Regular readers of Google Sightseeing, and especially those who own the book, would probably enjoy last week's James May's Big Ideas. The program opened with May visiting Russia to see miniature Ekranoplans, a popular sight from the book, and also…

We're delighted to announce that the Google Sightseeing team now has two new writers! Ian Brown manages a fair trade retail store in Ottawa, Canada, and says he spends his spare time perusing maps to find new routes to ride…

Where would you expect to find the world's largest illuminated advertisement? With my years of experience in completely-useless "World's largest" facts, I would definitely assume it would be in America, perhaps in Times Square or maybe Las Vegas. But I…

Near Sebago Lake in Cumberland County, Maine, we find a strange arrow arranged from piles of stones: What makes the arrow really bizarre is that rather than your usual pointing-style arrow, this apears to be a representation of the sort…

Avast Ye! 'Tis only turned ou' t' be International Talk Like a Pirate Day again! Arr! We got a bucketload o' Street View sights for you scurvy dogs, gar! This pirate's ship gone an been turned int' a landlubber's restaurant…

Our friends over at Virtual Globetrotting are currently running a Street View scavenger hunt to find interesting words in the imagery. Prizes for the top 5 competitors in the scavenger hunt is a copy of the 5 star rated classic…