This 2.2 mile long trident off the Northern New Jersey shore is actually Earle Naval Weapons Station. Apparently the pier is capable of providing ammunition to nearly every class of ship operated by the United States Navy and Coast Guard…

Yesterday the staff of Google Sightseeing (and everyone else by the queues) went to see Star Wars Episode III, so it seems a good time to post George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in San Rafael, California. In the middle of the…

The 308 by 2,400 foot Olivenhain Dam appears to be nearing completion in this photo, although it's still under construction (there's a yellow crane at the centre). As part of San Diego County Water Authority's US$827 million Emergency Storage Project,…

Thanks to everyone who commented on the original UFO find, although we're still not sure what they are, there's been some interesting developments. Ian Pottinger and jher were the first to find that there are in fact eight of these…

This 15,000 sq. ft. island is the floating green of hole 14 at the Coeur d'Alene Resort's golf course in Idaho. The island is automatically moved daily so the distance to the pin varies between 100-175 yards (it's always a…

You can never find a taxi when you need one and at JFK airport that's because they're all hiding in a four acre sea of yellow known as the Central Taxi Hold. According to the New York Times the drivers…