Brookhaven National Laboratory

This one of several laboratories run by the United States Department of Energy. The large, circle shaped structure is a 3 mile long Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Thanks Chris.

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Friday, 8th April 2005

Neverland Ranch

A very topical view here, Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. You can just make out his mini theme park rides. Thanks xylon.

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Friday, 8th April 2005

Staples Centre, LA

Following on from the 'Dave' post yesterday I've created a new category for legible text called 'Large Type'. The first of which is the Staples Centre, LA (Props: jbum). I'd like to think they put the text there on the…

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Friday, 8th April 2005

Area 51

By far the most submitted link is to the notorious Area 51. Props go to Andy who was the first of many to point us in the right direction, cheers mate 😀 Travis added: Scroll to the south-west and find…

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Friday, 8th April 2005

Empire State Building

There's loads of cool things to find in Manhattan, but this shot of the Empire State Building is probably the best. The photo is at quite an angle so you can see a lot of the building. Also, over to…

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Thursday, 7th April 2005

Honolulu

Not all of Honolulu is hi-res yet, but check out Diamond Head State Monument, which appears to be, er... inside an old volcano?

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Thursday, 7th April 2005

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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