Mystery Sand Formation (Desert Week 2011)
For our first post of Desert Week 2011, we’re travelling to the Grand Erg Oriental, or ‘Great Eastern Sand Sea’…
Watercraft
The Rideau Canal: From Ottawa to Lake Ontario
The Rideau Canal is a World Heritage Site waterway which connects Canada’s capital Ottawa to the city of Kingston on Lake Ontario. The route consists of a combination of several lakes, numerous rivers and dams, and 19km of man-made canals,…
The Boat Race
The 156th annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs will take place this Saturday, April 3rd, on the River Thames in London. The first Boat Race between the two rowing clubs took place in 1829, followed by…
World’s Largest Passenger Ships – Updated
We took a look at the world of huge cruise ships early in 2008. However, the recent launch of Royal Caribbean’s MS Oasis of the Seas is changing the world of cruising. This 360m long, 72m high behemoth weighing 220,000…
Graveyards of the Atlantic
New writer: Keith Tyler Keith is a Software QA Engineer based near Seattle, and is originally from Boston. He’s a veteran geocacher, and a prolific submitter of Google Maps sights on VirtualGlobetrotting.com. The rocky East Coast of North America is…
Mediterranean Sky in Siesta
There seems to be a phenomenon occurring all around the world: Giant ships have been sneaking quietly out of the shipyard, going just out the sight of their owners, turning onto their sides and taking a little siesta. The Mediterranean…
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
This is the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, or to give it its full Welsh name, Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte1, which carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in north east Wales, and which has recently been recognised as one…
Best of Google Sightseeing
Desert Week 2011
As is customary, the “much-more-interesting-than-it-sounds” desert week is one week late again this year! However, our writers have been touring…
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…
Portmeirion & The Prisoner
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
St Petersburg UNESCO World Heritage Site – Part Two: Forts and Fortresses
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
Portmeirion & The Prisoner
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
St Petersburg UNESCO World Heritage Site – Part Two: Forts and Fortresses
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
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