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Sign Hill, SF

In 1923, the words "South San Francisco the Industrial City" were painted on Sign Hill (It presumably had a different name before that) and five years later, the 60 foot letters were put into cement. Thanks: JoeM & others.

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Saturday, 16th April 2005

Pro Player Stadium

In Miami, Florida there's the Pro Player Stadium, home of the Florida Marlins and Miami Dolphins. You can clearly read IOWA in the end zone, which dates this photo to around January 2nd 2003 when USC beat Iowa 38-17 in…

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Thursday, 14th April 2005

I Love Simi

Greg Duncan sent us this large scale geekery - the Simi Valley Smiley and I Love Simi Heart. Greg says: The smiley is very visible from the freeway and one of the first things you see as you drive into…

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Thursday, 14th April 2005

Arizona [heart]s Oprah

Each Year around Halloween, Arizona's Schnepf Farms carve a maze into their 10-acre corn field and in 2004 they decided to forever immortalize Arizona's love for talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey. Thanks: Lauren

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Tuesday, 12th April 2005

49ers, Philadelphia & Olympic Stadiums

The first stadium is the San Francisco 49er's Stadium Monster Park (formerly 3com park) (thumbnail #1 below) and it seems they were playing at the moment the photo was taken. There's lots of stadiums in this shot of Philadelphia In…

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Saturday, 9th April 2005

LUECKE?

OK, this writing is ridiculously big, I mean, look how zoomed out we are! That's some dedication there. Thanks DDA.

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Friday, 8th April 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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