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Clint Eastwood's House
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The actor and director lives here. Most of his other real estate holdings (including the property next door) are also featured on this site.

Wilt Chamberlain's House (former)
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The late professional basketball legend lived here.
Architect = David Tenneson Rich
1971

James Dean's Last Home (Demolished)
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Prior to his death, James Dean was living in a log cabin house at 14611 Sutton Street, in Sherman Oaks, California. He rented the home from Nicco Romanos, the maitre d' at the Villa Capri, Dean's favorite restaurant, for $250 a/month plus utilities. The house had no bedroom, only a second floor loft. Guns belonging to Romanos decorated the place, along with Dean's bongos and bull fighting paraphernalia. Dean had a fascination with matadors, collecting bull horns and posters of bull fighters.
The morning of September 30, Romanos paid Dean a visit at 7:20a.m. Romanos made Dean coffee and got him going for the day. By 7:45a.m. Dean was leaving his home to pick up his friend and fellow car enthusiast Bill Hickman.
Dean drove his Ford station wagon which towed his Porsche Spyder race car, over to Bill's home. After picking up Bill, the two drove down Sunset Boulevard and turned onto Vine Street, arriving at Competition Motors. The Spyder needed some final adjustments in order to be race-ready, so Dean left the car with the German mechanic Rolf Weutherich.
By 9:45a.m. Sanford Roth, a photographer, arrived at Competition. Roth had been following Dean for several days as part of a photo essay he was doing for Collier's magazine. Roth was to continue his essay by taking photos of Dean up at the races.
Shortly after Roth arrived at Competition Motors, Dean's father and uncle came to visit. While Dean, his friends and family waited for the race car to be finished, the group walked a couple blocks down the street to the Hollywood Ranch Market where they had doughnuts and coffee. This market no longer exists and is not to be confused with the Fairfax Farmer's Market which still exists over on Fairfax and 3rd Streets.
By around 1:30p.m. Dean and his entourage were headed for Salinas. Dean drove his Porsche Spyder, with his mechanic, Weutherich, as his passenger. Hickman and Sanford followed in the station wagon. Of course, Dean never made it to the races. Dean had a major collision with a 1954 Ford Tudor which hit head on. The accident was at the intersection of Highways 46 and 41, not too far from Paso Robles, in Cholame, California.
The log cabin house was demolished and replaced with the current house on the premises.

Loch Ness Monster!
I really have no idea what this is.

Flakturm VII G-Tower (WWII German Flak Tower)

599 Lexington Avenue

Incredible Hulk Roller Coaster

Home of Mickey Rooney

'The Biggest Little City in the World' Sign in Reno

Tampa International Airport (TPA)

'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' Sign

Dead Hippo

Herd of Elephants

'Giant Binoculars' by Claes Oldenburg (Chiat/ Day Building)
This building on Main Street, designed by Frank Gehry, is the headquarters of Chiat / Day / Mojo, an advertising agency. Its entrance is flanked by a Claes Oldenburg / Coosje van Bruggen binocular sculpture.

Trump Airplane

LARC-60 Amphibious Vehicles
The LARC-60 transports wheeled and tracked vehicles, including beach preparation equipment and general cargo from ship to shore or to inland transfer points. It is the only amphibian in the Army inventory, and the only vessel capable of landing on a beach through a breaking surf. The LARC-60 can be deck-loaded on a commercial vessel or heavy lift ship for transport overseas. It can be transported on a semi-submersible vessel, in the well deck of an LSD, or aboard a SEABEE.
Characteristics and capabilities include the following:
* Length overall: 63 feet.
* Beam: 27 feet.
* Displacement (weight): 88 LTONs (light).
* Deck area: 527 square feet.
* Payload: 60 tons.
* Range: land, 60-ton load, 150 statue miles at 14 MPH; water, 60-ton load, 75 nautical miles at 6 knots.
* Draft: 7.5 feet (light); 9 feet (loaded).

Flatiron Building

Badlands National Park

Bronx Zoo's World of Birds

Citizen's Bank Park

Excalibur Casino

Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House

Hollywood Walk of Fame

'Bank of China Tower' by I. M. Pei.
1982-1989
By I.M. Pei & Partners and Sherman Kung & Associates Architects Ltd.

'Peter B. Lewis Building' at Weatherhead School of Management
Located at Case Western Reserve University, it is designed by Frank O. Gehry.

875 North Michigan Avenue
FKA John Hancock Center
By Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Opus Dei Headquarters
Of the "Da Vinci Code" fame.

Dueling Dragons Roller Coaster

Back To The Future Ride

Palms Casino Resort

General Electric Pavilion

Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca
The 3rd largest religious building in the world. Seats 25,000 inside, and 80,000 on surrounding area.

'Neue Staatsgalerie' by Sir James Stirling
1977-83

Circus McGurkus Cafe

Xico Volcano Crater

Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino

Earthquake Simulator

Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast

Hilton-Flamingo Hotel and Casino

Liberty Bell Center
Home of the Liberty Bell

'Team Disneyland Administration Building' by Frank Gehry

'Disney Ice' by Frank Gehry

Stata Center at MIT

The Woolworth Building

First Bank of the United States

CITIC Tower

Another Hovercraft Near Changi Airport in Singapore

Juilliard School

Gare do Oriente
Also a bus station and police office.

Universal Studios Soundstage 4-D

Bank of America Clock Tower

New Found Kebira Crater Between Egypt and Libya
This crater, about 19 miles across, was recently found in satellite images

Hearst Tower

North Wildwood Water Tower

Jin Mao Building
By Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Bucket Wheel Excavator
One of two on site, this B.W.E. is probably about 750 ft. long fully extended.

Washington Square Park

Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino

El Obelisco Macho

Universal Studios Globe

Liberation Tower

The New Yorker Hotel

Berliner Philharmonie Chamber Musik Hall
This is the Berliner Philharmonie Chamber Musik Hall built by Edgar Wisniewski in 1987. It is part of the Berliner Philharmonie complex and stands right next to the Berliner Philharmonie Concert Hall which was built by Hans Scharoun. Wisniewski was a former student and partner of Scharoun.

Pavilion of New York at World's Fair (and defect)
Designed by by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster in 1964

Palais de Chaillot
For the Exposition Internationale of 1937, the old Palais du Trocadéro was demolished and replaced by the Palais de Chaillot which now tops the hill. It was designed in classicizing "moderne" style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques Carlu and Léon Azema. Like the old palais, the palais de Chaillot features two wings shaped to form a wide arc: indeed, these wings were build on the foundations of those of the former building. However, unlike the old palais, the wings are independent buildings and there is no central element to connect them: instead, a wide esplanade leaves an open view from the place du Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and beyond.

Liberty Science Center

Q1 (tallest building in Australia)
At 322.5 m (1058 ft), this is the tallest building in Gold Coast, in Queensland, and in Australia.
However, Melbourne's Australia 108 and Eureka Tower are taller by roof height.

Amazing Adventures of Spiderman

Jurassic Park River Adventure

El Parque de Retiro
The Jardines del Buen Retiro or Parque del Buen Retiro (literally "Gardens" or "Park of the Pleasant Retreat"), or simply El Retiro, the "Lungs of Madrid", is the main park of the city of Madrid, capital of Spain.

Gasometers in Vienna

C-5 Galaxy At Lackland AFB
One of nine on site.

'Jacob K. Javits Convention Center' by James Freed

35-foot tall Coca-Cola Bottle at Gameworks

Üstra Office Building
Designed and built by Frank Gehry.

American Intersection to Have Driving on the Left Side of the Road
A new plan in Kansas City for the downtown Front Street approach to Interstate 435 will involve driving on the left side of the road. Traffic engineers trying to ease jams and reduce accidents came up with the idea. It will be the first of its kind in America. Drivers will reach a traffic signal, then be guided to the opposite side of the road, which will be divided by a concrete median with glare screens to minimize the disorienting sight of oncoming cars to the right. After about 650 feet, motorists reach another traffic signal and are returned to the right side of the road. Ramps before the first and second lights will allow motorists to enter I-435. The design spares motorists from left turns into oncoming traffic to reach the highway.

Menara Telekom
By Hijjas Kasturi Associates

Tunis-Carthage International Airport (TUN)

El Parque Central
The pavilion in the center was donated by Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza.

Westminster Cathedral

Bison at the Bronx Zoo

'Elektrizitatswerk minden-rvenberg gmbh (EMR) Communication and Technology Center' by Frank Ghery
Designed and built by Frank Gehry.

Wall Drug

Rockefeller Fountain

Menara Kuala Lumpur

Airplane - Glider Over Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station

Der Neue Zollhof

Casino de Montreal

Konica Minolta Tower

Cat in the Hat Ride

Anheuser-Busch Plant in Newark

Westend Strasse 1
208 m (682 ft)
By Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

Concorde in Aerial View

Islands of Adventure Tower

A Shimmering Airplane

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City

White Horse (Tunis Racetrack)
Just following the trend ;)

South Street Heliport
Featured in the movie "Fools Rush In"

Holocaust Monument in Berlin

A Wind and Solar Plant in Canary Islands
On the island of Tenerife