U.S. States

Rockville Bridge

Here's the longest stone arch bridge in the world, the Rockville Bridge in Pennsylvania (Wikipedia page). It was opened in 1902 and (as you can clearly see on the linked Google map) carries heavy railroad traffic to this day. There's…

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Thursday, 8th June 2006

Main Street Station Sign

Fantastic shadow being cast from the sign on top of the Main Street Station Hotel and Casino and Brewery in Las Vegas. There's actually two signs, which means we can see it backwards too. Nice. Useless fact about this hotel?…

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Monday, 5th June 2006

The Skull of Vegas

Staring up from what looks like a neon sign graveyard in Las Vegas is this giant Pirate Skull. Aaaar! I'm guessing this is a disused prop from Treasure Island Casino, where they have a regular pirate show out the front.…

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Wednesday, 31st May 2006

In Flight

Here's a plane in flight, here's another one, and another. Ah, there's hundreds of them - Boring! Now, here's a School Bus In Flight. That's much more interesting! This is actually the City Museum in St. Louis. Built in an…

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Saturday, 27th May 2006

Giant Rock

This is Giant Rock in the Mojave desert, California, which is (wait for it)... the largest free-standing rock in the world. Er, right. But wait, there's more! George Van Tassel (the dude that built the Integratron) carved a small room…

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Friday, 19th May 2006

Navy Training Centre

The Navy Training Centre in San Diego is a closed facility that is currently being turned in to a shopping centre so there's not much to see, except for the USS Recruit - a destroyer that seems to be a…

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Friday, 19th May 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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