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 | The MIchigan Theatre, in Detroit, is one of the amazing old structures built during the golden ages of the motor city, and then sort of abandoned. It's interior seems like a baroque french Theatre, but it was closed in the late 80's and then reopened as... parking, but a main part of the old structure still remains, so that you can see cars parked under the stage and all its paintings. As anoth... |  | 03/09/2009 | 146 | 
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 | The gray land here looks like a seal jumping out of water. (Picture the green parts as the sky, and the blue water is, well, the ocean.) | | 02/17/2009 | 212 |
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 | A building on the sea called Johnson South Reef or Chigua Reef is a reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It is contiguous with Vietnam-occupied Collins Reef which lies 4 miles (6 km) away northwest. Naturally above water only at low tide, but some sources say that many rocks are above water at high tide. This is the site of Johnson South Reef Skirmish in 1988, fought by China and... |  | 02/14/2009 | 396 |
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 | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is the world’s leading guitar manufacturer, and its name has become synonymous with all things rock ‘n’ roll. Iconic Fender® instruments such as the Telecaster®, Stratocaster®, Precision Bass® and Jazz Bass® guitars are known worldwide as the instruments that started the rock revolution, and they continue to be highly prized by today’s musicians and... |  | 02/12/2009 | 126 |
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 | Sun Studio was opened by rock pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950. It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business. Reputedly the first rock-and-roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats' "Rocket 88" was recorded there in 1951 with song composer Ike Turner on keyboards, leading... | | 01/31/2009 | 825 |
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 | Built by Dan Maddox in 1957, RCA Records Studio B was constructed at the request of Chet Atkins and Steve Sholes to facilitate the needs of RCA Victor Records and other record labels. According to Chet Atkins in his autobiography, the plans for the studio were drawn up on a napkin by Bill Miltenburg, RCA's chief engineer and recording manager.
Construction took 4 months, and the ... | | 01/31/2009 | 233 |
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 | Kosaka-cho is a mini Osaka Castle on a barbershop's housetop in Osaka. The owner built this castle with junk since 20 yaers ago for storing useless objects, only spent about 50,000 JPY.
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/yu-osaka/e/812359dbdff1b91b43055a923b8ba3a3
http://photozou.jp/photo/show/177491/12247813 |  | 01/19/2009 | 188 |
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 | http://www.visitnessebar.info/the-old-windmill-nessebar-bulgaria.html | | 01/17/2009 | 294 |
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 | When an incineration plant becomes an Art masterpiece.
Ordered by the Osaka municipal Government, Osaka, Japan, built on an artificial island of the Osaka Bay and inaugurated in 2000.
This building is a creation of the Austrian ecologist architect and painter: Friedensreich Hundertwasser.(1928-2000)
If you want to learn more about this building:
http://www.city.o... | | 01/17/2009 | 129 |
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 | Concert hall famous for the March Music Days, a festival, held annually for two weeks in the second half of March which attracts many elite musicians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_Music_Days | | 01/16/2009 | 74 |
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 | The Sofia Public Mineral Baths (Bulgarian: Софийска градска минерална баня, Sofiyska gradska mineralna banya) or the Central Mineral Baths (Централна мин
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 | Founded in 1949, the Rousse Opera Theatre is the inheritor of the Rousse Opera Society – created in 1914, which makes it one of the oldest state cultural institutions in Bulgaria.
The staff of schooled singers, the monolithic choir, the ballet and the instrumental culture of the orchestra have a professional interpretative maturity in different styles.
http://en.wi... | | 01/15/2009 | 69 |
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 | Dohodno Zdanie (Bulgarian: Доходно здание; literally: "profitable building") is an imposing Neoclassical edifice on Freedom Square in the city centre of Rousse, Bulgaria, built in 1898–1902 to accommodate the local theatre performances. The name originates from the construction's purpose: to provide the scho... | | 01/14/2009 | 182 |
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 | The project is designed by Canadian architect Carlos Ott/PPA.
The Henan Art Center is a curvilinear and dynamic structure, that conveys to the outside the cultural, artistic, musical and theatrical activities of the inside halls.The Art Center has been designed with an asymmetric configuration on a symmetrical scheme with it axis perpendicular to the Central Lake shore.
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 | The Sam Kee Building is located at 8 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia and is noteworthy for being the narrowest commercial building in the world. It holds it's record by both the Guinness World Records and Ripley's Believ It or Not. It is 4'11" at its base and 6' wide on the second floor.
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 | The Reykjavik City Theatre is a repertory theatre subsidized by the municipal authorities of Reykjavik. The Theatre produces at least 7 large productions each season, besides a great variety of smaller events.
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 | Under-constructed opera- Reykjavik Opera, will be finished for one more year due to the collapse of the bank Landsbanki. After economic crisis many banks in Iceland were bankrupt because the improper economic policies.
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 | this is an anciant castle which is located in the peshawar | | 12/26/2008 | 114 |
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 | Can you imagine an Ancient Chinese coin of nearly 100 meters-high? Here it is, in the (of course!) Chinese city of Shengyang, North-East of the country. The Fangyuan Mansion, is realy name is a financial office building in yuebin street, Shenhe District.
The satellite view is not quite good, but if you observe its shadow...
Admin note: Link removed because it didn't work.... | | 12/26/2008 | 263 |
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 | All the observatory locations of Teide Observatory on Tenerife AND Roque De Los Muchachos on La Palma. Some amazing Telescopes! Comments - corrections send to rickbaldridge@comcast.net | | 12/24/2008 | 328 |
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 | a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China. The revolutionary tools used within this ancient observatory were built in 1442 during the Ming Dynasty, and later amended during the Qing Dynasty.
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 | Here is the exact location where the "House if Horror" stood. Its a patheway now. | | 12/19/2008 | 161 |
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 | The Roman amphitheatre in Lucera is one of the oldest in southern Italy, built in the first century BC in honor of Emperor Augustus Caesar. | | 12/18/2008 | 432 |
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 | house from the Stephen Kings movie | | 12/17/2008 | 171 |
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 | This is from a post on Village of Joy, with link provided in the folder. The buildings are in the folder in the same order as on their website. Only one is entirely missing. There is no real information about the house known as "The Ewok House" except that it has nothing to do with movies or small fictional furry creatures. |  | 12/11/2008 | 12,775 |
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