pranks Gingerbread monolith appears on San Francisco hilltop Gareth Branwyn

vandalism Christians censor monoliths, vandalizing property and tearing down monuments Thom Dunn

sculpture Mysterious genitalia sculpture swapped in Bavarian mountains for bigger phallus Kevin Reome

Ukraine Miss Ukraine's 'Warrior of Light' costume took four months to build under extreme conditions Rusty Blazenhoff

what music does cheese like? What music makes the best cheese? Hip-hop! Jennifer Sandlin

lake mead The "Monolith of Lake Mead" is a sunken speedboat sticking straight up out of the dry lakebed Jennifer Sandlin

counterfeiters Watch counterfeiter Jeff Turner describe how he perfected his pseudo-Supernote Andrew Yi

vandalism Mysterious Georgia Guidestones were partially destroyed in a bombing Jennifer Sandlin

movies The fine line between representing and appropriating Asian culture Devin Nealy

History Today is the birthday of abolitionist John Brown Devin Nealy

rap Vanilla Ice and the birth of inauthentic hip hop Devin Nealy

The Ultimate Scratching Post was designed to be the central axis of your home, around which all things revolve Mark Frauenfelder

punk rock KEXP has a great retrospective on G.L.O.S.S. (Girls Living Outside Society's Shit) Thom Dunn

sound effects Check out this demo of Plate Echo — "the greatest studio effect of all time" Mark Frauenfelder

futility closet In the 1800s, France, England, and the United States each undertook to move a massive Egyptian obelisk Futility Closet

Space Two moons were visible in the Dubai sky last night. David Pescovitz

pranks The new monolith in Turkey was actually a publicity stunt pulled by… the Turkish government David Pescovitz

art A mystery monolith of your very own David Pescovitz

fly-by-night monoliths Mysterious monolith shenanigans update: the one in Romania has vanished Carla Sinclair