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jbottero @ 2026-01-17 14:33:28
jbottero pictureCBS Studio Center
This particular lot is slated for demolishing for high-end condos.
jbottero @ 2026-01-05 14:00:03
jbottero pictureGuitar Shaped Swimming Pool
Alas, it is no longer.
jbottero @ 2026-01-03 14:01:49
jbottero pictureBushido's House in Grünwald (& Anna-Maria Ferchichi)
Brand new house, the existing structure was demolished in total "rapper" style and replaced with this monstrosity.
jbottero @ 2026-01-01 16:13:04
jbottero pictureBroken Street View Camera
No longer "broken".
jbottero @ 2025-12-31 15:46:35
jbottero pictureOregon State University Radiation Center and OSU TRIGA Research Reactor (OSTR)
The building in the background is the reactor building. Although the primary purpose is not power generation, obviously some power is generated. Here you also see the electrical connections to the Power Grid.
jbottero @ 2025-12-31 13:06:53
jbottero pictureGrain Elevator Fire
I imagine the heat from the fire caused the corn in the remaining silos to... POP?
jbottero @ 2025-12-29 23:31:11
jbottero pictureMidair Helicopter Crash - Hammonton, New Jersey
I've updated the thumbnail based on news photos from the scene. The area looks like a BMX track of some sort.
jbottero @ 2025-12-28 13:16:30
jbottero pictureThe biggest tree in Hungary
The Pacific Northwest has that beat with our old-growth Douglas Firs, Redwoods, and Sequoias...
jbottero @ 2025-12-27 17:44:28
jbottero pictureKourtney Kardashian's House
I'll bet he neighbors where "thrilled" when she moved in. Although she's probably never there.
jbottero @ 2025-12-27 14:06:50
jbottero pictureCentral Valley Meat Co.
jbottero @ 2025-12-24 12:23:36
jbottero picture'Hejduk Towers' by John Hejduk
Here ion the United States, these remind me of Grain Elevators.
jbottero @ 2025-12-20 12:14:27
jbottero picture'"Sew-cial" Shelter' by Jones Studio
Inspired by prison cages in South America?
jbottero @ 2025-12-19 13:09:26
jbottero pictureBirthplace of Paco de Lucia
Died of a heart attack in 2014 after overindulging in copious quantities of Gambas al Ajillo and Chicken and Pork Paella.
jbottero @ 2025-12-19 12:24:57
jbottero pictureLookout tower in the middle of the suburb
As a teenager, myself and my friends would have climbed to the top to drink beer and smoke marijuana...
jbottero @ 2025-12-18 16:58:37
jbottero pictureAircraft skeleton
I'll ask my father if he knows anything. He was involved in R&D at China Lake many moons ago. 89 years old, and still sharp as a tack.
jbottero @ 2025-12-18 15:59:54
jbottero pictureAircraft skeleton
There certainly are a lot of aircraft "wreckage" around China Lake, it's a Navy R&D bombing range. This, however *does not* look like an actual aircraft air-frame. More likely a mock-up of some kind.
jbottero @ 2025-12-18 12:32:58
jbottero pictureNick Reiner's Home
Thanks, I've fixed it.
jbottero @ 2025-12-17 16:49:43
jbottero pictureGraffiti by Banksy
I know I'm going to hear how ignorant my opinion on this is, but I think Banksy is highly over-rated and just "OK".
jbottero @ 2025-12-14 17:08:33
jbottero pictureRimavská Sobota transmitter site
This site was shut down in 2022, and is slated for dismantling. I have added a link to the story.
jbottero @ 2025-12-14 13:11:56
jbottero pictureCorvallis Police
Their presence is due to the homeless encampment which is what they are looking at. As far as it goes, Corvallis police are pretty fair when dealing with Corvallis's homeless.
jbottero @ 2025-12-13 15:21:26
jbottero pictureCook Theater
Dear Anonymous Coward, you are *ABSOLUTELY* incorrect, as can be seen from even a cursory use of The Google.
jbottero @ 2025-12-11 14:20:24
jbottero pictureYellow Igloo and folk art
I think it's a giant trucker's Piss Jug.
jbottero @ 2025-12-10 16:33:56
jbottero pictureElvis-themed house
I didn't realize Elvis had that kind of following in the UK.
jbottero @ 2025-12-09 23:27:55
jbottero pictureThe Institute of Oral Love
I don't know what the word translates as...
jbottero @ 2025-12-03 00:50:52
jbottero pictureHoh Nuur railway station
Looks like a platform for train passengers?
jbottero @ 2025-11-30 21:45:06
jbottero pictureFilming location for "Don't Breathe" (2016)
Z-list movie...
jbottero @ 2025-11-28 01:05:31
jbottero pictureHongqi Bridge collapse
It's China. Heads will roll.
jbottero @ 2025-11-24 18:43:24
jbottero pictureBagdad Theatre
Astonishing that this hasn't been submitted before now.
jbottero @ 2025-11-19 16:03:41
jbottero pictureSeriously?!?
People talk trash about Homestead, but the 3 or 4 years I lived there in the mid 80's, met a lot of nice people, and found one of the best record shops I've ever been to. I mean, people talk trash about where ever. I enjoyed Biloxi, and not many people say nice things.
jbottero @ 2025-11-19 15:59:55
jbottero pictureSeriously?!?
I lived in Homestead for a few years.
jbottero @ 2025-11-19 13:38:29
jbottero pictureSeriously?!?
In South Florida, they might not be birds. The Palmetto Bug is an enormous flying *roach* that thrives down there - I had the "joy" of living there for a few years during military service.
jbottero @ 2025-11-18 15:08:36
jbottero pictureMystery trucks in the desert
Pure speculation: The government are not the only people with antennas. Could very well be some telecommunications company looking to site a cell tower.
jbottero @ 2025-11-16 13:47:55
jbottero pictureCamp on Mt Everest
Camp? More like an embarrassing garbage heap.
jbottero @ 2025-11-14 14:08:05
jbottero pictureMS Jan Heweliusz shipwreck
Yes, I can just barely see it...
jbottero @ 2025-11-13 20:00:46
jbottero pictureAdam Sandler's House
Why is it that talentless guys like Sandler and Murphy make boatloads of cash and then spend it on places like this that are so incredibly TACKY that not even Liberace's Ghost would set foot in them?
jbottero @ 2025-11-13 19:57:17
jbottero pictureEddie Murphy's House
It's, I suppose, appropriate for Eddie Murphy to have such an over-the-top ostentatious and completely TACKY house, because the "star" himself is over-rated and completely TACKY, having done absolutely NOTHING worth watching after SNL. Also, I hear he's a bitter old man.
jbottero @ 2025-11-09 13:50:44
jbottero pictureGiant concrete football
What was it's original purpose?
jbottero @ 2025-11-08 11:40:50
jbottero pictureTeller's House (of Penn & Teller)
Also, hideous house.
jbottero @ 2025-11-08 11:40:13
jbottero pictureTeller's House (of Penn & Teller)
Wonder what the significance of the 3 of Spades is...
jbottero @ 2025-11-06 23:50:33
jbottero pictureBlue Bird school bus plant
In the Air Force we used to call them the Blue Bird of Unhappiness, they generally take troops where they don't wan to go.
jbottero @ 2025-11-05 12:03:12
jbottero pictureBad Bunny's House
I was thinking that it's pretty reserved for a super star's "crib", but I hear it's a "tear-down", he intends to build a palace on the lot.
jbottero @ 2025-11-04 22:01:06
jbottero pictureDick Cheney's House (Deceased)
His name is appropriate.
jbottero @ 2025-11-04 15:44:46
jbottero picture26 Federal Plaza
jbottero @ 2025-11-01 21:06:17
jbottero pictureSnoop Dogg's House
A pretty auster place for guy with that kind of cashola.
jbottero @ 2025-11-01 16:41:00
jbottero pictureUSAF C-17 in Russia
This is from the 62nd Airlift Wing, at McChord Field, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in Washington State. I worked there for around 15 years.
jbottero @ 2025-10-26 19:03:32
jbottero pictureBlack Hills Ordnance Depot - Survivalist Bunkers
Indeed. Some of the western and mid-western United States have hundreds of square miles of vast open space with very few people. A lot of ranching and farming. So-called "survivalists" and just regular people that want to live away from big cities and civilization seek these places out. For several years, I lived in a small town of a few hundred in the foothills of the Cascade mountains, but for some people, even that is too many.
jbottero @ 2025-10-19 20:39:10
jbottero pictureMilne Computer Center - Oregon State University
I wasn't going to put this in the description, but as a teenager, I would run tapes and stacks of cards to this place so they could be printed out, sometimes on a huge pin plotter. I was probably 14 or 13. I had my dad's Faculty Card, and my signature was identical to his.
jbottero @ 2025-10-12 22:05:05
jbottero pictureA strong message to Donald Trump
I'm sorry, please stop talking to me. I'm not going to answer you anymore because it's clear that you're brain dead.
jbottero @ 2025-10-12 18:22:08
jbottero picture'Fogo Island Inn' by Todd Saunders
I have stayed there. The accommodations are nice, the food is good. Naturally the price-point reflects the remoteness of the area.
jbottero @ 2025-10-12 16:28:46
jbottero pictureA strong message to Donald Trump
Seems entirely appropriate to me. Here's the thing: You guys can *dish it out*, but you can't take it. Grow a spine.
jbottero @ 2025-10-11 16:19:13
jbottero pictureDive Boat - Maybe
Because there is no proper tag / label for the large landmass near the boat. Let's not get into pedantics, I will win.
jbottero @ 2025-10-10 15:35:44
jbottero pictureA strong message to Donald Trump
Why, Micah? You can "dish it out" but you can't take it? You are a SNOWFLAKE?
jbottero @ 2025-10-08 00:13:29
jbottero pictureWrapped Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
How do you know it's a Silver Shadow?
jbottero @ 2025-09-28 20:12:32
jbottero pictureChild of Krakatoa
The story behind the "B" movie "Krakatoa, East of Java" revolves a bit around the eruption of this volcano. But Interestingly, Krakatoa is *west* of Java.
jbottero @ 2025-09-22 18:13:58
jbottero pictureCensored
Not anymore. It's a power plant.
jbottero @ 2025-09-16 17:46:04
jbottero pictureStonefridge
Gone
jbottero @ 2025-09-16 13:31:17
jbottero pictureDrew Peterson's House
This is not the house he murdered his wife in, that house is a few blocks away.
jbottero @ 2025-09-15 16:58:04
jbottero pictureAtom
Description? A field?
jbottero @ 2025-09-11 22:46:38
jbottero pictureCharlie Kirk's House (Former)
I'm sorry, "Anonymouse", but that's simply not true that he never "name called, yelled, or was rude", in fact that was his entire schtick. But I'm not going to argue with a MAGA Zombie like you here, this is not the forum for that sort of thing.
jbottero @ 2025-09-11 21:39:55
jbottero pictureCharlie Kirk's House (Former)
Such a loss ????
jbottero @ 2025-09-06 16:49:00
jbottero pictureMid-America Railcar
When I say "power", I mean locomotives.
jbottero @ 2025-09-06 16:47:31
jbottero pictureScrivener's Books and Bookbinding
There are rumors that a Tardis has been spotted in the neighborhood.
jbottero @ 2025-08-09 13:48:19
jbottero pictureCreel House ("Stranger Things")
Apparently it's for sale. The listing says "Probably Not Haunted".
jbottero @ 2025-08-08 11:48:22
jbottero pictureOops!
It's Philadelphia, it was probably dumped.
jbottero @ 2025-08-03 17:15:00
jbottero pictureSpruce Goose Dome
No longer. Now part of the Carnival Cruise Line terminal.
jbottero @ 2025-08-02 12:37:14
jbottero picturePan-Am Truck Stop
Given when they built it, the basic structure is probably pretty solid.
jbottero @ 2025-07-31 22:37:54
jbottero pictureCamp Lemonnier
Djibouti is pronounced "jah-boot-ee". At least that's how we said it going in and out. There is some good food, but not a lot of oppertunity to leave the base.
jbottero @ 2025-07-31 22:36:03
jbottero pictureCamp Lemonnier
For those that are interested, the country and city of
jbottero @ 2025-07-29 15:20:35
jbottero pictureDome
It's not a dome.
jbottero @ 2025-07-28 16:10:45
jbottero pictureRyan Aerodrome
Notice the "BUCK".
jbottero @ 2025-07-24 19:18:47
jbottero picture9,000 barrels of bourbon fall in Kentucky distillery rickhouse collapse
About a block away from this distillery is an office of the Kentucky Drivers License Bureau.
jbottero @ 2025-07-23 14:31:36
jbottero pictureInappropriate crop art
It's near Nashville, I'm sure it's just depicts a large Lap Steel Guitar, very popular in Country Music.
jbottero @ 2025-07-16 12:53:39
jbottero pictureMisano World Circuit
Also known as the "sweet roll".
jbottero @ 2025-07-16 12:10:37
jbottero pictureDestroyed car
Nonsense. Still quite functional, and clearly the tires are angled for quick cornering. This is a performance automobile, not for the "faint of heart".
jbottero @ 2025-07-16 12:07:19
jbottero pictureUptha Rd
The late Mrs. Uptha was well known in the area for her fresh fruit pies. Only to close friends, she was also known for possum stew, which she often told uninitiated guests was "mutton" stew.
jbottero @ 2025-07-15 12:54:56
jbottero picturePalm trees grow in canada?
Not anymore, gone...
jbottero @ 2025-07-15 12:10:02
jbottero picturePoint Abino Light Tower
There is a large rectangular object on the tide-flats east of the lighthouse. I wonder what it is...
jbottero @ 2025-07-14 23:04:41
jbottero pictureJoy Mangano's House
jbottero @ 2025-07-14 13:54:18
jbottero pictureCraney Island (Virginia)
I wonder what the big square lagoon to the north is? Land reclamation for industrial / port use?
jbottero @ 2025-07-07 12:16:48
jbottero pictureBoardman Air Force Range
Also, note that the Global Security write-up does not mention bombing.
jbottero @ 2025-07-07 12:01:26
jbottero pictureBoardman Air Force Range
I dispute this is a "bombing range", please note that there are no impact craters. As a former (retired now) Air Force mission planner at nearby McChord AFB (now JBLM), I am intimately familiar with the local airspace. What I can tell you is that unlike a bombing range, there are no over-flight restrictions at this location.
jbottero @ 2025-07-05 16:27:50
jbottero pictureLaurel Canyon Country Store
“There’s a store where the creatures meet” ~ The Doors

Jim Morrison is referring to the Laurel Canyon Country Store in The Doors song, "Love Street", Jim and his girlfriend Pamela Courson lived directly behind it in those days.

In fact, a few years ago, this street was officially changed to LOVE STREET.
jbottero @ 2025-07-03 15:25:05
jbottero pictureSite of the Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster
Days after testifying before the state legislature committee, LS&MS chief engineer Charles Collins was found dead in his bedroom of a gunshot wound to the head.[151] Having tendered his resignation to the railroad's board of directors the previous Monday and been refused,[152] Collins was believed to have committed suicide out of grief and feeling partially responsible for the tragic accident. However, two official autopsies, both conducted in 1878, concluded that Collins had been murdered...
jbottero @ 2025-07-03 11:40:17
jbottero pictureMonticello Dam
Duplicate.
jbottero @ 2025-07-01 19:51:53
jbottero pictureAlligator Alcatraz ICE Internment Camp
This is the gate that leads to the airport support buildings. The airport is actively used by civilian jumbos, and various military jets to do "touch and goes", which is an approach and landing exercise where the jet's main gear touch the runway, and then the jet takes off again. Sometimes the nose gear hit the runway, but not always. I've seen many large jets do a "racetrack" pattern and touch and goes all day long. Pilots like to practice approach and landing, until (as...
jbottero @ 2025-06-30 13:28:01
jbottero pictureShortwave Antenna
I've been told they use it to test for interference with equipment they are developing at this lab.
jbottero @ 2025-06-30 12:18:22
jbottero pictureFilming Location for "True Romance" Safari Inn
In the movie Apollo 13, this was the “Florida” motel where the astronauts’ wives stay. In real life it was the Safari Inn located in Burbank, CA.
jbottero @ 2025-06-29 02:08:11
jbottero pictureAlligators
It is quite surprising to many people how common gators are in south Florida. When I worked for the fire department at Homestead Air Force Base, we would have to persuade them to get off the runway with high pressure water - being cold blooded, they liked to warm up on the hot concrete of the runway.
jbottero @ 2025-06-28 22:25:24
jbottero pictureOasis Ranger Station - US Government Airport
The category "military airport" is incorrect. Forest Rangers are not a military function.
jbottero @ 2025-06-28 16:43:30
jbottero pictureRomor Ranch Airport
I'll bet a lot of cocaine flew through that little field...
jbottero @ 2025-06-27 11:47:59
jbottero pictureGino D'Acampo's House
What's funny is that in the Street View, it's blurred out. So, if anyone was looking at Google Street View to find the place, they would know FOR SURE, that's the place!
jbottero @ 2025-06-26 12:05:53
jbottero pictureJustin Bieber's House
Interesting that (now) the house is blurred out when looking at it from the sides, but not straight on.
jbottero @ 2025-06-23 11:57:21
jbottero pictureDubai Camel Racing Club
Camel track.
jbottero @ 2025-06-20 14:23:45
jbottero pictureFirst Marquess of Rockingham Estate (former) Wentworth Woodhouse
From the Bing imagery, it looks like a protective roof has been installed.
jbottero @ 2025-06-17 15:37:18
jbottero pictureWill Rogers Movie Theatre
The ShowplaceIcon linky is DEAD.
jbottero @ 2025-06-16 13:39:57
jbottero pictureThe Last Checker Autos
Long gone.
jbottero @ 2025-06-16 12:56:49
jbottero pictureAukrug Airfield
With the surrounding farmland, it looks like a tea pot.
jbottero @ 2025-06-15 18:12:19
jbottero pictureRunway Graves
If you look closely in the grass just off the runway at this location, there are two more headstones.
jbottero @ 2025-06-10 14:31:57
jbottero pictureChinese prototype UAV
Further down at the other end of that flightline there look to be two objects under large tarps.
jbottero @ 2025-06-10 14:17:32
jbottero pictureChinese prototype UAV