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Goodyear Blimp
Since 1925, the Goodyear Blimp has been an integral part of American sports culture, probably more famous than the tyre company whose logo is along the side. Goodyear have built more than 300 blimps over the years and today there…
HMP Weare
In 1997, due to vast overcrowding of the UK's prisons, the HMP Weare was moored at a disused Royal Navy dockyard in Dorest and converted into a prison ship. The ship had started life as a troop ship during the…
Giant Toxic Bug Invades Yorkshire
It looks like there's a massive toxic bug in Yorkshire! Run for the hills! On closer inspection I'd say that a massive toxic bug has been squashed on Yorkshire. Come back from the hills and help clean this mess up.…
The Eden Project
Here in sunny Cornwall, England, is an absolutely fanastic-looking environmental complex - The Eden Project. Built inside an old china clay quarry, the complex includes two sets of giant interconnected transparent domes made of ETFE cushions1 (each emulating a natural…
The Magic Roundabout
Last week I started working in the nearby town of Swindon, where I asked my colleagues about the local sights. The unanimous answer to the best Swindon has to offer was "The Magic Roundabout". It may be saying something negative…
The Cerne Abbas Giant
This is the fantastic Cerne Abbas Giant, a 55 metre (180 foot) high chalk figure carved into a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas, England. In his right hand the giant holds a 36.5 metre long club, and of…
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