Much to the annoyance of the tinfoil-hat privacy nuts, Street View's spread across the globe continues with two launches today: Japan and Australia! Japan has coverage in the following cities: Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Saitama, Chiba, Sendai, Sapporo, Hakodate, Kyoto and…

The Phoenix Shot Tower in Baltimore was erected in 1828 and stands at 71.3m, which at that time made it the tallest structure in the United States, as well as the world's largest free-standing masonry tower1. The shot tower was…

The Skyneedle is an 88m tower in Brisbane, Queensland, that was constructed for the World Expo ’88.1 During the course of the Expo the tower shone a beam of light upwards that could be seen from 60km away. After the…

This is the Homomomomonument, er... we mean the Homomonument, in Amsterdam. Unveiled in 1987, the humorously-named monument serves as a very serious memorial to the many thousands of gay men and women who were murdered during the Second World War.…

Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff, Wales, is named after everyone's favourite Children's author Roald Dahl who was born here in the Capital, and the word "plass", meaning "plaza", is a nod to his parent's Norwegian origins. If you're a fan…

Today we’re extremely proud to be launching three new translations of Google Sightseeing: Dutch, German and Spanish! These three new blogs join our successful existing translations of French and Italian, so you can now come sightseeing around Google Earth with…