World’s Strangest

Leonard Knight created by Salvation Mountain colorful Salvation Mountain is a colorful art installation covering much of a small hill north of Calipatria, California, near Slab City. It is made from adobe, straw, and thousands of gallons of paint. It was created by Leonard Knight to convey the message that “God Loves Everyone”. Mr. Knight refused [...]

One of our most popular regular features is Ransom Riggs’ “Strange Geographies.” In case you’re new to the site or weren’t able to stop by every day this summer, here’s the link to all previous installments of the series. We’re planning a nicer gallery to show these off, but in the meantime, that link will [...]

I thought it was a mirage the first time I saw it. I was driving through the wastes of the Mojave desert, two hours from anywhere, when off in the shimmering distance appeared the silhouettes of a hundred parked jetliners. I pulled off and tried to get closer to them, but a mean-looking perimeter fence [...]