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Ladies and gentlemen, we present The Human Marvels. For nearly one year, the host and sideshow enthusiast behind this site has imparted the history of human eccentricity. With dignity and honor, he introduces such "peculiar people" and medical oddities as Caroline Crachami, "the Sicilian fairy," and Frank "Cannonball" Richards, the "pain-proof man." Approach and you're guaranteed an astonishing tour of the many ways men and women have been born different—or made themselves that way. You will encounter black albino brothers, a horned grandmother, the Sacred Family of Burma, the Rubber Man, and the Tattooed Prince. This also being a tale of carnivals and circuses, the human skill for gimmickry (and cruelty) makes its presence known. Here, the terrible hoax and the terrific truth often sit side by side. And now, come on in!

George Orwell's "1984" forever popularized the phrase, "Big Brother is watching you." This blog believes others are watching you, too, but these commonplace siblings are less judgmental. (At least, we like to think so.) The collaborative collection highlights faces in such unexpected places as a roof, your front door, a hot iron, or even that muffin you had for breakfast. From screaming faces to friendly ones, angry features to those more fowl, visages with crazy eyes or beady peepers, or the vast array of purse faces—there's a mug here for everyone. Still having trouble picking facial features out of the ordinary? A tour through the gallery may illuminate new ways to see food, buildings, transportation, garden tools, everyday gadgets, and familiar things around the house. Even the red jacket zipper fish is much more fun than Big Brother.

It's not uncommon to have some detailing done on a car when you buy it. But to arrange for massive wings to shoot off your vehicle's hindquarters? That's not something you see every day. And as far as the car aficionados at U.K.'s Top Gear are concerned, it's downright "dodgy." That hasn't stopped them, however, from soliciting photographic evidence from across Europe and around the world of the utter "carbage" some people are willing to drive. Motor through this dealership of daring and you'll see such exuberantly modified rides as a saccharine pink fake Ferrari; the bastard child of a hot rod and a snowboard; autos with monster wheels; teeny, tiny baby cars; and at least one jet-powered jalopy. There's no background on who's doing this to their cars, but we did glean one generalization: Owners of the old Volkswagen Beatle like to hack their cars—over and over and over and over again.