Vincze Miklós, Author at Gizmodo

The most bizarre experimental tanks ever to roll through a battlefield

Tanks are a crucial part of any land force in battle, and every military dreams of coming up with the ultimate invincible vehicle, complete with incredible firepower. But some militaries dream bigger than others. From winged tanks and DiY armored cars, to tanks studded with flamethrowers, here are some of the most bizarre examples of…

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The most amazing movie sets ever created (other than Lord of the Rings)

The movie sets in Lord of the Rings set the bar rather high when it comes to creating massive fantasy worlds that your actors can run around in. But there have been other incredible, large-scale movie sets — from the disaster of the capsizing boat cities of Waterworld, to the art nouveau dystopia of Fritz…

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The weirdest stories about objects that came shooting out of the sky

Here are some of the weirdest objects that have fallen from the sky — from pieces of space junk to raw meat. Space junk, around Baikonur Cosmodrome Debris and toxic fuel landed often into people’ backyards in Altai Territory. This picture from 2000 shows us a part of a Soyuz spacecraft. The villagers there collected…

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The Most Futuristic Electrified Devices of the 1920s and 30s

In early twentieth century America, the craze for new and futuristic devices was going at full tilt. Instead of lusting after the latest Nexus, you’d crave the latest electrified refrigerator or radio for your home. Here are a few of the items that enraptured people in the 1920s and 30s who were seeking high tech…

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These Buildings Look Like Giant Tetris Games

Given that Tetris is the ultimate “building stuff out of blocks” game, it’s probably no surprise that it has architectural analogues. Here is a gallery of buildings around the world that look they were built by crazy Tetris fans. Habitat 67 (Moshe Sadfie, Montreal, Canada, 1967) This model community in Montreal, Canada was built for…

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These are China’s weirdest monuments

There’s nothing like a huge, diverse nation with a tumultuous history to bring on the weirdness. Here are a few of our favorite incredibly strange monuments that could only exist in China . . . or maybe the American midwest. But we’ll save the latter for another day. For now, enjoy this gallery of eastern…

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Classic European scifi movies you probably haven’t seen – but you should

Sure, you’ve seen a few European scifi classics like Metropolis and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. But have you ventured into northern and eastern Europe to uncover these gems? Himmelskibet, Excelsior / A Trip to Mars / Das Himmelschiff (1918), Denmark A wonderful 81-minute Danish space opera about Professor Planetarios and his crew. They are…

Movies Vincze Miklós Feb 20

Odd Snapshots of Everyday Life in North Korea

From the outside, the closed nation of North Korea remains a mystery. But in the few glimpses we get of life inside the country, there’s a kind of poignancy to how humble and ordinary daily life really is for most of its people. Here are a few images and facts of North Korean life that…

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Incredible Castles That Were Built By Only One Person

In the 21st Century you can be a castellan, too. These DiY castles and castle-like buildings presented below were all built by just one person, though a few of them had a bit of help from their families or volunteers. Bishop Castle, near Colorado City, Colorado Construction began in 1969 as a one-man project by…

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The most gorgeous Bauhaus designs in the world are in Hungary

Bauhaus was a style popular in the early twentieth century, featuring a combination of traditional designs and futuristic curves. In Hungary, the style was all the rage, especially in architecture. Here are some of the most gorgeous examples. Dalnoki-Kovats Villa, Budapest (1932, by Farkas Molnar) It was built for the chairman of the Hungarian Trade…

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Some of the World’s Spookiest Ghost Towns

There’s something unsettling about a whole town that’s just been abandoned. Whether due to a natural disaster, or an economic avalanche, sometimes whole communities wind up standing empty, with nothing but crumbling structures to commemorate the people who called them home. Here are nine of the world’s most spooky ghost towns — eight of which…

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Here Are Some of the Weirdest-Looking Creatures From Doctor Who

One of the reasons we love Doctor Who, especially the classic series, is the inspired goofiness that went into creating its aliens. When you combine a low budget with soaring imagination, you often get creatures who transcend their cheesiness to become, well, a strange kind of art. Here is a gallery of some of the…

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The weirdest and most unbelievable things that humans have sent into space

Over the past half-century, humans have sent probes throughout the solar system and beyond. We’ve learned a tremendous amount about other planets, other stars, and what it would take to found a colony beyond Earth. And we’ve also spent a lot of time goofing around. Alongside the wondrous objects we’ve shot out into the black,…

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Why Budapest Is Famous For Its Art Nouveau Architecture

The Art Noveau (“New Art” in French) was a popular style of art between 1890 and 1910, known as Jugendstil, Modernisme and Secession. In Hungary it was quite popular; some of the country’s most famous architects designed buildings in this style. Some of them were inspired by traditional Hungarian decorative designs, Transylvanian traditions, or Far…

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The shiniest retro-futuristic cars from classic science fiction

Sleek, beautiful futuristic cars have always been a staple of science fiction. But as times change, so do our ideas of what’s futuristic. Here’s a look back at ten of the coolest vehicles in scifi history, whose curves and bulges are right from the annals of retro-futurism. The Adams Probe 16 from Stanley Kubrick’s A…

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Freakish, Century-Old “Tall Tale Postcards” Were the ‘Shops of Their Day

Tall tale postcards were all the rage a century ago, thanks to photographers William H. “Dad” Martin and Alfred Stanley Johnson Jr. These trick photography (or retouched) postcards brought us strange images of gigantic rabbits, fishes and vegetables. Tall tale postcards were popular up until World War I, and then they slowly faded from memory.…

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The Strange History of the Moscow Cathedral That Couldn’t Be Destroyed

On the northern side of the Moskwa River, near the Kremlin, there stands the world’s tallest Orthodox Christian Church, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. It looks centuries old, but it was just built in 2000. For the second time. Here’s how it happened. Adolph Norten: Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, 1851 December 14 in 1812…

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Here are the most futuristic European cities that never existed

There is nothing more fascinating than yesterday’s vision of tomorrow — especially when it comes to city design. Here are some of the most incredible futuristic cities imagined by great European designers of the twentieth century and before. We hope that they came to fruition in some alternate timeline. Le Corbusier: Contemporary City For Three…

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8 glorious buildings shaped like squids and octopodes

Architects frequently take their design cues from nature, but while some prefer the curves of budding flowers or the sturdy power of desert mesas, others give their buildings reaching tentacles, high, squid-like towers, or the occasional smattering of what looks like suckers. Here are a handful of buildings and design concepts that remind us of…

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The world’s most beautiful gardens are miracles of geoengineering

There are gardens and then there are carefully engineered masterpieces of plants, stones, and animals that fill acres of land with anthropogenic natural wonders. Humans don’t always trash their ecosystems. Sometimes we reshape them into something amazing. Here are some of the most incredible examples of landscape architecture, also known humbly as gardening. Click any…

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The most bizarre experimental tanks ever to roll through a battlefield

The most amazing movie sets ever created (other than Lord of the Rings)

The weirdest stories about objects that came shooting out of the sky

The Most Futuristic Electrified Devices of the 1920s and 30s

These Buildings Look Like Giant Tetris Games

These are China’s weirdest monuments

Classic European scifi movies you probably haven’t seen – but you should

Odd Snapshots of Everyday Life in North Korea

Incredible Castles That Were Built By Only One Person

The most gorgeous Bauhaus designs in the world are in Hungary

Some of the World’s Spookiest Ghost Towns

Here Are Some of the Weirdest-Looking Creatures From Doctor Who

The weirdest and most unbelievable things that humans have sent into space

Why Budapest Is Famous For Its Art Nouveau Architecture

The shiniest retro-futuristic cars from classic science fiction

Freakish, Century-Old “Tall Tale Postcards” Were the ‘Shops of Their Day

The Strange History of the Moscow Cathedral That Couldn’t Be Destroyed

Here are the most futuristic European cities that never existed

8 glorious buildings shaped like squids and octopodes

The world’s most beautiful gardens are miracles of geoengineering

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