I’d love to see the temples at Angkor and especially Angkor Wat. I doubt I’ll ever get the chance in real life. Google might make it possible for me to virtually tour the temples though. This clever experience from the search engine gives you a ground level walkthrough of the incredible buildings. The best way […]
Waterfall giant is modern masterpiece
Looking at this picture you might well think ancient man helped carve a natural rock waterfall into this shape. However, this impressive landscape is entirely modern and part of the Swarovski experience. Created by Andre Heller for Swarovski Crystal Worlds, the giant has lured more than 9 million visitors into its depths – where they […]
The church in Antarctica
This is a real church. Funds were collected by a charity called Temple for Antarctica which paid for this Eastern Orthodox, staffed, church. Trinity Church can accommodate up to 30 people and was opened by in 2004 by Theognost, the Biship of Segiyev Posad and the Namestrnik of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. The Orthodox church is staffed […]
The 5 most haunted wedding venues in the UK
Getting married is traditionally the best day of your life. Consumed with happiness, you both are riding high on the wings of love and nothing can touch you… or can it? Numerous wedding venues across the country have built up a reputation as being haunted. Sightings of ghostly goings-on have been reported by the bride […]
World’s most dangerous and haunted roads
This infographic has been put together by a loan company and shows an impressive collection of dangerous roads. North Yungas Road sounds horrible, just 3 metres wide and with between 100 to 300 deaths every year. Would you risk it? We can only speculate that the loan company was suggesting that driving was a dangerous […]
When it gets really cold…
These photos come from Karaganda. This is the capital of the Karagandy Province in Kazakhstan, the fourth largest city in the country. Record high temperatures have been recorded of 40.2°C (that’s about 104.4°F) in August and the record low in December of about -42.9 (-42.9). Averages are more like 25 as high down to -15 […]
When glaciers attack
This video footage comes from Steve Leonard and Arctic expert Jason Roberts looking for Polar Bears. Trouble starts early on and the video as their little boat snags on something and the engine cuts out. The engine cuts out right underneath a sheer ice wall. It’s a dangerous place to stall. In Pure Spirit Would […]
Sponsored Video: Macmillan Cancer Support’s Tree of Light
The cancer support charity Macmillan have allowed energy supplier Npower to hook up with them this Christmas.
What is The Door to Hell?
Here on In Pure Spirit I’ve written about The Door to Hell before. The very fact that you’re reading this suggests to me that you’re likely one of the few people to know about it. That is… until this week. This week popular YouTube channel SciShow covered the crazy location. Here’s their video. In Pure […]
Is this video evidence of a weird monster in the Mekong River?
Is this the Mekong Monster? The Mekong is a large river; the 7th-longest in Asia that crawls into Thailand where this video was filmed. The name comes from “Mae Man Khong, a term similar in Thai and Lao, which means mother river or mother water. Only the Amazon has more animals per cubic foot and […]
