Sunset Lake Floating Bridge

The Sunset Lake Floating Bridge in Brookfield, Vermont is actually a GSS first, as we've never featured a floating bridge before. Built on floating logs all the way back in 1820, upgraded to tarred barrels in 1884, and plastic barrels…

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Tuesday, 18th September 2007

Balloons?

High above the Uvas Reservoir in Santa Clara County, it looks like there's hundreds of colourful balloons floating up into the sky. The possible balloons are unfortunately on the overlap of two images, but appear to be rising up from…

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Monday, 17th September 2007

God’s Ark of Safety

This is God's Ark of Safety in Frostburg, Maryland. The brainchild of Pastor Richard Greene, this is a church... that's also a full-size replica of Noah's Ark.1 Well it would be... if Pastor Greene had ever gotten round to finishing…

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Thursday, 13th September 2007

Anti-Gravity Cars

Look closely at the car park of BMW's headquarters and you'll see that there's a Mini parked on the wall. Even more bizarrely, this isn't even unusual: we've found gravity-defying Mini parking before! You may also remember that early last…

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Wednesday, 12th September 2007

Mystery Plane Outline

Here at the King Khaled Airport in Saudi Arabia, a little way away from the main terminal, there's a mysterious and unexplained outline of a plane marked out on the desert sand. The shape is similar in size and dimensions…

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Monday, 10th September 2007

Airplane Gnomes

Rather than the usual fare of flowerbeds, ponds or garden gnomes, Lloyd "Tud" Krohn decorates his garden with handmade aircraft. The 1/16 scale models include a V-22 Osprey, B-17 Flying Fortress, P-38 Lightning, C-130 Hercules and an Apache helicopter. Mr…

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Friday, 7th September 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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