Asia

Here at the King Khaled Airport in Saudi Arabia, a little way away from the main terminal, there's a mysterious and unexplained outline of a plane marked out on the desert sand. The shape is similar in size and dimensions…

Continuing the never-ending stream of "World's largest…" we present The World's Largest Portrait, which adorns the hills of Erzincan in Turkey. The massive 7.5 square km painting is of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey until his death…

(It's the last day of Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we're almost done with posting about islands. And it's lasted about a week.) Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada is officially the world's largest island that is located…

Legend tells us that near the city of Xi'an, China, there lies a gigantic white pyramid - far larger than any Egyptian pyramid - that has remained undiscovered for millennia. The story goes that this pyramid is encased in "pure…

This is South Korea's infamous Jeju Loveland, an outdoor sculpture park on Cheju Island, which is based entirely around the theme of sex. The park's website describes it as "a place where sexually-oriented art and eroticism meet". Which means that…

Check out this car absolutely rocketing through the desert in Afghanistan - the dust plume it's kicking up is over a kilometre long! This is actually Afghanistan's Helmand Province, which as well as playing a pivotal part in the War…