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Gebrueder Grimm Memorial Memorial of Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. The famous authors of German fairytales. Hanau is their birthplace		08/01/2005	199

Worlds Largest Tire The world's largest tire - 80 feet tall and 12 tons - is located in Allen Park, Michigan just east of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The giant tire originally served as a Uniroyal sponsored ferris wheel at the 1964-65 Worlds Fair in NY, NY. Twenty-four gondolas circled the tire carrying nearly two million people.		08/01/2005	1,145

Oil platform build-up, Arbatax, Sardinia Oil platform construction facility in Arbatax harbour (Sardinia/Sardegna). They lay on the side from south to north. The upper part (above the water) lays on the south. Great structure, I saw it live last year!		07/31/2005	387

Great Buddha at Kamakura, Japan The Great Buddha of Kamakura is a bronze statue of Amida Buddha that is located on the grounds of the Kotokuin Temple. With a height of 13.35 meters, it is the second largest Buddha statue in Japan (the largest is located in the Todaiji Temple in Nara). The statue was cast in 1252 and originally located inside a large temple hall. However, the temple buildings were washed away by...		07/31/2005	1,084

Praying Hands Also a part of "Oral Roberts Religious Theme Park"		07/31/2005	239

Laboe Marine monument - U 995 War memorial built in 1936 in honour of the navy soldiers of all nations who were killed in action. At the feet of the large tower the submarine U 995 is placed to be on view. Inside the submarine Wolfgang Petersen shoot the interior scenes of the movie Das Boot. http://www.juergenthuro.de/html/u-995.html In Laboe steht das Marineehrenmal für die gefallenen Seeleute beider Weltk...		07/31/2005	484

Calgary Tower, Calgary, Canada Just the tower.		07/22/2005	684

Baghdad Swords The infamous giant swords mounment in Baghdad.		07/21/2005	1,854

Christ the Redeemer huge Statue in Rio De Janeiro		07/21/2005	2,474

Stratosphere Tower The Roller Coaster on the top of the tower iss the highest in the world.		07/20/2005	1,967

Maryhill Stonehenge monument Located in the Columbia River Gorge in Maryhill, Washington.		07/18/2005	2,808

Santa Nitrate Plant, Chile The Agua Santa Nitrate Plant located in the Northern Canton of Tarapacá and owned by Mrs. Francisca Hidalgo viuda de Osorio, started to process nitrate with the "Paradas" system in the decade of 1850. In 1874 it became the property of the company Campbell Outram & Co. that reformed it to the Machine stage. Subsequently, as a result of the innovations made in Oficina San Ant...		07/16/2005	410

Radio telescope Medicina (Italy) Radio telescope called "Northern Cross", Institute of Radio Astronomy (IRA), Medicina, Italy		07/16/2005	743

Angkor Wat Cambodian temple built in 12th century. Angkor Thom is to the north.		07/13/2005	2,855

The London Eye The largest observation wheel ever built		07/13/2005	2,433

Black Granite V - Vietnam Memorial Here's the black granite wall in the shape of a V, designed by Maya Lin.		07/12/2005	905

Statue of Liberty - New York The Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York.		07/05/2005	4,989

Cristo Redentor Cristo Redentor - Corcovado - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil ( Jesus statue in Brazil )		07/04/2005	4,495

Crazy Horse A huge monument being constructed in South Dakota. It's kinda flat looking right now in Google Earth, but should look much better in the future.		07/03/2005	1,846

Mount Rushmore - South Dakota Not a great look at it yet, but I'm hoping it will improve soon.		07/03/2005	7,152

Eiffel Tower With 2 million visitors the first year and almost 6 million people a year today, the Eiffel Tower is a real crowd pleaser. At the crossroads of the entire world, more than 200 million visitors have come since its construction. At 300 metres (320.75m including antenna), and 7000 tons, it was the world's tallest building until 1930.		07/03/2005	3,559