Updated Post Made with white painted stones, this figure on a hillside near the Spanish village of Orito depicts the saint “San Pascual Bailón" who lived in a cave within these hills during the 16th century. To the north is…

Possibly the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan's 29,000-square-foot estate near Chicago features a basketball court (of course) as well as a tennis court and putting green. Loads more info and pictures here. Bill Gates' 40,000-square-foot mansion in…

The Grande Arche is a modern Parisian monument which mirrors the Arc de Triomphe. From above it has the appearance of a giant cube although it is in fact an arch, there's good panoramas and pictures on From Paris. Thanks:…

On the even years in the month of September, the locals of Marostica, North Italy play human chess on this Giant Chess Board. The event dates back to 1454 when a Lord decided to marry off his two daughters to…

The Campidoglio is located on the most important of Rome's seven hills and features an equestrian bronze of the "philosopher emperor", Marcus Aurelius, which is the prototype for all modern equestrian sculpture. The piazza was designed by Michelangelo and, athough…

The Royal Herrenhausen Gardens comprises of the Grosser Garten, Georgengarten, Welfengarten and Berggarten. I'm not much of a garden expert but apparently the most important movements in the garden arts can be found here: French Baroque, the English landscape garden…