IKEA stores

Everybody loves the big blue furniture store, sitting here in my living room I can count at least 25 things I've purchased from IKEA. Anyway, they've got hundreds of stores and here's one in Spain (in the flight path to…

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Wednesday, 24th August 2005

Le Bourget Airport

Near Paris, Le Bourget Airport features the "French Museum of Air and Space" and the Paris Air Show every second year. The airport is most famous as the landing point of Charles Lindbergh's historic solo transatlantic crossing in 1927 but…

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Tuesday, 23rd August 2005

Navy Pier

Chicago's Navy Pier host numerous entertainment facilities including a 148 ft Ferris Wheel, a 44ft high musical carousel with 36 hand-painted animals, the 1500 seat skyline stage, a 7 story Shakespeare theatre complex, an 18 hole mini-golf course, 2 museums…

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Monday, 22nd August 2005

Bronco Stadium

Bronco Stadium at Boise State University is home to the only blue "Smurf Turf" field in the World. The end-zones say "BOISE STATE BRONCOS".

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Monday, 22nd August 2005

Fishing

There's good fishing in this lake. I know this because some helpful person painted a bunch of rocks white and wrote "FISHING" on a nearby hill. Thanks: Mike

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Sunday, 21st August 2005

Holmenkollen ski-jump

The Holmenkollen Ski Jump in Olso was first used way back 1892 and has since been extended 14 times to the current height of 60 metres. The 1952 Olympic games were hosted here. In the satellite photo you can see…

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Sunday, 21st August 2005

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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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