The Temple of Heaven is a temple of Taoism in Beijing. If you zoom out a little you'll see that the northern section is enclosed in a semi circular wall (representing heaven) while the southern section is within a rectangle…

Google Sightseeing is now fully linked up to Google Earth. Every post now has a 'Google Earth' link as well as a 'Map' link. Clicking on the Google Earth link will zoom your copy of Google Earth to any of…

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…

Update: After much debate in the comments of this post, determined reader Patrick has finally tracked down the truth about this mysterious location! Patrick contacted a friend who lives in Mexico and she pointed him towards this forum thread, where…

Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan is currently being used by US forces as part of operation "Enduring Freedom" (geez, who makes up these names?). The Airbase played a key role during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan back in the '70s, serving…