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Tuesday, 4th April 2006 by Alex Turnbull
This is Jim and Linda Onan’s Gold Pyramid House in Wadsworth, Illinois. Yes, it really is a six-storey gold-plated pyramid in the middle of Illinois – and apparently it’s the world’s largest gold-plated object. Near the entrance to the grounds you can also spot a 64-foot statue of Ramesses (not sure which one though), and just to the west of the main pyramid are three smaller pyramids, which join to…
Last year bundle.com released a list of the 25 most expensive restaurants in the US, with mind-boggling average prices for…
Today is Groundhog Day, a North American festival which reckons that “if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this…
Spend any time browsing Google Maps or Earth and you’ll soon spot an airport – they’re usually easy to spot…
With the regular season winding down and the postseason approaching, it is time to conclude our look at some of…
With Major League Baseball having recently paused for its mid-season All Star Game break, this is the first of a…
Today is Groundhog Day, a North American festival which reckons that “if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this…
Sivash is the shallow system of lagoons that separates Crimea from mainland Ukraine. Home to large-scale salt deposits, Sivash may just contain the most colourful waters to be found in Google Maps, with ponds of blue, beige and organe readily visible.
Robben Island is a prison island off Capetown, South Africa, best known as the jail where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated…
Whether it’s space aliens, light-speed travelling spaceships, or just some top-secret government testing, the world’s most famous “secret place” has…
Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth!
It looks as if our Crazy SCUBA Guys have made a comeback! This time the two Norwegian men have been…
Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…
Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth!
Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…
For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and…
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