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Denzel Washington's House
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Denzel Washington’s house is in Los Angeles, CA. The 1.5 acre property features a pool and tennis court in the gated community of Beverly Park.
An American actor, film producer and director, Denzel Washington’s net worth is $190 million. His annual salary ranges from $60 to $90 million.
Washington is known for his action movies as well as playing historically-based characters. He got his start in the 1990s in television medical drama St. Elsewhere and was one of the few African American actors on the show. In his early career, he was in a Fruit of the Loom commercial portraying a bunch of grapes in the fruit ensemble.
He received a Golden Globe for Best Actor in Training Day and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in Glory. Washington also received two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for Glory and Best Actor for Training Day. He has also received a Tony Award for Fences.
He often portrays characters based on real-life, including Civil Rights Activist Malcolm X and boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. Other historical portrayals include High School Football Coach Herman Boone, South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, American Poet and Politician Melvin B. Tolson, and Gangster Frank Lucas. He is also known for his roles in movies such as John Q., Out of Time, Man on Fire, The Manchurian Candidate, Philadelphia, He Got Game, The Pelican Brief, Crimson Tide, Courage Under Fire, and opposite Whitney Houston in The Preacher’s Wife. In 2014, Washington was part of the Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun, he has also appeared onstage in many productions over the years.
Washington is married with four children, his oldest son John David is a football player who signed with the St. Louis Rams, his daughter Katia is a Yale graduate, and his twins Olivia and Malcolm lean toward the film industry with, Olivia has a part in Lee Daniel’s The Butler while Malcolm has a degree in film studies. Washington met his wife Pauletta while on the set of the television film Wilma and married in 1983. They renewed their vows in 1995, in a ceremony officiated by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Fisher House Foundation, Children’s Fund of South Africa, and Wiley College are organizations to which Washington has donated money. He has served as a board member for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America since 1995.

Jerry Seinfeld's House
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Jerry Seinfeld lives at this home in East Hampton, NY. He purchased the property from rocker Billy Joel for $32M in 2000.
Seinfeld, is an American comedian is best known for playing a semifictional version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David. The show, a critical favorite, was named TV Guide's greatest television program of all time in 2002, and it led the Nielsen ratings in seasons six and nine, finishing among the top two (with NBC's ER) every year from 1994 to 1998.
Set predominantly in an apartment block in Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City, the show features a handful of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, particularly best friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander), former girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and neighbor across the hall Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards). It was initially pitched as a show that explains how a comedian got his jokes, but was soon characterized by fans as "the show about nothing," best exemplified by episodes like "The Chinese Restaurant," which consisted of the main characters waiting for a table throughout the entire episode.
The show is responsible for several catchphrases currently a part of the American English slang lexicon, including "Yada, yada, yada", "No soup for you", "These pretzels are making me thirsty" and "Not that there's anything wrong with that." Other topics and terms include the "Festivus" holiday, a suitor being deemed "spongeworthy", a "double-dipping" faux-pas, and the worst kind of birthday party guest, the "re-gifter."
In his stand-up comedy career, Jerry Seinfeld is known for specializing in observational humor, often focusing on personal relationships and uncomfortable social obligations and many of his Seinfeld episodes were based on the writers' real-life experiences in a similar vein. For example, George's storyline, "The Revenge", is based on Larry David's experience at Saturday Night Live, and "The Smelly Car" storyline, based on Peter Mehlman's lawyer friend, who could not get a bad smell out of his car.
In addition to Seinfeld, Jerry co-wrote and co-produced the 2007 animated film Bee Movie. In 2010, he premiered a reality series called The Marriage Ref, and directed Colin Quinn in the Broadway show Long Story Short at the Helen Hayes Theater. He is also the creator and host of the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Owing to the popularity of Seinfeld and its lucrative syndication contracts, Jerry Seinfeld has a net worth of $820 million dollars.

Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood's House
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American Country Music singers Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are a married couple who own several houses, including this home in Goodlettsville, TN, near to the epicenter of country music, Nashville.
Garth Brooks has a net worth of $350 Million and Trisha Yearwood has a net worth of $40 million. In addition to being a recording artist, Yearwood is an actress, author, celebrity chef, and TV personality. Brooks is best-known for his music and is one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time. He has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide and is second to only The Beatles in total album sales overall.
The couple’s Goodlettsville home was bought for $432,500 in November 1990. In the late 1990s, early 2000s, it was estimated to be worth $1.1 million while Brooks was considering turning it into a museum similar to Graceland, home of Elvis. These plans have not yet come to fruition.
The home was built in 1970 and features 5,551 square feet on a 19.8-acre lot. It has a gated entrance, 7 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. The home also features a pool. The home is known as the “Blue Rose Estate.”
Brooks has been married once before to songwriter Sandy Mahl, with whom he had three daughters. He became a grandfather in 2013. The divorce became final in 2001 and is considered one of the most expensive divorces on record with a $125 million settlement going to Mahl.
After knowing each other for many years through the country music community, Brooks and Yearwood were married on December 10, 2005.
Brooks is known for hits such as “The Thunder Rolls” and “Friends in Low Places”, while Yearwood is known for her cooking show, as well as her hit “She’s in Love with the Boy,” and for her role on the television show JAG from 1997 to 2002.

Rod Stewart's House
British singer Rod Stewart’s house is in Beverly Hills, CA. He lives part-time in the house, which he bought in 1991 for $12 million, according the public records. The property features eight bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and is 18,794 square feet. Much of his current and former real estate holdings are also featured on this site.
Also a song-writer, Rod Stewart’s net worth is $235 million. He has released 11 No. 1 singles in the United States and United Kingdom and 12 No. 1 albums. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide.
Rod Stewart, who is of both English and Scottish decent, first got into music after looking the harmonica. He joined “The Ray Davies Quartet,” a group that later became “The Kinks” and then became their lead singer. He launched his solo career in 1964 and moved to the United States in 1975.
After being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000, he underwent surgery then relearned to sing. He is active in fund-raising for The City of Hope Foundation to find cures for cancer, especially cancers impacting children.
He is a fan of European football, a model railroad enthusiast and auto collector.
Rod Stewart has had several significant relationships with women, fathering eight children with five women.
His first child, Sarah Streeter with Susannah Boffey, was raised by adoptive parents. He has been married three times. He had two children with his first wife – Alana Hamilton. His daughter Kimberley Alana Stewart was born in 1979 and his son Sean Roderick Stewart was born in 1980. His daughter Ruby Stewart was born in 1987. Her mother is model Kelly Emberg.
Rod Stewart’s second wife was Rachel Hunter. He had two children with her, Renee Cecili Stewart, born in 1992 and Liam McAlister Stewart, born in 1994. The couple divorced in 2006.
His third wife is model Penny Lancaster-Stewart, with whom he has two children, Alastair Wallace Stewart, born in 2005, and Aiden Patrick Stewart, born in 2001.

John Mellencamp's House
This is the Monroe Lake home of the rock singer-songwriter, John ‘Cougar’ Mellencamp. His other long time Indiana home is featured on this site, as well as his South Carolina vacation home. Born in Indiana, it’s likely a nice way for the singer songwriter to stay close to family and connected to his roots. Mellencamp rose to fame in the 1980s, with his distinct vocal style, and ballad songwriting, and starting in 1982 he put out a string of Top 10 singles, including "Hurts So Good," "Jack & Diane," "Crumblin' Down," "Pink Houses," "Lonely Ol' Night," "Small Town," "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.," "Paper in Fire,” and "Cherry Bomb." He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
Mellencamp is one of America's most beloved songwriters, who has made their stamp on the rock genre. He is one of the most widely influential rock musicians of his generation, citing influences from Bob Dylan, James Brown, and Woody Guthrie. Still listened to by millions today, this rocker has grown to the status of global icon.
This 10,000 SF home includes 30-foot ceilings with hand-painted murals, enormous fire-places, a recording studio, antique heart pine plank flooring and decoratively carved roof trusses. The estate overlooks a lake from a wooded hillside, and includes tennis and basketball courts. A pool, gazebo and patio were built for large scale entertaining. This project provided a rare opportunity to build a uniquely palatial, yet warmly welcoming structure replete with finely crafted custom details.
Over the course of his career Mellencamp has earned a net worth of $25 Million. Mellencamp has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. He has also had 22 US Top 40 hits. He has won a Grammy Award, and was nominated a total of 13 times.

Nelly's House
American rapper, musician, and entrepreneur Nelly’s house was an 11,000 square foot, 6 bedroom, 6.5 bathroom Tuscan-style estate near Hidden Valley Ski Resort about 30 miles from St. Louis, in Wildwood, Missouri. The property includes 12 acres of land, a basketball court, pool, hot tub, and three-car garage as well as impressive views of the Meramac River valley.
Nelly purchased this house in 2002 for $2.5 million with the intent to renovate. The renovations never happened, and the house remained vacant and fell into disrepair. In February 2021, Nelly listed the house for sale and received 52 offers and was reportedly sold above the $600,000 asking price. Basic renovations are estimated to be a minimum of $500,000-1,000,000.
The vacant house was burglarized in 2009. Video games and electronics were stolen.
Nelly’s net worth is $40 million, and he currently resides in Calabasas, CA in a rental property.
Nelly, born Cornell Iral Haynes Jr, was born in Austin, TX but grew up in the St. Louis area, forming the musical group St. Lunatics while in high school. St. Lunatics had local success but failed to break out, though Nelly soon found solo success with his debut album, Country Grammar. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and was ultimately certified 9x platinum by the RIAA.
Nelly’s follow-up album, Nellyville, was released in 2002 and debuted at number one. It included a number-one single “Hot in Herre” and sold 7.6 million copies worldwide, also netting Nelly a Grammy award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance.
In recent years, Nelly is known better for legal trouble and reality television than music, though in 2020 he released a song “Lil Bit” which is slated to be included on a forthcoming country-influenced EP Heartland.

Al Gore's House
Al Gore, the former Vice President and Senator from Tennessee owns this property in the wealthy Belle Meade area. Gore is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States. After his term as vice president, he won the Democratic nominee for the 2000 presidential election but lost the election in a very close race after a notorious Florida recount. After his term as vice-president ended in 2001, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Though his message has been ignored largely, his mansion his massive.
This impressive 10,070-square-foot estate near Nashville, Tennessee, was in the news recently as it was reported as having more than 21 times more energy than the average U.S. household. The 20-room mansion in upscale Belle Meade used 230,889 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity during the past 12 months. Or roughly 21.4 times more than the 10,812 kWh a year used up by the typical American household. The report also claimed that the 33 solar panels installed on Mr. Gore’s home produced only 5.7 percent of the energy his home consumed in the past year.
Al Gore managed to earn a net worth of $300 Million. Where he made his money? Various investment deals and savvy business investments. His production company, Current TV was purchased by Al Jazeera for $500 million. As a result and thanks to his 20% stake in Current TV Gore netted around $100 million in pre-tax profits. Gore is also a board member of Apple Inc, and owns $35 million worth of Apple shares. He is also the chairman of Generation Investment Management which has $7 billion in assets. No wonder the climate change activist has multi million dollar accounts.

Cher's House
The singer, actress, songwriter, author and entertainer, lives here. The property is currently on the market for $75 Million as of September 2023. Cher built this Moroccan style mansion in 1999. The 7 bedroom, 9 bathroom, 13,126 sqft house sits on 1.73 acres of land, which includes an infinity pool and a tennis court.

Chuck Berry's House
The influential guitarist, singer, songwriter and first inductee into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, lived here. His former Los Angeles area home that he owned for decades is also featured on this site.
Chuck Berry is perhaps the world's most influential guitarist, pioneering the rock guitar sound that would become definitive of Rock ‘n Roll. His distinct loud electric guitar driven music with a classic four four, driving rhythm, would transform rhythm and blues into a sound we recognize as rock music today. Songs like "Maybellene", "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music", and "Johnny B. Goode", would transform the shape of popular music forever. His work would inspire a generation of guitarists, including Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, The Beach Boys, AC/DC, The Kinks, David Bowie, and Buddy Holly. Berry’s work would influence the music of the most influential musicians of the modern era, making him perhaps, one of the most influential musicians of all time.
Berry is best known as a guitarist who brought electric performances and a magnetic stage presence. In many ways he is the first rock star, though the term had yet to be coined. Wildly ahead of his time, Berry played with the greatest blues musicians of his time including Muddy Waters, T-Bone, and Johnnie Johnson.
Berry passed away in 2017, from a cardiac arrest. He was found unresponsive in this home and was pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived. The legend was 90 years old and had amassed a net worth of $10 Million. Berry is included in several of Rolling Stone magazine's "greatest of all time" lists; he was ranked fifth on its 2004 and 2011 lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" is the only rock-and-roll song included on the Voyager Golden Record.

Alan Jackson's House (former)
The country music star sold his long time estate in 2010. Most of his additional real estate holdings are also featured on this site.

Steven Spielberg's House
A beautiful compound is owned by world renowned director and filmmaker Steven Spielberg. His Hampton home is located on Georgica Pond and is one of the East coast residences of the film director, screenwriter and producer. Considered to be one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history, Spielberg has had a long and successful career.
Credited for directing such classic films such as Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T. and Indiana Jones, Speilberg is known for his emotionally driven stories and gripping action adventures. Perhaps the best known director of our generation, Steven has become a household name over the course of his sixty year career. His work is critically acclaimed and many of his films have earned Academy Awards and Golden Globes, even earning best picture awards three times.
Previously married to actress Amy Irving in 1985, the couple had one child, but divorced in 1989. Their divorce was recorded as being one of the most costly celebrity divorces, likely due to Spielberg's wild success and hugely profitable franchises. In 1991 Speilberg married again to another actress, Kate Capshaw, and together they had seven children. They are still married and split their time between their four properties, in New York, Naples, Los Angeles, and this Hampton home.
Steven Spielberg’s house in New York is situated by Georgica Pond in East Hampton, perched atop 6 acres of beautiful land overlooking the water. A gorgeous and desirable property in the exclusive Hamptons the Spielberg residence, known as Quelle Barn, is complete with a luxury guest house, which was designed by architect Charles Gwathmey. The estate also features a pool and plenty of space for family and friends to enjoy the summer away from the bustle of the city.
One of the most wealthy directors of all time, Speilberg has a net worth of 3.7 Billion. Estimates show his yearly salary to near $150 Million. No surprise when considering that Jurassic Park grossed over a trillion dollars worldwide.

Stevie Nicks' House (former)
The singer and songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and a long solo career, as finally sold her house.

Site of Hitler's Berghof
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The Berghof was Adolf Hitler's home in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Germany. The Berghof was developed in stages from a much smaller house, named "Haus Wachenfeld". "Haus Wachenfeld" was a vacation home built by a businessman from Buxtehude, Otto Winter. Winter's widow originally rented the house to Hitler for 100 reichsmarks in 1928. In 1933 Hitler was eventually able to purchase the house with funds he received through the sale of his political book Mein Kampf. The site is breathtakingly scenic. The valley below appears by illusion to be a lake almost at one's feet. It was located lower down the same mountain as the Kehlsteinhaus, or Eagle's Nest, which Hitler rarely visited due to his fear of heights. A large complex of mountain homes for the Nazi leadership (along with many buildings for their security and support staff) was constructed nearby. On April 30, 1952 (the anniversary of Hitler's death) the Bavarian government blew up the ruins of the Berghof and the site is now overgrown with evergreen trees. The building in the map is Hotel Zum Türken which borders the complex of ruins. More pictures and information here.

Sumner Redstone's House
This property was sold to the head of Viacom by actor Sylvester Stallone. Stallone wanted to control who his neighbors were, so he bought this property, so he could sell it to whoever he wanted. He purchased the 5-bed, 8-bath, 15,355 sq ft home in June of 2002 for approx. $14.5M, according to public records.

Webb Pierce's House (former)
The country music legend lived here. The guitar shaped pool has made this house famous and it is a frequent stop on Nashville tours of celebrity homes.

Michael & Julian Omidi's House
This unique Hollywood Hills mansion has had its share of controversy. Apparently the purple one (Prince) had been renting the home from Carlos Boozer, an NBA player, and made some home renovations that weren't appreciated. Boozer sold the house in 2006 to billionaire Russ Weiner, who along with being the son of right wing radio's Michael Savage, is the creator of the Rockstar energy drink. "Paris Hilton's My New BFF Season 1" reality show was also shot here. From 2000-2005, this house was also owned by billionaire Ted Field.
Weiner sold the house in 2010 for $8.4 million to Michael & Julian Omidi, the two brothers behind the "1-800-GET-THIN" alleged scam.
In June 2014, dozens of FBI agents raided the property in connection to the ongoing investigation into the Omidi brothers.

Fontanel (formerly Barbara Mandrell's House)
This is the largest log cabin home in America and the former home of country singer Barbara Mandrell. This was the location for the CMT reality shows "Gone Country I & II" starring John Rich.

Steve Hilbert's House (former)
If this isn't the largest single family dwelling in the state of Indiana, then it's gotta be right up there. Steve Hilbert, the founder of Conseco, moved out of this Carmel, IN mansion in January 2005. The property contains 55,000 square feet of buildings, including the 23,000-square-foot mansion. House contains a replica of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball court. Go Hoosiers!

Kurt Warner's House (former)
This property is still owned by Kurt Warner, although he is now the quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. Oh well, he brought us a Super Bowl and was a 2-time MVP. Thanks Kurt!
(Sold in 2011 for $1.2 million)

Julio Iglesias' House
The best-selling Spanish singer of all time lives here. He has tried to sell this property for years to no avail, so he recently decided to tear down this home and re-build on the same site.

Never Used Ferris Wheel of Chernobyl's Ghost Town
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The town of Pripyat was created in 1970 mainly for the purpose of housing the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. After reactor no. 4 of the plant exploded, creating the world's worst nuclear accident (26 April 1986), the town of 47,000 was evacuated. The park including this ferris wheel was to open on May 1st of that year. It has never been used, and the town will remain too dangerous to habitate for several hundred years.

Alpine Valley Music Theatre
I've always loved this outdoor amphitheatre and have seen many great concerts here. This is also the site of the helicopter crash that took the life of Stevie Ray Vaughn after he had just jammed with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray and other great blues musicians.

Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest)
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The Kehlsteinhaus, also known as "Hitler's Tea House" or the Eagle's Nest, was built as a 50th birthday present for Adolf Hitler from the Nazi Party. The Eagle's Nest was meant to be a retreat for Hitler and a place for him to entertain visiting dignitaries (which he almost never did here). It was commissioned by Martin Bormann, with construction proceeding over a 13-month period prior to its formal presentation to Hitler in 1939. More information and photographs here.

Robert Taylor Ranch
The Robert Taylor Ranch is a ranch located on Mandeville Canyon Road, in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, California. The ranch was built in 1956 for Waite Phillips and designed by architect Robert Byrd. It is about 112 acres (0.45 km2) large, with more than 20,000 square feet of living space.
American actor Robert Taylor owned the ranch for several years before his death in 1969. The ranch was then purchased by Steven J. Earle, then sold in 1974 to Ken Roberts, former owner of the KROQ-FM radio station. The ranch is also the setting for most of the 1983 Sam Peckinpah movie, The Osterman Weekend.
In 2010, the ranch was sold to hedge fund New Stream Capital to settle a $27,500,000 legal claim. On November 30, 2012, the ranch was resold at an auction for $12 million to Fred Latsko, a Chicago-based real estate developer. The auction was conducted by Concierge Auctions in partnership with Hilton & Hyland, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate. The auction firm and Hilton & Hyland identified 761 buyer prospects and 12 bidders in only four weeks.

Badlands National Park
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Solar Flares Near Chernobyl
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In the abandoned town of Pripyat, which had to be evacuated after the Chernobyl accident, 20 years ago.

The Hermitage
The home of President Andrew Jackson in Old Hickory, TN.

Melkøya Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plant
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From www.offshore-technology.com:
Snøhvit will be the first major development on the Norwegian continental shelf without a fixed or floating unit. Instead, a subsea production system on the seabed will feed a land-based plant on the north-western coast of Melkøya, at the entrance to the shipping channel into Hammerfest via a 68cm ID, 160km gas pipeline. In addition come two chemical lines, an umbilical and a separate pipeline for transporting carbon dioxide, which will be laid in the summer of 2005.
Both the subsea production system located on the field and pipeline transport will be monitored and controlled from a control room at Melkøya, where operators will be able to open and close valves on the seabed 140km away with signals transmitted along fibre-optic cables, and with high-voltage electrical and hydraulic power lines.
The unprocessed wellstream arriving at Melkøya is separated and the gas cooled down to liquid form and exported. Gas from the Snøhvit area contains 5% to 8% carbon dioxide, which will be separated out at the land plant and returned in a separate line for storage underground beneath the seabed.

Fuggerei
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Monkey Island Castle
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Ralph Mitchell Zoo and Riverside Park
onkey Island was built in 1932. Forty rhesus monkeys inhabited the castle and small city complete with jail, storefront sign, and light post. Spider monkeys replaced rhesus monkeys in 1959 and the capuchin monkeys replaced the spider monkeys in 1982. Trees and other plants were added in 1988 and wild flowers were allowed to grow to give the island a more natural "jungle" environment.
Miss Able - One of the first Monkeys to be sent into space!
Miss Able was shot 300 miles into space on the nose of a Jupiter rocket at a speed of 10,000 miles an hour. She was one of the first living subjects the U.S. sent into space. Miss Able made her home at the Ralph Mitchell Zoo at Riverside Park.
She was trained in the U.S. Space Program and preformed as she should during the flight. The day after her capsule was retrieved from the ocean by a Navy ship, Miss Able died. She died during an operation to remove an instrument that had been inserted under her skin. Her heart failed during the operation.

Hammerfest-Melkøya Tunnel Construction
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From cws.huginonline.com:
A joint venture between Veidekke ASA and Selmer Skanska AS has signed a letter of intent in connection with Statoil's development of the "Snow White" field. The contract includes construction of a 2.3 km long sub-sea road tunnel from the mainland near Hammerfest to Melkøya, as well as upgrading of the existing road from Hammerfest to the tunnel entrance. The contract value is approximately NOK 200 million excluding VAT.
The construction work will probably start in March/April with an estimated construction period of 16 months.
"We will have 40 - 50 people on the job", says Veidekke's Project Manager, Mr. Oddvar Soma.
" The joint venture's offer is for a complete tunnel including technical installations. The tunnelling work will take place from two sides, both from Melkøya and from Hammerfest."

Schloss St. Emmeram
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Fuerst von Thurn und Taxis' Palace

Helicopters at Tiraspol Soviet-era Air Base
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Large Moldovan military base with civil freight activity. Headquarters 119th Fighter Air Division, Moldova. (AviaMK)

Fortress of Kinburn
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Strong fortifications were built at Ochakiv and on the Kinburn promontory, to protect the entrance to the Dnieper, by the medieval Poles and then by Crimean khan Meñli I Giray in 1492 when it was known as Kara Kerman. Several decades later, the fortress fell to the Ottomans and was subsequently known as Özi.

Tiraspol Sports Complex
In Tiraspol, capital of Pridnestrovie, a large sports complex and hotel has been constructed thanks to private enterprise and the owners of local soccer team FC Sheriff.

68 dense packed MiG-21 PFMs
At Graf Ignatievo Air Base.

Palace of the Parliament
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The Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului) in Bucharest, Romania is, with a floor area of 350,000 m², one of the world's largest buildings. Construction started in 1984 but it is still partly uncompleted.

Plovdiv Stadium
Plovdiv Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 48,000. The stadium was built in 1950.It is the only stadium in Bulgaria which have 2-nd floor.That`s the biggest stadium in Bulgaria.It is situated in "Rest and Culture" park (парк "Отдих и култура").

Roman theatre
The theatre dates from the 2nd century AD and was uncovered in 1972 following a landslide. The amphitheatre was restored and is used once again for special events.

Meridianstøtten (Meridian Column) (Struve Geodetic Arc)
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From whc.unesco.org:
The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820km. These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian. This helped establish the exact size and shape of our planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping. It is an extraordinary example of scientific collaboration among scientists from different countries, and of collaboration between monarchs for a scientific cause. The original arc consisted of 258 main triangles with 265 main station points. The listed site includes 34 of the original station points, with different markings, i.e. a drilled hole in rock, iron cross, cairns, or built obelisks.
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Star Beach Water Park
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Star Beach Water Park has been operating since 1993. Situated in the center of Hersonissos, nearby the sea, is easily accessible from all surrounding areas. The park opens from April to October, offering a wide range of facilities and activities for a full day of sun, fun and exciting water adventures for the entire family.

Glamorgan Castle
Glamorgan, the name given to this impressive castle by builder and owner Col. William Henry Morgan, was built in 1904-1905, and occupied in 1909. Morgan was president and owner of the Morgan Engineering Company, founded by Thomas Rees Morgan, his father.
Glamorgan is not a copy of a castle in Wales or anywhere else. It is the original design of an architect, Willard Hirsh, and cost about $400,000 to complete. The walls are at least 13 inches thick. It features a very rare crystal chandelier. Glamorgan became the property of the Alliance City School District in 1973. [Stephanie Spicer, 04/23/2006]

Mil-Mi-6 helicopters
Two Mil Mi-6 helicopters in derelict condition at an airbase near Minsk, Belarus

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
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Gradski Stadium
Gradski Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Rousse, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 people.

Static display at Graf Ignatievo Air Base
Largest Bulgarian Air Force Base

Helicopters at Ochakov Soviet-era Naval Air Base
Large naval air base with very remote revetments.

IL-76MD transports at Krivoy Rog/Southeast Soviet-era Air Base
Typical transport base 23 large aircraft revetments and numerous hangars on large tarmac.
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Stadionul Orășenesc (Bălți)
Home of the Olimpia Balti. Seats 5000.
Is that an artificial lake to the west used for rowing competition?

Fortress Ehrenbreitstein
Toaster (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Toaster.
The fortress of EHRENBREITSTEIN is part of the classical big fortress of Koblenz. Because of its strategically positive position, the fortress Ehrenbreitstein played a great role in former times and is still of great importance. The fortress has never been captured and like Gibraltar, Ehrenbreitstein is certainly one of the most important and imposing fortresses in Europe.

An-72 'Coaler' at Odessa Airport (UKOO)
The An-72 Coaler is designed as a short takeoff and landing aircraft which can operate from unprepared airfields. The An-72 originated as An-32, but was later fitted with jet engines. The first prototype flew on December 22, 1977, and the aircraft entered service in 1979.
The wings are high-mounted and back-tapered with blunt tips and a negative slant. Two turbofans are mounted in long pods mounted on top of the wings. Round air intakes extend from the front of the wings’ leading edges. The engines were placed on the leading edge of the wings to increase lift for STOL capability, with the jet exhausts blowing over titanium panels on the upper surface. The engine position also gives good Foreign Object Damage (FOD) protection. The fuselage is circular with round, solid nose, upswept rear section, and a flush cockpit. The rear fuselage has a hinged loading ramp with a rear fairing that slides backwards and up to clear the opening. Up to 7.5 tons can be airdropped, and there are folding side seats for 42 paratroops or 52 passengers.
The swept-back, untapered fin features back-tapered flats high-mounted on the fin forming a T.

Levent Tabya TV Tower
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Monument Bratska Mogila (Brotherly Tomb)
Monument Bratska Mogila (Brotherly Tomb) is a memorial to symbolize nation's gratitude to the thousands of heros who devoted themselves and gave their lives for the freedom of the motherland from the Turkish yoke. This very large (almost huge) monument is a "left-over" from the soviet days and is not generally held in high regard by locals. It may have some future as a skate board park.

Chania Airport (CHQ)
DonMartini (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: DonMartini.

Petrela Castle
kaiken (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kaiken.
Today it's also a restaurant.

Huge border control station between Bulgaria and Romania

Submarine U-995
U-995, the only surviving Type VII U-boat has been preserved at Laboe, Germany since October 1971. She was built in 1942-43 and during her wartime career sunk six allied ships.
At the end of the war she was stricken at Trondheim, Norway on May 8, 1945. She was surrendered to the British and then transferred to Norway in October 1948. In December 1952 U-995 became the Norwegian submarine Kaura and in 1965 she was stricken by the Norwegian navy. She then was sold back to Germany for the symbolic price of one Deutsche Mark.
Now part of the Laboe Naval Memorial (Das Marine-Ehrenmal).

Fortress of Ochakiv
Strong fortifications were built at Ochakiv and on the Kinburn promontory, to protect the entrance to the Dnieper, by the medieval Poles and then by Crimean khan Meñli I Giray in 1492 when it was known as Kara Kerman. Several decades later, the fortress fell to the Ottomans and was subsequently known as Özi.

Marksburg
Toaster (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Toaster.
The only never completly destroyed medival hillside castle in the middle rhine valley. The castle was probably build before 1219.

Neues Palais
The Neues Palais was built on Herreninsel island in the middle of Chiemsee between 1878 and 1885 by Ludwig II of Bavaria. It was to have been a full scale replica of the Palace of Versailles but only the central portion was built before the king died. 50 of the 70 rooms of the palace are still unfinished.

Cable Laying Ship(?) Docked in Hammerfest

Benedictine nunnery on Fraueninsel
Benedictine nunnery on Fraueninsel on Chiemsee founded in 782 by Duke Tassilo III. The nuns make spicy Klosterlikör called Magenbitter.

Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf
Toaster (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Toaster.
Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf is a communications tower on the mountain Kühkopf near Koblenz, Germany. It was built between 1972 and 1976. The Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf is 255 m \ 837 ft high and not accessible vor visitors.

Fulgenes Fortification
From www.norge.dk:
Not far from the Meridian Column stands a
fortification overlooking the sea. Constructed during the Napoleonic War in 1810 and restored in 1989.

Insel Niederwerth
Island Niedeerwerth is the only river island municipality in germany.

Schloss Hohentübingen

Pink and Blue Mountains
losbeats (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: losbeats.
There seem to be quite a few pink mountain tops accross Russia. This one was particularly colorful.

Fumonji Temple
There is the tomb of Harumoto Hosokawa(1514-1563),the head of Hosokawa clan in the Sengoku
period(Warring States period).

Schloß Stolzenfels
Schloss Stolzenfels was finished in 1842 in the style of english neogothik and romatic for the king of Preußen Friedrich Wilhelm IV.

Cruise Ship Docked in Hammerfest

Cargo Ship Being Loaded
damein234 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: damein234.

Hammerfest Kirke (Hammerfest Church)
From www.hammerfest-turist.no:
The church is an unusual architecture in that it for exemple does not have an altar piece but a large painted glass picture.

Strange Rainbow Discoloration Near Amritsar (only GE)

Snow Fences on Salen (Avalanche Defences)
Nice pics from Flickr user Eirik Newth.

Köppel
Tower, build in 1966 ontop af a 540 m high hill, which ist part of the westwald. The tower ist 40 m high and open for visitors