VirtualGlobetrotting: Maps Submitted On: 2013-07-19

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SCUD Missiles
Alkavian (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Alkavian.
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SCUD missile launchers in Libya.

Piazza del Campo
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.
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Piazza del Campo is the principal public space of the historic center of Siena, Tuscany, Italy and is regarded as one of Europe's greatest medieval squares. It is renowned worldwide for its beauty and architectural integrity. The Palazzo Pubblico and its Torre del Mangia, as well as various palazzi signorili surround the shell-shaped piazza. At the northwest edge is the Fonte Gaia.
The twice-a-year horse-race, Palio di Siena, is held around the edges of the piazza.

T-62 tank
Alkavian (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Alkavian.
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An older model Russian tank on display.

Tree Trimming
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.

Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.
Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya (simply known as Shambhala) is a steel Hyper Coaster roller coaster located at the PortAventura amusement park in Salou, Catalonia, Spain. Manufacturered by Bolliger & Mabillard, it is the tallest (249.3 feet (76.0 m)) and fastest hypercoaster (134 kilometres per hour (83 mph)) in Europe. It also has the longest drop of any roller coaster in the continent ((255.9 feet (78.0 m)). Shambhala is named and themed after the inaccessible land in the Himalayas; Shambhala. It was announced to the public on October 24, 2011 and opened to the public on May 12, 2012.

Stony Brook Southhampton Windmill
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
In 1957, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams lived in the campus windmill and wrote the play The Day on Which a Man Dies as a response to the death of his friend, Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock.

Former Harrogate Brunswick Railway Station
Drudii (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Drudii.
Date opened: 20.7.1848
Location: North side of Trinity Road
Company on opening:
York & North Midland Railway
Date closed to passengers: 1.8.1862
Date closed completely: 1.8.1862
Company on closing: North Eastern Railway
Present state: Demolished - no evidence apart from a metal plaque and stone
County: Yorkshire

Former Spofforth Railway Station
Drudii (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Drudii.
DATE OPENED: 10 August 1847
LOCATION: Station Court now occupies the site of the station
COMPANY ON OPENING: York & North Midland Railway
DATE CLOSED TO PASSENGERS: 6 January 1964
DATE CLOSED COMPLETELY: 6 January 1964
COMPANY ON CLOSING: British Railways (North Eastern Region)
PRESENT STATE: Demolished
COUNTY: Yorkshire

House of Fireworks
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

Former Thorp Arch Railway Station
Drudii (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Drudii.
DATE OPENED: 10 August 1847
LOCATION: North side of Church Causeway
COMPANY ON OPENING: York & North Midland Railway
DATE CLOSED TO PASSENGERS: 6 January 1964
DATE CLOSED COMPLETELEY: 10 August 1964
COMPANY ON CLOSING: British Railways (North Eastern Region)
PRESENT STATE: The station is in private residential use and is exceptionally well preserved. Externally it is largely unaltered although an upper floor has been added to the north end of the central section of the station building, and some pointed-arch windows in the former station house have been replaced with rectangular ones. The up platform has been demolished and now forms part of the lawn for the house. The north end of the down platform has also been demolished. The goods shed is extant, complete with a 2x2-bay canopy supported on iron pillars at its south end and, at the north end, two openings and a small out-building. The siding ran through the east side of the shed. The remains of the coal drops can also still be seen.
COUNTY: Yorkshire

Former Wetherby Racecourse Railway Station
DATE OEPNED: About 1924
LOCATION: South side of Wetherby racecourse. A footpath and cycle way runs through the station site but there is no close road acces.
COMPANY ON OPENING: London & North Eastern Railway
DATE CLOSED TO PASSENGERS: 1 May 1959
DATE CLOSED COMPLETELY: 1 May 1959
COMPANY ON CLOSING: British Railway (North Eastern Region)
PRESENT STATE: The up platform has been demolished leaving no trace. The degraded remains of the down platform can be seen. including part of a concrete retaining wall at the back of the platform.
COUNTY: Yorkshire

ZSU-23/4 "Shilka"
Alkavian (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Alkavian.
Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun system.

Edward Gorey House
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
In 1979 Edward Gorey purchased the 200 year-old sea captain’s home at 8 Strawberry Lane on the Yarmouth Port Common, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. After his death in 2000 the house became a museum, dedicated to Gorey’s life and work and his devotion to animal welfare.

General Dynamics Land Systems (Canada)
This is where the LAV-25 and other derivatives are built.

Willa Cather's Childhood Home
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
Willa Cather came to Nebraska from Virginia in 1883 when she was nine years old. The few years that she lived in Red Cloud, Nebraska would become for her the most transformative and informative years of her life.

Abandoned Section of Road

BMP-3 IFV stowed in treeline.

1960s Oldsmobile
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.

2S19 Self-Propelled Artillery (probable)
Poor resolution depicting a Russian artillery unit.

White Lamborghini Gallardo LP
starfish6969 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: starfish6969.
Parked in a side street mews in Knightsbridge, London.

Segway tour of downtown Anchorage
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.

Rainbow
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.

Roman theater of Mérida
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/theater-of-m-rida/

Line at Shedd Aquarium
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.

Yard Work In Progress
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.

Former Crimple Railway Station
DATE OPENED: First in timetable November 1867
LOCATION: Immediately south of Crimple Viaduct
COMPANY ON OPENING: North Eastern Railway
DATE CLOSED TO PASSENGERS: Last in timetable May 1869
DATE CLOSED COMPLETELY: Last in timetable May 1869
COMPANY ON CLOSING: North Eastern Railway
PRESENT STATE: Demolished

D-30 Howitzers (stowed and towed)

Edogawa Municipal Baseball Stadium
Fab (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Fab.

Windmill in a Roundabout
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.

Challenger 2 Tank
British tank unit at Bovington Camp.

Crepe stand
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

SA-1 (GUILD) site - defunct
The SA-1 system was deployed around the city of Moscow early in the Cold War. The system is long defunct, but the remains of the old sites are still visible in the vicinity of Moscow.

Nietzsche-Haus
Friedrich Nietzsche lived here during the summers of 1881 and 1883 to 1888 offers a library that contains one of the world’s largest multilingual collections of books on the philosopher.

Disco mirror ball
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.

Kerouac House
In 1957, when "On the Road" was published, Kerouac came to live with his mother in Florida. In less than a year, he wrote "The Dharma Bums" at this house.

Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library contributes to the betterment of the local community as well as the national arts and humanities communities, brings together fans of Kurt Vonnegut, and teaches others about his life and works.

Tourist Information sign
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

Trash Pick-up

'Tourist Information' sign

Beer kegs
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Bushmaster PMV

Leopard 1 Tanks
These older Leopard 1 tanks are being phased out in favor of U.S. made M1 Abrams tanks.

Toilet-papered Tree