Llyn Brianne is a man made reservoir on the River Towy, west Wales, which was formed by the construction of the UK’s tallest dam, which at around 90m tall is the world’s largest clay core dam. Recently the BBC has…

Namibia’s Skeleton Coast is named so for two different types of skeletons that littered the beaches: whales and ships. Thanks to the end of mass whaling the whale bones are now all gone, but the bones of ships remain, very…

There are lots of interesting and weird things to notice around Great Salt Lake, the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere. First up, the western shore of the lake houses something that appears to belong in a ‘Trivial Pursuit…

What is going on here in Grevenbroich, Germany? This shadow appears to be large human heads on a wheel. It is actually a steel sculpture by George Ettl, entitled Ettlrad, a play on the German word, Schaufelrad, or paddlewheel. According…

Here in Marfa, TX, we can see the patterns of 15 Untitled Works in Concrete, a massive concrete installation at the Chinati Foundation, a contemporary art museum conceived and founded by the artist responsible – Donald Judd. Judd was a…

A stupa is a Buddhist monument, originally simple mounds believed to cover the remains of the Buddha. They have evolved over the centuries to be large, ornately decorated structures, and today there are hundreds of significant stupas around the world.…