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The Sphinx in Street View
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On 9/9/2014, some Egypt landmarks including the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx have been added to Google Street View.

Ranikot Fort, Pakistan
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Ranikot Fort, near the town of Sann in Pakistan. Probably the world's largest fort with a circumference of approximately 26 kilometers (16 mi). The capture shows only a part of it!

Snoopy surfing
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Snoopy surfing, on a wall at the amusement park California's Great America, Santa Clara, California, USA.
And if you look on the right, there are 2 more Snoopys, one jumping, another one running.

Where Sherlock Holmes died : Reichenbach Falls
The writer Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes in the short story "The Final Problem", printed in 1893 but set in 1891, during a fight between Sherlock Holmes and the Professor Moriarty. After public pressure for many years, he resurrected his hero, writing "The Hound of the Baskervilles", printed in 1901, set before Sherlock Holmes' death.

Giant sundial in Lloydminster, Canada
Giant sundial in Lloydminster, Canada. Seems to be the largest one in Canada. Located in the Bud Miller All Seasons Park, 60 metres (197 feet) wide. Street View available.

Compass rose
Compass rose in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA : Richard E. Fleming Field airport

Maze
Maze in Ribeauvillé, France. Labyrinthe à Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin.

Happy Lobster
Happy Lobster aka Langosta Feliz, a restaurant on Avenida Costera Miguel Aleman, Acapulco, Mexico.

Soaring Smiley
Smiley on a soaring/gliding club airfield in Waynesville, OH, USA.
"The Caesar Creek Soaring Club is one of the largest and oldest soaring clubs in the United States. The purpose of CCSC is to encourage the sport and art of soaring; to host the Region Six South, Wright Memorial, and other soaring contests; and to encourage people of all ages to learn to soar." (see official website)

Mermaid statue
quot;Arria" sculpture (by artist Andy Scott) nicknamed "The Metal Mermaid". 10-m high.

Pope John Paul II (JPII) sign in Poland
Pope John Paul II logo / sign / acronym in a field in Poland, near the towns of Kraków, Katowice and (where he was born:) Wadowice. JPII, JP2, Ioannes Paulus II, Karol Józef Wojtyła.

Atlantis man statue
Luk van Soom's De Man van Atlantis / L'Homme de l'Atlantide / The Man from Atlantis, Gulden-Vlieslaan / Avenue de la Toison d'Or, Brussels, Belgium.

Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark in United Kingdom, at a roundabout near the entrance of the Chester Zoo, Chester, UK. With 1 elephant and 2 giraffes.

Modern Toilet Restaurant
Modern Toilet Restaurant, Lane 50, Xining South Road, Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan. To see the very strange diner, make a Google images search "modern toilet"!

Kiss in Tokyo
A rock band Kiss poster on a wall in center Tokyo. That's the Rock Shop, next to the Hard Rock Cafe.

Nelson Mandela statue
Bust of Nelson Mandela erected on London's Southbank by the Greater London Council administration of socialist Ken Livingstone in 1985. Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London, UK.

Statue of Brigitte Bardot
Statue of Brigitte Bardot (aka "BB"), french movie star of the 50s-60s ("And God Created Woman", 1957). Artist: Chistina Motta (São Paulo, 1944).
Avenida José Bento Ribeiro Dantas, 821, Armação dos Búzios - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Here is a picture:

The Simpsons
The Simpsons at the Barker Animation Art Gallery, The Village at Gulfstream Park, 1270 Seabiscuit Trail, Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA.

Boo !
Boo ! at Space World, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan.

Comic book speech balloon
Comic book speech balloon #5 : Rue René Goscinny, Paris.
"Quand est-ce qu'on mange?" ("When do we eat?"), from the comic book series "Lucky Luke", a dialog among the Daltons brothers. From 1957 to 1977, René Goscinny wrote the series Lucky Luke, created by Morris in 1946; translated into ~23 languages, very popular in Europe...
A speech balloon = un "phylactère" in French.

Jesus saves you in Haiti
Jesus saves you in Haiti. French text on a roof in Port-au-Prince in Haiti. Church: Haiti Outreach Ministries Cite Soleil Church.

Big dog pooing
Big dog pooing, BonBon-Land, Holmegaard, Denmark.

Statue of Monsieur Hulot
Statue of Monsieur Hulot (and a meme), a movie character created by French artist Jacques Tati for a series of films in the 1950s and '60s. Rue Commandant Charcot, Saint-Nazaire, France.
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Comic book speech balloon
Comic book speech balloon #2 : Rue René Goscinny, Paris.
"Joe, du calme!" ("Joe, calm down!"), from the comic book series "Lucky Luke", a dialog among the Daltons brothers. From 1957 to 1977, René Goscinny wrote the series Lucky Luke, created by Morris in 1946; translated into ~23 languages, very popular in Europe...
A speech balloon = un "phylactère" in French.

Comic book speech balloon
Comic book speech balloon #1 : Rue René Goscinny, Paris.
"Ils sont fous, ces romains!" ("These Romans are crazy") from ASTERIX. Goscinny co-created, together with Albert Uderzo, the comic book series Asterix in 1959, a series translated into more than 100 languages, ~325 million copies...
A speech balloon = un "phylactère" in French.

"Il est frais mon poisson, il est frais!" ("Fresh fish - It's luverly!") from the comic book series "Asterix". Goscinny co-created, together with Albert Uderzo, the comic book series Asterix in 1959, a series translated into more than 100 languages, ~325 million copies...

Finger
Man giving the finger to the Google car (and hiding himself!)

Big rose in Hong Kong
Big rose in Hong Kong. Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong (in front of The Excelsior hotel).

Archaeological site of Kerma in Sudan
Archaeological site of Kerma in Sudan: The Black Pharaohs: Kerma (now known as Dukki Gel) was the capital city of the Kingdom of Kerma, now one of the largest Nubian archaeological sites; is at least 9,500 years old.

"Je veux être calife à la place du calife!" ("I want to become Caliph instead of the Caliph!") from the comic book series "Iznogoud" ("He's no good"). Goscinny co-created, together with Jean Tabary, the comics series "Iznogoud" in 1962 (translated into several languages...).

Statue of Charles Darwin
Statue of Charles Dawrin, on the San Cristóbal Island (aka Chatham Island), Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador.

Nurse Jackie in Haiti
Nurse Jackie poster on a roof in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Book sculpture
Book sculpture at Universitetskaya naberezhnaya, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Reads Pushkin's lines "I love you, Peter's great creation ...", from "The Bronze Horseman - A Petersburg Story" (1833).

Ruins of São Miguel das Missões
Ruins of São Miguel das Missões (Ruínas de São Miguel das Missões, RS, Brazil)
The Ruins of São Miguel das Missões (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w̃ miˈɡɛw das misˈõȷ̃s]; Portuguese for St. Michael of the Missions, also known as São Miguel Arcanjo, and by its former Spanish name San Miguel) is a Unesco World Heritage site located in the municipality of São Miguel das Missões, in the northwestern region of Rio Grande do Sul state, in southern Brazil. (Wikipedia)
The Mission (1986) — film starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons, about the Jesuit Missions of the Guaraní and Guaraní War. The film set represented what is known of the appearance of the 18th-century São Miguel das Missões. (Wikipedia)

Big orange rabbits
Big orange rabbits in Brussels. Cracking Art Group's rabbits, avenue de la Toison d'Or / Gulden-Vlieslaan, Brussels, Belgium.

Garfield on a wall
Garfield on a wall (The Book Bank), 486 Live Oak Street, Miami, Arizona.

Spider-Man on a van
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on a USPS van on South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Big orange rabbits
Big orange rabbits in Brussels. Cracking Art Group's rabbits, in front of the Conrad Hotel Brussels (this place has closed or relocated), Louizalaan 71 / Avenue Louise 71, Brussels, Belgium.