Weird things on Google Earth

February 23, 2025

By Kim Komando

I spent the first 10 years of my life in New Jersey. I still remember when I knocked out my front tooth on the swings and the time I threw a snowball at a police car and hit the cop inside on the head. That was bad.

Seeing the house on Google took me back. Yup, click that link to see where I grew up. And while you’re at it, take yourself on a walk down memory lane, too.

🏠 Blast from the past

There’s something nostalgic about revisiting the house where you grew up or experienced major life moments. 

With Google Street View’s time travel feature, you can see how it’s changed over the years, flashing back as far as Google’s cameras have been rolling in that area.

• Open the Google Maps app and search for a place.
• At the bottom, tap the place name or address.
• Scroll and select the photo labeled Street View, or select the thumbnail with a Street View icon.
• While viewing a location in Street View, tap anywhere on the image, then tap See more dates.

How fun is that, right?

🌎Check out these interesting Google Earth images

Open Google Earth. Copy one of the coordinates I listed below. Paste it into the Search box in Google Earth (you’ll find it on the left side of the screen). Press Enter to zoom into the exact location instantly. Repeat.

• Airplane storage facility: 32°08’59.96″ N, 110°50’09.03″W
• Mysterious desert pattern: 27°22’50.10″N, 33°37’54.62″E
• The Badlands Guardian: 50°0’38.20″N, 110°6’48.32″W (Zoom out a bit to see it.)
• Strange target in Nevada: 37°33’50.17”N, 116°51’4.44″W
• Weird shape in Nevada: 37°24’5.66″N, 116°52’4.11″W
• China desert roads: 40°27’29.33″ N, 93°23′ 35.32″E
• Big giant in Chile: 19°56’56.96″S, 69°38’1.83″W
• My studios: 33°31’35″N, 112°03’51″W
• Shipwrecks all over the world.

🤣 I once met the man who invented the part of a map that explains what each symbol means. Wow! What a legend.