37 Fascinating Photos of Our Fascinating World

Nathan Johnson Published 09/05/2021 in facepalm

Dive into a new world of wonder with this collection of fascinating photos from around the world and web.

The world is truly a wondrous place, and the biggest joy of our current place and time is that you don't have to move a muscle to see all the wonderful things our big world has to show us.

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1.
Rare Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils from Western Australia. They’re estimated to be around 280 million years old (Gascoyne Junction, Australia).
2.
This skeleton of a roman man, who was crushed by a flying stone slab during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2000 years ago, was discovered in May of 2018.
3.
All the stuff the Taliban has in their possession now
4.
This is considered to be the most realistic painting in the world
5.
How Every Parking Sign Should Be
6.
A family evacuated from Afghanistan arrives at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia
7.
Interior and controls of garbage truck
8.
Eating in public as a celebrity
9.
The interior of 1982 model Aston Martin Lagonda
10.
Monument in Georgia has instructions in 8 different languages on how to rebuild society after an apocalyptic event. It also functions as a compass, calendar and clock.
11.
This is the most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectronic microscopy datasets
12.
Deer that fell between rocks
13.
Hasbro Is making their board games more inclusive
14.
In Germany, you can play pong with the person on the other side of the traffic lights.
15.
This field of tulips in Holland
16.
I just saw that in my neighborhood in France, there’s a daily baguette delivery service.
17.
A miniature traffic playground in Copenhagen where kids learn to bike in traffic
18.
A cake that you can buy out of a vending machine in a can
19.
I’m in Saudi Arabia, and they sell camel milk in supermarkets.
20.
A blue stop sign in Hawaii
21.
A hotpot restaurant in Queens puts all the spices in bear form.
22.
Harvey’s (Canada) gives ’grow your own plants’ instead of a toy in their kids’ meals.
23.
Someone in my town is crocheting little hats for postboxes, Dorset, UK.
24.
In Wroclaw, Poland, each cathedral and even the rivers have a tactile model nearby for blind people to see them too.
25.
A friend ordered tiramisu in Scotland. Why sugar the lid?
26.
This custom sink in the women’s room at the Chimacum Chevron
27.
A Filipino restaurant in Seattle with no menu
28.
In Wyoming, there are some huge snowdrifts still. I’m 6’1” for scale.
29.
Saw this surreal looking skyscraper on vacation in Italy.
30.
Macy’s in NYC still has a couple of their original, still functioning, wooden escalators.
31.
Surprisingly voluminous trash cans in Amsterdam
32.
My friend is vacationing in Armenia. This is his $6 dinner.
33.
Another obelisk found this morning in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
34.
These underwater statues I found in a canal in Copenhagen
35.
So, Subway is now selling pizzas in Brazil…
36.
Drove past this building that looks like a picnic basket in Ohio.
37.
You are really not allowed to park along this stretch of highway in Florida.

1.
Rare Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils from Western Australia. They’re estimated to be around 280 million years old (Gascoyne Junction, Australia).
2.
This skeleton of a roman man, who was crushed by a flying stone slab during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2000 years ago, was discovered in May of 2018.
3.
All the stuff the Taliban has in their possession now
4.
This is considered to be the most realistic painting in the world
5.
How Every Parking Sign Should Be
6.
A family evacuated from Afghanistan arrives at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia
7.
Interior and controls of garbage truck
8.
Eating in public as a celebrity
9.
The interior of 1982 model Aston Martin Lagonda
10.
Monument in Georgia has instructions in 8 different languages on how to rebuild society after an apocalyptic event. It also functions as a compass, calendar and clock.
11.
This is the most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectronic microscopy datasets
12.
Deer that fell between rocks
13.
Hasbro Is making their board games more inclusive
14.
In Germany, you can play pong with the person on the other side of the traffic lights.
15.
This field of tulips in Holland
16.
I just saw that in my neighborhood in France, there’s a daily baguette delivery service.
17.
A miniature traffic playground in Copenhagen where kids learn to bike in traffic
18.
A cake that you can buy out of a vending machine in a can
19.
I’m in Saudi Arabia, and they sell camel milk in supermarkets.
20.
A blue stop sign in Hawaii
21.
A hotpot restaurant in Queens puts all the spices in bear form.
22.
Harvey’s (Canada) gives ’grow your own plants’ instead of a toy in their kids’ meals.
23.
Someone in my town is crocheting little hats for postboxes, Dorset, UK.
24.
In Wroclaw, Poland, each cathedral and even the rivers have a tactile model nearby for blind people to see them too.
25.
A friend ordered tiramisu in Scotland. Why sugar the lid?
26.
This custom sink in the women’s room at the Chimacum Chevron
27.
A Filipino restaurant in Seattle with no menu
28.
In Wyoming, there are some huge snowdrifts still. I’m 6’1” for scale.
29.
Saw this surreal looking skyscraper on vacation in Italy.
30.
Macy’s in NYC still has a couple of their original, still functioning, wooden escalators.
31.
Surprisingly voluminous trash cans in Amsterdam
32.
My friend is vacationing in Armenia. This is his $6 dinner.
33.
Another obelisk found this morning in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
34.
These underwater statues I found in a canal in Copenhagen
35.
So, Subway is now selling pizzas in Brazil…
36.
Drove past this building that looks like a picnic basket in Ohio.
37.
You are really not allowed to park along this stretch of highway in Florida.