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Paul Pierce's House (former)
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The professional basketball player lived here during the season. His off-season home in Nevada is also featured on this site. He sold this home in January of 2015 for $2.25M.

'Two Big Black Hearts' by Jim Dine
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Nebraska Governor's Mansion
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Bo Pelini's House (former)
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Bo Pelini, the current coach of the Youngstown State Penguins football team, purchased this property in Lincoln, Nebraska when he was head coach of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers for $850,000 in 2008. He sold it in 2015 for $935,000.
His new Ohio home is also featured on this site (VG link below).
Pelini was born in 1967, in Youngstown, Ohio. After graduating high school, he played free safety as a member of the Ohio State University Buckeyes from 1987 to 1990 where he became team co-captain in his senior year before graduating. He began his coaching career at the University of Iowa as a graduate assistant and continued to work toward a masters in sports administration which he achieved at the Ohio University in 1992.
His first position in the National Football League came in 1994, when he was hired by George Seifert of the San Francisco 49ers as a scouting assistant. After his first season, he was quickly promoted, taking the role of assistant secondary coach, and then again, taking the role of defensive backs coach as the 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers 49–26 in Super Bowl XXIX.
In 1997, Pelini moved to the New England Patriots under then head coach Pete Carroll, and in 2000 to the Green Bay Packers under head coach Mike Sherman. In both roles, Pelini's teams were able to reach the playoffs in multiple seasons, and his reputation continued to grow.
In 2002, he was hired by the Nebraska Cornhuskers to turn around their 55th-ranked defense, and in one year under Pelini's leadership, it improved to 11th. After the surprise firing of then head coach Frank Solich, Pelini was promoted to interim head coach, but was not offered the job. He left Nebraska, and joined the Oklahoma Sooners as a co-defensive coordinator. Again, Pelini, showed success, turning the Sooners into a 6th place national rushing defense and 11th place national scoring defense and a 2004 Big 12 Championship.
After success at Oklahoma, Pelini moved to Louisiana State University, again as defensive coordinator, where he built a 3rd-ranked defense for all three years he was with the Tigers, a 2007 SEC Championship, and 2008 BCS National Championship Game win. Soon after that win, he was hired after a nine-day search by new athletic director Tom Osbourne as the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers leading to a renewed interest and optimism in Nebraska football. Under Pelini Nebraska finished #1 in NCAA scoring and pass efficiency defense in 2009. After the mixed seasons following, in 2014, Pelini was fired with a 67–27 record, winning at least 9 games in every season, however never winning a conference title.
Bo Pelini has a net worth of $15 million.

Randy Moss' House (former)
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The professional football player lived here. He purchased the 3-bed, 3.5-bath, 3,846 sq ft residence in August of 2008 for $1.25M, according to public records. His former home in Long Lake (MN) is also featured on this site.

Rajon Rondo's House (former)
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The NBA player lived here during his stint with the Boston Celtics.

Talladega Speedway
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Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama, United States. It is located on an old abandoned airfield. It was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960's. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the location of the start/finish line which is closer to turn one than at Daytona International Speedway. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR race track with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track also has a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators.

Lincoln Park Greyhound Track
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Memorial Stadium at University of Nebraska
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Antonio Guerra's Estate
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The estate of real estate mogul Antonio Guerra. Guerra is Chairman of the Foundry Corporate Office Center in Providence, Rhode Island. He has developed several million square feet of real estate throughout the United States.

Gropius House
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Breuer House I
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Google Street View Driver
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San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
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The San Mateo-Hayward Bridge is a bridge crossing the San Francisco Bay in the US, linking the San Francisco Peninsula with the East Bay. The original bridge was built in 1929, and upon completion was the longest bridge in the world. It was subsequently replaced with a modern span in 1967. The total length of the bridge is 7 miles (36,960 feet / 11,265.41 m / 11.27 km). It is composed of multiple steel girder spans that make up the high rise, measuring 1.9 of the total 7 miles. The other segment is made up of the Trestle portion, accounting for the remaining 5.1 miles. It is currently under extensive seismic retrofitting to withstand a powerful earthquake. The bridge carries about 93,000 cars and other vehicles each day.
Its western end is in Foster City, the most recent urban addition to the eastern edge of San Mateo. The eastern end of the bridge is in Hayward.
The bridge is signed as part of California State Highway 92, whose western terminus is at the town of Half Moon Bay on the Pacific coast. Its principal function is to link Interstate 880 in the East Bay with U.S. Route 101 on the Peninsula. It is roughly parallel to and lies between the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge, and is sometimes used by commuters to avoid traffic delays due to emergencies on those bridges.
The main span over the ship channel located near the western end was built with six lanes, while the long eastern causeway was built with four lanes, two in each direction, planned for eventual expansion to six lanes. The four lane section was quickly overwhelmed by traffic and not until 2004 was the final expansion to six lanes completed, along with much needed improvements in its connections with Interstate 880 in Hayward.
Bus service over the bridge is provided by AC Transit's Line M and Line MA transbay service.
High-voltage power lines built by PG&E parallel the bridge all the way across the bay. They provide power to the Peninsula and San Francisco.
As of 2007, the toll is $4, and is collected for westbound traffic only. The second and third far left toll lanes are dedicated FasTrak lanes. Carpools carrying 2 or more persons are permitted to bypass the far left toll lane for free during weekday morning and afternoon commute hours. The bridge is owned by the state of California, and is maintained by CalTrans, the state highway agency.

Nebraska State Penitentiary
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Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Nebraska. Oldest prison in the state corrections system and home to the electric chair.

MRO RC tracks
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An on-road and off-road radio controlled car race track site used by the Midwest Racers Organization. The ROAR 5th Scale Nationals were held here in 2008.

Remains of Anniston Air Force Base
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Now the site of Talladega Racetrack. The third runway is in the in field.

Talladega Short Track
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This 1/3 mile clay oval track opened in 1977. Several classes of stock cars race here on Saturday nights. Since 1992, the track holds an annual race known as the Ice Bowl in early January.
A 1/6 mile oval just north of this track is used for karting and mini-stock cars on Friday nights.

1894 Rock Island railroad wreck
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The 1894 Rock Island railroad wreck occurred when a locomotive carrying two passenger cars was sabotaged on August 9, 1894 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The train was purposely derailed from a 40-foot trestle which today passes above the Jamaica North Trail at Wilderness Park in Lincoln, Nebraska. To date, the sabotage is one of the largest instances of mass murder in the state of Nebraska.

Schwann House by Walter Bogner
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Built in 1949 for the founder of the Schwann Music Catalog.
The home's focus is it's two story living / music room in which cutting edge acoustics were employed.

'Greenpoint' by Richard Serra
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1991
Located on the University of Nebraska, Lincoln campus in association with Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery

'Wall of Ice III' by Kathleen Driscoll
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at the DeCordova Sculpture Park

Simourian House / ALCOA "Carefree" Aluminum House by Charles Goodman
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Built about 1957.
This house was very original inside and out until 2011 at which point the interior was nearly completely altered and some exterior changes were also made.
These homes are not 100% aluminum but in fact use aluminum as a veneer on many interior and exterior surfaces.

'Greenhouses' by Mark Mennin
at the DeCordova Sculpture Park...2 of 3

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Fullerton-Machacek family
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Season 4, episode 11. Aired 01/07/2007.

'J. Ford House' by Marcel Breuer
1939

Brown's Wood Planned Modernist Residential Community
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Gateway Arch replica
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A down-sized replica of St. Louis' Gateway Arch is seen in a parking lot of a hardware store. It appears to be about 35 feet tall.

Nebraska State Capitol
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Abigail Adams House by Quincy Adams
Built in 1949.
Abigail Adams was sister to Quincy Adams, the architect, and descendent of president John Adams, his wife, Abigail Adams, and president John Quincy Adams.

North Central State Airport (SFZ)
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From Wikipedia:
North Central State Airport is a general aviation airport located in Lincoln and Smithfield, Rhode Island. It has the IATA Airport Code SFZ. North Central is located in the upper region of the state and is roughly horizontally centered in the state; hence the name "North Central."
North Central State Airport generally caters to private pilots and general aviation, and the aircraft that are seen there are usually either of the single- or twin-engined propeller class. However, the airport does have facilities to fuel jet engine aircraft that require JET-A type fuel. The airport is not able to serve large airliners, and the use of North Central to these types of aircraft is purely emergency-related.
North Central State Airport is one of six active airports operated by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. The other five airports include T.F. Green Airport, Quonset State Airport, Westerly State Airport, Newport State Airport, and Block Island State Airport.

'Old Glory' by Mark di Suvero
Located on the campus of University of Nebraska in Lincoln in association with the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery

Flansburgh House by Earl Flansburgh
Built in 1963. Flansburgh built this home for he and his family.
Wonderful, modest courtyard home - very difficult to see through the tall trees.
Was the childhood home of John Flansburgh of the musical group "They Might Be Giants".

'Bogner House' by Walter Bogner

'Sunflowers for Vincent' by Mark di Suvero

Francis C. Gaskill House by Quincy Adams
Built in 1940.
Quincy Adams was both an architect and the descendent of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

Sunken Gardens
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Sunken Gardens features an annual floral display that consists of over 30,000 individual annual plants which are redesigned to a different theme each year. The theme for 2011 is "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
As the only Nebraska garden listed in the “300 Best Gardens to Visit in the United States and Canada” by National Geographic Guide to Public Gardens.

Baggs House by Hugh Stubbins
Built in 1952.
http://modernmass.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

'Environmental Impact Statement' by Robert Lobe
at the DeCordova Sculpture Park

'Apollo' by Albert Paley
at the DeCordova Sculpture Park

Hill House by Walter Pierce
House was originally simply a cube designed for a bachelor. Interior has been altered (probably a positive for current livability) and there has been an addition to the west.
Ransom Moats' house from the movie, "Knives Out."

Thompson House by Robert Woods Kennedy
Very succesful mix of California Ranch and Japanese influences. House has had sensitive additions in the 1990's.

Logan Correctional Center
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By: Matheus_.
Medium security prison for women located in Lincoln, Illinois.
Opened in 1978
Inmate capacity - 2019
Notable inmates - Catherine Suh - charged and found guilty of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and bribery, for the murder of her boyfriend Robert O'Dubaine. Sentenced to life in prison.

William Jennings Bryan House
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The William Jennings Bryan House, also known as Fairview, is a historic house built in 1902 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It is noteworthy as the home of William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.

Pioneers Park Nature Center
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Pioneers Park Nature Center, established in 1963, is a 668-acre (2.70 km2) nature preserve located at the intersections of South Coddington and West Van Dorn Streets in Lincoln, Nebraska and is operated by the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department.

'Torn Notebook' by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
at the University of Nebraska

'Texas Triangles' by Charles Ginnever
at the Decordova Sculpture Park

'Sheldon Art Museum' by Philip Johnson
1963 - on the Univ of Neb campus

International Motorsports Hall of Fame
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The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. Although people of many nationalities have been inducted (including racing legends such as Fangio, Moss, Senna) the majority of inductees chosen by the American organization are American drivers who competed in domestic series (particularly NASCAR). The last driver to be inducted who was not an American national was Nigel Mansell in 2005.
It was founded in 1982 by Bill France, Sr., the founder of NASCAR, and is currently located in Talladega, Alabama, adjacent to Talladega Superspeedway.

Hoover House by Henry Hoover
Built in 1937. Hoover built the house for he and his family.
This house predates the Gropius House (built in the same town) by a year. When the plans were submitted to the town building department Hoover was asked why he was building a gas station so far back from the road - it was not visible from the road and no cars would drive up there to get gas.
A beautiful home - an example of sophisticated simplicity.

Nebraska State Fair Park Racetrack
5/8 mile dirt track.

Lincoln Air Guard Base
Used to be Lincol Air Force Base, now Lincoln Municipal Airport. Bomber wings, air refueling Squadrons, and an Atlas ICBM squadron were assigned to the base. The longest runway is 12,900 ft. long and 200 ft wide. Any aircraft in the world can land on this runway, even one of the space shuttles.

Lincoln Historic District
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Lincoln Historic District is a historic district encompassing the community of Lincoln, New Mexico. It includes a number of buildings, including Wright House, Dr. Wood's Office, and the Watson House, Curry Saloon, Wortley Hotel, Penfield Shop and Home, Tunstall Store, Old Mill, Ellis Store, Old Courthouse, Montano Store.
Thumbnail: Tunstall Store, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tunstall

Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka.

Satterfield House by Henry Hoover
Recently sold:

Lincoln Correctional Center
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Minimum security prison located in Lincoln, Illinois.
Opened in 1984
Inmate capacity - 1019

Eleazer Arnold House
The Eleazer Arnold House is a historic house built for Eleazor Arnold in about 1693 that is now located in the Great Road Historic District.

This old House: The Weston House
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Beale Air Force Base Titan Complex 4A (decommissioned)
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2 of 3 silo locations for the 851st Strategic Missile Squadron (Titan I)
The missile complex was never activated.

LI-01L Nike missile site

Loon Ski Resort
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'Skirts and Pants (after Duchamp)' by Ilan Averbuch

Lincoln Children's Zoo
The Lincoln Children's Zoo (called Folsom Children’s Zoo & Botanical Gardens between 1979 and 2006) is a privately funded 10-acre (4.0 ha) zoo located in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The zoo is open from April 15 through October 15 each year.

'Prismatic Flake Geometric' by Michael Heizer
1991
on the Univ of Neb campus

'Willy' by Tony Smith
on the campus of the University of Nebraska

'Pointed Star Series' by Sol LeWitt
at DeCordova Sculpture Park

'Device to Root Out Evil' by Dennis Oppenheim
prototype on Robert Duncan's estate

Ice Box (arena)
The Ice Box is a 5,010-seat multi-purpose arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was adapted for hockey upon the Lincoln Stars' (a junior ice hockey team) arrival in 1997. The Ice Box is located at 1800 State Fair Park Drive, on the Nebraska State Fair grounds.

'Story' by William King
on the Univ of Neb campus

Haymarket Park
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Home of the Lincoln Saltdogs

Memorial Stadium
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Memorial Stadium is located on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It is the home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.

'The Big Chair' by David Ireland
on the Robert Duncan estate

Paul Revere Capture Site
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Marks the spot where Paul Revere was captured by British forces after his midnight run. Revere was questioned, held for a while and then released, but the British officers confiscated his horse.

Helicopter in flight, RI
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Champions Fun Center
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At Champions Fun Center people of all ages will have tons of fun. They can get rolling with some bowling, play for prizes in our huge arcade or explore in the adventure challenge maze. They can also speed to the finish line in a sporty go-kart, take a crack at our batting cages, swing through 18 holes of miniature golf, splash your opponent in the water wars or fall four stories on our free fall ride.

Final Approach to Lincoln Municipal Airport
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'Omaha Plane Wing' by John Balistreri
on the Robert Duncan estate, two pieces flank the entrance gate

Hobson Yard - BNSF

'Balanced/Unbalanced Wheels #2' by Fletcher Benton
on the Univ of Neb campus

'Reverie' by Linda Fleming
at the Quilt Museum

Small plane over Lincoln

'Balanced/Unbalanced Wheels #2' by Fletcher Benton
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Huge wind farm north of I-70 near Ellsworth, KS.
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Huge wind farm north of I-70 near Ellsworth, west of Salina, KS. Very impressive from highway and it goes for miles!

University of Nebraska State Museum
The University of Nebraska State Museum, also known as Elephant Hall, is a natural history museum featuring Nebraska biodiversity, paleontology, and cultural diversity. It was founded in 1871. The museum is located in Morrill Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus near the corner of 14th and Vine Streets in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Hyde Memorial Observatory
Hyde Memorial Observatory is a community astronomical observatory located in Lincoln, Nebraska (USA) surrounded Holmes lake. It is run totally by volunteers, furnished through public donations, and devoted purely to public viewing. It is named after a donation given by Leicester Hyde in honor of her late husband and opened in 1977.

'Sisters' by Paul McCarthy

Greg Zuerlein's house
The NFL kickerm, 1x pro bowler, lives here.

'Ulysses' by Lyman Kipp
in the Sheldon collection on the Univ of Nebraska Lincoln campus - tough to see from BEV

'Greenpoint' by Richard Serra
on the University of Nebraska campus

'Pieta' by Bruno Lucchesi
on the University of Nebraska campus

'Untitled' by Julius Schmidt
on the campus of University of Nebraska

'Prismatic Flake Geometric' by Michael Heizer
on the University of Nebraska campus

'Wake Dance' by John Henry
near CY Thompson library on East campus

'4-Wheeler Rollover' by Okay Mountain
at deCordova Sculpture Park
too funny...make sure to pan the whole location
Carlos Rosales-Silva
Corkey Sinks
Josh Rios
Justin Goldwater
Ryan Hennessee
Nathan Green
Peat Duggins
Michael Sieben
Sterling Allen
Tim Brown

'Fallen Dreamer' by Tom Otterness
on the campus of University of Nebraska

'Groundwater Colossus' by James Tyler
in Union Plaza park

'The Solar Semaphore' by Jerome Kirk

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR #710
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B&MR Havelock Shops
4-6-0 configuration

Lincoln Correctional Center
Lincoln Correctional Center is a medium to maximum security prison that houses adult males, and is located in Lincoln Nebraska.

'Torn Notebook' by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
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