Tarbela Dam
Tarbela Dam, found on the Indus River in Northern Pakistan, is the largest earth-filled dam in the world. The dam was completed in 1976 as the result of a water-rights agreement between India and Pakistan. It is 143m high and…
Streetview USA gets massive update
Yesterday, Google announced that they had added some extra cities to Street View, including Memphis, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; and Charleston, South Carolina. What's even more interesting though, is that this update includes a lot of the places in-between places -…
Waldspirale
The Waldspirale, in Darmstadt, Germany, which at first glance from above may appear to be a park, is actually an apartment building that reaches twelve floors at its highest point. The fascinating building was designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, an Austrian…
World’s Largest Rubber Stamp
Continuing our exploration of World's Largest trivia - in Cleveland, Ohio we find the World's Largest Rubber Stamp. The Free Stamp - a pop art sculpture created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen quickly became the centre of controversy.…
Street View New Zealand Roundup
With this week's launch of Street View for New Zealand we thought it was time for a quick roundup of the best Street View sights we've posted on our Twitter page over the past week. We've found several things to…
The World’s Largest Barrels
Over the years we've featured hundreds of sights claiming to be the "World's Largest Something", and when we featured the World's Largest Dump Truck last week, I wondered if we were finally running out. However our loyal readers came through…
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