Not to get too political for a website dedicated to things from above, but today I’d like to look into the United Kingdom’s devolved assemblies, if you’ll join me… Back in 1999, after a couple of referendums, the UK government…

Yes, there really is a place in Austria called Fucking. In fact they liked the name so much, it seems that they also have several Fucking roads. Which f**king road would you live on? Update: Welcome Boingboingers! We've had lots…

Today is Martin Luther King Day, a US holiday which celebrates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - leader of the American civil rights movement, political activist and at 35 the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner. He was…

Many thanks to reader Patrick for pointing out that the Google Earth links recently went missing from our RSS feed. The problem is now fixed, unfortunately that means all the entries in the feed will be marked unread in your…

This is the infamous Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana. This enormous open-pit copper mine was opened in 1955, and when it was closed in 1982, groundwater began to leak into the basin - disastrously passing through the metal deposits in…

Well I see the profile of an man looking out to sea, off the west coast of Ireland - but I suppose you might see something completely different... Thanks to Peter R