Texas

No, it's not the name of a ninja. In this shot of the bell tower at the University of Dallas, Google have obviously combined two images taken at different times. This had led to two shadows being cast from the…

Today sees the start of the very fashionable South by SouthWest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. Unfortunately none of us at GGSS Towers are going along to give a talk or see a band or anything. But we can of…

No prizes for identifing this animal in Houston zoo, Texas - it's an elephant! Thanks to Artemis and Dave Garcia.

Possibly the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan's 29,000-square-foot estate near Chicago features a basketball court (of course) as well as a tennis court and putting green. Loads more info and pictures here. Bill Gates' 40,000-square-foot mansion in…

You might remember the communities where to be part of the "in" crowd is to have your own tennis court. That's all very well but in Cielo Dorado Estates you need your own plane! There's a private runway running right…

BASF is a German chemical company with plants throughout Europe, Japan and the United States. Approximately 250 employees work at BASF's Beaumont, Texas site which has this huge piece of Large type on the roof of one of the buildings.…