VirtualGlobetrotting: Maps Submitted On: 2009-09-04

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Diane Sawyer's House
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The television journalist, and co-anchor "Good Morning America", lives here part-time.

Anchor of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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On November 10, 1975, the lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald Anchor sank on Lake Superior while en route to a steel mill in Detroit, MI. All 29 of her crew perished in the icy waters of Lake Superior that day.
On January 7, 1974, the Fitzgerald lost her bow anchor while docked on the Detroit River. The 12,000-lb anchor remained there at the bottom of the Detroit River until it was recovered on July 20, 1992. Today, the anchor stands outside of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum as a tribute to the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew.

Pilot house from the S.S. William Clay Ford
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The SS William Clay Ford was a bulk freighter built for hauling material on the Great Lakes. She was named for William Clay Ford, Sr., grandson of Henry Ford, Sr. Her keel was laid in 1952 at River Rouge, MI by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, and she was launched in 1953. She was a part of the Ford Motor Company fleet of ore carriers and made her home port at the Ford's River Rouge Plant, south of Detroit, Michigan. The first captain of the William Clay Ford was John Jameson Pearce of Dearborn, Michigan.
On the night of November 10, 1975, the lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald was reported lost. The SS William Clay Ford was one of two ships involved in the initial search.
In August 1986, US 266029 was towed from her moorings to the Detroit Marine Terminal where the pilot house was removed for display at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Detroit's Belle Isle.

Natasha Esch and Matthew Coffin's house
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Talent manager Sandy Gallin, who has represented Michael Jackson and Barbra Streisand, has sold his Bridgehampton estate to Natasha Esch and her husband, Matthew Coffin.

Adrian Beltre's House
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The professional baseball player lives here. Another home in the area that he sold in 2009 is also featured on this site.

George Kokinis' House
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The GM of the Cleveland Browns lives here.

David Yovanovits' House (former)
The professional football player lived here until 2009.

M/S IRRATIONAL EXBURANCE
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Sunk in Gibraltar harbour in december 2007.

John Deere T670 combine harvesters
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Steamship Valley Camp museum ship
The SS Valley Camp is a freighter boat that served on the Great Lakes for almost 50 years and is currently serving as a museum ship in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
The Valley Camp was launched in Lorain, Ohio, in 1917 as the Louis W. Hill for the National Steel Corporation. She sailed for this company for 38 years hauling iron ore and coal until 1955 when she was sold to the Wilson Marine Transit Company. It was in this fleet that she received her current name. For this company she carried a wider array of bulk goods including grains and stone. The Valley Camp was a member of the Wilson Fleet only until 1959 when the Republic Steel Corporation bought her and several of her Wilson fleetmates, including her identical sister the Silver Bay (formerly the Albert Heiken of National Steel). Republic kept the Valley Camp's name, and for that company she hauled iron ore and coal to their mills in Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; and Indiana Harbor, Indiana. In 1967, the Valley Camp sailed her last. Her age was not an issue at this time, it was her triple expansion engine that was still being fed by coal burning boilers that doomed her to an early retirement.

Mill River Country Club
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The 18-hole "Mill River" course at the Mill River Country Club facility in Stratford, Connecticut features 6,595 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 69.8 and it has a slope rating of 126. Designed by Tom Winton, the Mill River golf course opened in 1918.

Belle Isle Aquarium & Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory
The Belle Isle Aquarium, located on Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan, was the oldest continually-operating aquarium in North America. Designed by noted architect Albert Kahn, it opened on August 18, 1904. It was completely outfitted in tile from the Pewabic Pottery which covers the vaulted sea green ceiling. It specially featured freshwater species native to the Great Lakes region as well as salt-water species from around the world including breeding programs for several endangered species. (now closed)

V-22 Osprey
The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission, military, tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability. It is designed to perform missions like a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft. The V-22 was developed and is manufactured jointly by Bell Helicopter, and Boeing Rotorcraft Systems. It is operated by the United States Marine Corps and Air Force.

Toppling of KRKO radio towers (09/04/2009)
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Federal agents have taken over an investigation into the destruction of two radio towers belonging to Everett radio station KRKO.
The towers were toppled early this morning (09/04/2009) and a group that practices ecoterrorism is laying claim to the act.
The toppled towers looked like a squashed Erector Set sitting in the farmlands of unincorporated Snohomish.

Boeing E-6 Mercury airborne command post
The Boeing E-6 Mercury is an American military aircraft. It operates as an airborne command post and communications center, relaying instructions from the National Command Authority. Its role in relaying to the fleet ballistic missile submarines gives one of its missions the acronym TACAMO ("Take Charge and Move Out").
Codenamed Looking Glass, it is USSTRATCOM's Airborne Command Post, designed to take over in case NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center is destroyed or incapable of communicating with strategic forces. The term 'looking glass' means the same as 'mirror', and is used because it "mirrors" the abilities of Cheyenne Mountain to control nuclear forces.

1972 Chevrolet Nova 4 door
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Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is on the northeastern portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on Whitefish Point which forms the northern end of Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior.
Situated literally at the end of the road about 10 miles north of Paradise, Michigan, the museum is located on the site of Whitefish Point Lighthouse, the oldest active light on Lake Superior. The museum complex utilizes part of the old Coast Guard facility and features artifacts retrieved from local shipwrecks, including the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Jim Mandich's house
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Mandich is a former professional American football tight end with the Miami Dolphins. He was an All-American at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Jim Mandich is currently a radio sports talk-show host, afternoons between 4-7pm, on 560 WQAM. He also does color-commentary on Miami Dolphins radio broadcasts.
He also owns an equestrian property in nearby Loxahatchee.

M109 self-propelled 155 mm howitzers at shipping terminal
Odd that they are randomly scattered among assorted other trucks and construction equipment.

Johns Hopkins Homewood Field

Cars at shipping terminal (lots of them)

MC-130H Combat Talon II
The mission of the MC-130E Combat Talon I and MC-130H Combat Talon II is to provide global, day, night and adverse weather capability to airdrop and airland personnel and equipment in support of U.S. and allied special operations forces. These aircraft are equipped with in-flight refueling equipment, terrain-following, terrain-avoidance radar, an inertial and global positioning satellite navigation system, and a high-speed aerial delivery system. All twenty-four aircraft have been delivered.

World's Largest Bean Elevator
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North American F-86F Sabre
The North American Aviation F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. The Sabre is best known for its Korean War role where it was pitted against the Soviet MiG-15 and obtained UN air superiority. Although developed in the late 1940s and outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved adaptable and continued as a front line fighter in air forces until the last active front line examples were retired by the Bolivian Air Force in 1994.

Ford Falcon and old Ford pickup
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Atar International Airport (ATR)
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Steamship Valley Camp
The SS Valley Camp is a freighter boat that served on the Great Lakes for almost 50 years and is currently serving as a museum ship in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
The Valley Camp was launched in Lorain, Ohio, in 1917 as the Louis W. Hill for the National Steel Corporation. She sailed for this company for 38 years hauling iron ore and coal until 1955 when she was sold to the Wilson Marine Transit Company. It was in this fleet that she received her current name. For this company she carried a wider array of bulk goods including grains and stone. The Valley Camp was a member of the Wilson Fleet only until 1959 when the Republic Steel Corporation bought her and several of her Wilson fleetmates, including her identical sister the Silver Bay (formerly the Albert Heiken of National Steel). Republic kept the Valley Camp's name, and for that company she hauled iron ore and coal to their mills in Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; and Indiana Harbor, Indiana. In 1967, the Valley Camp sailed her last. Her age was not an issue at this time, it was her triple expansion engine that was still being fed by coal burning boilers that doomed her to an early retirement.

Tractors

Tallwood Country Club
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The 18-hole "Tallwood" course at the Tallwood Country Club facility in Hebron, Connecticut features 6,366 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 70.2 and it has a slope rating of 119. Designed by Michael Ovian/Karnig Ovian, the Tallwood golf course opened in 1970.

'James Scott Memorial Fountain' by Cass Gilbert
Architect Cass Gilbert designed Belle Isle's James Scott Memorial Fountain.

People sitting in a circle

'Bridge of Remembrance' by Prouse and Gummer
There were many ideas for an appropriate means of acknowledging Canterbury's contribution to World War I. The suggestion for a bridge of remembrance was put forward in a letter to the The Press by Mrs J. Wyn Irwin, wife of a school teacher. Mrs Irwin envisaged an arched bridge in place of the Cashel Street bridge. This bridge was significant because all the soldiers passed over it as they left for war. This proposal received a lot of support but still had to compete with the other projects.
The Bridge of Remembrance project gained an advantage over the other schemes when the Council agreed to pay for the building of the steel understructure. A competition was held for the design of the bridge. A Wellington architectural firm Prouse and Gummer was selected as the winner from twenty four entries. The construction contract was let to D. Scott and Son for £16 078, and work started on the bridge 23 January, 1923.
The design by Prouse and Gummer incorporated a cross suggesting sacrifice as the basis of the human character. Included in the bridge's design are torches to highlight the inscribed battle fronts, lions symbolising the Empire and its victory, along with wreaths of rosemary for remembrance. The sculptural detail was performed by Frederick Gurnsey, a local sculptor and his assistant Lawrence Berry.
The Bridge of Remembrance was opened on Armistice Day, 11 November, 1924 and was dedicated to the memory of those who took part in the 1914-1918 war. At a later date further plaques were added to commemorate the battlefields of World War II.

Fire boats

Tidjikja Airport (TIY)
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Floral islands floating in the Avon River
These floating islands appeared by the Worcester Street Bridge as part of the 2009 Anniversary Festival of Flowers.

Hertha BSC
Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892 (commonly Hertha Berlin or Hertha BSC) is a German football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side and competes today in the first division Bundesliga.

de Havilland Heron
The de Havilland DH.114 Heron was a small, propeller-driven British airliner that first flew on 10 May 1950. It was a development of the twin-engine de Havilland Dove, with a stretched fuselage and two more engines. It was designed as a rugged, conventional low-wing monoplane with tricycle undercarriage that could be utilised on regional and commuter routes. One hundred and fifty were built, exported to around 30 countries. Herons later formed the basis for various conversions, such as the Riley Turbo Skyliner and the Saunders ST-27 and ST-28.

'The Chalice' by Neil Dawson
Chalice, a permanent sculpture located in Christchurch's Cathedral Square, celebrates the new millennium and the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Christchurch and Canterbury by the Canterbury Association.
The official lighting ceremony for Chalice was held 7 September 2001.
The Turning Point 2000 Trust commissioned Neil Dawson to produce a major contemporary, public artwork for Christchurch.
The sculpture project was led by Art 2000, one of fourteen Turning Point 2000 Advisory Groups. Turning Point 2000 raised the funds for Chalice through grants from The Community Trust and the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board. In addition, Christchurch City Council has met the cost of the foundations, granite base, drainage works and lighting.

Green Woods Country Club
The 9-hole "Green Woods" course at the Green Woods Country Club facility in Winsted, Connecticut features 2,854 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 35 . The course rating is 70.4 and it has a slope rating of 123. Designed by Al Zikorus, the Green Woods golf course opened in 1903.

Rolling Meadows Country Club
The 18-hole "Rolling Meadows" course at the Rolling Meadows Country Club facility in Ellington, Connecticut features 6,818 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 72.5 and it has a slope rating of 128. Designed by Al Zikorus, the Rolling Meadows golf course opened in 1997.

Unusual military storage area
i haven't seen one of these before. Buildings of uniform type with a fair bit of infrastructure on each building. Two tall towers, driveway, tall section, very large air conditioner, and 'whire ball." Smells like wepons storage but different than any other site I've seen.

Airplane in flight towing a sailplane

Chalking out Hopkins
Only partially completed.

Exhibition gardens at the Ellerslie International Flower Show
Ellerslie International Flower Show is New Zealand’s premier week-long Garden Party in Christchurch’s North Hagley Park from 11 to 15 March. The Show celebrates Christchurch’s Garden City heritage and the best of national and international garden design. The 2009 Show will feature almost 80 horticultural exhibits, including 28 exhibition gardens, with loads of fresh and exciting ideas for every garden. Check out the website for further information

Bir Moghrein Airport (GQPT)
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Selibaby Airport SEY

Scottish castle and Loch Ness Monster on mini-golf course

Enclosed obstacle course
Perhaps used for training clearing sewers or other confined spaces. At the US Naval Surface Warfare Center.

Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet
The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane, of which at least 9,783 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s as a military trainer aircraft.[1] Stearman became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman or Kaydet, it served as a Primary trainer for the USAAF, as a basic trainer for the USN (as the NS & N2S), and with the RCAF as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civil market. In the immediate post-war years they became popular as crop dusters and as sports planes.

Nema Airport (EMN)

Kayakers riding whitewater drain

Cave Rock and antenna
This hollow, 11 metre high mass of volcanic stone is a familiar landmark and playground in the seaside suburb of Sumner. The signal station on the summit of the rock once supplied information to vessels crossing the Heathcote Bar. Local Maori legend has it that Cave Rock is what remains of a great whale, beached there by sorcery by a local chief in an act of revenge. The rock is climbable, with care, and it is also possible to explore the large cave inside during low tide.

Rainbow Garden
For the Christchurch Festival of Flowers.

Dalhart Municipal Airport (DHT)

Map of Americas

Windmill blades and turbines

Shot put (or discus) practice in progress

Moore County Airport (DUX)

Southern Institute of Technology - Zero Fees
The Zero Fee Scheme allows New Zealand citizens, Australian citizens while residing in New Zealand, or permanent residents the opportunity to study approved programmes without paying the tuition fees.

Invader graffiti

Kyle Park BMX Track

Racing shells
Racing shell (also referred to as just a fine boat (UK) or just shell) is an extremely narrow, and often disproportionately long, rowing boat specifically designed for racing or exercise. It is outfitted with long oars, outriggers to hold the oarlocks away for the boat, and sliding seats. The boat's long length and semicircular cross-section reduce drag to a minimum. This makes the boat both fast and unstable. It must be actively balanced by the rowers to avoid tipping. Being able to balance, or "sit" the boat while putting maximum effort into the oars is therefore an essential skill of rowing.

Elephant

Giraffe

Whale and lighthouse

Surfers

Tauranga Flying Club

Kaedi Airport (KED)

Aioun El Atrouss Airport (AEO)

Hereford Municipal Airport (HRX)

Childress Municipal Airport (CDS)

Perryton Ochiltree County Airport (PYX)

Rowing crew

Horses

Kiffa Airport (KFA)

Monte Dourado Airport (MEU)

Jacareacanga Airport (JCR)

Monte Alegre Airport (MTE)

Hale County Airport (PVW)

Breves Airport (BVS)

Redencao Airport (RDC)