The Mega Ramp is the brainchild of professional skateboarder Danny Way. It's a nine-story monster half pipe built out in California's desert where Danny set world records for the longest and highest air on a skateboard…

One more curtain call … the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto opened on this day in 1907, making it the longest continually operating theatre in North America. Even with a budget to build 'the finest theatre…

The latest frontier for Google's Street View technology is underwater. Cameras have visited quite a number of popular diving and snorkelling locations, giving us spectacular imagery of sea life and coral reefs. Today we're taking a…

From the late 19th century to the period between the World Wars, hundreds of airship hangars were built in Western Europe and the USA to house the massive lighter-than-air craft. Today, only a handful of these…

It's unlikely that Google knows exactly how many panoramic nine-sided images it hosts for Street View or how many total miles its Street View cars have travelled since the project first launched in May 2007, but…

'Standing but not operating' (SBNO) is the term applied to amusement parks and amusement rides that have been abandoned by their owners but remain structurally intact. Not only are abandoned amusements favourites among urban the urban exploration crowd, SBNOs also make for great Google Sightseeing!