Prison on a Roundabout
Beaufort West is a town in South Africa, which must be the only town in the world to claim that it has a prison in the middle of a roundabout. The town lies at the intersection of the N1 and…
Golf ball living at Bolwoningen
The Bolwoningen golf-ball-shaped buildings are an early-80s housing project reminicent of the previously featured "Kubuswoning" cube-housing. The stupendously-ugly (and presumably incredibly impractical) homes were designed in the late 70s by an architect going by the name of Dries Kreijkamp. Mr.…
I come ♥ back U
It appears that an English-speaking inhabitant of the German city of Duisburg has decided to profess his love for a person or persons unknown, who was presumably due to pass this way in some sort of flying mode of transport.…
Bayer’s Crosses
Where would you expect to find the world's largest illuminated advertisement? With my years of experience in completely-useless "World's largest" facts, I would definitely assume it would be in America, perhaps in Times Square or maybe Las Vegas. But I…
Mystery Stone Arrow
Near Sebago Lake in Cumberland County, Maine, we find a strange arrow arranged from piles of stones: What makes the arrow really bizarre is that rather than your usual pointing-style arrow, this apears to be a representation of the sort…
Gateway to the Americas
The Laredo International Bridge 1 is one of four road bridges that cross the Rio Grande to connect the cities of Laredo, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The 320 m long bridge is officially known as the Gateway to the…
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