Europe

This is a crop maze in Dingle, Ireland which celebrates the local hero, Fungi the Dolphin (it's supposed to be a picture of a dolphin, and the text reads "Fungi 20 years in Dingle"). Apparently, Fungi is a bottlenose dolphin…

1918, the height of the first world war and German forces have pushed far into France, coming dangerously close to the French capital. The Battle of Belleau Wood occurred near the Marne River between June 1st and June 26th. The…

Hoping that it might just put their small town on the map, the people of Houten have built the world's first specialist UFO landing strip. Honestly, I'm not making this up! The tower at the centre of the western roundabout…

Until recently only visible in Google Earth, Maps users too can now see this super-cool sequence of aeroplane shadows above Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt International. The first one is the best I think, but it's great how the shadow from…

Benito Mussolini, Italy's Facist Dictator during World War II, gave himself the title of "Il Duce", or "Dux" in latin, which translates to "leader". Around this time one of his followers planted trees in the hills, about 75km from Rome,…

Well we've already featured an astronomically correct copy and a reconstruction in the medium of fridges. But we can now see the actual Bronze Age megalithic monument, Stonehenge. Stonehenge has an incredible 5,000-year history that I won't even attempt to…