is the kind of stuff you don't need to know, but it is sure fun to know!

THE FREE SCHOOL UNDER THE BRIDGE

Next time you complain about going to school (or hear someone complain about going to school), take a look at this.

Seen here are Rajesh Kumar Sharma and Laxmi Chandra and together, they run a free school for children living in the slums of New Delhi, India under a metro bridge.  Around 30 underprivileged children attend the school... the only school they can attend. 

For two hours every weekday, Sharma leaves his day-job at a general store in Shakarpur -- his brother fills in for him -- so that he can teach the children.  Sharma was forced to drop out of college because of financial difficulties and did not wish to see an education denied to children just because they are poor.

Tree House

As a kid we dream of building an amazing tree house. The American couple Tereasa and David never forgot their childhood dreams. They built this tree house for adults in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

Meet the Man Who Transforms Corpses into Diamonds

By Gian Volpicelli

People usually make for blue-colored diamonds. Images via Algordanza

How To Clean a Bathtub Naturally with a Grapefruit & Salt

APARTMENT THERAPY TUTORIALS

If you make your own green cleaners, why not change things up once in awhile?

Discovered After 70 Years: A Stunning, Untouched WWII Era Paris Apartment

It's every antique hunter's dream: an accidental Paris time-capsule, unoccupied since 1942.

Identical non-twins

These 13 People Are Not Twins. What’s Even More Unbelievable…They’ve Never Even Met Till Now.

Canadian photographer Francois Bruenelle accomplished something I never thought possible (or really thought about at all, honestly). The photog from Québec found the most amazing, real-life dopplegangers and photographed them together. (A doppleganger is the “apparition or double of a living person.”) These photographs are quite shocking when you realize that none of the people pictured below knew each other or were related.

While not completely identical by any means, what Francois pulled off is pretty awesome. Check them out.

10 Best Selling Books of All Time

 

Long before the human being learnt the art of reading and writing, all the knowledge used to passed on from person to person and from generation to generation by word of mouth. The most popular form of communication since ancient times has been story-telling. Initially, even the religious knowledge used to be passed on in the form of stories only. That is how religious books like The Bible, the Bhagavad Gita and so on were preserved from generation to generation. After the invention of paper and printing press, the trend of printing such stories came into existence. Due to the popularity of the religious scriptures, their circulation was so immense, it is literally impossible to keep a track of all the copies circulated worldwide. There are other books written by famous authors at different times which have attained tremendous popularity due to their content and style of presentation. Here are the Top 10 best-selling single-series books of all time.

Its a new year, Be Brave

“Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.