North Korea's former dictator, Kim Il-Sung (Kim Jong-Il's father) is held in very high esteem, as shown by this absolutely gigantic bronze statue of the "Eternal Leader" who died in 1994. This ground level photo should give you an idea…

The Al-Askari shrine in Samarra, Iraq was one of the holiest sites for Shia Muslims. Sadly this distinctive gold dome was destroyed last week by bombers hoping to escalate tension in the area (BBC News Report). Thanks: Tom & Adam

Bennie was a fifty-foot tall, 15,000 pound brachiosaur with a shady past, who used to watch over the I-680 highway from this vantage point in Benicia, CA. Before moving here Bennie used to live on the I-80 in Dixon, CA…

In our never-ending quest to catalogue everything that stakes its claim to being the "world's largest something" I present to you the world's largest dry dock. Located in Belfast's Docklands (where the ill-fated RMS Titanic was built) the dry dock…

G J Oliver's Industrial Steel factory has a collection of unusual pets in the back garden; giant Steel Dinosaurs. Under the order of Mr Oliver himself the prehistoric creatures are created in spare moments by company employee Woody Hauser, who…

Desperate to get people through the doors, The San Diego Museum of Man in Babloa Park proclaims that there's "Wonderful Things Inside" to those on approach to Lindbergh Field Airport. Can anyone verify the claim? Thanks: js