Europe

The Globe Arena looks like a big golf ball but is actually the world's largest spherical building. Not much of a surprise there, it had to be the world's largest or tallest something 😉 Thanks: Michael, Alexander Danling & Sputnik

This is the Silverstone racing circuit home of yesterday's British Grand Prix. The track is half in Northamptonshire, half in Buckinghamshire, and you can still see the classic configuration of runways from when this used to be a World War…

Another landing strip in Iraq which, like most of them, has been made unusable by placing sandbags at regular intervals along the runways. But who's that dead body on the runway? 😉 Here at GSS we get a lot of…

The Norman Foster designed glass roof of the Great Court, a spectacular covered square at the heart of the British Museum. Also Centre point which stands 117m (385ft) tall, accommodating 35 floors of office space. Thanks: Julian

This is the Vatican City, within Rome, Italy. The home of the popes, it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of area (0.44 km²) and population (just over 900). The Vatican City is separated from Rome…

This is the Moscow Kremlin, which is commonly referred to simply as The Kremlin (which in Russian means 'citadel'). The complex is the seat of Russian power, as it serves as the official residence and principal workplace of the President…