Brasília: a Modernist Masterpiece
The largest city on the planet that wasn’t in existence at the beginning of the 20th century, the city of…
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It’s often the simplest things that get the biggest laugh around here, and when we open the GSS suggestion box it’s easy to get overwhelmed with small zingers that get a nice chuckle. So that’s just what we did for…
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The largest city on the planet that wasn’t in existence at the beginning of the 20th century, the city of…
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Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…
The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…
In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…
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