The wild and wonderful world of Google Maps

By Fox News

Published August 14, 2013 1:45pm EDT | Updated January 13, 2015 1:49pm EST

Double click <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=51.492159%2C-0.19092&spn=0.005291%2C0.013937&sll=51.492140%2C-0.193028&layer=c&cid=12502927659667388442&panoid=c9UMhWP_MWm9U0L48xEjYw&cbp=13%2C291.8%2C%2C0%2C18.86&gl=US&t=m&cbll=51.492132%2C-0.192862&z=17">a special spot</a> on an ordinary street in London and Google Maps will whisk you inside the Tardis, the time machine Dr. Who pilots in the popular TV show. To access the link from the new version of Google Maps, look to the left at some multicolored chairs, and move your mouse in front of them. When the cursor changes noticeably, double click. (Google)

In an isolated corner of Kazakhstan, there's a large pentagram etched into the Earth's surface. (Google Earth)

Pert and perfectly formed, this plowed field in <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Catalani,+Province+of+Palermo,+Italy&hl=en&ll=37.80263,14.041986&spn=0.021227,0.049567&hnear=Catalani,+Province+of+Palermo,+Sicilia,+Italy&t=h&z=15">the tiny town of Catalani in Sicily</a> looks for all the world like a human torso -- a cheeky one at that. (FoxNews.com / Google)

Hang out in <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&t=m&layer=c&cbll=25.833875,-80.120552&panoid=oakZhKNBOJeSXX3A0YnMCg&cbp=12,195.31,,0,15.95&ie=UTF8&ll=25.833868,-80.120539&spn=0.002738,0.005284&z=18&source=embed">a Turkish bath</a>. (Google Maps)

Google claims their Street View car did <i>not</i> run over this <a href="http://maps.gstatic.com/m/streetview/?hl=en&ll=-23.527824,24.72265&spn=8.405416,14.27124&t=m&layer=c&cbll=-23.527824,24.72265&panoid=3L-F887yPcBnejtJvT6DoA&cbp=12,335.71,,0,19.65&z=7">donkey</a>. (Google Maps)

Where's <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=putney,+uk&sll=37.331663,-122.03035&sspn=45.488111,64.160156&ie=UTF8&ll=51.46386,-0.215499&spn=0.00881,0.015664&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.463944,-0.215446&panoid=aTUlkjN4ZDh_2sWaOxjDPg&cbp=12,108.92165653818441,,1,18.931506849315052">Waldo</a>? (Google Maps)

<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-18.529225,-70.25002&z=18&hl=en&t=h">Coca Cola</a> (Google Maps)

<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?p=1460&c=&f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-21.805149,-49.089977&t=k&z=19&om=1">Giant man-shaped lake</a> (Google Maps)

No big deal. Just <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.825183,2.1985795&z=18&hl=en&t=h">a fighter jet in a parking lot</a>. (Google Maps)

<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=elephants&sll=13.923404,22.324219&sspn=95.079531,168.925781&ie=UTF8&ll=10.903681,19.933167&spn=0.000104,0.000161&t=k&z=23&om=1">Elephants</a> (Google Maps)

Someone's got to <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=205139580068987104305.0004c3735f86c73db7f09&ie=UTF8&t=m&layer=c&cbll=35.27264,-82.500376&panoid=9zUWqc-fvbkpNhj-Nq2UcA&cbp=12,234.3,,0,14.19&ll=35.27264,-82.500376&spn=0.001518,0.00284&source=embed">clean the camera</a>. (Google Maps)

<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Olympia,+WA&hl=en&sll=47.755623,-122.165439&sspn=0.001767,0.00327&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Olympia,+Thurston,+Washington&layer=c&cbll=47.072767,-122.977647&panoid=1NxLqJ6zYPO-3ywZVUo8RQ&cbp=12,224.66,,1,6.64&ie=UTF8&hq=&ll=47.072766,-122.977647&spn=0.47328,2.705383&z=9&source=embed">SWAT team</a>, ready to go. (Google Maps)

<a href="http://maps.google.dk/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=da&geocode=&q=36.58460600,+-121.74876100&sll=55.869147,11.228027&sspn=7.860459,23.203125&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=36.584661,-121.748987&panoid=FJU9uswpSbp5KxhD0_N8fg&cbp=12,10.28,,0,18.56&ll=36.584709,-121.748707&spn=0.007977,0.01929&z=16">Racing...</a> (Google Maps)

<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=google+headquarters&sll=36.999194,-122.056217&sspn=0.024437,0.037637&layer=c&ie=UTF8&cbll=37.420903,-122.084264&panoid=uPvhSUE71y7YCRs0ru0xFQ&cbp=1,339.377151750889,,2,11.118856335569738&ll=37.423821,-122.084756&spn=0.01215,0.018818&t=h&source=embed">Upside down</a>, outside Google headquarters. (Google Maps)

<a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=GALESNJAK">Heart-shaped island</a> (Google Maps)

<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=7545244234321664099&q=Hoeryong+Concentration+Camp&iwloc=A&gl=US&hl=en">North Korean concentration camp</a> (Google Maps)

<a href="https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=Krakatoa&hl=fr&sll=44.883004,6.625085&layer=c&cid=5250865211998137208&panoid=uvzxz5gcpUvejlo68yh1ZQ&cbp=13,255.04,,0,16.55&gl=FR&hq=Krakatoa&t=m&cbll=44.883017,6.624978&ie=UTF8&hnear=&ll=44.883003,6.625019&spn=0.001555,0.004128&source=embed">Ummm...</a> (Google Maps)