Ghost Towns: Underwater Edition
This is the second in an occasional series where we’ll be travelling to some of the world’s most interesting abandoned places. Fuelled by the ancient myth of the lost continent of Atlantis, underwater cities have always been the subject of…
World’s Largest Ship Graveyard
As a follow-up to our recent story about the largest ship graveyard in the Western hemisphere, today we're visiting Mauritania, where we find the world's largest ship graveyard! The port of Nouadhibou is the final resting place of over 300…
Valentine’s Sightseeing 2009
If you didn't already know, Valentine's Day is imminent, so if you've not got that special someone a gift yet you better get on with it! Perhaps we can help with some Google Earth sights around the globe? In LA,…
US Space & Rocket Center
NASA's first visitor centre, and one of the world's largest public collections of space bits is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center near Huntsville, AL. The main building houses hundreds of space-related artefacts, including bits of real moon rock and…
Miniature Castles Megapost
We've explored many castles in the past on Google Sightseeing - whether large, illegal or remote - but there are many more diminutive castles out there worth exploring. Nunney Castle in Somerset may be historic, but is barely larger than…
The Futuro House
The Futuro House is a round, prefabricated house that was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. About 100 of the kits were erected around the world, and you'd know if you saw one - because they look exactly…
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