This is the Turning Torso tower in Malmö, which at 190 metres is Sweden's tallest skyscraper. The most striking thing about this tower is that it appears to be twisted around its axis. It has nine…

A well known landmark to locals and holidaymakers is the little house that sits atop an island off the shore of Towan Beach in Newquay, England. Featured in many postcards, "The Island House", as it is…

Tokyo has two structures, apparently unrelated, with very similar names - the Tower of Wind and the Tower of Winds. The Tower of Wind (singular, known locally as Kaze no Tō) is a spectacular structure in…

When Google were recording their recently launched UK and Netherlands Street View imagery, a small team of crack-commandos cosplayers were tasked with leaving behind some highly recognisable British icons for the public to find. The most…

Our all-out assault on Street View continues over on Twitter, and since we still haven't integrated our Twitter posts into the main site anywhere, here's another Friday roundup of the 10 best sights we've found recently.…

The mining regions of Germany are home to five of the world's largest movable technical industrial machines - the Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60. Larger than the Eiffel Tower, these machines weigh 13,600 tons and are up…