In the hills over Afghanistan a man named Omar has very kindly chosen to let the whole world know exactly where he is standing. Just to the left of the arrow under the giant word "ME".…

After the North Sea flood of 1953 destroyed 4,500 buildings, drowned 10,000 animals and killed 1,835 people, the Netherlands began work on the world's largest flood protection project, Delta Works (Dutch: Deltawerken). Today Delta Works consists…

Jumbolair Aviation Estates near Ocala in Florida is probably the most famous of the U.S.'s near 500 fly-in communities, a few of which we've previously featured. It first gained media attention thanks to the efforts of…

The ostentatious Istana Nurul Iman palace is the official residence of the one-time richest man on the planet, the Sultan of Brunei. Arguably this is the largest residential palace in the world, and possibly even the…

Holy Cardigans, Batman! There's an absolutely enormous bug in Germany, which is clearly hell-bent on destruction! Run for the hills! At over 50 metres, this bug would be far bigger than the previously posted World's Largest…

Get out your diaries and keep November 9th free as that's the day you'll be able to buy Google Sightseeing - the book! We've got almost 100 of our favourite sights from the last year, licensed…