All sights in category 'Buildings'

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

The editors: James & Alex

Area 51

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Friday, 8th April 2005

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By far the most submitted link is to the notorious Area 51. Props go to Andy who was the first of many to point us in the right direction, cheers mate :-D Travis added:

Scroll to the south-west and find that pock-marked stretch of desert. That’s where our government tested nuclear weapons.

Area 51

Empire State Building

Posted by James Turnbull, Thursday, 7th April 2005

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There’s loads of cool things to find in Manhattan, but this shot of the Empire State Building is probably the best. The photo is at quite an angle so you can see a lot of the building. Also, over to the West, you can easily spot Madison Square Garden; it’s the big circle.

Empire State Building

Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center

Posted by , Thursday, 7th April 2005

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Remember the super secret bunker they always use in Stargate, Deep Impact and various other films? Well, here it is. It’s official name is the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center and is designed “to ensure 70 percent probability of continuing to function against a five megaton weapon with a three mile circular error probability”.

cheyene mountain bunker

Las Vegas Strip

Posted by James Turnbull, Thursday, 7th April 2005

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Some of Las Vegas’ top casinos all in one image. There’s the Sahara top left, then New York, New York below that (complete with Statue of Liberty on the corner). Eastward of NY is the MGM Grand (which looks quite unimpressive from above). The castle-like building with the red and blue turrets is Excalibur and opposite that is the Tropicana. Southward there’s the unmissable Luxor pyramid and lastly Mandalay Bay.

The Whitehouse

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Thursday, 7th April 2005

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Here’s the Whitehouse, complete with ‘national security protection’ (some quick Photoshopping…)

The Whitehouse