Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.
This is the Jones Beach Tower, which was built in 1930, and was modelled on the campanile of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice. It is 200 feet high, made of brick and stone, and houses a 315,000 gallon water tank for storage of water from four wells, each over 1,000 feet deep.
Update:
Wayne helpfully pointed out that I had actually shown a picture of the water tower at Robert Moses State park which is here:
Post updated, thanks Wayne 
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You know what that looks like….
*smirk*
Find the Statue of Liberty. It looks very weird.