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For little girls who grew up wishing they were princesses, some dreams are never forgotten. Feel like royalty on your wedding day with these beautiful Disney-inspired dresses. For the bride obsessed with… #1. Be carriage-worthy with this Alfred Angelo Cinderella gown. #2. Pretty petticoats…
Danielle Jacobs, a 24-year-old who has a type of autism spectrum disorder called Asperger’s syndrome, recently posted this powerful video of her dog Samson comforting her during a “meltdown”: These “episodes” are just a normal part of the life of this Tempe, Arizona resident. Jacobs was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome in…
Caterpillars might be considered boring, particularly when compared with their prettier, metamorphosed butterfly selves. But photographer Samuel Jaffe thinks otherwise. A naturalist photographer by trade, Jaffe makes the furry, fluorescent, grubby little creatures the main focus of his photography. “Gravity” Hyalophora cecropia on buttonbush The Eastern Massachusetts native grew…
Salt & Water, an architecture and yacht design firm based in Serbia, has unveiled their award-winning concept design for a luxury floating hotel with detachable private “rooms” in the form of catamarans. The eye-popping hotel will allow guests an uninterrupted view…
When six-year-old Owen Lake flew to Houston with his family, he left behind one very important family member: his tiny tiger Hobbes (of Calvin and Hobbes fame). Luckily, Hobbes was found safe and sound at Tampa airport, where he was later reunited with Owen. As it turns…
If you think managing to show up for class for an entire week is an achievement, think again. This teenager just graduated high school with perfect attendance since kindergarten — that’s a whopping 2,340 school days. When Justice Fleming of Huntersville, North…
Dove has an uncanny way of pulling at our heartstrings. This time, it’s with an incredibly heartwarming video of men finding out that they’ll be fathers for the first time. It’s all part the #RealDadMoments campaign for Dove Men+Care. Some can’t quite…
Since May last year, thousands of Iranian women have been posting pictures of themselves on Facebook not wearing headscarves. In Iran, where Islamic law is enforced, the simple act of women showing their hair is considered a punishable offence. Since the Islamic revolution in 1979,…
We know pets are not supposed to sleep in the bed, but these dogs in peaceful slumber are much too adorable to kick out. If we ever find this much cuteness in our beds, we’ll happily sleep on the floor…
Unremarkable and more than a little rundown, this may seem like just another innocuous building in Kazakhstan. In reality, though, it actually holds awesome relics of the Russian space program, which were uncovered by photographer and urban explorer Ralph Mirebs.…
The fact that most Disney animals talk allows us to perceive them as being more human than animal. So when Wisconsin-based artist ‘Pugletto’ decided to reimagine Disney animals as humans in a way that hadn’t been done before, we were…
There is a special place that is changing the way nursing homes and preschools operate by putting the two together. With over 400 elderly residents, Providence Mount St. Vincent Assisted Living in Seattle, WA is a perfect venue for the two worlds to collide…
Honolulu City’s Executive Director of Housing, Jun Yang, has announced plans to make transitional homeless shelters out of five decommissioned city buses. “The idea is to convert them into living, sleeping, showering, recreational facilities,” said Ma Ry Kim of Group…
May the facts be with you. #1. What do R2-D2 and the Energizer Bunny have in common? #2. Well played, Sir Alec. #3. Ugh. Sexist, much? #4. Something to keep in mind for your next Star Wars marathon. #5. Talk…
Susanna Bauer does the seemingly impossible — she crochets fragile leaves, transforming them into miniature sculptures. “There is a fine balance in my work between fragility and strength; literally, when it comes to pulling a fine thread through a brittle leaf or thin dry…
As a professional photographer, Elke Vogelsang frequently takes portraits of people and their pets. However, her favorite subjects remain her own three dogs: Scout, Ioli, and Noodles. After years of modeling for their human, it looks like these three adorable rescues have…