North America

Hole In The Coast

Update: After much debate in the comments of this post, determined reader Patrick has finally tracked down the truth about this mysterious location! Patrick contacted a friend who lives in Mexico and she pointed him towards this forum thread, where…

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Monday, 11th July 2005

James River Reserve Fleet

Here is the Jmes River Reserve Fleet, much like the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet we spotted previously. It's a collection of really old (and big) ships that are just hanging around with no place to go. Most of them probably…

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Sunday, 10th July 2005

American Airlines Arena, Miami

The American Airlines Arena in Miami is where the Miami Heat play and there's a giant plane drawn on the roof. Thanks: nat, Jay Soffian & Markus Jany

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Tuesday, 5th July 2005

Red Water Weirdness

Update: It seems that this is an artificial kelp reef. However, we're much more interested in the underwater ketchup farming! (Thanks guys ๐Ÿ™‚ ) Does anyone know what on earth this weird red stuff is off the coast of Anaheim,…

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Tuesday, 5th July 2005

Bavarian Motor Works

The BMW world headquarters in Munich, Germany is the 'four-cylinder' building (which was built top-down), while the famous logo is atop the BMW museum. Over in South Carolina is BMW's North American home. The rather-cool crescent moon shaped building is…

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Saturday, 2nd July 2005

Newton’s Rings

Check out these weird coloured rings in Florida (centre of alien activity). Our submitter, Woowoowoo, reckons this is an example of "Newton's Rings". Nope we'd never heard of them either, but fortunately Wikipedia had. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Friday, 1st July 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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