Here in Rotorua, New Zealand, we find the birthplace of possibly the most ridiculous pastime ever - Zorbing. Invented here in 1967, Zorbing involves nothing more than climbing into a giant PVC sphere and being chucked down a hill. Yes,…

Synchrotrons are just a fancy type of particle accelerator. I'm not the world's greatest physicist but, as far as I understand it, they are circular accelerators that use an electricity field to speed up sub atomic particles to something near…

Regular visitors to Google Sightseeing may notice that we've made a few tweaks to the layout, so you may have to shift-refresh your browser to get the updated styles. We're planning a few more exciting new features, which will hopefully…

Congregating by this water outlet in West Palm Beach is a whole herd of Florida Manatees, a highly intelligent species of aquatic mammals, also known as Sea Cows. The water outlet is actually from an adjacent power plant, and Manatees…

Driving past the small town of Cathcart is a train, carrying the fuselages of 4 Boeing 737 airliners! As the train is passing a road I couldn't turn down the opportunity to reference a classic Steve Martin film, so in…

In the comments of this morning's Underwater Explosion post reader Julian found this great large type. Apparently made of trees planted in the water, the word may well be "DUMAC" or Ducks Unlimited de México. Despite the title, Ducks Unlimited…