Structures

The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre in Hollywood, California. Officialy opened in 1922 it was built on the site of a natural amphitheatre known as the Daisy Dell and is used mostly for music performances. From the Wikipedia entry...…

Take the exit for Sky Harbour Airport from the Hohokam Expressway and you'll find this nice bit of road art. This road is not far from the double missed bridge and there's similar misalignment problems throughout the airport. Thanks: Scott…

This massive structure is apparently a US Air Force test stand and is one of the world's largest wooden structure. Military planes are parked on it and their resistance to things like lightning and EMP are tested (Or maybe they…

Île Notre-Dame is an artificial island on the Saint Lawrence River and is part of the city of Montreal. Along with Île Ste-Hélène the island hosted Expo 67, for which Île Notre-Dame was built using earth excavated for the Montreal…

Check out this giant liquefied natural gas tank that sits just to the side of the Southeast Expressway in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Ironcladlou (who is now on his fourth posted submission!) says: The gas tank (as it's known 'round these parts)…

On Mount Sutro in San Francisco stands the 977 foot Mount Sutro TV Tower. To withstand earthquakes the steel tower is built on foundations made from 15 million pounds of concrete. Ground level photos of the tower can be found…