The Futuro House
The Futuro House is a round, prefabricated house that was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. About 100…
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Top Gear Test Track (US Version)
So another popular British television show has been remade for America: this time it’s the classic motoring magazine show “Top Gear”. The American version of the show debuted in November 2010 to the groans of die-hard UK fans, and a…
Google Sightseeing Awards 2010
As we wave farewell to another successful year of Google Sightseeing, let us cast our minds back to some of the best posts of 2010, all summarised neatly into some arbitrary made-up categories! Most comprehensive sightseeing tour We like…
Nauru: the world’s smallest republic
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.
Airport Emergency Training Locations
As a moderately frequent flyer, I enjoy looking out for fire and emergency training locations at airports. It’s fascinating because, for anybody who is even vaguely nervous about flying, the sight of a twisted and charred fuselage is probably the…
Wow! That’s a LOT of cars!
Check out all of these white cars parked on an airfield in Green Cove Springs, Florida! GSS reader Jon who sent us this sight thought the all-white cars might be hidden UN vehicles stashed behind trees at a US airbase.…
Revisiting Area 51 (Part 2 – The Extraterrestrial Highway)
So you can’t actually drive into Area 51 these days1, but you can get very, very close thanks to Nevada’s Extraterrestrial Highway. This desolate stretch of road in the desert northwest of Las Vegas is reportedly home to more UFO…
Best of Google Sightseeing
Brasília: a Modernist Masterpiece
The largest city on the planet that wasn’t in existence at the beginning of the 20th century, the city of…
Crazy SCUBA Guys Chase Street View
Google has today launched brand new Street View imagery for Norway, Finland and large parts of Canada. But it’s in…
Definitely a duck (maybe)
Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…
Google Maps publishes aerial images of murder scene
The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…
Trollstigen (Troll’s path)
In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…
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