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Tuesday, 10th October 2006 by Alex Turnbull
With the continually increasing quality of images on Google Maps/Earth, it’s hardly surprising that the cameras are capturing ever more private moments of people’s lives. Perhaps then it was only a matter of time before the very end of someone’s life was published on the Internet for the whole world to see. Here’s two examples of funerals taking place, one in the Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Chicago, and the other…
Jonathan Borofsky (b. 1942) is an American sculptor and printmaker who is best known for his Hammering Man series of…
In the early days of mass automotive travel, fuel stations often resorted to some wacky gimmicks to differentiate themselves from the pack and lure in customers, such as novelty architecture that made the station building even more of a roadside attraction than the fuel they were selling. Today, many of these wacky 1930s-era stations are icons to thousands of visitors every year.
While most visual artwork is intended to please the eye, some artists strive to reach the other senses as well. …
To celebrate the holiday season this year we’ll take a look at Christmas Trees, whose “leaves are so unchanging. Not…
A few years ago we took a detailed look at Canada’s Grand Railway Hotels (parts 1, 2, 3). To look…
In 1986, Matthew Broderick starred as Ferris Bueller in the now classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and inspired a whole…
Sivash is the shallow system of lagoons that separates Crimea from mainland Ukraine. Home to large-scale salt deposits, Sivash may just contain the most colourful waters to be found in Google Maps, with ponds of blue, beige and organe readily visible.
Whether it’s space aliens, light-speed travelling spaceships, or just some top-secret government testing, the world’s most famous “secret place” has…
Recently the town of Burford, Wyoming made the headlines when it was sold for $900,000, which isn’t a bad price…
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
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