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Expo 2010, Shanghai
New imagery of Shanghai provides a good look at many of the unique buildings created for Expo 2010 which opened on May 1 to showcase countries from around the world and to highlight China's largest city's emerging status as the…
World’s Longest Bridge Over Ice-Covered Waters
The world’s longest bridge over ice-covered waters is the 12.9 km Confederation Bridge which connects the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. When PEI joined Canada in 1873, the federal government committed in its Constitution to providing…
The Boat Race
The 156th annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs will take place this Saturday, April 3rd, on the River Thames in London. The first Boat Race between the two rowing clubs took place in 1829, followed by…
The Pennine Way
The recent expansion of Street View in the UK allows us to visit sections of the Pennine Way, Britain's most well known long distance walking path, where we can admire the scenery of three national parks without the inconvenience of…
Dog Suicide Bridge
In 1859 a wealthy man bought a piece of land overlooking the River Clyde, on which he built a mansion. When the mansion was expanded in 1892, an access road over the Overtoun Burn was required, and so the Overtoun…
Rance Tidal Power Plant
The world’s first and largest tidal power generation facility is located on the Rance River in north-western France. The estuary of the Rance River sees tides averaging 8 metres between low and high tide, and up to 13.5 metres in…
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