On June 30, 1859, The Great Charles Blondin became the first person to cross the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope. While it is often assumed that he crossed over the falls themselves, he in fact crossed…

On June 10, 1829, the first Boat Race took place at Henley-on-Thames, when Cambridge confidently challenged Oxford to a race, only to be soundly beaten.  It took a number of years for the race became a…

A few years ago it was a common joke to suggest that Google would follow the success of Street View by attaching cameras to boats to capture imagery of rivers, canals and oceans. Well, of course…

These buildings may look authentic from the outside, but don't be duped - they're absolutely, completely, 100% frauds! Join us for a tour of some interesting-but-inauthentic architecture.

For the very first time, Google has released Street View imagery of the Arab world, and they've started right at the very top – with the highest man-made viewpoint on the planet, Dubai's monumental Burj Khalifa.…

The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong sea winds created problems for shipping on an important canal, so a unique2 solution was created…