To the east of Winnipeg lies the Red River Floodway, a 47km long channel intended to prevent disastrous flooding in Canada's 8th largest city. The arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere leads to flood alerts in many areas as…

The controversial Moroccan Wall, or The Berm, is a system of 3m-high walls at least 2,500km long that was built to completely divide the entire country of Western Sahara. Constructed by Moroccan forces between 1980 and 1987, Morocco considers the…

The road between the Indian city of Amritsar and the Pakistani city Lahore crosses the border through the village of Wahga (or Wagah, depending on which side of the border you're on), which was divided in half when the subcontinent…

Today we're investigating a trio of bear sightings in cities across the United States. First we visit Denver, where a strange blue object visible from above is revealed by Street View to be a giant blue bear peering through the…

Following the example of Alex's Rudest Place Names post, I hereby present my top ten confusing place names. For each of these sights, I picture a confused driver arriving in town, rolling down the car window and asking a passer-by …

Time for a break from the World's Largest trivia, lets take a look at the World's Fastest ... the location of the land speed record1 is the Holloman High Speed Test Track in New Mexico. South End: North End: The…