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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‘Tis the season for Google Sightseeing to pay a visit to people who just can’t get enough of Christmas! Sure, the shopping malls may be overflowing with tinsel and trimmings from early September, but as a follow-up to our Creative…
Frauenkirche – Church of Our Lady – is an 18th century church in Dresden which was destroyed in World War II. It lay as a pile of rubble for more than 40 years until a lengthy reconstruction process began in…
At just 8.1 sq mi (22 sq km), the isolated Micronesian island nation of Nauru in the South Pacific is the world’s smallest republic. 80% of the island functions as a giant phosphate mine.
We briefly visited the Spire of Dublin more than five years ago. With the arrival of Street View in Ireland we figure it’s time to take a more detailed look at this elegant tower which is the world’s tallest sculpture.…
Romania has today become the 27th country to receive coverage on Google Street View. Almost 4,000 miles of road has been photographed, capturing sights such as Bran Castle, the probable inspiration for Count Dracula’s castle. In the capital of Bucharest,…
When people talk about playing a long golf course, they usually talk in terms of a six or seven thousand yards, that may take around four hours to play. Along the Eyre Highway on the Nullarbor Plain in Australia, however,…
You might think that living in the Netherlands would be inconvenient for aspiring rock climbers – what with much of…
Yesterday1 was Australia Day, when each January 26th, Australians crack open some beers and toss another shrimp on the barbie…
The most recent additions to Google’s Street View service made us wonder if it might be in danger of having…
Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…
In the city of College Station in Texas (part-way between Dallas and Houston) there is a scene of apparent disaster,…
Happy New Year! The festive break is over, and we’re all back to work – but there’s still time to…
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