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Halloween ’08

Here in the UK there's a lot of dressing up that happens around Halloween, there isn't anything like the kind of mania that seems to possess Americans with regards to dressing up their homes, gardens or anything else that gets…

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Friday, 31st October 2008

Concrete Art

Here in Marfa, TX, we can see the patterns of 15 Untitled Works in Concrete, a massive concrete installation at the Chinati Foundation, a contemporary art museum conceived and founded by the artist responsible - Donald Judd. Judd was a…

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Thursday, 30th October 2008

Stupas Around The World

A stupa is a Buddhist monument, originally simple mounds believed to cover the remains of the Buddha. They have evolved over the centuries to be large, ornately decorated structures, and today there are hundreds of significant stupas around the world.…

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Wednesday, 29th October 2008

Kid Crashes Scooter in Epic Moment of Embarrassment

Time and time again we've seen that the moment the Street View car is passing, people have an incredible urge to fall off the mode of transport they're travelling on. As the Street View car drives up 88th Street New…

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Wednesday, 29th October 2008

Giant Lint Attack!

Head for the hills people! This enormous piece of thread is headed for the highway with murderous intent! Whilst giant lint1 hasn't had a history of going postal and engaging in psychopathic killing sprees (lint usually leaves that to the…

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Tuesday, 28th October 2008

Top 8 Street View Crimes

As more and more street-level imagery keeps getting added, it's time for another Friday Street View Roundup - and today's theme is "Crime on Street View"! 8) Indecent Exposure This woman's dignity has been saved by a bit of face-blurring!…

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Friday, 24th October 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.

Like this site? We published a photo book of the best entries, you should buy a copy.