This is the Soviet Cenotaph in Treptower Park, Berlin. It was built under orders from Stalin to serve as a memorial to the 20,000 Soviet soldiers that died during the Battle of Berlin in 1945, and features a 13 metre-tall…

This is the utterly bizarre-looking Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, Califoria. Designed by America's most famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright (although it wasn't completed until after his death in 1959), the building featured in George Lucas' other movie, THX-1138,…

This is the absolutely stunning Roquefavour aqueduct, which carries water from the Durance over this valley in France. Built between 1841 and 1847, this incredible stone structure is a massive 83 metres tall. There's lots more stats and a good…

Here in Copenhagen, Denmark you can see loads of tourists hanging around in the middle of Amalienborg Palace, the winter home of the Danish royal family. Notice how they've formed a straight line on the south side? That's because this…

I'm looking at my mobile phone here, and I'm pretty sure it says 'Sony Ericsson' across the front... Isn't it about time these guys updated their roof? Thanks to Steven Arnold.

I'm not sure what it's like where you are... but here in Edinburgh, Christmas seems to be well underway, despite the fact that at time of writing we're still 19 days away... Presumably the U.S. National Christmas Tree (a 40-foot…