South Carolina

When viewed from above, much of the landscape of South Carolina is clearly covered in mysterious oval depressions that aren't obvious from ground level. Known as "Carolina Bays", nobody really knows how these unique geological features were formed. Despite their…

Welcome to day four of Google Sightseeing Reader Takeover Week! Every day this week, one of you has been chosen to have their very own sight posted here on GSS, while Alex and James take a well deserved holiday. Today's…

Check out this fantastic capture of a plane towing a banner message past a packed beach in Italy. Here's another plane towing a message off the coast of South Carolina (where there's also a great shot of someone parasailing too).…

The BMW world headquarters in Munich, Germany is the 'four-cylinder' building (which was built top-down), while the famous logo is atop the BMW museum. Over in South Carolina is BMW's North American home. The rather-cool crescent moon shaped building is…

Another strangely beautiful shot of six cooling towers. This one is at Catawaba Nuclear Power Station in South Carolina.

Paramount's Carowinds theme park is on the border of North and South Carolina. Some of the rides look great from up here - check out the giant rollercoaster at the North-West corner, which looks like it might be the wooden…