As part of Google’s rather elaborate suite of April Fool’s jokes they’ve unveiled a “Treasure Map” mode for Google Maps.
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Here’s O’Connell Street in Dublin using Treasure Map mode:
And if you switch to street view you get this kind of sepia tone effect:
You can view pretty much everywhere using the “treasure map” mode, but you won’t be able to zoom in as far as you can with the normal view.
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