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 | Bob's Java Jive is Tacoma's world famous giant coffee pot. Built in 1927, it has been a speakeasy and home to a pair of chimpanzees. It currently is a restaurant and night club with extremely kitschy decor. |  | 08/09/2005 | 230 | 
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 | Half-size Eiffel Tower Las Vegas in front of Hotel Paris Las Vegas. |  | 08/07/2005 | 1,251 |
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 | Riddarholmen, literally The Knights Islet, is an small island in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. The island forms part of Gamla Stan, the old town, and houses a number of private palaces from the 17th century. The main attraction of Riddarholmen is the church, Riddarholmskyrkan, which served as the royal burial church since the 16th century and where a number of Swedish monarchs lie consecrate... | | 08/07/2005 | 353 |
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 | Trias Building Berlin (Germany) | | 08/07/2005 | 321 |
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 | Marina City, also known locally as the "corn cobs" in Chicago, IL, USA.
Look at the buildings to the left and to the right of the canal. Seems that Google has stitched together views from two different perspectives. Some buildings have two shadows. |  | 08/07/2005 | 264 |
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 | The Dutch Windmill
Goldengate Park, San Francisco
Surrounded by some beautiful flowers | | 08/07/2005 | 278 |
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 | The Perth Centre is centrally located in the heart of the city and can cater for up to 5,000 delegates. The state-of-the-art, three-level venue is Western Australia’s only purpose-built convention, exhibition and meeting venue | | 08/07/2005 | 242 |
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 | Famous Kodak Theatre, Hollywood where the Oscars are given out. | | 08/06/2005 | 479 |
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 | The Chinese Theatre in Hollywood is the most famous movie theatre in the world |  | 08/06/2005 | 352 |
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 | The Royal Library
One of the most impressive new attractions in Copenhagen is The Black Diamond, the extension to the Royal Library, in glass and steel. This black beauty is part of the old Royal Library, which keeps manuscripts of world famous HC Andersen, Karen Blixen and Søren Kierkegaard. |  | 08/06/2005 | 224 |
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 | Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC. (Wikipedia link) |  | 08/06/2005 | 614 |
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 | The Millenium Dome in London next to the Thames River. (Wikipedia link) | | 08/06/2005 | 586 |
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 | Many years ago, Greystone was of the finest of the New Jersey facilities for the mentally ill. Situated in a very urbanized area of Morris Plains, Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital once was a clean, beautiful hospital. Whether it be bright sunny day or not- Greystone is living its last days as a dirty, dark place. During the nicer days of the year, you would drive along the roads on the pr... |  | 08/05/2005 | 279 |
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 | Taipei 101 - under construction. | | 08/05/2005 | 1,744 |
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 | This castle stands at the eastern extremity of the Propontis, or Sea of Marmara | | 08/05/2005 | 298 |
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 | Masterplan of the world highest building Burj dubai.
From Wikipedia:
From The Burj Dubai (Arabic for "Tower of Dubai") is a skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its exact height remains a closely-guarded secret, but is believed to be approximately 705 meters (2,314 ft). | | 08/05/2005 | 3,190 |
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 | The Woolworth Building in Manhattan, NYC. Designed by the famous architect, Cass Gilbert for FW Woolworth. Very gothic looking building and nicknamed 'The Cathedral of Commerce" | | 08/05/2005 | 300 |
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 | Both are located in Manhattan, NYC. Where Madison Square garden is used to be an exact copy of the Farley Post Office building. This was the old Penn Station which was demolished in the early 1960's. People were outraged that such a historic place could be knocked down that they formed a sort of historic places protection to prevent this in the future. | | 08/05/2005 | 664 |
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 | Famous Sanssouci in Potsdam, Germany | | 08/05/2005 | 586 |
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 | The Flatiron Building in Manhattan, located at the crossroads of Broadway, 5th Avenue and 23rd Street. The building was originally called the Fuller Building, after Fuller Brush Company.
If you scroll northeast of the building, you will see madison Square Park, which used to be NYC's Potters Field. The park also held the arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty while it was being ... | | 08/04/2005 | 485 |
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.jpg) | The Chrysler Building in Manhattan, NYC. Designed by William Van Allen for Walter P. Chrysler and completed in 1930. It was the tallest building in the world for just a few short months until it was overtaken by The Empire State Building. The spire of the building, as well as the hood ornament gargoyles are made of German Nirosta metal. The lobby is made of Italian and South African marble and ... | | 08/04/2005 | 770 |
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 | This is a very large coal burning power plant in eastern Kazakhstan, with what is reported to be the tallest chimney in the world (420m). There should be another station very similar nearby, called GRES-1, although I can't locate it myself. This power station is just north of the worlds largest open-cast coal mine, the Bogatyr mine. | | 08/04/2005 | 407 |
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 | 7427 Roosevelt Rd, Forest Park, Illinois, USA. The former Armory Lounge, primary headquarters of notorious 1950's mafia boss Sam Giancana who had ties to everyone from Frank Sinatra to JFK to Fidel Castro. The Armory Lounge was bugged by the FBI in 1959 and stayed bugged for over five years, yielding tons of information on criminal activites in Chicago and around the country. Currently a rat... | | 08/04/2005 | 222 |
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 | This is a view of Co-op City, located off Route 95 in the Bronx. I believe it is the biggest co-operative in the world, but I am not sure. 55,000 people live there in over thirty tall buildings that range from 24 to 32 floors. Co-op has its own police force and numerous parks and shopping centers. One shopping center, Bay Plaza, has the first and only Barnes & Noble in the Bronx. People got... | | 08/04/2005 | 365 |
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 | At 380 metres this smoke stack is one of the tallest in the world. Unfortunatly, because of its hight, the range increases for acid rain.
The nickel mine at Sudbury is also one of the worlds largest. | | 08/04/2005 | 412 |
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