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Exploring the World's Most Famous and Amazing Places!


 

Around the globe, our world is dotted by places unlike any other. During your explorations today you need to do the following things:
  1. Find each of the places below in Google Earth (TIP: Highlight, copy/paste the place name from the list below into the 'Search' box in Google Earth)
  2. Create a Placemark at the location (TIP: You can drag the found place into your folder under My Places).
  3. In the 'Description' part of the placemark you need to include the following information (TIP: You can copy/paste the list below):
    1. On what continent will you find the place:
    2. In what country will you find the place:
    3. If it is in the U.S., what state is it in:
    4. Is it natural or man made:
    5. Is it New or Ancient:
    6. Link to the best picture you found for it:

For a Video tutorial of what you need to do, click here. For an overlay with the names of the continents click here.

 

 

Locations

 

Statue of Liberty

 

Eiffel Tower

 

Golden Gate Bridge

 

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

 

Sydney Opera House

 

Grand Canyon

 

Angkor Wat

 

Great Wall of China

 

Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

 

Great Sphinx

 

Schloss Neuschwanstein

 

Devils Tower

 

Mount Rushmore

 

Mount Everest

 

Kilauea Volcano

 

Mount Saint Helens

 

Taj Mahal

 

Parthenon

 

Machu Picchu

 

Empire State Building

 

Gateway Arch

 

Space Needle

 

Your Home

 

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

 

Easter Island

 

Tower Bridge

 

Colosseum of Rome

 

Vatican City

 

Notre Dame Cathedral

 

Galapagos Islands

 

Chichen-itza

 

Ngorongoro Crater

 

Carlsbad Caverns