Buildings

Tokyo has two structures, apparently unrelated, with very similar names - the Tower of Wind and the Tower of Winds. The Tower of Wind (singular, known locally as Kaze no Tō) is a spectacular structure in Tokyo Harbour consisting of…

Headington, a suburb of the famous university city of Oxford, is the only known habitat of the aerial shark, a rare but fearsome predator that dives on its unsuspecting victims from heights of over a quarter of a mile. Incredibly,…

The western Indian state of Maharashtra has more than 80 strategically-located coastal forts - the result of a long history of warfare in which it faced threats from other Indian emperors and a number of colonial invaders. One of the…

The Jurassic Coast is a 153 km stretch of the English Channel coastline that is world renowned for the incredibly diverse nature of its geology – so much so that in 2001 it became only the second natural landmark in…

Jantar Mantar is a centuries old astronomical observatory that sets the world's record for the having the largest sundial, which stands at over 27 meters tall.

It's Earth Day today, an event designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. To celebrate, we're looking at the unlikely survival of a very tiny piece of nature in the heart of one of the world's largest…