This is Wohnanlage Moabiter Werder (Moabiter island housing?) which sits just to the west of the main government district in Berlin, and although I believe it's residential housing for parliamentary staff, Google's automatic translation doesn't help much. But never mind…

Update: I'm a numpty. After 556 unique entries, I finally managed to post a sight which James had already posted. I guess it had to happen sooner or later... This is Berlin's Siegessäule, or in English 'The Victory Column'. The…

Have you ever wondered what happens to traffic at a border between two countries that drive on opposite sides? The Lotus Bridge between mainland China and the former Portuguese colony of Macau was completed in 1999 and is a fantastically…

This is the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Now I think I've got this right when I say that the Opryland is the third largest non-casino hotel in the world. Regardless, it's enormous, with 5 restaurants, 6 eateries, 14 retail…

Update: A couple of our readers have pointed out some inaccuracies with this post, which I intend to address. Firstly, we accept that we quoted incorrect information, and that the Nazi party never did much of anything with the Reichstag...…

This is the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, Berlin. The inscription on the side of the memorial reads: Eternal glory to heroes who fell in the struggle against the German fascist invaders for the freedom and independence of the Soviet…