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Sometimes the best vacations are the vacations you take right there at your desk while you really should working.
Whether you spent all your money avocado toast or you can't leave your house lest a development might get proposed in your neighborhood and your property value will drop while you're away, sometimes the only chance to get out of town and see some new sights is on Google Streetview.
Our editors have traveled much of Google Streetview, and here are a few places we recommend to stop by for a little bit.
- The Roman Forum, Rome
- Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan
- El Capitan, Yosemite
- Grant's Tomb, New York
- Juneau, Alaska
- Cape Agulhas, Africa
- McMurdo Station, Antarctica
- Lava Falls, The Grand Canyon
Bon voyage!
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