Monuments

There's absolutely loads of sightseeing to be done in Rome, but today we're just going to be visiting the Circus Maximus... actually, there's so much history in Rome that it's nearly impossible to see just one thing. Close to the…

With more than 67 staircases, 700 rooms, 1250 fireplaces, 2,000 windows and more than 1,800 acres of grounds, this is the awesome royal Château de Versailles outside Paris, France. I visited Versailles about 15 years ago (eek!) and it truly…

My friend Sarah got back from San Francisco recently, and she showed me the pictures she took there. When I saw this photo of a 49 foot talking lumberjack, I immediately checked the GgSs submissions database, but no-one has ever…

Well we've all finally recovered from James' wedding which took place this Saturday, and in true Scottish style there was a fantastically enthusiastic Céilidh which went on until we could barely stand up any more! As is traditional, we ended…

This is the Avenida 9 de Julio in the centre of Buenos Aires, Argentina. At 127 metres, it is one of the widest streets in the world, with some eighteen lanes of traffic! Unfortunately our thumbnail doesn't really do it…

There's only a tiny amount of high-resolution Amsterdam. Dam Square in the centre of the city features a monument to Holland's WWII dead and is outside of the Royal Palace (the big white building). Follow the roads to the east…