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This is also where Adult Swim's Childrens Hospital is filmed.

My dad, brother, and I raced RC cars competitively when I was a teenager, so I recognized this type of facility for what it was.

My favorite memory of racing was fighting off hundreds of mosquitoes while racing in a 500 lap asphalt oval race next to a swamp near McHenry, IL, in 1990. The race featured pit stops to change battery packs and tires, which was my only chance to swat at the bugs and scratch my itchy bites.

Did a little more research... the motocross track was planned to be built next to the RC tracks. It was shot down by the local government in February 2008 before anything was built. The RC track closed in August 2008 after the track operator lost his lease with the land owner.

It's an RC racing facility called Sun Valley Speedway (aka KZ Speedway). Not to be confused with a motorsports track of the same name in Canada. Three of the most popular types of RC races are held here - asphalt road course, dirt oval, and off-road.

I couldn't find a web site for this track, but there are several RC racing sites and forums which confirmed it's identity for me.

High school basketball games between Palm Desert HS and La Quinta HS were held here on Oct. 9, 2009, and on Oct. 7, 2010.

It's a 1968 Camaro. Although I like Camaro's, I think I'd rather have the gold GTO parked a block or so behind this scene.

Emerson Fittipaldi won the 1989 Indy 500. He is from Sao Paulo. I wonder if this was his car.

1989 Indy 500 pace car edition
http://www.indypacecars.com/1989.html

Nice info link!

The track is known as Armadale Stadium or Scotwaste Arena. "Edinburgh Speedway" refers to the motorcycle racing club which competes there.

See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_speedway

The 2007 design can be seen in Bing's birds eye views.

Nope, it's not a firehouse. It's part of a neighborhood of warehouses and small factories. They spruced up this building by painting the doors and adding signs and fixtures to make it look real. They were also crafty about camera angles to hide the fact it's a one story building.

That link refers to a different nearby roundhouse. Google Earth's historical imagery goes back to 1988 at this location. It was torn down before then.

Most Predators fans I know prefer the Bridgestone name over Gaylord or Sommet. With any luck, the Bridestone deal will last for many years.

When the name changed in midseason last year, I caught several visiting TV announcers using the old name, either out of ignorance or out of habit.

This POS won Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year and was ranked #1 by Car and Driver magazine in 1983. They were built in my hometown, and I've helped push a few of them out of the road.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Alliance

I'm guessing the rider was the guy standing nearby with the blue and red shirt. He's holding a towel to his face.

A google news archive search turned up a snippet from a Lexington Herald Leader article...
Feb. 20, 2007 - "Fire damaged a Nicholasville home in an affluent neighborhood on Avenue of Champions yesterday afternoon, officials said. It started near a garage on one ..."
It costs three bucks to read the rest of the article, if anyone is interested.

I saw this today at the 2010 Rock County Fair. It's an inflatable display.

Bill's son Eric is an aspiring goaltender.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Comrie
Bill was drafted by the Blackhawks, but quit the sport to help with the family's furniture business after his father passed away.

The museum moved to Middleton (west side of Madison) in 2009.

Awesome!
Here's a link to some photos of it being painted...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atestofwill/tags/cerealkillers/

Despite what wikipedia says, the oldest continuously operating bowling alley in the United States is Holler House in Milwaukee (since 1908).
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/holler-house/

These were originally A&W restaurant statues from the 60's and 70's. Here's a gallery of many of them still on display at a variety of businesses around the country:
http://www.agilitynut.com/giants/aw.html
http://www.agilitynut.com/giants/aw2.html

There is no reason to smile in Eagle today. At least 20 homes were destroyed or severely damaged by a tornado last night. Fortunately, only one person sustained minor injuries.

Some episodes have had scenes filmed in Philly, so it's easy to think it's filmed there. Most of it is filmed in LA.

If you look around this neighborhood in Street View, you'll notice signs on other properties advertising as film locations.

Welcome to VGT!

This could be it:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Rutan-61-Long-EZ/0359235/M/

VGT map #90,000!

Various birds eye views of the area show the new bridge under construction. It reopened to the public in September 2008.

You might want to check the map again, anonymous. This is nowhere near Boulder Hwy. This is along Eastern Avenue. And besides, how many malls have a tennis court? (See Google view)

Labeled as the McAlpine Vane Dike Light on US Army Corps of Engineers maps (Chart 86).
http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/optm/article.asp?id=651&MyCategory=41

If you are not sure if he lives here, then why would you post it?

From what I understand, satellite cameras take a few layers of a photo within a fraction of a second. The layers are merged to produce the final image.

Between the speed of a very fast moving item, such as a jet, and the speed and direction of the satellite, a ghost image can be seen on one of the photo's layers.

The world record for the largest attendance at a hockey game (77,803) was set here at the 2010 IIHF World Championship tournament. Germany defeated the United States 2-1 in overtime in a preliminary round game.

More President sculptures located nearby:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/giant-presidents-heads/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/giant-presidents-heads-1/

Early stages of it's dismantling can be seen in Google Maps.

Updated imagery shows the 7-Eleven store after the Simpsons promotion had ended.

AT&T has taken over sponsoring the clock:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24842486@N07/4310235950/sizes/l/

Lasers uncover Town of Cedarburg bridge history
http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/91002129.html

Could be the TV show Trauma, which was filmed throughout the city in 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_(TV_series)

1961-2010
Here are some newspaper articles from it's grand opening (zoom out to see more after clicking the link)...
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mMAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q04EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7043%2C698700

The dam did not fail. Several days of heavy rain caused the lake to overflow along the northern shore between the lake and the Wisconsin River. The land quickly eroded and created a channel which caused the lake to empty. I visited the site three weeks after it happened, and it was quite a shock to see the empty lake.
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/2008-06-09-lake-delton-empties/

If the rest of the house is of normal width, then I have to disagree with this house's claim to be the narrowest.

Bing now offers birds eye views of the office buildings under construction.

Nope. Either I didn't notice it, or my coworker was on the route that day.

By the way, I know this was our truck because the flap over the gas cap had a bad hinge and wouldn't close properly for the longest time.

A better view of it is seen one click to the right.

The oval track was modelled after the original design of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It held it's first American-style stock car race in January 2010 with a 500 km ASA series event. The field featured drivers from the United States, Australia, Great Britain, and South Africa.

No problem... thanks for posting it.

I dug a little further after getting home from work. The fairgrounds went by three names over the years - Cumberland County, Garden State, and Bridgeton Fairgrounds. The South Jersey Motor Club held the earliest events at the track.

The Cumberland County Fair web site mentions the fair was held at a location on Fayette Street from the 1890's to 1968. My previous link mentions that the track was located at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds. It's likely the track was also used for horse racing, as was common for fairground tracks in the early 1900's.
http://www.cumberlandcofair.com/history.html

Possibly the old Garden State Fairgrounds track used from 1911-1936.
http://www.autoracingrecords.com/arr/tracks.php?lid=35839
I'll research it this weekend.

Driven by Ross Anthony

Alberta Outlaw Modifieds Racing Association
http://www.albertaoutlawmodifieds.com/

The wide taillights tell me it's a 1971 or '72. Pontiac switched to square taillights in 73.

It's a Puerto Rican flag design

The snow has melted on this map.

This project has moved to a hangar at the Toledo Express Airport.

I'm guessing a 1967 Ford XL - possibly a Galaxie 500.
http://www.galaxieclub.com/internationalcarshow/memcarpix/67/d-temple.html

Street View now shows the repaired area where the lake drained into the river.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&layer=c&cbll=43.605401,-89.770197&panoid=xXnRmR6Hhok7acphqtni9g&cbp=12,238.74,,0,2.87&ll=43.605381,-89.770231&spn=0,359.99717&z=19

I believe this is the setup (or takedown) of the IndyCar Grand Prix event held at that end of the airport. Notice the barriers and curbs in the corners of the course.

The History of Tim Horton's--The First Store
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IWQvOfQbD8

Bing birds eye view came close to covering this spot. You can find some scenic views of the Colorado River just north of this location in the south and west view.

High resolution widescreen wallpaper:
http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/2114/horseshoe_canyon.html

IATA code BTZ

Coming soon to DVD.... "Ed Gein: The Musical"
http://www.edgeinthemusical.com/

YouTube video of Sidney and teammate Max "Superstar" Talbot shooting at the dryer in a Reebok commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nBpPhm-xEQ

Featured in a desktop background included with Windows 7 (US regional theme)

Wayne Manor did not burn down. Early reports by fire officials in 2005 erroneously ID'd a fire-gutted mansion as the building used in the Batman TV series. One of several links I found to confirm this...
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=7&art_id=3059&sid=4907818&con_type=1&d_str=20051010&fc=7

Milwaukee's Miller Park has red-colored baseball statues just like these...

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=43.029459,-87.972765&spn=0,359.988681&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=43.029618,-87.972447&panoid=OSokb8_ZVfu6aweZhaB0bA&cbp=12,82.87,,1,1.72

With the expansion project of I-94 underway, the business will move to a new 25,000 sq. ft. location in 2010. The new store is being built directly behind the original building, which opened in 1947. The famous sign will move to a new spot. The new building will incorporate a castle theme with turrets and drawbridge.

It's obstructed by a semi-trailer in the recent hi-res street view update. If you go a few clicks north or south, you can see the mural from a sharp angle.

That's an old link (July 2008). The family avoided foreclosure earlier this year by filing for bankruptcy.

It has the special Shamu color scheme.

A hockey rink filled with trash. This is proving to be a metaphor for the Maple Leafs 2009-10 season!

1904-2009. This track held it's final event in 2009, as the city's mayor chose to close the state fairgrounds in 2010.

Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBA D-League)
http://www.nba.com/dleague/riograndevalley/
http://www.donnascornmaze.com/

I had a weird moment today. After approving this map this morning, I drove by this plane parked along the north edge of Milwaukee's airport this afternoon.

Unfortunately, it's not visible in Google's Street View. The camera car drove by not long after it was demolished in order to build condominiums.

This map was originaly misidentified as the nearby Formula One racing circuit.

Renamed to Palm Beach International Raceway in 2008.

The pool is shaped like the Czech Republic. Their streams of water write famous quotes in the pool. They also write messages received from text messages sent to a number posted at the fountain.
http://www.davidcerny.cz/en/piss.html

In Street View, a Christmas tree can be seen inside the lower level when looking at it from the intersection of Green and the traffic circle.

The Jack Daniels-sponsored Kelly Racing Australian V8 Supercar racing team has a shop at this airport.
http://www.kellyracing.com.au/

Vintage clip of a midget turning laps on the 1/4 mile track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO57EXGo2zo

I drove by the land earlier this summer and found that the concession and scorers buildings have been torn down. I've been hoping that LGR could reopen just as Stockton 99 Speedway in California did after a housing development plan fell apart, but I doubt that the neighbors would allow it.
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33022/

Newer birds eye scenes are available showing the completed complex.

The 1.549 mile oval track has held an IndyCar or Champ Car event since 1998. Danica Patrick won her first race here in 2008.

NASCAR held an exhibition race here in 1998. It was the first time Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Jr. competed in the same race.

This scene is no longer visible on Bing Maps, but it can be viewed on Google Earth's historical imagery (April 2000).

To answer my own question... I'm told the driver was trying to find a good view of Lake Michigan.

Nice first post. I wonder where she was supposed to be going. That entire area is residential... and no decent grocery stores within a few miles for a PR visit.

The Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club site features several photos from the last 60+ years...
http://www.freewebs.com/porc/

70,000th VGT map!

TopGolf currently has six locations (3 US, 3 UK - five of them visible in BEV).

I haven't golfed in years, but this concept sounds like fun. I think I might visit their Chicago location before the summer is over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccG1ykKVwa4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qmF3ROEXCU

How the theater looked at the World's Fair:
http://www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/johnson.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoodlam/45494015/

Same car?:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9459831@N04/1537447031/

Welcome to VGT!

This might be part of the Toronto Island Water Treatment Plant.
http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/toronto_island_water_supply/pdf/2009-02-11-n-12_qa.pdf

In honor of a scavenger hunt category from July 2007.
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/hunt-submissions/cat133/

The photo I found to discover it shows it sitting on a boat trailer. I wonder if it is actually taken out on the water.

Palindrome!