Street Views

The White Men of Jerome Mesnager

Jerome Mesnager is a French artist who made his name during the 80s with a spree of stencil art featuring a distinctive "white man" resembling an artist's mannequin. Although most of his pieces were removed within weeks or days, his…

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Friday, 26th June 2009

Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt

This enormous hexagon, a mile and a half in diameter, looks like some kind of massive occult symbol etched in the scrub on the remote western coast of Australia, 700 miles north of Perth. In fact, we're looking at a…

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Monday, 22nd June 2009

Shiprocked on the Highway to Hell (Desert Week 2)

Welcome to the second annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! It appears that snow has fallen in hell! At least it has along "The Devil's Highway". Let's take a…

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Friday, 19th June 2009

The Twenty20 Cricket World Cup

Ah, the English summer: Pimm's on the lawn, sandcastles on the beach, socks inside sandals, and the gentle sound of leather on willow. Yes, along with tennis, the nation's sporting thoughts at this time of year turn to cricket -…

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Wednesday, 10th June 2009

Google’s Street View Batcave

For just one frame of Google's Street View for Charleston Road in Mountain View, we are given a completely unprecedented and unique glimpse inside the operation, as the camera is switched on inside the Street View Batcave. Just like Batman's…

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Monday, 8th June 2009

In Memorial of Pre

Prefontaine, lovingly referred to as Pre by those that knew him and us that admire his abilities, so enamored the sports world that there are many places that bare his name in memorial. Here are just a few of the memorial locations setup in and around the state of Oregon.

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Friday, 5th June 2009

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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