The continuing rollout of 45° "birds eye view" images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the railroad track near Sanford Avenue in the city of Richmond, California, we can clearly see a corpse lying on the…

In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll's path) - a vertiginous road which affords remarkable views of the mountainous scenery. Lucky for us that a Street View…

Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven't checked), we've found this random patch of land that we think looks definitely like a duck. We're not too sure really, but we reckoned you might like it. So what…

In the city of College Station in Texas (part-way between Dallas and Houston) there is a scene of apparent disaster, with many burnt-out industrial facilities, collapsed buildings and train cars strewn asunder. However, they are all just simulations found in…

As we ring in 2012 here at Google Sightseeing, we know that you, too, are celebrating the New Year. Of course, depending on where you are around the globe, you’re celebrating it at very different times – sometimes more than a day apart! With that in mind, here’s your guide to the first – and the last – places on Earth to enter 2012.

Happy New Year! The festive break is over, and we're all back to work - but there's still time to pause for a look back at Google Sightseeing in 2011. Over the course of the year we published 104 new…