José Franco Guerrero first began planting cypress trees in 1936. Now, the cemetery features 300 larger-than-life tree sculptures. Josè Maria Azael Franco Guerrero began planting cypress trees in the cemetery in 1936.Diego Delso/Wikimedia Commons Marrovi/Wikimedia Commons He recognized that the soil in the cemetery was optimal for growing these trees.Celine Massa/Flickr Diego Delso/Wikimedia Commons It can take a decade for a cypress tree to mature enough that it can then be sculpted this intricately. Read More...
The Future Size Of Earth Have a glimpse into the future without a Delorean in this amazing GIF series.
The Growth Of Las Vegas Sin City’s origins aren’t found in the profit-seeking pinstriped suits of gambling executives. Rather, the city got its name–and start–from Mexican scouts who discovered the area’s meadows (vegas) in the early 19th century.
GIFs That Explain The World: The Expansion Of Walmart Today, four members of the Walton family (the progenitor of the retail chain) own a combined $150 billion which makes them the richest family in the country. Read More...
For half a century, the Man in Black loomed large over music. These vibrant Johnny Cash photos explain why. Cash on stage with his acoustic guitar in the mid-1950s, around the time his career started taking off. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images A young Johnny Cash, a new artist at Sun Studios records, finds himself in an impromptu jam session with rock and roll legends Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley at the Memphis studio on December 4, 1956. Read More...
