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Amazing Mazes Megapost

It's been a little while since we looked at mazes here on Google Sightseeing, so here's a collection of some of the latest finds. While there are several claims to be the world's largest maze, the most legitimate seems to…

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Friday, 16th January 2009

New River Gorge Bridge

The New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia is the highest road bridge in the Americas and (until Google updates their French imagery), is the tallest road bridge visible on Google Earth. The bridge is a spectacular steel-arch construction which…

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Monday, 12th January 2009

Impaling Cars in the Name of Art

While driving along Telephone Road in Waikato, New Zealand, you may notice that someone appears to have tried to park their car on top of a large tree stump. This doesn't seem to be an officially sanctioned public artwork, but…

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Friday, 9th January 2009

Flocking

"Flocking" is the term used to describe the collective motion of a number of creatures, and is best known as something that birds do together. So much so that the collective noun for birds is of course "flock". A group…

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Wednesday, 7th January 2009

Happy New Google Earth in the News

Yes, we're finally back, and as to be expected, we missed some great Google Earth-related news while we were off. Firstly the story that seems to have sprung up everywhere is (of course) a Street View one. The garage419 site…

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Monday, 5th January 2009

Merry Christmas!

It's that time of year again when the team at Google Sightseeing take a well deserved bit of time off! For the next two weeks we only have a couple of posts planned, but we may still update our twitter…

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Wednesday, 24th December 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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