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 | "Der Bojenmann, 4 men to buoys"
4 male figures made of oakwood, colored calm, on shallow water tons installed, for a total high each 2.40 of meters, at different places in the water around Hamburg installed.
Upright it stands there, with hands held into the hips, raised head, the view into the distance arranged. A man like many, middle age, black trousers... |  | 04/16/2007 | 227 | 
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 | This one at Liberty Park. |  | 04/16/2007 | 222 |
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 | The Mühlacker Broadcasting Transmission Facility is a radio transmission facility near Mühlacker, Germany, first put into service in 1930. It uses two guyed steel tube masts as aerials and one guyed steel framework mast, which are insulated against ground. It has two transmission aerials for shortwave and one free standing steel framework tower for directional radio services. The shortwave tran... | | 04/15/2007 | 119 |
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 | The WITI Tower was completed in August of 1962 and was briefly the tallest free-standing tower in the world, rising 1078 feet. (Tokyo Tower had been the world's tallest, and after the construction of WITI's tower, it added additional members to regain the title.) For many years, it was the tallest free-standing tower in the United States. The Bentley Company was the foundation contractor for th... |  | 04/15/2007 | 208 |
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 | KCTV's tower, located at its former studios (now the KCPT studios) on East 31st Street on Union Hill in Kansas City, Missouri, is a widely-recognized Kansas City landmark, due largely in part to the string lights on the four corners of the tower that can be seen for miles around at night. It is so recognized that, for a time, it was the official logo of KCTV. |  | 04/15/2007 | 185 |
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 | Yerevan TV Tower is a 311.7 metre high lattice tower on Nork Hill in Yerevan, Armenia. It was built from 1974 to 1977 as a replacement for the old 180-meter high TV tower at Yerevan. Currently being the highest point in the city, it is one of the highest towers in the world. | | 04/15/2007 | 220 |
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 | The Star Tower is a 956 foot (291.4 m) high transmitting tower for TV and FM in Cincinnati, Ohio at 39°12′01″N, 84°31′22″W. It was built for WSTR-TV, then known as "Star 64", which still broadcasts from the tower a non-directional antenna for its analog signal, and a directional antenna pointing northwest for digital. It was built in 1991 using a helicopter. Si... | | 04/15/2007 | 202 |
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 | The Corn Palace is a multi-purpose arena/facility located in Mitchell, South Dakota. It is a popular tourist destination, visited by over 500,000 people each year. It consists of a building that is decorated with murals and designs made from corn and other grains.
http://www.roadsidephotos.com/sd/sd3.htm | | 03/27/2007 | 138 |
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 | The Peachoid is the name of a very large water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina, that resembles a peach. The water tower holds one million gallons of water and is located on Interstate 85 between exits 90 & 92 (near The Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Highway). An example of folly architecture, the Peachoid is one of the most recognizable landmarks on the part of I-85 connecting Charlott... | | 03/27/2007 | 221 |
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 | The Big Chicken is a local landmark in Marietta, Georgia, built at the city's biggest intersection of Cobb Parkway (US 41) and Roswell Road (S. R. 120) - - exact address 12 Cobb Pkwy N, Marietta GA 30062.
In 1963, Johnny Reb's Chick, Chuck and Shake owner S.R. "Tubby" Davis erected the 56-foot (17-meter) tall structure over his restaurant as a method of advertising. It ... | | 03/27/2007 | 292 |
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 | The Big Nickel is a nine-metre (30-foot) replica of a 1951 Canadian nickel, located at the grounds of Dynamic Earth in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records, as the world's largest coin.
The nickel was originally proposed by Sudbury businessman Ted Szilva in the early 1960s as a project to mark the upcoming Canadian centennial. The Canadia... |  | 03/26/2007 | 334 |
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 | The Big Pineapple is a tourist attraction and working farm situated at Woombye near Nambour, Queensland. There are rides, tours of pineapple plantations and other agricultural products, shops, restaurants and exhibits for visitors to enjoy.
The Big Pineapple is 16 metres high and was originally opened in 1971. Entry is free. The attraction went on the market in June 2005.
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 | The Golden Guitar is a one of the many "big" attractions that can be found around Australia. Located in Tamworth, New South Wales, this monument is one of the best-known points of interest in Western NSW.
The Golden Guitar was erected in front of the famous Longyard Hotel on the Sydney Road in 1988. It was unveiled by Australia's most popular country music artist, Slim ... | | 03/26/2007 | 151 |
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 | A humongous baseball bat in Edmonton, Canada. | | 03/26/2007 | 112 |
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 | Here's the elusive Great Wall in 3D | | 03/24/2007 | 1,178 |
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 | A plane shaped junglegym |  | 03/15/2007 | 164 |
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 | The two runic stones outside Jelling church was created around the year 955 and 965. On the front of the big stone from around 965 it shows the cruzified Christ with a viking dragon artwork around it.
The stone was raised by the danish King Harold Bluetooth and has a script in that times nordic language that says:
HARALTR KUNUKR BATH KAURUA KUBL THAUSI AFT KURM FATHUR SIN ... | | 03/07/2007 | 119 |
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 | This worldmap in Lake Klejtrup was created 1944 to 1969 by a danish-american, Soeren Poulsen.
1943 he came back to this place where he was born and he found a piece of rock that looked like Jutland peninsula and after this find he wanted to create this world map.
Facts about the map:
• The Map measures 45 metres by 90 (49 yards by 98).
• One 111-kilometer (6... | | 03/03/2007 | 455 |
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 | This is a giant white seal lying on a blue tarpaulin in the garden of a house in Den Haag. I think its the same seal that we can see at the "The Hague Plein", lying also on a blue tarpaulin. The resolution is great, you can see the eyes and the nose in GE.
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 | This quator-monumentis located in Pichincha, Ecuador. Notice the deviation to the equator and the northpole.
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 | A gas station with the shape of a big dinosaur. | | 02/20/2007 | 156 |
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 | When you enter Paso Robles Wine Area from the east at the crossing of hwy 41 and 46 you see this fountain with grapes at the top and wine glasses at the bottom of the fountain. It contains purple water like red wine. | | 02/14/2007 | 108 |
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 | al-khiran pearl city project @ Arabien Gulf / Kuwait | | 02/05/2007 | 415 |
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 | A village of small houses that may have sheltered the builders of the mysterious Stonehenge — or people attending festivals there — has been found by archaeologists studying the stone circle in England.
Eight of the houses, with central hearths, have been excavated, and there may be as many as 25 of them, Mike Parker Pearson said Tuesday at a briefing organized by the National Ge... | | 01/31/2007 | 449 |
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 | A metal sculputure of a deer browsing on a tree branch. The sculpture stands about 50 feet tall in the middle of a farmer's field near Manorville, New York. | | 01/27/2007 | 137 |
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