Ghost Town: Prypiat, Ukraine

New writer: Chris Hannigan Chris is from Savannah, Georgia, USA where he works as a computer lab instructor for a major aerospace company. Previously employed by an airline, Chris has flown to many places around the world and continues to…

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Wednesday, 21st October 2009

Interesting Exclaves of the United States

New writer: Randy Nickum Randy is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the Midwest U.S. He has travelled widely across his country as a consultant and has visited six of seven continents, missing only Australia so far. An exclave…

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Tuesday, 20th October 2009

The polluted city of Norilsk, Siberia

New writer: Daniel Chapman Daniel recently graduated from the University of New Orleans with a degree in urban planning but grew up in the UK. He is currently planning to move to Mexico to teach English before beginning his real…

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Monday, 19th October 2009

New GSS Writers!

Our regular readers may have noticed a slight drop in output from Google Sightseeing lately, which is due in part to our drive to find more contributing writers to add to the team. If you've missed daily updates, then you'll…

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Monday, 19th October 2009

Bunjil, the sky God

It's been a while since we featured a giant geoglyph, so it was with great pleasure that we learned of Australia's Bunjil geoglyph at the You Yangs National Park in Victoria. "You Yangs" is a derivation of the Aboriginal words…

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Wednesday, 14th October 2009

Canada’s Grand Railway Hotels – Part 2

Thanks to last week's launch of Google Street View in Canada, our Canadian correspondent Ian has been able to prepare a grand tour of Canada's Railway Hotels, in 2 parts. Continuing our journey from east to west, looking at Canada's…

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Tuesday, 13th October 2009

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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