The Hollywood Sign
The world famous Hollywood Sign is an internationally recognised symbol of American heritage and culture. While best known for its…
Slauerhoffbrug
Here in the Netherlands we find a very unusual kind of bridge. Like many small bridges, the bright blue and yellow Slauerhoffbrug is required to retract out of the way to let boats pass by. Unfortunately the Google Earth images…
World’s Largest Weather Vane
The world’s largest weather vane can be found in Yukon, alongside the runway at Whitehorse airport, in the unusual form of a DC-3 plane. After 28 years of service, mostly among Canada’s northern communities, the plane was retired in 1970…
Obama Gets Personal Google Earth Update
Update: As expected, GeoEye has released the satellite image they took of the inauguration today. You can directly download a higher resolution [698KB] version too. Today, the 20th of January 2009, the USA inaugurates its 44th President: Mr Barack Obama.…
Ni Pena Ni Miedo (No Shame Nor Fear)
Written in the sands of the Atacama Desert, Chile, are the words “ni pena ni miedo” which translate more or less as “No shame nor fear”, and together they form what must surely be the world’s largest poem. While we’ve…
Amazing Mazes Megapost
It’s been a little while since we looked at mazes here on Google Sightseeing, so here’s a collection of some of the latest finds. While there are several claims to be the world’s largest maze, the most legitimate seems to…
Scooter Squashed
Here in Rome, scooters are an extremely popular way of getting around the city, and Italian drivers are generally considered to be a bit crazy. This combination inevitably results in the occasional accident, and as the Google car approaches this…
Best of Google Sightseeing
Um, Is Your Porch on Fire?
Hanging around this property in Atlanta, Georgia, a group of young men appear entirely unconcerned about the fire that’s blazing…
Yukon Ho! Part 1: The Top of the World Highway
Bisected by the Arctic Circle and reaching to the Arctic Ocean, Canada’s Yukon is one of the most remote locations visited so far by Google Street View. The territory is larger than Sweden but has a sparse population of 34,200 people. Today we begin a two-part journey crossing Yukon from west to east starting with the Top of the World Highway.
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…
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…
Groundhog Day
Today is Groundhog Day, a North American festival which reckons that “if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this…
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…
The World’s Worst Airport Terminals
A list of the best and worst airport terminals in the world has recently been published on frommer.com, and despite…
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