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Cities around the world, many with higher quality overlays |
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 | Bhangarh (Devanāgarī: भानगढ़) is a town known for its historical ruins, situated in the Alwar district of the state of Rajasthan, India.
Legend has it that due to a curse of Guru Balu Nath, the whole town was vacated overnight. Balu Nath sanctioned the establishment of the town but said: "The moment the shadows of your palaces to... |  | 11/04/2009 | 18 | 
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 | Gainsthorpe is a deserted medieval village (DMV) site in a field which is part of the present Gainsthorpe Farm in Lincolnshire, England. The site is in Hibaldstow parish located on a minor road west of the A15 road, south of Hibaldstow and 5 miles south-west of Brigg.
It is now in the care of English Heritage. There is a small car park from where a footpath of about two hundred m... |  | 11/03/2009 | 13 |
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 | For years the hidden underground closes of Mary King's Close, in the Old Town area of Edinburgh, Scotland, have been shrouded in myths and mysteries. Tales of ghosts and murders, and myths of plague victims being walled up and left to die abounded.[1] However, new research and archaeological evidence has revealed that the close actually consists of a number of closes which were originally narro... | | 09/30/2009 | 41 |
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 | vast land are carved for subdivision in Baguio | | 07/21/2009 | 64 |
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 | It caters a very high rise of living | | 07/21/2009 | 94 |
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 | This is the origin city of Thule in Greenland. 1953 132 inuit hunters were relocated by force by the danish government because it had given the are at the US authorities to build Dundas AFB. They had 4 days to move away to a new place 140 km up north to Qaanaaq, a place with lesser possibilities for hunting and fishing.
The displaced Thule hunters and their descendants has for ye... | | 07/19/2009 | 68 |
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 | Villa Baviera (English: Bavaria Village), formerly known as Colonia Dignidad (English: Dignity Colony) is a Chilean hamlet in Parral Commune, Linares Province, Maule Region. It is located in an isolated area of central Chile, 35 km southeast of the city of Parral, on the north bank of the Perquilauquén River. It was founded by a group of German immigrants led by ex-Nazi Paul Schäfer in 1961 (In... | | 07/16/2009 | 65 |
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 | Y is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France. The name is pronounced like the letter E in English. It bears the shortest place name in France, and one of the shortest in the world. The inhabitants call themselves Ypsilonien(ne)s. |  | 04/24/2009 | 572 |
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 | A rectangle filled with perpendicular criss-crossing lines on the ocean floor off the coast of Morocco. It has been proposed this is the site of Atlantis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2255989.ece |  | 02/20/2009 | 2,983 |
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 | After the six-days war (name in the occidental world),also named as "disaster war" or "war of June" in somes of the Arabs countries; The Sinaï desert became, de facto,in 1967, Israeli territory.
The authorities of Israel began to build a new city, closely to Gaza strip, Yamit.
According to the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, all the Sinaï desert came bac... | | 12/27/2008 | 198 |
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 | What a strange place name. (make sure your populated places layer is on). |  | 12/17/2008 | 96 |
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 | Ancient mud city, birth place of King Abdulaziz founder of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia |  | 10/25/2008 | 120 |
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 | This is the St. Antonius Chapel(Placemark). It is the only building of the village Oberbolheim that wasn't resettled due to aircraft noise (from the runway just to the north) in 1968/69.
"New"Oberbolheim can be found just 2km south-east | | 09/07/2008 | 826 |
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 | The Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Ba'ja is well-known for its extreme setting within the rugged sandstone formations north of Petra. Up to now, no other early sedentary community is known for choosing such a shielded and hidden location.
Read more here http://www.ex-oriente.de/oo2003.html |  | 08/18/2008 | 450 |
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 | This file contains all Cities around the World with a population of 100,000 of more. Also see where your city ranks in your country! | | 06/29/2008 | 2,854 |
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 | Its Route to my Home the reason i want this file to load is for my friends to reach me any time easily... | | 06/18/2008 | 332 |
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 | This is the view from on top of Mt. Wilson in southern California as seen from local TV stations. | | 06/11/2008 | 1,602 |
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 | What I liked about it was the irregularly shaped blocks of land and all the little circular huts. | | 05/15/2008 | 426 |
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 | Bourtange is a star fort and village in the Westerwolde region of the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 32 km northeast of Emmen.
The fortifications were initially built during the Eighty Years' War when William of Orange wanted to control the only road between Germany and the city of Groningen which was controlled by the ... | | 05/14/2008 | 929 |
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 | A real town in Wales, known as "Stop And Call." Not sure about the history of this place, but it sure seems like it'll have an interesting one. | | 04/07/2008 | 453 |
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 | Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (long form Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch), also spelt Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll and commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll, is a village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to Menai Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. According to the 2001 census, the population of the community is 3,040, ... | | 04/05/2008 | 533 |
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 | Qeqertarsuatsiaat (Danish: Fiskenæsset) is a village in West Greenland in the municipality of Nuuk. Population is 273 (as of Jan. 2004). Location is approximately 63°05′N, 50°41′W. The greenlandic name means 'the quite large island' and was founded by the Danish merchant Anders Olsen in 1754 as a trading post. From there, the KGH, the Royal Danish trading company, could trade skins ... | | 03/25/2008 | 1,243 |
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 | "That is exactly what we need," said King Christian VII of Denmark when he visited the town of Zeist on a visit to Holland in 1768. The town had just been built by the Moravian Brethren, who were skilled traders and craftsmen. The king spoke, and it was done: Christiansfeld was founded on 1 April 1773 on an empty field near one of the king's farms.
(From Christiansfeld ... | | 03/22/2008 | 195 |
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 | I propose to guide you into the most beautiful capital in the world thanks to the vintage version of the French Monopoly.
Places are classified by theirs values on the board. | | 02/18/2008 | 218 |
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 | This set contains more then 400 images of tourist and sightseeing attractions in and around Sydney.
All images are well mapped into Google Earth and may be useful as an inspiration for all people who like to visit this great city. | | 02/07/2008 | 631 |
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