Hawaiian Rock Graffiti

Take a look at the Queen Kaahumanu Hwy on the western coast of Hawaii’s Big Island, and for miles and miles you’ll see white graffiti laid out over the hardened, black lava fields! Not to worry however, the messages aren’t…

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Friday, 29th October 2010

Street View Ireland: 4 weeks later

Four weeks ago, Google launched their Street View service in the Republic of Ireland. Google had been capturing pictures1 of Irish cities, towns and countryside over the previous year. So where were you the day the circus came to town?…

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Wednesday, 27th October 2010

Skyspaces, by James Turrell

James Turrell is an enigmatic American artist known for playing with the viewer’s concepts of light and space. His creations include an ambitious series of works called Skyspaces, of which Roden Crater is the most notable example where a series…

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Monday, 25th October 2010

Street Circuits, Part 3: Europe, Valencia

Continuing our tour of city streets converted to race tracks, let’s visit the spiritual home of road racing itself, Europe! Europeans are no strangers to speed, some of the biggest races in the world occur throughout the continent. Arguably the…

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Thursday, 21st October 2010

Royal Shrovetide Football, Ashbourne

The small Derbyshire town of Ashbourne is home to an ancient and extremely unusual sporting event – the Royal Shrovetide Football Match, which lasts for two days and involves hundreds of participants. This pre-Lent tradition is believed to date back…

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Tuesday, 19th October 2010

Top 10 Rudest Place Names in Canada

O’ Canada, say it isn’t so! From the Northwest Territories all the way to Newfoundland, we’ve got a list of the top 10 rudest (or just plain funniest) real Canadian places you’ll ever see! It doesn’t matter if it’s a…

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Friday, 15th October 2010
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