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John Wall's House (former)
Xeba73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The NBA point guard purchased this house in August 2013 for $4.9 million, according to the Washington Post.
The home last sold 11/09/21 for $4.4 million.

Doomsday Castle
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Doomsday Castle is a reality television series on National Geographic Channel, showing the lives of Brenton Bruns and his 10 children preparing for the end of the world, in a castle he has built in South Carolina. Bruns says he built a castle to survive an electromagnetic pulse, since a castle can survive without electricity and defend against marauders. It started as a bunker in 1999, and is continuously being added to. Bruns states that his property is covered with booby traps, and his neighbors are serious preppers with lots of guns.

Sunil Suri's House
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Sunil Suri is the Principal and Managing Member of San Francisco based Menlo Capital Group, a Bay Area development firm specializing in commercial and residential real estate.

Casey Safreno's House
jdubble07 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jdubble07.
Casey Safreno is the former Vice Chairman and Global Head of Health Care of Lehman Brothers.

Tom McConnell's House
Tom McConnell is managing partner of Vanguard Ventures.

Alan F. Russell's House
Alan F. Russell is President and CEO of AvMax, Inc. and is Senior Vice President of Scientific Affairs with Cygnus, Inc.

Richard Pivnicka's House
Richard Pivnicka is a current Director at Commonwealth Club of California. He is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Gerson Bakar & Associates.

Bismarck Raceway (abandoned)
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
Located at the Missouri Valley Fairgrounds, this 3/8 mile clay oval race track operated from 1990-2000. This was also known as the Missouri Valley Speedway. Modifieds and street stock cars raced here on Friday nights.

Chuck Gullo's house
Champion3 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Champion3.
Gullo is a veteran of the music industry who spent 14 years at A&M Records, where he was instrumental in furthering the careers of Janet Jackson, The Police, Amy Grant and Bryan Adams, among others. For eight years, he served as president of All American Music Group/Scotti Bros. Records, where he guided the careers of several gold and platinum artists including "Weird" Al Yankovic.

Old Faithful Inn
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
The Old Faithful Inn is a hotel located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, with a clear view of the renowned Old Faithful Geyser. The Inn features a multi-story log lobby, flanked by long frame wings containing guest rooms.
The structure is the largest log hotel in the world; possibly even the largest log building in the world. In 2007 the American Institute of Architects conducted a survey to determine the 150 favorite buildings in America; the Old Faithful Inn ranked 36. The Inn, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, is itself part of the Old Faithful Historic District.

Alice Paul House
MathTeacher (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: MathTeacher.
This NRHP site, built about 1800, is also a Nat'l Historic Landmark due to its affiliation with a specific individual, Alice Paul. The homestead, called Paulsdale, has an historic marker out front which tells the story of this women's suffrage leader.
National Historic Landmark link:

Highland Park Village
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.
Highland Park Village is an upscale shopping mall located at the southwest corner of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road in Highland Park, Texas (USA) and was the first self-contained shopping center in America. The Highland Park Village was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000.

Cutty Sark
LancelotLink (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: LancelotLink.

San Francisco de Asis Mission Church
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
San Francisco de Asis Mission Church is a church built between 1772 and 1816. It is located on the plaza in Ranchos de Taos, itself a historic district named Ranchos de Taos Plaza, about four miles southwest of the town of Taos, New Mexico.
Construction on the church began around 1772 and was completed in 1815 by Franciscan Fathers and its patron is Saint Francis of Assisi. It is made of adobe as are many of the Spanish missions in New Mexico. It is located a few miles south of Taos Pueblo and has inspired among the greatest number of depictions of any building in the United States. It was the subject of four paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, and photographs by Ansel Adams and Paul Strand. Georgia O'Keeffe described it as, "one of the most beautiful buildings left in the United States by the early Spaniards." The Taos Chamber of Commerce states that the building is "one of the most photographed and painted churches in the world".
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. It is also designated as a World Heritage church.

Rice paddy art
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
Since 1993, farmers in Inakadate, Aomori, Japan, have used four different types of rice to create a giant design in this field.
In the beginning, the designs were simple, but they grew more complex over the years. The designs are best viewed from a 22 meter tall tower next to the field. In recent years, they have attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors to the village each year.
The design seen in this Google map is from 2011.
The satellite photo does not do this justice. Examples of this amazing work can be seen in the Wikipedia link below.

Majestic Theatre
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.
The Majestic Theatre is San Antonio's oldest and largest atmospheric theatre. The theatre seats 2,311 people and was designed by architect John Eberson, for Karl Hoblitzelle's Interstate Theatres in 1929.
In 1975, the theatre was listed on the National Register of Historical Places and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993. The theatre has been home to the San Antonio Symphony, since 1989. For many years, it remained the largest theatre in Texas and the second largest movie theatre in the United States. It was also the first theatre in the state to be totally air-conditioned.

Mission Valley Speedway
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
Mission Valley Speedway is a paved 3/8 mile tri-oval race track. It is located on the Flathead Indian reservation. In the fall of 1973, a 1/4 mile dirt oval track was created here. It was paved around 1977. The current track was created in the fall of 1996.
The track has been closed since 2009 or 2010. Plans to reopen the track in 2013 were scrapped early in the year.

Shirtless Kid Making Faces At Google Car
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.

Lolo Pass
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
Lolo Pass, elevation 5,233 feet (1,595 m), is a mountain pass in the western United States, in the Bitterroot Range of the northern Rocky Mountains. It is on the border between the states of Montana and Idaho, approximately 40 miles (64 km) west-southwest of Missoula, Montana.
The pass is the highest point of the historic Lolo Trail, between the Bitterroot Valley in Montana and the Weippe Prairie in Idaho. The trail, known as naptnišaqs, or "Nez Perce Trail" in Salish, was used by Nez Perce in the 18th century, and by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, guided by Old Toby of the Shoshone, on their westward snowbound journey in September 1805. After a winter at Fort Clatsop in present-day northwestern Oregon, the Corps of Discovery returned the following June. The Lolo Trail is a National Historic Landmark.

Changing Tires In The Street
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.

Ngerengere Air Force Base Airport
nico (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: nico.
Ngerengere Air force Base. Looks like real old Mig17s with some trainers that might still be active.

Guy Watching Google
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.

Buckstop Junction historic town
The Missouri Valley Historical Society established this open air museum on the grounds of the Missouri Valley Fairgrounds in 1992. The village features actual buildings from 1897-1935, which were moved to this location.
Among the buildings featured in the town: school, store, post office, bank, barber shop, railroad depot, coal mine camp, service station, aviation hangar, blacksmith shop, hotel, church, and homes.

Roseland Cottage
Fab (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Fab.
Roseland Cottage, also known as Henry C. Bowen House or as Bowen Cottage, is a historic house located on Route 169 in Woodstock, Connecticut. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.

Demolished Home
This home was in a quaint, old neighborhood in a very upscale city. Land values are very high and people want to build new homes there but no more land is available, so they buy existing homes and demolish them.Many beautiful and amazing vintage structures have been lost to the rebuilding fad in Birmingham,MI. This house was another casualty and a new, larger house now sits on this site.

Bush-Holley House
Fab (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Fab.
The Bush-Holley House is a National Historic Landmark in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich, Connecticut. It was constructed circa 1730 and in the late nineteenth century was a boarding house and the center of the Cos Cob Art Colony, Connecticut’s first art colony. From 1890 to 1920, the house was a gathering place for artists, writers and editors, and scores of art students came to study with leading American Impressionists John Henry Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, Theodore Robinson, and Childe Hassam.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
It was further declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991.
It is currently operated by the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich.

Connecticut State Capitol
Fab (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Fab.
The Connecticut State Capitol is located north of Capitol Avenue and south of Bushnell Park in Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. The building houses the Connecticut General Assembly; the upper house, the State Senate, and lower house, the House of Representatives, as well as the office of the Governor. The Connecticut Supreme Court sits across Capitol Avenue in a different building.
The State Capitol was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1971.

Valley Forge National Historical Park
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
Valley Forge National Historical Park is the site of the third winter encampment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, taking place from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778. The National Historical Park preserves the site and interprets the history of the Valley Forge encampment. Originally Valley Forge State Park, it became a national historical park in 1976. The Park contains historical buildings, recreated encampment structures (example shown in thumbnail), memorials, museums, and recreation facilities.

Monmouth Battlefield
MathTeacher (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: MathTeacher.
Monmouth Battlefield State Park preserves the historical battlefield on which the American Revolutionary War's Battle of Monmouth was waged. It's also the place where Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher emerged & became part of American history.
National Historic Landmark Link:

Ozark medieval fortress project
hhgygy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: hhgygy.

Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary
The Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary, also known as Birdcraft Museum & Sanctuary or simply Birdcraft Sanctuary, in Fairfield, Connecticut is the oldest private songbird sanctuary in the United States. It was established in 1914 by Mabel Osgood Wright.
The 6-acre (2.4 ha) site was originally planted as a refuge to attract, harbor and feed migratory and resident birds. The Audubon Society has documented sightings of more than 120 species of birds at this site.
The Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.
The museum is one of 7 nature centers and 19 wildlife sanctuaries operated by Connecticut Audubon, which is not part of the National Audubon Society.

Buttolph-Williams House
Buttolph-Williams House, built in 1711, is one of the oldest surviving homes in Wethersfield, Connecticut. This early 18th-century house is built in the traditional style of the Puritan settlers. The house has diamond-paned casement windows and weathered and blackened clapboards. The house plays a role in the Newbery Medal-winning book The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968.

1966 Chevy Chevelle

Navesink Light Station
MathTeacher (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: MathTeacher.
These once former lighthouses are now non-operational. The north tower is used for observation and boasts a spectacular view of the coastline and surrounding area including N.Y. The Twin Lights is situated 200 ft. above sea level.
National Historic Landmark Link:

Old Bank of England Pub (Interior)
LancelotLink (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: LancelotLink.

Mission Concepcion
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña (also Mission Concepcion) was established in 1716 as Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais in East Texas. It was originally meant to be a base for converting the Hasinai. The mission was moved in 1731 to San Antonio. After its relocation most of the people in the mission were Pajalats who spoke a Coahuiltecan language. Founded by Franciscan friars, this is the best preserved of the Texas missions.

Prudence Crandall House
Prudence Crandall House, also known as Elisha Payne House and as the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls, is a historic house in Canterbury, Connecticut. It is notable for having been the home of Prudence Crandall, the abolitionist and educator, and the school which she ran from 1832 until 1834 when it was closed by mob violence. The building is now home to the Prudence Crandall Museum. For her brave actions at this home and school, Prudence Crandall is Connecticut's official state heroine.
The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991.

Jackson Lake Lodge
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
In 2003, the lodge was listed as a National Historic Landmark. Designed by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood and completed in 1955, the lodge is an example of the National Park Service's interpretation of the International Style which was commonly seen in structures built on U.S. Government parklands in the mid-20th century. The lodge combines elements of the more rustic structures of the earlier decades of the 20th century with a more modern design elements that became standard for the next couple of decades.

Old Barracks
This is now a learning museum in which workers wear period uniforms and educate visitors about colonial history and The Revolutionary War. It is just around the corner from the State Capitol building.

Russell Henry Chittenden House
Russell Henry Chittenden House is a historic home in New Haven, Connecticut. It was the home of Russell Henry Chittenden from 1887 to 1943. Chittenden, known as the "father of American biochemistry", was a professor at Yale University. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.

Airplane landing
nico (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: nico.

Helicopter on a trailer
A pickup truck is towing a helicopter on a trailer.
Anyone able to ID this chopper?

Richard Alsop IV House
Richard Alsop IV House, also known as Alsop House, is a historic home in Middletown, Connecticut. It was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark on January 16, 2009.

Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site
The Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy site is on the roll of National Historic Landmarks/Places as a significant representative of our Nation's heritage. This site is where the world's first nearly-complete skeleton of a diosuar was discovered.
National Historic Landmark Link:

Seattle Glassblowing Studio
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
Seattle Glassblowing Studio was founded in 1991, by Cliff Goodman in the tradition of the studio glass movement. After beginning his career in glass in 1976, Cliff studied along side glass master, Fritz Driesbach, and attended the famous Pilchuck School. Currently, his artwork is featured in collections around the world.

Expedition Island
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
Expedition Island is a park in Green River, Wyoming, that marks the area where Major John Wesley Powell and Vitaly Develvis started an expedition down the Green River and Colorado River in 1871. The park is also believed to mark where Major Powell started a similar expedition down the two rivers in 1869.
These two expeditions are generally considered to have covered the last large land area in the continental United States left unexplored by European-Americans.
Expedition Island was designated a National Historic Landmark on November 24, 1968.

Helena Bighorns team bus
Founded in 1998, the Helena Bighorns is a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team. They currently compete in the American West Hockey League, which features teams in Montana and Wyoming. They previously played in the Northern Pacific Hockey League, where they won five league titles. In 2010, the team won the National Tier III championship.
The bus is parked in the parking lot of the team's arena.

Smithfield Street Bridge
The Smithfield Street Bridge is a lenticular truss bridge crossing the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The bridge was designed by Gustav Lindenthal, the engineer who later designed the Hell Gate Bridge. The bridge was built between 1881–83, opening for traffic on March 19, 1883. It was widened in 1889 and widened again in 1911. The bridge has been designated a National Historic Civic Engineering Landmark, a National Historic Landmark, and has a Historic Landmark Plaque from the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation.

The Black Friar Pub (Interior)
LancelotLink (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: LancelotLink.

Mermaid with violin
hhgygy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: hhgygy.

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) is the Connecticut state government's agricultural experiment station, a state government component that engages in scientific research and public outreach in agriculture and related fields. It is the oldest state experiment station in the United States, having been founded in 1875. Its official mission is to "develop, advance, and disseminate scientific knowledge, improve agricultural productivity and environmental quality, protect plants, and enhance human health and well-being through research for the benefit of Connecticut residents and the nation."
The station was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.

Staple Inn

Burned Shack

Guy Driving A Big Mower

Victorian Era Sign

Romanian Orthodox Cathedral
Cornel (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Cornel.
Orthodox Cathedral from Ghelari, Hunedoara county, Romania
Nerva Florea from a village in the Apuseni Mountains was born in 1906. He graduated from the theology faculty of the University of Sibiu (1924–1927) and the law department of the University of Cluj (1932–1936). He was a teacher in the town Hunedoara and priest in Ghelari from March 1939. He had a revelation, while sitting on a park bench, that when he had graduated from Sibiu that he should build an impressive church. After the revelation of the entire building including precise architectural details
Arriving in Ghelari he began building in September 1939. He oversaw the whole building process, of which he had had the vision. He regarded himself only as the architect of the project. The church was founded on a hill in the center of the village near the ancient stone church. The were necessary 100 kg of dynamite to level the place, this one having been the edge of a stone hill. They laid the foundation of the church of September 1939. Due the great need of money, the people created in the fanfare of Ghelar (create at the end of the 19th century), made a tour of country at the big factories to collect the money for the building. The walls of the building were raised at three meters in 1945. Between 1945 and 1955 the workings must have been stooped due to the communist persecution that had as a victim the reverend nerve, too. That one had been arrested (but the hand-cuffs couldn’t be put on his hands because they couldn’t be closed) and jailed, but he was set free because he couldn’t have been uncharged. The working could have been resumed since 1955, so the church having been finished in 1973 and hallowed on 3 November.
The building was made of brick having the walls with a breadth over one meter, the architectonic style being the one of "Greek Cross". The architecture combines more style so that the experts can not, two on the front side with a 47 meters height, the most imposing one being that of the middle of the church, i.e. the cupola. The natives made many material sacrifice for the building of the church. The material were brought by the train to base of the hill where is situated the village of Ghelari and by there with an axon cart. Sometimes the people dragged the materials with the aid of an inclined plane, being transported again by the train through the mine drift, then with the cableway (especially built) almost near the church and then with a cart to the place of building, being the only way of communication with Hunedoara town (situated at 18 km). Afterwards a road that connects Ghelari to Hunedoara was built in 1958. The Painting having an area over 4000 meter is made of fresco in the style "bunon fresco". Every saint that was painted fronts the person who watches him. The iconostasis is gilded with gold and the icons too; this being used over 8 pounds of gold for this purpose. The painter of the church was Constantin Nitulescu and the achievement had lasted for seven years (1960–1967) in spite of having only five painters. The sculpture made of oakwood was achieved by the artist Ioan Cristea. At the beginning of 1980s the church began to crack because the ceiling of the laying under the church couldn't support the weight of the church any longer. There was the only one solution to stop the further deterioration of the church: the consolidation which was made immediately the reverend. First he strengthened the whole land by injecting cement in the present cracks, then by surrounding the church with a belt of ferro-concrete.
The reverend Nerva Florea died on 22 July 1990 being buried in the church. His death represented the end of many of the plans for the arrangement of the church. The consolidation on vertical line couldn’t be done because of the straitened circumstances and the reverend’s projects are unachievable nowadays because of the exaggerated price. His dream was to paint the exterior side of the church in mosaic, to surround it by seven artesian well and to make the monumental entrance of marble. The hope of the people of Ghelar is that the church will be as the one in the model from the museum of the church. The church was visited by a lot of people from all the world, people that were impressed by the marvelous church built by the "Preot Iconom Stavrofor Nerva Florea". The church is always opened for all those who want to visit it.

Inflating swim rings
An employee at the Last Chance Splash Waterpark & Pool is seen inflating some of the flotation toys available to their patrons.

Mermaid angel with saxophone
hhgygy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: hhgygy.

The Clink Museum
Ever wonder where the term "in the clink" came from?

Elk Crossing
An elk crossing sign posted near the Elks Lodge.

"The Slick Stone Eater"
by Jonas Gutierrez

"In search of Reason"
2000
by Sergio Bustamente

Man Watching Google Passing By

Woman With A Mower

Mermaid angel with flute

"La Nostalgia"
by Ramiz Barquet

Man With A Leafblower

SCUBA divers
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.

Hello!
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.