Revisiting Area 51
Whether it’s space aliens, light-speed travelling spaceships, or just some top-secret government testing, the world’s most famous “secret place” has…
Air Force One
Air Force One is the callsign for any aircraft that has the President of the United States on board, most commonly one of two specially adapted Boeing 747s. One of them is seen here in Yuma, Arizona, where the President…
Please welcome our newest writer!
It’s special day here at GSS, as we’re letting one of our most loyal readers join us as a member of the writing team! We’d like you to all welcome Rob Witherow, who we’re sure you’ll already know, as he’s…
World’s Largest Saw [Updated]
Clearly visible thanks to an enormous shadow, this huge saw in Tokyo looks to be attempting to cut the city in half. Unfortunately it seems that the person using it has gotten off to a slow start, and must have…
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The Mysterious Abandoned Pod City of San Zhi
On the very northernmost coast of Taiwan lies the spookily bizarre San Zhi resort, which consists entirely of circular, multi-coloured pods stacked on top of one another. Furthermore, these strange habitats have been completely abandoned for a number of years,…
Maglev Test Track
Between the cities of Lathen and Dörpen, Germany, lies the Emsland Transrapid Test Facility – a 31.5 km long elevated track built to test trains propelled by magnetic levitation – a form of transportation that suspends, guides and propels vehicles…
Best of Google Sightseeing
Guiana Space Centre
The European Space Agency is a collaboration between 18 European states with the simple aim of “exploring space” and yesterday…
Torqued Towers
This is the Turning Torso tower in Malmö, which at 190 metres is Sweden’s tallest skyscraper. The most striking thing…
Top Ten Northernmost Items on Google Maps
Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth!
Crazy Polar-suited Norwegians in Street View Fight
It looks as if our Crazy SCUBA Guys have made a comeback! This time the two Norwegian men have been…
Top 5 Worst Traffic Cities in the World
Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…
Top Ten Northernmost Items on Google Maps
Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth!
Top 5 Worst Traffic Cities in the World
Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…
World’s Tallest Lighthouses
For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and…
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