Back in 1977, Charles and Ray Eames made a short movie entitled ‘Powers of Ten‘, which Wikipedia describes like this: It begins with a couple picnicking in a park; the view is that of one meter across. The viewpoint then…

The Bahá’í Faith is one of the youngest of the world’s major religions. There are currently seven Bahá’í Houses of Worship in various parts of the globe, although we can only find two of them available in high-res satellite shots.…

There appear to be some serious alignment issues with the Clark Bridge, which connects Missouri and Illinois. I certainly wouldn’t fancy trying to cross it! Evidently this bridge was the subject of some documentary sometime… Good shadows further down it…

Dedicated in 1927, the Clarence Buckingham Fountain was a gift to the city of Chicago by somebody I’ve never heard of, to her brother Clarence. Apparently. Much more interesting is that it’s the fountain featured in the opening credits of…

Wrigley Field is home to the Chicago Cubs and was built in 1914 (making it the second-oldest ballpark in the majors). The historic structure at Clark & Addison maintains its original 1937 scoreboard where the score-by-innings and the pitchers’ numbers…

Possibly the world’s largest tagging – Dave has written his name across a field in Bunker Hill, IL. I guess he must have been really bored one day. Update: We found Dave! It turns out that Dave wasn’t bored one…