Buildings

Missing Dictator Special

"He's not dead, he's, he's ... resting!" Apologies for the Monty Python reference, but it rings true for a couple of Communism's stalwarts. In Cuba, the Plaza de la Revolución (Revolution Square) no longer bears witness to marathon speeches from…

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Friday, 28th November 2008

Guitar-Shaped Mansion

When this stunningly huge estate in Alabama was being designed, the owner must have anticipated the rise of Google Earth, because from down there it must be impossible to appreciate that the grounds have been landscaped into the shape of…

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Wednesday, 26th November 2008

Boblo Island

This huge pavilion and dance hall is the only remaining structure from Boblo Island Amusement Park in Ontario. The Amusement Park was open to the public from 1898 until 1993 and through the years it was home to a number…

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Wednesday, 12th November 2008

Ghost Towns: Kolmanskop

This is the first in an occasional series where we'll be looking at some of the world's most interesting abandoned places. In 1908, diamonds were discovered in the Namib Desert, and one of the towns that sprang up to provide…

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Friday, 7th November 2008

Halloween ’08

Here in the UK there's a lot of dressing up that happens around Halloween, there isn't anything like the kind of mania that seems to possess Americans with regards to dressing up their homes, gardens or anything else that gets…

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Friday, 31st October 2008

Street View Español!

As predicted, Spanish Street View Images have just launched across the major Spanish cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, and Valencia! The images seem to be generally excellent quality, affording us some spectacular view's of architect Antoni Gaudí's perpetually-unfinished masterpiece in…

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Tuesday, 28th October 2008

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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