Google Maps now offers imagery of the Harrisonburg area from a 45 degree perspective, as shown above.  Compare the image above (45 degree perspective) to the same area below (aerial view)....



As you can see, this 45 degree perspective provides a much more interesting view.

To view this imagery, just keep zooming in on a Google Map until you get to a zoom level where Google automatically flips you over to the 45 degree perspective instead of the aerial perspective.  You can also adjust this setting in the upper right corner of the map....