Search Results for 'world's largest'

Bailey Yard

Especially for Andrew Scott, we're finally posting some trains 🙂 Union Pacific's classification yard in North Platte, Nebraska is the world's largest railroad classification yard. The yard is made up of 315 miles of track, and…

Posted by
Thursday, 21st April 2005

The Unisphere

Remember the scene at the end of Men in Black where the flying saucer crashes through a huge globe? Well this is it, the Unisphere, in Flushing Meadows Park, NY. Not very interesting at first glance,…

Posted by
Tuesday, 12th April 2005

Rainbow Bridge, Utah

The world's largest natural bridge. The surrounding landscape is very surreal, it all looks like it is sculpted out of play dough. Thanks Jeff Reynolds.

Posted by
Friday, 8th April 2005

Boneyard, Tucson

Wow - there are a LOT of planes in Pima Air & Space Museum. It looks like they've got at least 10 of each plane, all laid out in very neat rows. Also of note is…

Posted by
Thursday, 7th April 2005

Airship Hangars Around The World

From the late 19th century to the period between the World Wars, hundreds of airship hangars were built in Western Europe and the USA to house the massive lighter-than-air craft. Today, only a handful of these…

Posted by
Thursday, 10th April 2014

Midway Atoll

Known as site of one of the most pivotal naval battles in history, today Midway Atoll strikes an odd balance between its military past and its tropical paradise locale. It’s also one of the most remote places ever visited by Google Street View.

Posted by
Tuesday, 26th March 2013

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.

Like this site? We published a photo book of the best entries, you should buy a copy.