U.S. States

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is home to many exhibits including a coal mine, a 3,500 square foot model railway and the U-505, which can be seen in the middle of the thumbnail below. Captured off the coast of…

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Wednesday, 29th March 2006

Prison Break

Could you break your brother out of here? Joliet Correctional Center was closed in 2002 and now plays the part of Fox River State Penitentiary in the compulsive watching stupidity that is Prison Break. The prison also featured in another…

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Monday, 27th March 2006

Giant Triangle

Here's a mystery for a Friday morning - why is there a giant equilateral triangle in the desert near the city of Surprise, Arizona? And why does the city have such a silly name? It looks to me like it…

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Friday, 24th March 2006

World’s Largest Bug

At 58 feet long and 928 times the size of an actual termite, Nibbles Woodaway (as he was named in a radio competition) is the world's largest bug. The giant creepy crawly is attached to the roof of New England…

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Wednesday, 22nd March 2006

LA Zoo

Los Angeles Zoo is located in Griffith Park and is home to more than a thousand animal species from around the world. In the centre of the shot you can make out the shadows of a pair of giraffes, which…

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Friday, 17th March 2006

Hershey’s Chocolate World

Not as popular here in the UK as it is in the US, we still know all about Hershey's chocolate - we've even had S'mores! Damn they were good... I see you don't even have to bother making them yourself…

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Tuesday, 14th March 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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