This is God’s Ark of Safety in Frostburg, Maryland. The brainchild of Pastor Richard Greene, this is a church… that’s also a full-size replica of Noah’s Ark.¹

Well it would be… if Pastor Greene had ever gotten round to finishing it. Construction began all the way back in 1976, and even today it’s little more than a frame. Clearly the Pastor isn’t expecting the next Great Flood to happen anytime soon.

More at the official site and the Wikipedia page. Thanks to Aprillo and Eric Bennett.

Look closely at the car park of BMW’s headquarters and you’ll see that there’s a Mini parked on the wall. Even more bizarrely, this isn’t even unusual: we’ve found gravity-defying Mini parking before!

You may also remember that early last year there was a lot of press about a possible flying car found in Google Earth, with much debate on whether or not it was just a visual illusion involving a black car parked next to a white one.

So it’s with much excitement that I present a car which nobody can doubt is capable of flight – it’s got giant golden wings!

The “Golden Bird” as it’s known is a winged Ford Fiesta which is, much to my disappointment, a static sculpture marking the entrance to Cologne city museum¹. So I guess we’ve still not found a conclusive flying car.

Of course any car that’s thinking about taking to the sky should beware: outside this Volkswagen garage in Nuremberg they’ve actually impaled this poor car as a warning to others who might try to escape! Maybe this explains why flying cars are so hard to find?

Thanks to Felippo and KugelErde

Here at the King Khaled Airport in Saudi Arabia, a little way away from the main terminal, there’s a mysterious and unexplained outline of a plane marked out on the desert sand.

The shape is similar in size and dimensions to the four-engine Boeing 747; perhaps one was used as a fire training aircraft and since removed? If so, then where did it go, and how did they remove it without disturbing the outline?

Looking closer, is it possible that the plane shape is actually marked by some sort of plant life? Perhaps the brown dots that litter the landscape are shrubs and for some reason they have sprouted up where a plane used to stand.

This was found by diane9247 at the Keyhole forums – where despite extensive discussion and an actual email to King Khaled Airport – they’re still no closer to proving what this really is!

Anybody got any other suggestions?

Rather than the usual fare of flowerbeds, ponds or garden gnomes, Lloyd “Tud” Krohn decorates his garden with handmade aircraft.

The 1/16 scale models include a V-22 Osprey, B-17 Flying Fortress, P-38 Lightning, C-130 Hercules and an Apache helicopter.

Mr Krohn (I’m afraid I can’t bring myself to call him “Tud”) started building these odd garden ornaments over 17 years ago but, so far, nobody has figured out exactly why…

More info from Fox41 and ground level pictures on RC Groups. Thanks to sixftjafp.

For tonight’s dinner we’re following what might well be the world’s largest recipe – as it’s written in large type all over the surface of Google Earth.

To start with, on the coast of Nova Scotia a vineyard uses the fields to do more than grow the grapes – they also advertise wines and their website.¹

So we’ve got some wine. Next, if you happen to be driving down this motorway on the Danish island of Zealand, and feel a little peckish, you can stop off and buy some peas from the top of the hill.

You’ll know when you’re at the right place by the giant advertising for “Ærter” (that’s Danish for peas), but it sometimes it says “Æbler” instead (apples).

Lastly, a roof in Columbus urges us to “Eat Trout“. Clearly not a trout farm, from what I can gather the building is (or at least was), some sort of night club – so perhaps it’s just a public service announcement?²

So there we have it, a complete meal in Google Earth: fish, peas on the side and a glass of wine! But can anyone find me some dessert?

Thanks to Greg_Yetman, sladys and Dave Collins

(This post was updated 8th September to correct the location of the peas. Thanks to those in the comments!)