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 | Monument to soldiers of American Revolutionary war. Nice obelisk, stairs to top. |  | 08/24/2005 | 233 | 
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 | Named because American whalers camped here in the early 19th century and used Sydney Rock Oysters to make their Clam Chowder. |  | 08/23/2005 | 124 |
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 | The Golden Mount is part of the Wat Saket temple located just outside the old royal city precincts, next to the Pom Mahakhan fort. The mount has a somewhat unusual history. It was started by King Rama III early in the 19th century, who wanted to build a large chedi on the site to mark the entrance to the city. However, the soft marshy ground could not support such a large structure and it colla... |  | 08/23/2005 | 237 |
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 | A lot of forts were build along the Chao Praya River but most of them were destroyed or broken down during the centuries. This one is still standing and even the cannons are still in place.
In the middle of the 18th century the Phra Sumane Fort was one of 14 forts around Bangkok defending the city borders. Today only two forts remain and the hexagonal shaped Phra Sumane Fort is ... | | 08/23/2005 | 145 |
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 | Across the street from the Golden Mount, Wat Ratchanadda probably the most unique temple design in Bangkok. Rama III began construction of the ‘Loha Prasat’ in the 19th century but due to its complexity of design, it was completed only recently. Wat Ratchanadda comprises five towers of varying sizes topped by huge iron spikes. The temples many columns create a labyrinth that is great fun to exp... |  | 08/23/2005 | 163 |
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 | The City Pillar Shrine (San Lak Muang):
This shrine is at the south east corner of Phramane Ground or Sanam Luang. While Thailand is a Buddhist country, aspects of Brahmanism which preceded Buddhism, can still be seen.
The Thais, believe that the City Pillar symbolized the establishment of a community. The City Pillar of Bangkok was first built on April 21, 1782. L... | | 08/23/2005 | 162 |
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 | Anantasamakhom Throne Hall was built in the reign of King Rama V using marble for construction in Italian Renaissance architectural style, and was completed in the reign of King Rama VI. The throne hall use for receiving foreign dignitaries and meetings of the Royal Advisory Council. The ceiling of the dome was highlighted by exquisite fresco paintings of important Royal functions during the re... |  | 08/23/2005 | 256 |
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 | This amphitheatre is second in size only the Colosseum in Rome. | | 08/23/2005 | 240 |
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 | Baths in Rome, Built by the Emperor Caracalla. |  | 08/23/2005 | 290 |
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 | This is the Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg, Germany.
During the Nazi Regime this became the place of their Nuremberg Rallies with over 100,000 people taking part.
Nowadays it is a public recreation area, and the grand-stand hosts a historical documentary exhibition on the area during the "Third Reich". | | 08/23/2005 | 339 |
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 | Site of signing of Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Congress | | 08/23/2005 | 198 |
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 | Al Kuds in Palestine near Israel |  | 08/23/2005 | 597 |
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 | This is the Murrah Federal Building Bombing Memorial in downtown Oklahoma City. | | 08/23/2005 | 141 |
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 | Battersea Power Station in London. This is now a historical building of great interest. Under renovation now. | | 08/23/2005 | 1,202 |
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 | Monument erected in 1825 to Comte de Jean Francois de Galaup de Laperouse. No news was heard of Laperouse after he left here on 10 March 1788. He had set up a camp on the beach just to the north of this monument (now called Frenchmans Bay). The grave of Father Le Receveur, who was wounded in Samoa, is at the other end of the path. The area is now the suburb of La Perouse, Sydney. | | 08/23/2005 | 133 |
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 | The Arch of Ctesiphon, just outside Baghdad, part of a palace built by Sasanian kings in the sixth century AD. | | 08/22/2005 | 252 |
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 | You can see Dawson City on the bank of the Yukon River, where gold-rushers rushed in 1898.
The river joining the Yukon from the east is the famous Klondyke River. Along the river you can spot huge "scars" made by big, floating gold dredges. | | 08/22/2005 | 311 |
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 | The Grand Palace (Thai พระบรมมหาราชวัง, Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang) is a complex of buildings in Bangkok, Thailand. It served as the official residence of the king of Thailand from the 18th century to early in the 20th century. Construction on the palace complex began in 1782 during the reign of Rama I. | 08/22/2005 | 403 |
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 | Famous Valley in Thebes, Egypt with a lots of pharaoh's tombs! | | 08/22/2005 | 1,413 |
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 | This is the place where the wall fall! | | 08/22/2005 | 553 |
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 | Phra Pathom Chedi (Thai พระปฐมเจดีย์ ) is the highest stupa of the world with a height of 127 m. It is located in the town Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Unfortunately, very low-res image.
The name Phra Pathom Chedi means Holy chedi (stupa) of the beginning. The stupa at the location is first mentioned in scripture... |  | 08/21/2005 | 150 |
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 | At this villa at Wannsee in Berlin, 15 high-ranking Nazi-officials (among them Reinhard Heydrich and Adolf Eichmann of the SS) met on Jan. 20th 1942 to discuss and decide about the organization of the "Final solution of the Jewish Question", e.g. the deportation and murder of millions of European jews in concentration camps.
It is a memorial site and museum now. | | 08/21/2005 | 254 |
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 | The "stepstone" for all potential prospectors during the 1898 Klondyke Gold Rush. People arrived by ship in Skagway, AK, than had to schlepp around 100s of kg of supplies up the valley and up the pass. On top of the pass (the border between Alaska and B.C.) there was a weigh scale where Canadian official checked if goldrushers had enough supplies to last one winter in the Yukon. They ... | | 08/21/2005 | 189 |
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 | This correctional facility is truly "old-school", build in the late 19th century. It is built in the so-called "pan-optical-system" which means the guards are sitting in the centre and have visual access to all five blocks/houses at any time.
Novelist Hans Fallada wrote his famous novel "Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf ***" while detained in Moabit.
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 | Locations of infamous murder and mayhem. | | 08/21/2005 | 405 |
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