North America

George W. Bush’s Texas Ranch

CNBC: "I'm curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google?" President George W. Bush: "Occasionally. One of the things I've used on the Google is to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see – I've forgot the…

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Tuesday, 24th October 2006

Jumbolair

Jumbolair Aviation Estates near Ocala in Florida is probably the most famous of the U.S.'s near 500 fly-in communities, a few of which we've previously featured. It first gained media attention thanks to the efforts of the eccentric Arthur Jones…

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Tuesday, 17th October 2006

Funerals

With the continually increasing quality of images on Google Maps/Earth, it's hardly surprising that the cameras are capturing ever more private moments of people's lives. Perhaps then it was only a matter of time before the very end of someone's…

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Tuesday, 10th October 2006

ICP

ICP, a crew of graffiti artists in the San Francisco area, have tagged up this roof and thanks to the passing photography plane have gained more exposure than they probably expected. My initial worries that the tag was related to…

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Friday, 6th October 2006

Giant Teddy Bear and the World’s Shortest River

Amongst several other interesting kite-shadows here at the Lincoln City Summer Kite Festival, Oregon, is the perfect outline of a giant sky-blue teddy bear! The huge flying teddy is 12 metres long, and you can actually pick one up in…

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Wednesday, 4th October 2006

Whale and Calf

On the shores of the San Ignacio Lagoon in South Baja California, Mexico, we find a fittingly enormous geoglyph of a female gray whale and her calf. The San Ignacio Lagoon is part of the Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve which is…

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Tuesday, 3rd 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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