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Blistering Barnacles!

Perhaps the captain of this barge on the Mississippi has had a little too much to drink, as he appears to have crashed into the river bank. Whoops! Thanks to Sam Phillips.

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Friday, 3rd March 2006

Geodesic Dome, Baton Rouge

A large Geodesic Dome which formerly housed a train servicing and painting operation stands in a state of disrepair in Baton Rouge. There are efforts to save the dome as architects consider it a fine example of R. Buckminster Fuller's…

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Friday, 3rd March 2006

Bennie The Dinosaur

Bennie was a fifty-foot tall, 15,000 pound brachiosaur with a shady past, who used to watch over the I-680 highway from this vantage point in Benicia, CA. Before moving here Bennie used to live on the I-80 in Dixon, CA…

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Sunday, 26th February 2006

Steel Dinosaurs

G J Oliver's Industrial Steel factory has a collection of unusual pets in the back garden; giant Steel Dinosaurs. Under the order of Mr Oliver himself the prehistoric creatures are created in spare moments by company employee Woody Hauser, who…

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Wednesday, 22nd February 2006

Oakland Zoo Giraffe

As a follow up to yesterday's fabulous elephant shadow, here's an equally cool giraffe shadow in Oakland zoo! I think these are ace 😀 Thanks to Paul LaVigne and Vladimir Vysotsky.

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Tuesday, 21st February 2006

Houston Zoo Elephant

No prizes for identifing this animal in Houston zoo, Texas - it's an elephant! Thanks to Artemis and Dave Garcia.

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Monday, 20th February 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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