Technology China's 3,000-foot "Goddess escalator" takes 21 minutes to ride Ellsworth Toohey

malls Watch a crowded escalator fail spectacularly Jason Weisberger

china Little kid saved from potential escalator tragedy Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Mexico City escalator breakdowns blamed on pee-pee Xeni Jardin

mistakes Escalator malfunction leads to injuries and arrests Rob Beschizza

Funny Deeply weird escalator/elevator safety video starring rapping Ronald McDonald ripoff cat David Pescovitz

Gorton: a ubiquitous typeface you may never have heard of Jennifer Sandlin

law Florida woman pooped on dollar store floor while accomplice stole cleaning products Rob Beschizza

las vegas Stop to take a photo on a Las Vegas Strip pedestrian bridge and pay a $1,000 fine—or go to jail for six months Rob Beschizza

safety hazards Horrific Anime Expo crowd looks like disaster waiting to happen: "If there is a fire … we are all dying" (video) Carla Sinclair

The last wooden escalator in New York? Rob Beschizza

Evacuations A fire at World Trade Center in Hong Kong traps hundreds of people on roof, 1200 people evacuated Carla Sinclair

dupe Vermont high school takes over Macy's space Kevin Reome

education High school moved into empty Macy's department store David Pescovitz

futility closet In 1932, two German airmen became stranded in the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia Futility Closet

explainer videos Excellent animation explains how an escalator works Mark Frauenfelder

travel stories No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands Sean Bonner

video Cool sculpture made of repurposed wooden escalator stairs Andrea James