Crazy, but there appears to be a biplane, complete with runway, on the roof of 77 Water Street, NY. So what's it doing there? NYC Architecture says that it's a a full-size model of a WWI Sopwith Camel, designed by…

This is a rather cool glider flying over Over, near Cambridge in England. Presumably it's part of the Cambridge Gliding Club, so here's some photos taken from what could well be the same glider. Thanks to Mathieu.

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico and the second largest "Megacity" in the world after the Tokyo area. After centuries of pre-Columbian civilization, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés first arrived in the area of Mexico City in 1519. He…

During my childhood years I was convinced that the excellent Thomas & Friends, a cartoon about a locomotive who liked being really useful but wasn't too keen on plowing snow, was a work of fiction. However, as proved by this…

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower in the Italian city of Pisa. Originally meant to be vertical the first stone was laid on August 9, 1173 but by 1178 it was pretty obvious that the tower has…

You would think that deciding on the world's tallest building would be pretty simple: get a big measuring tape, measure the buildings, biggest one wins. Easy, huh? Well, apparently not. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat have defined…