Google Street View Sights

255 days ago

Don’t like the #streetview car? Get yourself a firing squad and SHOOT IT - that’s what these guys did: full screen »

260 days ago

We weren't aware that drive-ins ever showed this kind of movie… #streetview Thanks to Kyle! full screen »

261 days ago

Somebody has pulled the ultimate #streetview prank: THE GOD NOB HIs phallicness is omnipresent! http://gss.st/2y3 full screen »

261 days ago

Somebody has pulled the ultimate #streetview prank: THE GOD NOB HIs phallicness is omnipresent! full screen »

276 days ago

Explore the inside of Baghdad's Iraq Museum thanks to the first ever Iraqi Street View imagery. #streetview full screen »

276 days ago

It's unclear what happened on this Mexican highway, and the corpse lying in the road isn't saying. #streetview full screen »

308 days ago

You don't need to be a mind reader to understand EXACTLY what this cyclist is saying to the driver! #streetview full screen »

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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Sivash: The Rotten Sea

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Robben Island

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Revisiting Area 51

Whether it’s space aliens, light-speed travelling spaceships, or just some top-secret government testing, the world’s most famous “secret place” has…

Top Ten Northernmost Items on Google Maps

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!

Top 5 Worst Traffic Cities in the World

Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…

World’s Tallest Lighthouses

For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and…

Recent Comments

  1. Ian Brown: Oops. You are correct, markus. Thanks for spotting that. I got caught in the confusion / dispute about...
  2. markus: wouldn’t the second tallest lighthouse in the world – located in the US – be the tallest in...
  3. edmonton website development: This is what I was exactly looking for thanks a lot for this.
  4. Ahmed: Are you kidding? Damascus, Cairo, and even Amman are far worse than half this list.
  5. Cameron: Cockburn island Ontario Canada has a population Of zerin it’s only town tolsmaville.

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