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The Tunguska Event

This orange crescent shaped blur is ground zero of the Tunguska Event. Way out in the Tunguska region of Russia it is where the Tunguska meteor impact is said to have taken place on the morning…

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Friday, 25th November 2005

North Korean Airfields

There's a couple of airfields in North Korea that airplane buffs and wannabe spies will enjoy browsing. Taechon airfield has numerous biplanes sitting in little bunkers and a couple more randomly parked on the runway. One…

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Saturday, 19th November 2005

New Bridge

The New Bridge, formerly the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) Bridge, is the world's seventh largest suspension bridge and was declared the construction of the 20th century in Slovakia. The globe at the south side provides all…

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Wednesday, 2nd November 2005

Post-It

Well this is getting ridiculous... First we had drawing-pins, then scotch tape, and then even more scotch tape. And now? A giant post-it note in Thailand. Told you it was ridiculous. Thanks to DC.

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Tuesday, 18th October 2005

Fame

When we started this site back and April (and were immediately overwhelmed with the huge amount of interest we received), we joked about getting boingboinged, although we never imagined that it would really happen. However, after…

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Monday, 17th October 2005

Portuguese Bridges

Portugal has some pretty cool bridges! First up is the Arrábida Bridge over the Douro River in Porto. The bridge is 493 metres long, and at the time of its construction in 1963 it had the…

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Monday, 8th August 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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