Transamerica Pyramid

At first San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid doesn't look that impressive.. at least until you catch sight of the massive pointed shadow extending north-east. Wow. Standing at 260 meters, it must be really something from the ground! (Official site, Wikipedia entry)…

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Monday, 18th July 2005

Florida Water Thing

Anyone know what this weird thing in Florida is? It's huge anyway (zoom in all the way), and seems to involve a lot of water... Possibly some sort of power plant maybe? Thanks: Magnus Schmidt

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Monday, 18th July 2005

More Shipwrecks

Here's one in Saint Lawrence bay, Quebec... ...a beached wreck off the Washington coast... ...and finally a super-cool submerged ship in the river Clyde, near Glasgow! (it's great posting Scottish things 😀 ) Thanks to Jacob, Jonny, troy, DDA, Jonathan…

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Monday, 18th July 2005

Tokyo Disney Resort

Completing the set of Disney Parks is the Tokyo Disney Resort. The resort is split into two main sections, Tokyo Disneyland Park, with the usual magic mountain, etc. and Tokyo DisneySea Park which is based around various themed 'ports'. One…

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Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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