New Jersey

Grassy Barn, NJ

Christopher Wallace sent in this fantastic submisison which has brightened my day considerably: I was following the roads I take to get to college, and found what looks like an image of a barn and silos etched into a field…

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Thursday, 9th March 2006

Steel Dinosaurs

G J Oliver's Industrial Steel factory has a collection of unusual pets in the back garden; giant Steel Dinosaurs. Under the order of Mr Oliver himself the prehistoric creatures are created in spare moments by company employee Woody Hauser, who…

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Wednesday, 22nd February 2006

Iowa Class Battleships

The last battleships ever built by the United States are known as "Iowa class" and were named after the states of Missouri, Wisconsin, New Jersey and Iowa. The four ships were built in the 1940s and between them have served…

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Friday, 25th November 2005

Black Holes

Finally! We have proof that Google is hiding things from us in Alaska, Mexico and er... New Jersey. Hmmm. Anyway, it's a conspiracy I tell you! Firstly stretching over a large part of Alaska, all the way into the Yukon…

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Tuesday, 7th June 2005

The Edison Memorial Tower

The 131 foot tall Edison Memorial Tower marks the original site of Thomas Alva Edison's original labs in the Menlo Park section of what is now Edison Township in New Jersey, USA. The tower is topped by the world's largest…

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Sunday, 5th June 2005

World’s Tallest Water Sphere

The World's Tallest Water Sphere in Union, New Jersey. Apparently a tower in Edmond, Oklahoma is taller and holds more water, but technically that design is a water spheroid. Union's Water Sphere is still the tallest true water sphere. More…

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Thursday, 26th May 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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