The Futuro House
The Futuro House is a round, prefabricated house that was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. About 100…
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Dessert Week
In Western culture dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, and usually consists of of sweet food. Common desserts include cookies, pastries and ice cream, although the ice cream isn’t normally this big. Desserts…
The Tree That Owns Itself
The white oak tree that stands on the corner of Finley street and Dearing street in Athens, Georgia, has a unique claim to fame – it’s commonly regarded as being the legal owner of the land that surrounds it, and…
Top 10 Rudest Place Names in America
Back in February, GSS presented the wildly popular Top 10 Rudest Place Names in Britain. Now, it’s time for the American version! Take a deep breath, bring forth your sense of humor, and drum roll please… 10. Smackover, Arkansas: Claims…
May the fourth be with you!
As well as being a holiday here in the UK, today is Star Wars Day (yes, simply because of the bad pun I’m afraid). So here’s a roundup of some Star Wars related sights! First up is Star Wars Path…
St. Patrick’s Day in the USA
March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day, which was originally the annual feast of the best known of Ireland’s patron saints1, and today a worldwide celebration devoted to all things Irish. Over here in Ireland and the UK, we have been…
Top Ten Confusing Place Names
Following the example of Alex’s Rudest Place Names post, I hereby present my top ten confusing place names. For each of these sights, I picture a confused driver arriving in town, rolling down the car window and asking a passer-by …
Best of Google Sightseeing
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…
Crazy SCUBA Guys Chase Street View
Google has today launched brand new Street View imagery for Norway, Finland and large parts of Canada. But it’s in…
Definitely a duck (maybe)
Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…
Google Maps publishes aerial images of murder scene
The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…
Trollstigen (Troll’s path)
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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