25 Places You Can’t See on Google Maps or Google Street View

Even though we can’t see it, Jeannette Island is located in the East Siberian Sea, and it is thought that the island contains a Russian military base that someone doesn’t want you to see.

2. Arial Castro’s house – Cleveland, Ohio

Sometimes someone does something so abhorrent that the site of their crime should be hidden forever. Such is the case of Arial Castro, the man who kept three young women captive in his home in Cleveland for a decade.

Type his address of 2207 Seymour Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio into Google Maps USA, and all you’ll see is a blur.

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3. Marcoule Nuclear Site – France

If you ever get curious about what’s going on at France’s Marcoule Nuclear Site, you’re not likely to find out. Because the entire site appears pixelated on Google Maps France at the request of the French government.

Marcoule Nuclear Site Source: Google Maps

They might be understandably nervous because Marcoule is one of France’s top nuclear research facilities, and it also houses two tritium-producing nuclear reactors.

4. AREVA La Hague Nuclear Plant – France

If you’re feeling frustrated about not being able to see Marcoule, things won’t be any better if you search for the AREVA La Hague Nuclear Plant near La Hague, France within Google Maps.

 Google Maps Satellite View of that site only shows a pixelated image.

5. The Yard of Orange Trees, Almeira – Spain

On the south-east coast of Spain sits the city of Almeira, and if you want to check out the town on Google Maps Spain, you’re going to see something unusual.

The Yard of Orange Trees Source: Google Maps

 A large section of the town known as the Patio de Los Naranjos, or “Yard of Orange Trees,” is completely blurred out. What actually sits within that square is a government office and a courthouse to which only visitors are allowed access. As for why it is blurred, it remains a mystery.

6. Minami Torishima Airport – Japan

While it isn’t blurred or pixelated on Google Maps Japan, this one-runway airport on the island of Minami Torishima is over-saturated with white.

Minami Torishima Airport Source: Google Maps

That might be because the island, which is located off the east coast of Japan, is used by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

7. Moruroa Island – French Polynesia

Talk about schizophrenic, half of this island is clear, and the other half is obscured. Between 1966 and 1996, the French conducted nuclear tests on Moruroa.