Built on reclaimed land within Casablanca, Morocco is the Mosque of Hassan II - the second largest religious monument in the world. Work started in 1986 to celebrate the 60th Birthday of Morocco's then king, Hassan II. The most impressive…

Google Earth Blog and Google Maps Mania are reporting new satellite imagery updates across many US towns available in Google Maps (but, at the moment, not in Google Earth). I won't bother repeating the lists of what is new, as…

Some classic 'Large Type' action in Brazil - Casas Bahia is the largest retail chain in Brazil, and proudly display their logo on the roof. They have a complex numbering scheme for their buildings - you'll see that this is…

Mumbai's most famous monument, the Gateway of India was traditionally the first thing visitors arriving by boat would see of the city. The Gateway is 26 metres high and was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and…

Heading down the shops you might walk, maybe cycle or probably take the car. There's not many people who do the weekly errands in a MiG-21 fighter. Sadly it turns out that this plane is always in the car park…

We feel sure that the undoubtedly great, and now very sadly late Steve Irwin wouldn't blame the stingray that brought about his untimely demise for a single second. In fact we reckon that Steve probably wouldn't want these normally very…