Ohio

The World’s Biggest Shopping Basket

Motorists taking State Route 16 through Licking County, Ohio, could be forgiven for thinking they've been at the wheel too long when they spot a giant shopping basket looming over the horizon. This is no highway-induced hallucination however: it's the…

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Friday, 23rd October 2009

Apollo 11

Unless you've been living on the, er, Moon, you can hardly have failed to notice that today1 marks the 40th anniversary of the historic landing of the Apollo 11 mission – during which, Neil Armstrong became the first human being…

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Monday, 20th July 2009

St. Patrick’s Day in the USA

March 17th is St. Patrick's Day, which was originally the annual feast of the best known of Ireland's patron saints1, and today a worldwide celebration devoted to all things Irish. Over here in Ireland and the UK, we have been…

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Tuesday, 17th March 2009

The Futuro House

The Futuro House is a round, prefabricated house that was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. About 100 of the kits were erected around the world, and you'd know if you saw one - because they look exactly…

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Tuesday, 10th February 2009

World’s Largest Rubber Stamp

Continuing our exploration of World's Largest trivia - in Cleveland, Ohio we find the World's Largest Rubber Stamp. The Free Stamp - a pop art sculpture created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen quickly became the centre of controversy.…

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Monday, 8th December 2008

World’s Greatest Cunning Stunt

We've all been there - the camera is on us, and we suddenly feel a burning desire to impress it. Sadly, not everything turns out how we plan. Take for example this cool customer - he spots the Googlemobile cruising…

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Monday, 21st April 2008

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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