Google Snow View

Over the past few years Google has captured imagery of ski resorts and other snowy locations using Street View snowmobiles in a number of countries. With the northern hemisphere in the midst of winter, it's a good time to take…

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Wednesday, 22nd January 2014

Revisiting The World’s Largest Christmas Shop

Four years ago we paid a visit to Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, Michigan - the largest Christmas-themed shop in the world. Now we can return for a more detailed look, with Google's Street View available inside the shop, giving…

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Thursday, 19th December 2013

Happy 50th Anniversary Doctor Who!

Whovians everywhere are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their favourite time traveller. Doctor Who first aired on the BBC on November 23rd 1963. Fifty years, 10 regenerations1, numerous companions and countless enemies later, a special extended episode titled The Day…

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Friday, 22nd November 2013

Michael Heizer’s Landscape (and other) Art

Michael Heizer is a contemporary artist known for creating landscape art on a massive scale in isolated locations. His largest work, and one of the largest sculptures ever created, is City - an immense project which he has been working…

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Thursday, 24th October 2013

France’s Aérotrain

In the mid-1960s, the future of public transport in France seemed destined to be the utterly fantastic concept of a jet-powered hovertrain. Sadly after a decade of research and testing, the Aérotrain project was cancelled - however remnants of the…

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Thursday, 10th October 2013

Rollercoaster Round-up!

We visited a number of amusement parks in the early years of Google Sightseeing, but with improved imagery and competition amongst parks leading to the construction of many spectacular new attractions over the past few years, this seems like a…

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Thursday, 26th September 2013

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.

Like this site? We published a photo book of the best entries, you should buy a copy.