Europe

The simian messiah has been found! Twice! All hail our mighty primate overlords. Thanks to Sebastian 'BuzzDee' and Cecco.

Frank over at the Google Earth Blog pointed us to a Giant Football (Soccer Ball for you yanks) in Dortmund, which will be hosting some of the 2006 FIFA World Football semi-finals next month. He suggested it's the world's largest…

This is the People's Friendship Arch in Kiev - a huge titanium arch, 50 metres in diameter, which celebrates the union of Russia and Ukraine. Underneath the arch stand two statues which can be seen at the Kiev City Guide.…

This is Kiev's Mother Motherland statue (Rodina-mat), one of a series of statues erected by the old Soviet Union to commemorate their victory in what was known there as the Great Patriotic War - which many people might know better…

It's great when you realise we haven't posted classic sites like this. These are the UK Houses of Parliament or technically the Palace of Westminster. Most people will recognise Big Ben which is actually the name of the largest bell…

Parked at Gostomel Airport we find the only completed Antonov An-225 Mriya, which is the world's biggest aircraft! (the American "Spruce Goose" has a larger wingspan, but it only ever flew once, and the Mriya is larger in terms of…