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Rock n Roll

There’s nothing more Rock n Roll than a swimming pool in the shape of a guitar, so I wonder which rock god owns this pad near L’Estartit in Spain. Actually, I take that back – having your whole house built…

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Monday, 7th August 2006

Parachute Training Towers

Reader ‘William’ found these two ‘parachute training towers‘ at Ft. Benning in Georgia. I did a few Google searches but couldn’t get a conclusive answer on what exactly these parachute training towers are or who uses them. I’m guessing they’re…

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Friday, 2nd September 2005

Chinooks

Here’s a whole bunch of Chinook helicopters at Hunter Army Air Field just outside of Savannah, Georgia. The CH-47 Chinook has been flying since 1961 and its twin contra-rotating rotors and twin engines allow for massive lifting power (over 12,000…

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Wednesday, 3rd August 2005

Bavarian Motor Works

The BMW world headquarters in Munich, Germany is the ‘four-cylinder’ building (which was built top-down), while the famous logo is atop the BMW museum. Over in South Carolina is BMW’s North American home. The rather-cool crescent moon shaped building is…

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Saturday, 2nd July 2005

Augusta National Golf Course

This is Augusta National Golf Course, site of The Masters. Our image here is of ‘Amen Corner’, at the very bottom centre is the 12th green just over Rae’s Creek. There’s a map of the course over at the official…

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Tuesday, 14th June 2005

Spaghetti Junction

‘Spaghetti Junction‘ is the intersection of I-85 and I-285 in Atlanta, GA. Thanks to Chris Martin, Brad and df. Scary stuff. Codeman30 thinks that the intersection of I-75 and I-20 is scarier though…

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Wednesday, 20th April 2005
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