The Futuro House

The Futuro House is a round, prefabricated house that was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. About 100 of the kits were erected around the world, and you’d know if you saw one – because they look exactly…

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Tuesday, 10th February 2009

Community Bookshelf, Kansas City

The parking garage for the Kansas City Public Library may not look very special from above: … but from street level it’s a different story! Created several years ago by design firm Dimensional Innovations, the facade of the garage portrays…

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Monday, 9th February 2009

Twittering

Judging by the number of new followers we have, it appears that this has been the week that Twitter finally hit the mainstream, so we thought we’d post another roundup of the best Street View sights we’ve posted to the…

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Friday, 6th February 2009

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 the Western hemisphere. At first glance – and with no sense of scale – this may appear to be a…

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Thursday, 5th February 2009

“Google Stole My Adsense”

Many people have tried to get their personal messages captured on Google Earth, but for whatever reason, most have failed – even when they knew the images were being taken. On this basketball court in Australia however, someone has finally…

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Wednesday, 4th February 2009

New Historical Imagery in Google Earth!

This sight is currently only viewable using the Google Earth application.Usually Google Maps is updated a few days after Google Earth, when this sight will be visible in your web browser. In the meantime, all links will launch in Google…

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Tuesday, 3rd February 2009
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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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Climbing in a Flat Land

You might think that living in the Netherlands would be inconvenient for aspiring rock climbers – what with much of…

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Yesterday1 was Australia Day, when each January 26th, Australians crack open some beers and toss another shrimp on the barbie…

Scenic Street View

The most recent additions to Google’s Street View service made us wonder if it might be in danger of having…

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…

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In the city of College Station in Texas (part-way between Dallas and Houston) there is a scene of apparent disaster,…

Google Sightseeing 2011 Wrap-up

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