Researchers have determined that the Crowley lake columns were created by cold water percolating down into — and steam rising up out of — hot volcanic ash spewed by a cataclysmic explosion 760,000 ...

Stone columns represent a pivotal ground improvement technique aimed at enhancing the load‐bearing capacity and reducing settlement in soft soil conditions. Traditionally, this method involves the ...

The unincorporated community of Crowley Lake sits about 15 minutes down the road from the year-round resort town of Mammoth Lakes and about an hour from the western entrance of Yosemite National Park.

On the north coast of Northern Ireland sits an otherworldly rock formation known as the Giant’s Causeway. There, thousands of hexagonal stone columns of various heights rise out of the North Atlantic ...

In the shadow of an ancient mound, near the convergence of the Betwa and Halali rivers in central India, stands a solitary stone pillar. To the untrained eye, it is simply an ancient column worn by ...

Seven ancient stone columns from the Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, in Beijing, which had been lost overseas for over a century, were officially returned to their homeland. They made their debut ...

During excavation for a new construction project in Thane's Tembhi Naka area, workers unearthed broken pieces of carved stone columns. Local historians speculate these fragments might originate from ...