Giant Alien Bug

Holy Cardigans, Batman! There’s an absolutely enormous bug in Germany, which is clearly hell-bent on destruction! Run for the hills! At over 50 metres, this bug would be far bigger than the previously posted World’s Largest Bug (and a whole…

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Monday, 18th September 2006

Welcome to Google Sightseeing

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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Best of Google Sightseeing

The rise and fall of “B of the Bang”

Back in 2005, when Google Sightseeing was brand new, we were desperate for Google to add aerial images of Manchester…

Twittering

Judging by the number of new followers we have, it appears that this has been the week that Twitter finally…

The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay

Mallows Bay on the eastern shore of the Potomac River in Maryland is home to the largest ship graveyard in…

Definitely a duck (maybe)

Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…

Google Maps publishes aerial images of murder scene

The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…

Trollstigen (Troll’s path)

In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…

Recent Comments

  1. Mark: Guessing, from this account, that it’s Kevin Barrera. The location linked isn’t exact, but the...
  2. Alex Turnbull: Given how long the body must have lain there (long enough for the aerial photography airplane to have...
  3. Alex Turnbull: Hi Stuart, are you looking at the police officer? The victim looks pretty dead to me :(
  4. Doug: I love the joke you guys play — posting the EXACT same thing every February 2, now for the sixth year in...
  5. Tammo: Tazered maybe?

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