Windmills, California

Here's a shot of Large windmill clusters in the Mojave desert, California. Scroll around a bit and you'll see there's lots of them. Also quite cool in the East of this shot there's a collection of what I'm assuming are…

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Wednesday, 13th April 2005

Devil’s Tower

Devils Tower is a monolith that rises to a height of 1,267 feet and featured prominently in the Steven Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (where it was reproduced in mashed potato). Thanks: xylon, Sally, many others.

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Tuesday, 12th April 2005

Post Office, Vancouver

A giant postage stamp on top of Vancouver's downtown post office (North West is up). Here's a a normal sized stamp for comparison. Thanks: "amaily post"

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Tuesday, 12th April 2005

Arizona [heart]s Oprah

Each Year around Halloween, Arizona's Schnepf Farms carve a maze into their 10-acre corn field and in 2004 they decided to forever immortalize Arizona's love for talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey. Thanks: Lauren

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Tuesday, 12th April 2005

We’re back!

Sorry for the downtime - we've moved host now and everything will be back to normal in no time - thanks for your patience!

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Tuesday, 12th April 2005

Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet

The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is a collection of mothballed warships near Benecia, California (More info). Thanks: Harold Check & elsamo

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Monday, 11th April 2005

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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