This is a US Navy hovercraft base at Camp Pendelton, California. You can see some of the hovercraft parked up, and there is a massive ramp that goes down to the beach for them to get straight out onto the water. The giant ‘GO NAVY’ slogan on the tarmac seems to be a common feature on lots of these bases. I found this article about the base complete with a cool photo of a few hovercraft on the tarmac.

Thanks: Phil & Ken Adams

Overlooking Niagara Falls (and complete with rotating dining room), here is the 520 foot (160m) Skylon Tower. Bet you get a great view of the falls when you’re up there!

Thanks to Chris Granger.

Built by Sam Hill as a tribute to the soldiers of Klickitat County who lost their lives, Maryhill’s Stonehenge is the first monument in the USA to honor the dead of World War I. The structure is a full-scale replica of the original English Stonehenge. Although if you ask me, it seems to be in a much better state of repair than its namesake…

Thanks: John Riggs

This 2.2 mile long trident off the Northern New Jersey shore is actually Earle Naval Weapons Station. Apparently the pier is capable of providing ammunition to nearly every class of ship operated by the United States Navy and Coast Guard and there’s a few ships docked in this ground level shot.

Thanks: Smackfu

Yesterday the staff of Google Sightseeing (and everyone else by the queues) went to see Star Wars Episode III, so it seems a good time to post George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in San Rafael, California. In the middle of the photo you can see George’s ‘Ewok Lake’, if you ask me he should have called it “Lake Luke”.

Thanks: William, Craig, Motz & others