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7 of the Most Extreme Towns on the Planet

(via Popular Mechanics) In towns that have hundreds of citizens to cities that have hundreds of thousands, residents of Earth

(via Gizmodo) It seems counterintuitive, right? Rip out eight lanes of freeway through the middle of your metropolis and you’ll

(via Atlas Obscura)“Every city has an identity like we humans do. And every city is unique smell-wise,” explains Tolaas, a

(via Great Big Story) One-hundred-fifty feet below Kansas City, in a 270-million-year-old limestone deposit, more than 1600 people work in

From mental_floss: Any city’s history of development is filled with interesting near misses. Here are eight ambitious projects that each could