Visit Iconic Album Covers with Google Street View

Some of the best art is being produced in a very cool new place. While Berlin or even Detroit may come to mind, you won't have to go far to experience the visual Renaissance that's happening in Google's triad of geo-mapped, digital environments: Maps, Street View, and Earth. But it's not just the glitches and satellite images that are changing our experience of the world. Remember the "old days" when you actually had to travel to a city to walk its streets? Now you can stroll the grand avenues of Paris or the narrow alleys of Barcelona from the comfort of your own computer. And especially exciting for music lovers: the Guardian has compiled images that allow us to see the sites of iconic album covers from the comfort of your own computer. That means no more wandering around London looking for Abbey Road: Abbey Road by the Beatles, London Late for the Sky by Jackson Browne, Los Angeles Willy and the Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Oakland, CA Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, New York Animals by ...