In the 19th century, British surveyor Charles Kettle superimposed an orderly grid that had worked well on relatively flat terrain on a towering hillside in New Zealand. Thanks to Kettle’s misguided efforts, a residential street in Dunedin known as Baldwin Street has a 19-degree slope. Guinness World Records determined that Baldwin Street’s nearly 35-degree gradient…
Today, most people are looking for that perfect picturesque backdrop, because snapping selfies with your same old backyard won’t get those likes. If you’re travelling to Paris and are getting tired of cliche tourist-y shots of the Eiffel Tower, you might want to pay this quaint little street a visit. We can guarantee you it’s…
There are plenty of streets around the world that are famous for being long, short, wide or narrow. However, what sets the narrow street in Prague apart from them is, that is also has a traffic light. Located in Prague’s oldest neighborhood Mala Strana, this 32 feet long street has a width of about 19…
