You can take Street View to walk amongst caravans or gaze up at the Pyramid of Menkaure and Giza. Google Maps has dozens of spots you can drop in to view Egypt's pyramids.

The war in Ukraine, which also affected the site of the disaster, has made real-life tourism impossible, but you can digitally roam the deserted town as it appeared before the war. After the show premiered, Ukraine made plans to accommodate an influx of tourists, while Craig Mazin, the show's creator, asked tourists visiting the exclusion zone to show respect for the lives lost. In 2019, the HBO's miniseries Chernobyl, starring Jared Harris, detailed the 1986 nuclear disaster. The tragic events that occurred at Chernobyl have had a lot of attention in the last couple years. It does turn into a UFO when you try, though. Unfortunately, you can only zoom in so far on Area 51, and you can't drop the little yellow person anywhere. It's unlikely you'll spot any little green men if you drop into Roswell, New Mexico, but who knows? Roswell looks more residential than Area 51 (the actual site, not the tourist spots). We can't promise you'll see aliens if you digitally visit Roswell. Here are 15 places to explore in Google Maps. On your phone, just tap the photo in the bottom left and Maps will 'drop' you into your chosen location. Click and drag the little yellow person in the bottom right of the screen to any blue highlighted spot on the map. To explore on your PC, first make sure you're in satellite mode. While you can check out maps from everywhere on Earth, the Street View and Photo Sphere tools let you digitally roam virtually anywhere. Just pull up Google Maps on your PC or phone and start your search. Whether you're not quite keen to get on a plane just yet, wanting to get a look at some locations before booking a trip or your lust for travel exceeds your budget, you can take a mini-trip from home quite easily.

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