Should anyone else have the same question, here are the links.
After a transaction is announced to other nodes but prior to it being included in a block, the unconfirmed transaction will be visible from the Bitcoin Charts website:
http://bitcoincharts.com/bitcoinOnce a miner includes the transaction in a block, then Block Explorer can be used to show the transaction:
http://blockexplorer.com Wiki article:
http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Block_Explorer