Paramount’s Kings Island

This is Paramount's Kings Island theme park in Mason, Ohio, and it looks absolutely awesome. The place is a flippin' enormous 364 acres, with more rides than you could shake a stick at... in fact there's more than enough room…

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Thursday, 27th October 2005

Arboreal Typography

If you were going to use trees to graffiti the landscape with the name of your town, city, university or company... what font would you use? Arboreal sign-writers agree that uppercase lettering is a no-brainer, as legibility is obviously impaired…

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Wednesday, 26th October 2005

Fina’s Tree

This is Fina's Tree which at 110 feet, is the tallest tree in the whole of Tucson, Arizona. The story goes that back in 1910 a storm hit the city, and uprooted the young Red Gum tree, which was discovered…

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Tuesday, 25th October 2005

Ship Rocket Thing?

What kind of ship is this? It seems to be using a very strange propulsion system, which makes it look like a cross between a ship and a rocket! On further investigation I found another one to the west, and…

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Friday, 21st October 2005

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

This is the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, a few kilometres east of my last post, in Arizona. The monument consists of the ruins of multiple structures constructed by the Hohokam, farmers who lived here from the early 1200s. In…

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Thursday, 20th October 2005

Casa Grande Copper Mine

Most of the mines which people submit are in low-res, but here's one which isn't. This is an abandoned open pit copper mine in Casa Grande, Arizona. Can't imagine why they abandoned it... I mean, that hole isn't nearly big…

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Thursday, 20th October 2005

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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