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Love Land

This is South Korea's infamous Jeju Loveland, an outdoor sculpture park on Cheju Island, which is based entirely around the theme of sex. The park's website describes it as "a place where sexually-oriented art and eroticism…

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Tuesday, 14th August 2007

Elusive Submarines

While on holiday we missed the news of a new Chinese nuclear submarine being spotted on Google Earth. Not much is known about the new class of Ballistic Missile Submarine, which is called the Jin-class or…

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Tuesday, 17th July 2007

Takeover Week: Mactan Shrine (Eugene Villar)

Welcome to day three of Google Sightseeing Reader Takeover Week! Every day this week, one of you has been chosen to have their very own sight posted here on GSS, while Alex and James take a…

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Wednesday, 11th July 2007

The Eden Project

Here in sunny Cornwall, England, is an absolutely fanastic-looking environmental complex - The Eden Project. Built inside an old china clay quarry, the complex includes two sets of giant interconnected transparent domes made of ETFE cushions1…

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Tuesday, 19th June 2007

The Magic Roundabout

Last week I started working in the nearby town of Swindon, where I asked my colleagues about the local sights. The unanimous answer to the best Swindon has to offer was "The Magic Roundabout". It may…

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Monday, 18th June 2007

Barra Airport

This is Barra Airport, located on the hebridean island of Barra. Now, I know what you're thinking, it's something along the lines of "No, you idiot, that's a beach!". You're exactly right: Barra airport is the…

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Wednesday, 30th May 2007

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