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UPDATE: Due to the level of response to this post, we have stopped accepting notes of interest - thanks to everyone who got in touch. If you haven't heard back from us yet then it's likely that your application didn't…

After another year of nearly non-stop sightseeing, it's time for the Google Sightseeing team to take a few well deserved days off to do some real-life travelling. Things will be quiet around here for the next couple of weeks, but…

It makes the team here at GSS feel positively web-ancient, but today sees the return of our very-long-running series Volcano Week! Now in its fifth year1 Volcano Week2 is devoted to sights created by the process of molten rock, mud,…

Despite having again failed to post the world's largest desert we feel the second annual GSS Desert Week has been a resounding success! The places we visited were: UTA Flight 772 Memorial Desert Dome The Osoyoos Desert Wadi Rum Death…

Following on from the resounding success1 of 2008's first annual Google Sightseeing Desert Week, this week we're running with the theme all over again, astoundingly, exactly a year since last time! We've got a plethora of desert-related posts planned for…

You might remember that a few weeks ago we solicited applications for some new writers to join the team here at Google Sightseeing. Well, we were absolutely overwhelmed by the response, but we're finally ready to announce the names of…