Asia

When the American Eisenhower interstate system was constructed it was a specific requirement that one in every five of the 46,837 miles of road had to be kept perfectly straight. The idea was that during times of war the roads…

This is the Sidoarjo Mud Flow, a massive eruption of gas and hot torrential mud in East Java, Indonesia. Despite a network of dams and barriers having been erected to contain the flood, as of February 2007 the mud was…

Woohoo! It's Friday! A fact which doesn't appear to have escaped this guy etched onto a mountainside in Mongolia - he's clearly doing a Friday dance of joy! Thanks to Kerry and anarster

Currently in the international spotlight is Burma's Insein Prison where the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is believed to be held. The jail is pronounced as "Insane Prison", which seems to be an appropriate name due to the inhumane…

This is the absolutely fantastic Rainbow Bridge that crosses Tokyo bay, Tokyo. A 570 metre-long suspension bridge, it has two decks that carry three transportation lines - the Shuto Expressway on the top, and on the bottom, Route 357 and…

Avast Ye! Today, it be Talk Like a Pirate Day an' we've got a barrel-load of piratey-themed sights fer ye landlubbers! Las Vegas' Treasure Island be havin' a daily pirate battle, 'ere the swashbucklers by defeated by th' booty-shaking o'…