The worldwide celebration of Ireland's patron saint, St Patrick, has almost always been held on the 17th of March. This year, due to Easter arriving unusually early, the Catholic Church decided to move St Patrick's day so that it didn't…

The "Three Views of Japan" are just like the Seven Wonders of the World, except they're all in Japan. And there's only three of them. Firstly there's "Matsushima", a group of around 260 miniature islands which are all covered in…

The Beacon Ring hillfort in the region of Welshpool has seen numerous uses in its 3000 year history. The central burial hill, or round barrow, would have been formed around the Bronze age. Then, in the Iron age, a fort…

Here we see the Paris Fire Brigade in action- they've blocked off this road and are completing what can only be a daring rescue of a cat from a rooftop (well, do you seen any smoke from a fire)? Rue…

On the 1st of February 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia tragically broke up on re-entry killing all seven astronauts on board. However, here it is, seemingly unscathed in a Canadian field! It turns out that is actually a full-scale model…

The first imagery update of the New Year is now available in Google Earth. As usual, Google have announced the update with a scavenger hunt while Google Earth Blog, which noticed the update earlier today, has a more complete list…