milwhcky: Pics and Stories
North America's tallest flag pole
High Banks Hall of Fame and National Midget Auto Racing Museum
Belleville High Banks
Chicago Blackhawks practice facility
I visited this rink for the first time a few hours before a Blackhawks/Penguins preseason game in 2013. Considering it is a new building used by the Hawks, I was a considerably underwhelmed. Of the dozens of community rinks I've seen, this one is in the bottom third. Drab, uninviting entranceway. Not a lot of seating, or room in general. Absolutely no character. But hey, it's close to the United Center.Sprint car chassis
"Call Me Maybe" video location
Like millions of other people, I have been tortured by this song. After seeing the house number clearly visible in the video, I made it my mission to find the location in Street View.The director of the video mentioned in an interview that it was filmed in Vancouver. A few more google searches later, and I found a YouTube comment mentioning that it was filmed in Langley (near Vancouver). I simply bounced around from street to street until I found the match.
I was hoping to stumble across either the Camaro or the Mustang used in the video, but they are not around. The old VW Jetta in the next-door neighbor's driveway does appear in the video.
Ryan's house from "Wilfred"
The location of this map was particularly hard to find. When I first watched the episodes of Wilfred in 2011, I remember searching online for a clue to the show's main filming locations, but all I could find were general references to Venice. I took several stabs at stumbling across it, but so many Venice neighborhoods look alike, and I eventually gave up.Almost a year later, the FX network began showing reruns of the first season a few weeks before the debut of the second season. Then I saw my lucky clue in one of the early episodes (#3?). A garbage can in the alley behind Ryan's house had an address painted on it (house number and street name). I compared the neighborhood in Street View to scenes from a few episodes to confirm the location.
I recently read that the show's location manager, Briana Burke, won an industry award for her excellent work with the residents of this neighborhood during filming. While I wouldn't blame a fan of the show to swing by here to see the neighborhood in person, I would hope that you do so on your best behavior.