North America

Bennie The Dinosaur

Bennie was a fifty-foot tall, 15,000 pound brachiosaur with a shady past, who used to watch over the I-680 highway from this vantage point in Benicia, CA. Before moving here Bennie used to live on the I-80 in Dixon, CA…

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Sunday, 26th February 2006

Steel Dinosaurs

G J Oliver's Industrial Steel factory has a collection of unusual pets in the back garden; giant Steel Dinosaurs. Under the order of Mr Oliver himself the prehistoric creatures are created in spare moments by company employee Woody Hauser, who…

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Wednesday, 22nd February 2006

Oakland Zoo Giraffe

As a follow up to yesterday's fabulous elephant shadow, here's an equally cool giraffe shadow in Oakland zoo! I think these are ace 😀 Thanks to Paul LaVigne and Vladimir Vysotsky.

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Tuesday, 21st February 2006

Houston Zoo Elephant

No prizes for identifing this animal in Houston zoo, Texas - it's an elephant! Thanks to Artemis and Dave Garcia.

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Monday, 20th February 2006

The Flatiron Building

The Flatiron Building (actually the Fuller Building) is one of New York's most distinctive sights, and when they finished constructing it in 1902, it was one of the city's tallest buildings (although 87 metres seems pretty tiny these days). At…

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Thursday, 16th February 2006

Lombard Street

This is the world famous Lombard Street in San Francisco. Known as "the crookedest (most winding) street in the United States", Lombard street was re-created in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as "Windy Windy Windy Windy Street". Its ridiculous switchback…

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Thursday, 16th February 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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