The Mysterious Abandoned Pod City of San Zhi

On the very northernmost coast of Taiwan lies the spookily bizarre San Zhi resort, which consists entirely of circular, multi-coloured pods stacked on top of one another. Furthermore, these strange habitats have been completely abandoned for a number of years,…

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Friday, 4th January 2008

Maglev Test Track

Between the cities of Lathen and Dörpen, Germany, lies the Emsland Transrapid Test Facility - a 31.5 km long elevated track built to test trains propelled by magnetic levitation - a form of transportation that suspends, guides and propels vehicles…

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Thursday, 3rd January 2008

Google Sightseeing 2007 Awards

As 2007 draws to a close we present our choices for the best posts of the year. Best Mystery There were numerous contenders for the most confusing or bizarre images, but our pick is the Mystery Plane Outline, as even…

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Monday, 31st December 2007

Christmas 2007

Today's the last day of work before our much needed Christmas break, so things will be quiet over the next week as we spend time with our families, eat too much food and celebrate Hogmanay. So we leave you with…

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Friday, 21st December 2007

Football fans

Here we see Germany's Burgplatz, which is absolutely swarming with people. Or, more specifically, very orange people! The overwhelming orange-ness of the crowd can only mean they are fans of the Dutch football team, who were gathered in the square…

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Thursday, 20th December 2007

Most Convincingly-Real Whales Ever

In the past we've posted several people's submissions of what they thought were whales, which might have been captured on the satellite imagery of Google Earth whilst nearing the surface of the open sea. In most cases however, our ever-attentive…

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Tuesday, 18th December 2007

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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