Tagged: world

The worst prisons in the world (20 pictures)

While some prisons are actually quite nice with televisions, work out rooms, ping pong tables, and hearty servings of food, there are numerous prisons (primarily in underdeveloped nations) that are very rightfully called “hell on Earth”. Of course, there are those of you who will say, the prisoners should have thought twice before committing a crime. Fair enough, but remember…most of the worst prisons in the world are not in democratic, fair trial countries.

The worst prisons in the world combine torture, corruption and eternities of solitary confinement making these lockups unusually cruel punishment.

Vintage Anti-Communist Ads and Propaganda Posters (15 pictures)

Look out – communists are infiltrating the country with nefarious plans to sterilize our men, steal our women and convert children! Dramatic and overwrought, anti-communist ads and propaganda from the Cold War era attempted to inspire loyalty to democracy and fear of the atomic bomb-wielding enemy.

Bad Facts About the USA (15 pictures)

We hear it all the time, from every corner of the political sphere: There’s no other country on the planet quite like the United States of America. It’s indisputably true that this country is exceptional in a large number of ways.

But there are things you can not be proud of. Let’s see them.

Impressive photos of Antarctica form the early 20th century (16 pictures)

James Francis Hurley was the most famous Australian photographer and adventurer of the first half of the XX century. His career began in the 1910s during an expedition to Antarctica, where he showed himself “a warrior with a camera ready to go anywhere and to make any hardship, just to get a good shot.”

This is a selection of the most popular Antarctica’s photographs by Frank Hurley.

World famous cities on the water (10 pictures)

When pronouncing the phrase “city on the water” comes to mind Venice. Architecture, rich history and romance of the place turned this water attraction in Italy, a real treasure for tourists. However, in the world there are many cities, standing on the water.

Let’s see the ten most popular ones.