You'd never expect to find THIS out in the middle of the deserts of Egypt!

27°22'49.08"N 33°37'56.09"E

Just 2 miles west of the El Gouna resort, on the shore of the Red Sea (Egypt), lies an impressive example of land art called "Desert Breath." Created by Greek artist Danae Stratou and the DAST art team from 1995 to 1997. It covers 100,000 square meters, and took several years to create. When created, there was a fairly deep pool of water at its center, and the whole project was designed to slowly erode over time.

This family wins Valentine's Day!

41°18'12.53"N 81°54'6.08"W

This heart-shaped body of water is in a front yard of a house near Strongsville, Ohio.

Big Bird in Australia. A really, really BIG bird!

32° 7'2.45"S 133°41'50.24"E

Giant emu in a field near Ceduna, Australia, created by arranging shrubs. It's over a thousand feet long, from head to toe.... assuming emus have toes.

Long Live Chairman Mao! Whoops, never mind.

42°39'14.51"N 94° 9'58.30"E

In the area near XinXiang, China, huge geoglyphs like this one are fairly common. This one says (roughly translated) "Long Live Chairman Mao." I'm guessing when someone like that dies, they don't exactly rush out and start taking down megalithic signs like this one, which is 1300 feet from end to end.

Rabbit Shaped Island, because... Rabbit Shaped Island!!

53°14'50.67"N 6°23'20.42"E

It's an island..... shaped like a rabbit. I haven't found much more about it than that. But then again, I'm not sure you can say much more about it than that.

Try being a "Maze Runner" here!

17°15'21.21"N 78°40'46.04"E

India's version of America's Universal Studios, Ramoji Film City is the world's largest film studio, and serves as a tourist attraction/theme park as well. It is situated near Hayathnagar, about 25 km from Hyderabad.

The Other Stonehenge, in the USA

45°41'39.39"N 120°48'19.87"W

Built as the nation’s first World War I Memorial, a replica of Stonehenge lies at what was the original Maryhill town site, near Goldendale, Washington. Believing the original Stonehenge in Great Britain was used for sacrifices, Samuel Hill constructed the replica in honor of the war dead of Klickitat County. Hill wanted the Memorial to serve as a reminder that “humanity is still being sacrificed to the god of war.”

What's big and round, and in Mexico?

19°19'6.61"N 99°10'56.05"W

Inside the ecological reserve of the Ciudad Universitaria of Mexico stands the Sculptural Space (Espacio Escultorio). It is a big round natural solidified lava bed surrounded by many white triangular prisms that seem to radiate from its center, a bit like a sunflower. Watch a video about it at YouTube.

Jesus Lives... in South Australia!

35° 0'1.90"S 139° 1'39.60"E

After all, God revealed himself to Moses in a burning bush... so why couldn't He reveal himself to the rest of the world by spelling it out in.... trees?

What do you call a giant Australian cowboy? Mundi Man

31°40'27.10"S 141°14'22.10"E

This geoglyph is billed as the world's largest work of art, spanning 5 million square yards across the Mundi Mundi desert of Australia. The work, called "Mundi Man" or "Eldee Man", is the creation of an artist who calls himself simply "Ando," and was accomplished with the use of a tractor.

Yes, there is a giant honkin' pyramid in the Netherlands!

52° 5'25.01"N 5°20'35.14"E

When one thinks of pyramids, one usually thinks of Egypt, or Central America. You don't typically think: the Netherlands. And yet, right there, in the Dutch town of Austerlitz, is a big ol' honkin' pyramid. It was built in 1804 by the soldiers of general Auguste Marmont. It used to be a popular activity to climb to the top of the watch tower at summit of the pyramid, but today, the tower is no longer open to the public. Cool stuff, huh?

The Mysterious Facilites on Ascension Island

7°56'15.41"S 14°22'29.50"W

There are at least eight similar plots of land with these strange markings on them scattered across the central part of tiny Ascension Island, near the Joint U.S. & RAF airbase there. One of the plots is within sight of the local golf course. The others are close to satellite antennas and roads. It is tempting to classify them as probable antenna arrays of some sort, but there's very little evidence of that to base such an assumption on. No shadows to speak of, and the central white object isn't always centered. If they are military targets of some sort, they are (1) awfully close to popluated areas and in recent good shape, (2) unusually shaped, and (3) don't show any impact craters or marks that would indicate they've been used for target practice. Anyone know anything about these things?

UPDATE: A reader passes this along, to solve the mystery: Nothing quite so exciting as aliens I'm afraid! :)  These are Array sites. They contain underground sensors that detect explosions like volcanoes, earthquakes etc... The following site explains what they are and shows a close up photo:  

http://www.sartma.com/artc_1292_AC_83_1.html

The Sutton Mandeville Badges, England

51° 2'33.87"N 2° 1'29.86"W

Two military badges cut into the hillside above Sutton Mandeville in 1916, depicting the emblems of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and the 7th City of London Battalion. Local authorities have decided to allow the emblems to grass over, so they will likely be lost in coming years.

Lamb Down Badge, England

51° 9'12.61"N 2° 1'29.11"W

Cut into the hillside in 1916-1917 by Australian troops stationed at the local Codford and Sutton Veny military camps. The badge is based on a the cap badge of the Australian Army. The initial work on the badge was started by the 13th Training Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces (AIF). The badge was then embedded with green, brown and clear beer bottles to make it shine.

The Incredible White Lion of Whipsnade

51°50'54.40"N 0°33'16.42"W

The White Lion of Whipsnade is a 20th century creation of the Whipsnade Zoo, located a mile south of Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England. It was built in 1933 from a design by R.B. Brooke-Greaves.