Stadiums and Sport

Keeping Up With The Joneses Part 3

Welcome to the third in a series that has seen competitive homeowners across the globe vying to emulate the affluence of their immediate neighbours - Keeping up with the Joneses Part 3! (Also see part 1 and part 2) This…

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Monday, 22nd January 2007

Return of the Alien Civilization

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... it's the Return of the Alien Civilization! If you've been a reader for a while you'll remember the original Alien Civilization post, where people were arguing about…

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Tuesday, 9th January 2007

Making Room In Tokyo

With a population of around 35 million people, Tokyo is officially the world's most populous metropolitan area. As there's so little space to go around, the people of Tokyo have to be a bit inventive with where they put things...…

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Friday, 15th December 2006

Xscape, Milton Keynes

Is that a mountainous Trimaxion Drone Ship1 hovering above Buckinghamshire, England? Sadly not - this is actually the Milton Keynes Xscape, one of three leisure centres in the UK which contain, well - mountains. Xscapes are centered around a real-snow…

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Tuesday, 12th December 2006

Aloha Stadium

It's two stadiums in one! While looking at the most recent Imagery update for Google Earth on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, I was trying to match up the older Google Maps images with the newer Google Earth images. I…

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Monday, 27th November 2006

Giant Carnival Guy

There's a 145ft tall giant man taking a nap just to the North of Milwaukee Mile NASCAR track. I wonder if any of the carnival-goers have noticed? Thanks: Mike Pegg

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Tuesday, 21st November 2006

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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