If you're lucky enough to own an iPhone or an iPod Touch then you'll be delighted to hear that Google Sightseeing is now fully optimized for handheld sightseeing! Just dig out your iPhone on Touch and point Safari to https://www.googlesightseeing.com/1…

Although it appears to be one of the scariest sports in the modern world, land sailing (or land yachting) has apparently caught on in a big way on this beach in Malo Les Bains, near Dunkirk, France. The premise is…

Yesterday, 27th January, various countries celebrated Holocaust Memorial Day, which is dedicated to remembering the victims of the Holocaust. 27th January was chosen as it was the date on which Auschwitz was liberated in 1945. The concentration camp is not…

Brú na Bóinne (Palace of the Boyne) is a World Heritage Site situated in a bend of the River Boyne, County Meath, Ireland. The site contains around 40 passage graves as well as other standing stones, henges and later features.…

Yungus Road, or "Death Road" as it is known to the locals, has often been described as the most dangerous road in the world. Running from Bolivia's capital La Paz into a rainforest region known as the Yungas, the road…

Apparently Colombians like their water slides, because this one near El Cruce is absolutely massive! I believe this is the Playa Cuare waterpark, but unfortunately their website appears to be dead. So, who can find the longest water slide?