The Perpetually Sailing SS Baychimo Wikimedia CommonsThe SS Baychimo became trapped in pack ice in 1931, forcing its crew to abandon it. First launched in 1914, the SS Baychimo was initially used as a German trading vessel, serving Germany’s Baltic posts during World War I. After the war ended, the ship was given to the British government as part of Germany’s war reparations. The British fitted the SS Baychimo to journey to northern Canada for the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Constructed in the early 20th century, Eixample is a district of the Spanish city of Barcelona known for the urban planning that divided the district into octagonal blocks. Influenced by a range of schools of architecture, Eixample Barcelona was designed in a grid pattern with long streets, wide avenues, and rounded street corners. Despite being in the center of a thriving European metropolis, the district provides improved living conditions for inhabitants including extensive sun light, improved ventilation, and more open green space for public use.

By the time the Chinese Massacre of 1871 was finished, 17 Chinese men and boys were dead. Not a single person involved would be held responsible. California Historical SocietyImage of Old Chinatown neighborhood, circa 1875, where the Chinese massacre transpired. In 1871, the city of angels had a population of 6,000 people and only six law enforcement officials. According to the U.S. census, the Chinese population was only about three percent of the city’s entire population — roughly 172 people.

Source: World’s Most Amazing Things We’ve all seen them at one point or another – in a park, at a festival, or practically any place where tourists gather in large numbers. Some of us walk right past them as if they were actual statues while others might stop and stare a while. Eventually, we all end up thinking the same thing – “I could do that!” After all, this has to be the cushiest job in the world.

Kwame Ajamu spent 27 years locked away in a prison for a crime he didn't commit. His expression following his exoneration is wrenching.Kwame Ajamu, right, formerly known as Ronnie Bridgeman, is comforted by attorney Terry Gilbert. At age 17, Ohio native Kwame Ajamu saw much of his future vanish. Ajamu, along with his brother and a friend, was convicted of murdering a money-order salesman in Cleveland. The boys, all of whom were under 21 at the time, were sentenced to death but later had their sentences commuted.