Modern ruins of prehistoric proportions

These ruins are abandoned American theme parks, and I was surprised to see the Prehistoric Forest in Irish Hills, Michigan listed among them. I remember driving by there when I was kid, but I’m not sure we ever went in. Deer Forest in Coloma, now that I remember, delightfully cheesy and still open to this day.

Video of the dilapidated Lincoln Park in Dartmouth, Massachusettes, shows pictures of slender saplings growing up through weathered benches like blades of grass through spring snow.

Abandoned American Theme Parks

Enjoy this list of Michigan oddities around the state

Genie emerging from his lamp along Storybook Lane, Deer Forest, Coloma (image from deerforest.com)

Brilliant photomicrographs

From the edge of the Milky Way to the center of a molecule, enjoy this journey across space and into the DNA strands of a leaf in Florida, courtesy of the Molecular Expressions website.

Molecular Expressions offers a portfolio of photos containing thousands of full color photomicrographs, including some very colorful images of a variety of phytochemicals, the medicinal constituents of plants. The photo above is  of the phytochemical Heliotropin, a derivitive of sassafrass with aromatic healing qualities and a brilliant image by Molecular Expressions.

“The Molecular Expressions website features  acclaimed photo galleries and one of the largest collections of color photographs taken through an optical microscope (commonly referred to as “photo-micro-graphs”). Visit our Photo Gallery for an introductory selection of images covering just about everything from beer and ice cream to integrated circuits and ceramic superconductors. These photographs are available for licensing to commercial, private, and non-profit institutions.”

They have an large collection of DNA photos, including DNA under the influence of magnetic fields.

Molecular Expressions website: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/index.html