Over the past few years Google has captured imagery of ski resorts and other snowy locations using Street View snowmobiles in a number of countries. With the northern hemisphere in the midst of winter, it's a good time to take…

Four years ago we paid a visit to Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, Michigan - the largest Christmas-themed shop in the world. Now we can return for a more detailed look, with Google's Street View available inside the shop, giving…

Whovians everywhere are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their favourite time traveller. Doctor Who first aired on the BBC on November 23rd 1963. Fifty years, 10 regenerations1, numerous companions and countless enemies later, a special extended episode titled The Day…

Michael Heizer is a contemporary artist known for creating landscape art on a massive scale in isolated locations. His largest work, and one of the largest sculptures ever created, is City - an immense project which he has been working…

In the mid-1960s, the future of public transport in France seemed destined to be the utterly fantastic concept of a jet-powered hovertrain. Sadly after a decade of research and testing, the Aérotrain project was cancelled - however remnants of the…

We visited a number of amusement parks in the early years of Google Sightseeing, but with improved imagery and competition amongst parks leading to the construction of many spectacular new attractions over the past few years, this seems like a…