The Frontier Drive-In located in Center, Colo. (Credit: Craig Deman) Santa Monica, Calif.-based photographer Craig Deman captures eerie yet stunning photos of deteriorating drive-in movie theaters that have been fashioned by the effects of weather over time in his photo series, “The Drive-In Project.” “Decades of heat, wind and rain ‘organically stylized’ the remnants of screens, ticket booths and projection booths in a distressed manner,” explained Deman in an interview with Weather.com. “Capturing the effects of these atmospheric conditions on...

An image from Viennese artist Andreas Franke's underwater art gallery on the USS Mohawk near Sanibel Island, Fla. (Andreas Franke) Austrian photographer Andreas Franke has taken his works of art underwater again, transforming the USS Mohawk CGC, now a living reef, into a below sea level art gallery. Franke and his team mounted 12 images inside the 165-foot World War II warship’s walls off the coast of Sanibel Island. According to Diver magazine, the Mohawk is the last remaining ship...

A Chinese worker tends to one of the endangered Giant Panda twins born at the Wolong Nature Reserve in China's southwest Sichuan province (STR/AFP/Getty Images) This slideshow has been edited to include more baby animals born at zoos; the meerkats appear after the newborn Giant Panda twins and a sloth bear making his debut at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Weighing less than a tenth of a pound, meerkats Fips and Luck were born on April 23 to fanfare at the...

A beached whale art installation by the Belgian collective 'Captain Boomer' lies on the shore of the river Thames at Greenwich on June 20, 2013 in Greenwich, England. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images) When a bottlenose whale swam up the Thames River and became beached on the shore in 2006, thousands of people came to watch in awe and horror as scientists struggled and failed to returned the animal to its natural habitat. Spectators may have felt similar emotions upon seeing another...

Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji and the historic monuments of Kaesong, North Korea are just two of 19 new sites officially recognizeda World Heritage Site, an honor for monuments, buildings, sites or natural features "of outstanding universal value,"at the annual UNESCO conference held in Cambodia. Mount Etna in Italy, the Al Zubarah Archaeological Site in Qatar, and the Hani Rice Terraces in China were also added to the prestigious list. (MORE: Incredible Rice Terraces of the World) The UNESCO (United Nations...

Passenger John Breech snapped this photo as the passengers got off the Delta flight. (John Breech for weather.com) WASHINGTON -- Officials say a plane leaving Reagan National Airport veered off the runaway and its wheels got stuck in the mud. (MORE:|) Delta spokeswoman Sarah Lora said Delta Flight 1763 bound for Minneapolis was trying to enter the runway when the right gear left the pavement. She said the gear was stuck in about 12 inches of mud. Lora says that...

(Thinkstock) The timing of this year's July 4th holiday will lead to a slight decline in travel, according to the 2013 AAA Independence Day Holiday Travel Forecast. AAA Travel projects that 40.8 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Independence Day holiday, a 0.8 percent decrease from the 41.1 million people who traveled last year. The anticipated decline in holiday travel is largely due to a shorter holiday period, according to the organization. With the...

The New Century Global Center building behind an artificial lake in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) The biggest building in the world is open for business, and it's so large, it has its own artificial sun. The New Century Global Center in Chengdu, China includes offices, shopping malls, a Mediterranean village, a water park, an ice-skating rink, and hotels. Located in the Sichuan province of southwestern China, the building is a whopping 1.76 million square meters, large...

This photo provided by the family shows, from left, Jolene, Janet and Gabrielle Dunnabeck at their home in Whitney, Texas on Monday, July 1, 2013. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is investigating a close call between a Texas-bound Spirit Airlines flight they were aboard and a skydiving plane that forced the jetliner to dive sharply over Michigan on Sunday evening. (AP Photo) DETROIT -- The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is investigating a close call between a...

A general view shows the Roman Theater in the ancient city of Sabratha, 80 km west of Tripoli, 31 March 2006. Sabratha is considered one of the most significant ancient towns in Libya. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) They've survived thousands of years of the elements -- rain, wind, sun, sand -- but Libya's invaluable archaeological sites are now at risk from humans. The North African country has been inhabited for tens of thousands of years and been influenced by a variety...

Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia (AFP/Getty Images) (Getty Images) According to history.com, many experts believe that fireworks originated in China sometime between 600 and 900 A.D., where they were used in religious ceremonies to ward off evil spirits, and spread to Europe during the 13th century. The precursor to modern fireworka was developed in Italy in the 18th century, reports wisegeek.com, when the Italians started creating self-propelled aerial shells that allowed for more impressive pyrotechnic displays. Today, fireworks are used...

Members of the Old Guard attend the reopening ceremony of the Statue of Liberty on the first day it is open to the public after Superstorm Sandy on July 4, 2013 on the Liberty Island in New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images) NEW YORK -- The Statue of Liberty finally reopened on the Fourth of July months after Superstorm Sandy swamped its little island as Americans across the country celebrated freedom and President Barack Obama urged citizens to live up...

A giant chrome brushed aluminum skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus, made by French sculptor and painter Philippe Pasqua, stands at the pier of riverboat company Bateaux-Mouches on June 12, 2013, in Paris. (Claire Lebertre/AFP/Getty Images) A T-Rex is on the loose along the Seine River in Paris, poised to take a bite out of the Eiffel Tower -- and attract the Tower's tourists. The outdoor art installation is a realistic rendering of a tyrannosaurus rex fossil. It'sa 4-meter-high, 7-meter-long monster, built...