This one's intended to be a resource for disaster relief and preparedness, (but I mostly use it for everything else)... :-/
I usually start out by clicking on the "Map/Satellite" option (top left), and switch it to Satellite, then I go to the "Layers Tab" (top right) and uncheck everything. ("and then I choose what I want")...
So click on the Globe (to open the page), and then play around with the "Layer Options", because this site does a lot of different things; everything from local traffic to worldwide weather, just roll you mouse wheel to zoom in and out once you've chosen your layer options.