Thanks to this weekend's Google Maps image update, we can now see the whole of the Netherlands in high-resolution. That's everything in the whole country covered. Everything! Including these floating brothels on the river Vecht, Utrecht. This is the infamous…

Mumbai's most famous monument, the Gateway of India was traditionally the first thing visitors arriving by boat would see of the city. The Gateway is 26 metres high and was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and…

We feel sure that the undoubtedly great, and now very sadly late Steve Irwin wouldn't blame the stingray that brought about his untimely demise for a single second. In fact we reckon that Steve probably wouldn't want these normally very…

Located in the North Pacific Ocean, Wake Island was an island of great strategic importance during World War II, and over the last few days it's been in the news again, as is it was directly in the path of…

At first glance Hart Island in the Long Island Sound, New York, seems a rather inconspicuous little island. Dig a little deeper... and things get a little more disturbing. In 1869 Hart Island was established as the City's public cemetery…

Welcome to the loose collection of islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean known as South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Currently an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, the glacier covered main island of South Georgia was invaded by…