World’s Largest Croc

Not reptilian, as you might expect, but rather a ridiculously overpriced, stupidly coloured plastic sandal. A very, very big one. There's not much more to be said about Crocs that hasn't been said already, and yet someone has managed to…

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Friday, 6th June 2008

Top 10 Unseen Street View Sights

It's been a whole year since Google first launched their controversial Street View service, and we posted our first Street View sight. Since then we've seen the rate of discovery of the most bizarre and unusual finds increase as Google…

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Tuesday, 3rd June 2008

The Mystery of the Carolina Bays

When viewed from above, much of the landscape of South Carolina is clearly covered in mysterious oval depressions that aren't obvious from ground level. Known as "Carolina Bays", nobody really knows how these unique geological features were formed. Despite their…

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Friday, 30th May 2008

Secret Russian Encampment

Hidden away in the forests of western Russia, is a highly suspicious-looking collection of buildings which have never been place-marked by the Google Earth Community, and don't seem to have ever been mentioned on the web. The buildings are all…

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Tuesday, 27th May 2008

Kid Shooting Other Kid

This post has been around the web several times already, but by popular demand, here's the Street View sighting of a child pointing a gun at another child on the streets of Chicago. In the next frame we can see…

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Monday, 26th May 2008

Petra, an ancient city hewn from the living rock

Completely unknown to the Western world until 1812, this is the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. Although nobody knows for sure when people first settled here, the incredible architecture that survives is thought to be at least 2,000 years…

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Thursday, 22nd May 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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