North America

London Bridge

The other day I caught the end of the video for the awful London Bridge by Fergie and I noticed that Fergie and her crew were dancing around in front of London's most famous bridge and the image of a…

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Saturday, 4th November 2006

RMK TOP 15

Have you ever wondered what kind of camera takes the aerial photographs Google use? Well, at least in Anchorage, Alaska, the company taking the pictures uses a Zeiss RMK TOP 15 Aerial Survey Camera System.

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Friday, 3rd November 2006

Follow the Yellow Brick Road…

"We're Not in Kansas Anymore" but we are in the much more magical Fargo, North Dakota where there's a real-life Yellow Brick Road. Originally laid in the 70s for Trollwood Performing Arts School's Wizard of OZ performance the real yellow…

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Wednesday, 1st November 2006

The Langoliers

Oh dear, it appears that some tardy time-travellers aboard these planes at Peoria Airport have been eaten by The Langoliers! (Although the movie was actually filmed at Bangor International Airport, I understand that no airport escapes the all-consuming wrath of…

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Thursday, 26th October 2006

Lavender Pit

This is the Lavender Pit, part of the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee, Arizona. The Phelps Dodge Corporation began work on this huge hole in 1951, but they had to move 46 million tons of material before they reached the…

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Wednesday, 25th October 2006

Oil Leaking Ship

The last time we posted an apparently leaky ship, there was a little debate about whether or not there was oil in the water, but I doubt you can deny that there is certainly a oily haze around this container…

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Tuesday, 24th October 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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