Germany

A small German church has laid a bold claim to the title of "World's most squinty building". Located in the town of Bad Frankenhausen, the bell tower of a 14th century church has been measured at an angle of 4.5…

This is the Badeschiff or "bathing ship" in Berlin, Germany - an old barge which has been converted into an outdoor swimming pool, actually in the River Spree. Opened in the summer of 2004, the facilities have proved highly popular…

This is the small island formerly known as Cayo Blanco de Sur, Cuba. The island is around 15 km long, about 500 metres wide, and is uninhabited save for the indigenous birds and iguanas. In 1972 while on a state…

Synchrotrons are just a fancy type of particle accelerator. I'm not the world's greatest physicist but, as far as I understand it, they are circular accelerators that use an electricity field to speed up sub atomic particles to something near…

Continuing this week's theme of mining, today we're visiting Germany's lignite mining area to find some of the largest land vehicles on Earth! Lignite (or "brown coal") is found in 3 nearby open cast mines in the Rhineland; Hambach, Bergheim…

This madman is walking down the middle of a motorway! Hmmm, on second thought... maybe he's not in any danger. I wonder what he's up to though? Thanks: ledzepmet