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Visitors to Dubai who suffer in the summer temperatures over 45°C can cool off at Ski Dubai. The resort offers the full winter experience, from building snowmen to taking ski lessons. There is even the 'cozy mountain lodge' where you…

Parícutin is a very young cinder cone volcano in Mexico, and like most cinder cones it will never erupt again - but the story of its creation is a truly fascinating one. On February 20, 1943, a local farmer by…

Harwich Redoubt is a perfectly circular redoubt (a type of fort) which was built in 1808 to defend the ancient English seaport of Harwich, Essex, from Napoleonic invasion. If you're thinking the fort looks like it has actually been built…

Angelina Jolie was photographed this weekend sporting version 1.1 of her geocache tattoo. The original tattoo was four co-ordinates, each pointing to the birthplace of her existing four children, which we mapped on Google Earth last year. The new additions…

In 1998, the tiny truck-stop village of Ilakaka in Madagascar was transformed into a bustling mining town, and one of the most dangerous places in the country. The reason for this dramatic change was the discovery of massive sapphire deposits…

In the city of León, Spain, you'll find MUSAC, or rather the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León. The Castile and León Museum of Contemporary Art opened to the public in April of 2005 and showcases a wide…