Mystery Stone Arrow
Near Sebago Lake in Cumberland County, Maine, we find a strange arrow arranged from piles of stones: What makes the arrow really bizarre is that rather than your usual pointing-style arrow, this apears to be a representation of the sort…
Gateway to the Americas
The Laredo International Bridge 1 is one of four road bridges that cross the Rio Grande to connect the cities of Laredo, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The 320 m long bridge is officially known as the Gateway to the…
World’s Tallest Electricity Pylon for Single Phase AC Powerline
Update: Apologies pylon fans, as Jonathan points out in the comments, we've mistakenly identified the wrong huge white and orange power pylons. The pylons in this post are in fact the Elbe Crossings 1 and 2, and the actual World's…
Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008
Avast Ye! 'Tis only turned ou' t' be International Talk Like a Pirate Day again! Arr! We got a bucketload o' Street View sights for you scurvy dogs, gar! This pirate's ship gone an been turned int' a landlubber's restaurant…
Dead Sperm Whale
The latest imagery update has now arrived on Google Maps, and with it comes this rather sad image of a beached Sperm Whale on the island of Hjelmsøya, which is off the coast of the extreme north of Norway. According…
Win a copy of the Google Sightseeing book!
Our friends over at Virtual Globetrotting are currently running a Street View scavenger hunt to find interesting words in the imagery. Prizes for the top 5 competitors in the scavenger hunt is a copy of the 5 star rated classic…
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