March 17th is St. Patrick's Day, which was originally the annual feast of the best known of Ireland's patron saints1, and today a worldwide celebration devoted to all things Irish. Over here in Ireland and the UK, we have been…

Right in the middle of the Sahara desert, in the dunes of northern Niger, there's a circle which is clearly not a natural formation. The circle itself is roughly 52 metres across, but if we zoom out a little, we…

Today we're investigating a trio of bear sightings in cities across the United States. First we visit Denver, where a strange blue object visible from above is revealed by Street View to be a giant blue bear peering through the…

Shanghai is the most populous city in China, and as befits a population over 20 million, the city has been blessed with the largest skatepark in the world. SMP Skatepark has an incredible 13,700 m2 of skateable space, much of…

Following the example of Alex's Rudest Place Names post, I hereby present my top ten confusing place names. For each of these sights, I picture a confused driver arriving in town, rolling down the car window and asking a passer-by …

This is Naval Air Station Sigonella, a U.S. Navy installation in Sicily, Italy, as seen in this image on Google Earth that was originally captured on June 27th, 2006. This next image of exactly the same area is from Microsoft…