Mazinger Z

Mazinger Z is a giant manga robot who had his own anime show in the early 70s, and according to Wikipedia had a great influence on the Super Robot genre. In this satellite photograph we can see a giant statue…

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Monday, 23rd October 2006

Japan’s Giant Snacks

Floating away in the harbour of Tokyo is the Giant Japanese Battenburg storage depot. Japan is the world's second largest producer of oversized snacks, and over to the East they're also farming massive Twiglets. Seriously, can anyone solve the Battenburg…

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Friday, 20th October 2006

Bora Class Hovercraft

Docked at the Russian Black Sea navy base in Sevastopol, Ukraine we can see an odd looking ship - a Bora Class hovercraft. Designed in 1988, the Bora is by far the largest military hovercraft going and are odd in…

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Wednesday, 18th October 2006

Jumbolair

Jumbolair Aviation Estates near Ocala in Florida is probably the most famous of the U.S.'s near 500 fly-in communities, a few of which we've previously featured. It first gained media attention thanks to the efforts of the eccentric Arthur Jones…

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Tuesday, 17th October 2006

Walk of Ideas Pt. 2

Continuing our journey along Germany's "Walk of Ideas" we arrive at a giant pill entitled "Milestones of Medicine". Then there's "Milestones in Music" - a collection of giant musical notes in front of the Konzerthaus. Which leads us to "Modern…

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Monday, 9th October 2006

Walk of Ideas

The 'Walk of Ideas' was an 'art project' throughout Berlin which was put in place of the World Cup earlier this year. The 6 sculptures promoted the best of Germany, and not very subtly provided advertising for the project's two…

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Sunday, 8th October 2006

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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