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Welcome to Google Sightseeing

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. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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Best of Google Sightseeing

Pollepel Island (Island week 2)

(It’s Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week.) Pollepel…

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Easter Island (Island Week 2)

(It’s Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week.) Located…

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Tonight’s Dinner

For tonight’s dinner we’re following what might well be the world’s largest recipe – as it’s written in large type…

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,…

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“The Buzzer” speaks! (Voice transmission confirmed at UVB-76)

Regular readers may remember our post from 2009 about a Russian shortwave radio station, UVB-76, that has been emitting a…

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Distilleries of Islay

Fans of single-malt scotch whisky associate single malts from the Isle of Islay in Scotland with bold and peaty flavors.…

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Recent Comments

Recent comments on:
The Taj Mahal (or is it?) (9 comments)

  1. “The Bangladesh replica is in Google Earth, but it is hard to find because most descriptions online are vague or inaccurate. Find it here: lat/lng...” GE Buff

Recent comments on:
“The Buzzer” speaks! (Voice transmission confirmed at UVB-76) (15 comments)

  1. “@I Got Nuthin’ – as previously stated, I agree that the accent of the speaker is irrelevant, which is why I deleted it. Thank you for pointing...” Alex Turnbull
  2. “But perhaps labelling of the accent isn’t all that ridiculous to native Russian speakers. As Alex said, several of the articles he checked stated that...” Jacob
  3. “@Jacob OK, I’ll grant you that the word “stereotyping̶ 1; may have been too strong a word, but my point was that any labeling of the...” I Got Nuthin'
  4. “I actually checked against several sources while I was writing the article, and in Russian at least, a Jewish accent is quite recognisable apparently...” Alex Turnbull

Recent comments on:
Distilleries of Islay (9 comments)

  1. “Interesting! Thanks! ” Wayne
  2. “Bruichladdich have theirs malted somewhere on the mainland, can’t remember where exactly just now. Bowmore and Laphroaig both do some of their malting...” Armin
  3. “Which ones doesn’t it supply? ” Wayne

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