Buildings

Gagudju Crocodile

The unique Gagudju Crocodile Hotel is located in the world heritage listed KAKADU National Park. It's probably called the Crocodile Hotel as it's shaped like a 250m long Crocodile, with its jaws as the entrance and guest rooms in the…

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Friday, 4th August 2006

Todaiji Temple

This is Todaiji Temple in Japan, which is reputedly the largest wooden building in the world and houses another very large Buddha (under a roof though - how inconsiderate). Actually, I could well believe this is indeed the biggest wooden…

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Friday, 14th July 2006

Bomb Drop Guitar

Remember a while ago when we featured the Mega Ramp - a giant skate-ramp built by professional nutter skateboarder Danny Way? Well, here's another location of one of his crazy stunts - The Hard Rock cafe in Las Vegas. The…

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Monday, 10th July 2006

Madurodam

This is the small city of Madurodam in the Netherlands. They have an airport, canals, stadiums, boats, gardens, windmills and bridges with... giant people on them? And there's some giant cars too! Waaaait a minute... Madurodam is actually a truly…

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Thursday, 6th July 2006

Taj Mahal

The marble tomb of the Taj Mahal is supposedly the ultimate symbol of love, being built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, for his second wife. I always believed the story that he planned to build a second Taj…

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Tuesday, 4th July 2006

Giant Cogs

On the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine there's giant cogs! They were left over parts from the world's largest clock, which spanned 600m across the coast and was used by scientists in Mir space station to tell…

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Friday, 30th June 2006

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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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