It’s Island Week 3 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week. Schiermonnikoog is a small island off the coast of the Netherlands, that only 758 years ago was actually 2 kilometres north…

Well, it's not exactly the same week as it has been in previous years (in fact this year it's not even during the same month), but nevertheless, the official Third Annual Google Sightseeing Island Week is upon us! In a…

On display outside a French High School, there's what is claimed to be the world's largest key. The key measures around 10.5 metres long, although may have lost its title earlier this year when Bethlehem claimed the crown1. It's still…

Tinsley Viaduct is a two-tier road bridge in Sheffield, England; the first of its kind in the UK. It carries the M1 motorway over a 1033 metre section of the Don Valley, and is one of Sheffield's most prominent landmarks.…

The Oil Rocks, 50km off the coast of Azerbaijan, is effectively a small city that has been constructed from interconnected oil platforms and residential areas, all sitting atop rocks, piles of sand and landfill. Back in 1949, the Oil Rocks…

Sorry folks, no post today. However, many of you may be unaware that we operate a "backchannel" of sorts over at Twitter, where as well as a feed of all the posts from the main site, we also post some…