Post a Photo of Your Local Attraction

[mondo joe]

Got the world's biggest tire in your neighborhood?

A weird scuplture?

Dinosaur Car Wash?

Let's see it!

[mondo joe]

1. Here's a troll under a bridge in Fremont, Seatttle WA

[Guy_Montag]

3. That is very cool

very cool indeed.

[HeeBGBz]

80. That rocks

Totally.

Love the captured VW

[VOX]

88. Wow. Cool troll.

Not something I say every day, either. :thumbsup:

[all.of.me]

108. wow! that is so cool!

who made that? is it concrete? i love the v-dub.

[ET Awful]

2. Here's a boathouse near the North Bridge in Concord, MA

site of the first real battle of the Revolutionary War.

[ronnykmarshall]

111. The Pacific Design Center & Sunset Strip

[HeeBGBz]

124. Beautiful

It looks too peaceful to be the start of a war place.

[mondo joe]

4. Here's a rescued Lenin statue in the same Seattle neighborhood

Would you like mild, medium or hot salsa, comrade?

[GirlinContempt]

34. Thats like

the one thats pointing at a Mc. Donalds

[mondo joe]

36. Our Lenin is just hanging out in the same area as the Taco place

But the freepers love to be upset about it.

[GirlinContempt]

39. OH THE HUMANITY

not to mention the dreadful, dreadful irony
I can understand where they're coming from. Personally, I became a communist after seeing my first statue of Lenin.
:eyes:

[mondo joe]

46. There are actually threads on Free Republic about destroying the

statue which they perceive to be honoring Lenin.

It makes me love that statue so much more!

[GirlinContempt]

50. Dear Free Republic,

Better destroy it fast! Cause one day soon it'll come to life, and it'll come for you.



:eyes:
I can't even write serious replies, it's so ridiculous

[flamingyouth]

73. There are?

Oh, I'd just love to see them try. Imagine a Freeper invasion of Fremont. :crazy:

[Squatch]

5. The Nauticus

[TheMightyFavog]

104. Looks More like the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) to me.

End of Line.

[tyedyeto]

6. Not in my state even but one of my favorites....

The Wave Organ is a wave-activated acoustic sculpture located on a jetty in the San Francisco Bay. The concept was developed by Peter Richards and was installed in collaboration with sculptor and master stone mason George Gonzales. Inspiration for the piece came from artist Bill Fontana¹s recordings made of sounds emanating from a vent pipe of a floating concrete dock in Sydney, Australia.Wave Organ is located on a jetty that forms the small Boat Harbor in the Marina district of San Francisco. The jetty itself was constructed with material taken from a demolished cemetery, providing a wonderful assortment of carved granite and marble, which were used in the construction of this piece. The installation includes 25 organ pipes made of PVC and concrete and are located at various elevations within the site, allowing for the rise and fall of the tides. Sound is created by the impact of waves against the pipe ends and the subsequent movement of the water in and out of the pipes. The sound heard at the site is subtle, requiring visitors to become sensitized to its music, and at the same time to the music of the environment.

[mondo joe]

7. That is SO cool!

Acoustics aside, I love the look of it.

[tyedyeto]

14. Very nice place to kick back and take in the sounds...

and a good view of The City, too.

[Kellanved]

8. Well

The former checkpoint "Bornholmer Strasse" - the very first Checkpoint that was opened in 1989.



Lots of old socialistic stuff, that counts as oddity nowadays. Example in point:

http://www.wfs.be.schule.de/pages/sundials/GP+Sundial.jpg

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. The Detroit Tire....

The picture to the left is of a giant stove...I don't know where that ended up, but it used to stand outside of Belle Isle.

And how it looked before, when it was a ferris wheel for the world's fair.

[CO Liberal]

31. I Saw That Tire At The 1964-65 New York World's Fair

And I saw it again in 1977, when I had to go to Detroit on business.

[Dave Reynolds]

77. The stove

is now located at the State Fairgrounds on 8 Mile.

[ScreamingMeemie]

89. I had read that they removed it...

I didn't see it last year at the fair. :shrug: I'm not known for my powers of observation though. :hi:

[Dave Reynolds]

116. You may be entirely correct,

I have not been there since the '03 fair.

So I may be speaking out my butt (not an unusual thing for me).

[RPM]

93. i remember that tire (i think)

where was it in detroit and is it still there?

[ScreamingMeemie]

96. It is off of I-94 near Romulus and the airport. It is still there and

recently had a nail in it to advertise the nail biter tires. "Takes On Nails" was written across the hub. :hi:

[RPM]

103. makes sense

as UM fans, my folks used to shuttle me back and forth between Grandma's house (Detroit) and Ann Arbor - ussually on 94 or M-14.

Thanks!

[tsakshaug]

10. 5 arch bridge

this picture does not do it justice

[tyedyeto]

11. And now, a bit closer to home........

The Rattlesnake Bridge, aka the Broadway Diamondback Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge, was built in 2002. The snake's eyes light up and its tail rattles when you exit. It is 11' tall and 280' long. Interior lighting allows the snake to be seen at night. Tucson residents either love or hate the Snake.

[micrometer_50]

33. The bell from the U.S.S. Arizona in Tucson

http://www.union.arizona.edu/traditions/scrapbook/history27-2002.php

[tyedyeto]

82. Where in Tucson is the bell? n/t

[micrometer_50]

94. It's in the tower

of the University of Arizona Student Union.

[fishwax]

59. damn! that is too cool

I've only been through Tucson once, so I don't count as a resident, but if I did I'd count myself among those that love it :)

[tyedyeto]

83. I think it's cool, too. n/t

[all.of.me]

109. where is this? east side of broadway?

i used to live in tucson, but have not been there since 2002 (gem show). what a bizarre walkway! i don't know if i'd love it or hate it if i was there.

[tyedyeto]

126. I think it's it's a love it!

Most who think otherwise, were distracted during it's construction.

It crosses Broadway right after where Aviation Hwy takes off from Broadway. Very cool in my book, but I live south of Tucson and not in town.

[all.of.me]

127. oh yeah, i know where that is

that area could use a little sprucing up! i'll look for it next time i'm there.

[tyedyeto]

128. I do like a somewhat off-beat artwork display into ........

what you see everyday, so perhaps I am a tad bit opionated about what is art.

[Blue-Jay]

12. Too many to choose from.

But here's the ampitheater at Millenium Park. I'm posting this one because I can see it from my office.

http://www.omexcards.com/anand/superchachi/Photos/02_Windy%20City,%20Part%202_91/1540_Chicago%27s%20Architectural%20Marvel%3A%20%20Millenium%20Park.jpg

[arwalden]

13. Here You Go...

[CO Liberal]

15. The Riverwalk in Downtown Pueblo

After a huge flood in 1921, the Arkansas River was diverted from its original riverbed to a new location between concrete levees. The original riverbed became an overgrown ditch. About ten years ago, the City of Pueblo started restoring the original riverbed - the result is shown in the photos below.







http://sangres.com/places/pueblo/riverwalk.htm

(BTW, the levee itself is listed in the Guiness Book of Records. Back in the '70s, people started painting things on the levee. Rather than paint them over, the city fathers let them remain. Today, it's listed in the Guiness Book as the longest mural in the world.)

[EstimatedProphet]

16. The Mt. Union theater

This is one of the old-style movie theaters-opera house design, and it holds around 800 people. It even starts off movies (second run) with a cartoon!

[Cannikin]

17. The Clinton Trailer Library and The Old Mill

The Old Mill was in one of the opening scenes of "Gone with the Wind"

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. ROFL...that is so very funny.

:rofl:

[Red State Rebel]

41. Have you ever seen this?

I saw this on a forum at the time the Clinton Library opened and cracked up. I know it's not nice, but it's still funny.

[Tektonik]

32. That library is too damned ugly

It's a shame.

[RobinA]

114. God Almighty

that thing does look like a trailor. I never saw a picture of it from a distance. Quite the sense of humor, that Bill.

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. Okay.

The attraction is BURNING between Blue-Jay and I.

[Blue-Jay]

20. Eeeee!

Didn't RKZ take one where I was licking your ear?

[Magrittes Pipe]

21. Yes.

Bastard never posted it, though.

Speaking of things he's not yet POSTED... (friendly reminder to Koolzip: remember the mails).

[CornField]

22. Tree or Upsidedown Toilet Brush?

Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- known as the "City of the Five Seasons" (also as the "City of the Five Smells" but I'll save that for a different post) has this large piece downtown on the banks of the Cedar River. It is known officially as the "Tree of the Five Seasons." It is unofficially known as Toilet Brusheth Erectus.

Two years ago, I wanted to buy a bunch of the toilet brushes with the same shape and poke them in the ground along the walkway to the big brush/tree. My intention was to lie on the sidewalk and take a "we're not worthy" and/or "worshipping" type photograph. My request was denied by city officials. :D

On a touristy note: There are several sculptures to be found throughout the Cedar Rapids downtown area -- lots of different genres. Some I truly love, others I truly hate. Depsite personal preference, I guess they all add a certain curb-appeal to the city.

[fishwax]

58. hey! I used to summer in CR and in Atkins/Shellsburg, just west

I loved central Iowa, though I must confess I don't remember that statue. When did they build it?

I lived in Cedar Rapids the summer of '88 and halfway between Atkins and Shellsburg in '89-'90. I remember the city of five smells thing for sure ;) But overall I really liked Cedar Rapids ...

:hi:

[Blue Gardener]

63. I really hate that thing

I think it's much uglier than the picture indicates.
I'm trying to come up with something else to post from Eastern Iowa that isn't so embarrassing.

[fishwax]

132. there's this

I always enjoyed a Sunday drive through the Amana colonies

though the last time i drove through in march it seemed rather more commercial than I remember from childhood idealizations.

[fishwax]

133. or the black angel

in the iowa city cemetery, inspiration for generations of writers at the famous U of Iowa Writer's Workshop. (I first heard of it as it featured prominently in a book by W.P. Kinsella, who wrote the book that Field of Dreams was based on.) I made sure to visit when I was last in Iowa City.

[chenGOD]

23. Within 10 minutes of my house...a Buddhist temple and a famous gate

Bongwonsa


More info here: http://gu.seodaemun.seoul.kr/eng/guide_3.html

Also Dongnimmun (Independance gate)



More info here: http://gu.seodaemun.seoul.kr/eng/guide.html

[Goathead]

24. It is a weird one too.

Right after the 'Great Father's all fiery orb' has descended beyond the great line, a darkness creeps over the land. and then this mystical object appears in the great sea of the night sky.

[Wapsie B]

25. Tribute to Meredith Willson-The Music Man

[elehhhhna]

26. delete broken pic link. drat.

.

[TOhioLiberal]

27. Well there are 2...

Tony Packo's Cafe

Beautiful Fifth Third field...Home of the Toledo Mud Hens (triple A farm team for the Detroit Tigers)

Both were made famous by Jamie (Corporal Klinger) Farr.

[Justin54B20L]

42. I love Tony Packo's!

Seeing as how I live fairly close :)

Here's mine, the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Home and Museum in Fremont, OH

[TOhioLiberal]

44. Not as close as I do...

...I live within 5 blocks of Packo's. :hi:

[Justin54B20L]

48. I know, grrr.... I envy you.

:)

[Abelman]

90. Fifth Third Field?

Like the bank? Bastard corporations, the West Michigan Whitecaps minor league team plays at a Fifth Third field as well!

Bastards.

[Jokerman]

28. Well, here in Speedway...

That would either be the track:


or the hookers that show up on race day.
(sorry, no photo)

[2bfree]

29. Fulton Mansion

[Tektonik]

30. Geisel Library and a Mormon Temple

[GirlinContempt]

35. Transcona itself is a bizzare

sightseeing adventure. I think half of the total mullets in the world can be located there
It's not near my house, but its in the same city, they have this monstrosity


this page has a bunch from my province http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/manitoba.htm

[electricmonk]

37. A big ass star on top of a mountain

http://rtonline1.roanoke.com/magazine/millmt50/millmt5.html

[Samurai_Writer]

38. The Florida Highwaymen...

A reknowned group of local black artists who painted "Old Florida" landscapes. Starting back in the 1950s, they sold their paintings door to door for $15-$50 a piece. They now sell for thousands of dollars.



http://www.floridahighwaymen.com

[SkipNewarkDE]

40. God and Guns in Reading, PA

This isn't really an attraction, just a funny sign on a gun shop down the street from my office in Reading, PA. There is this run down gun shop, with a bevy of heavy weapons proudly displayed in the window. Then there is a sign above it with this message:




Perhaps someone better versed in Christianity can help me here. It seems that the gist of what the sign is saying is that God grants you salvation, as a matter of merely having faith, rather than going out and doing good works. That's kind of bullshit, isn't it? I mean, what's the point of being faithful if you aren't actually living and doing good works to go along with it?

[RobinA]

115. I'Ve Seen This.

First time I saw it I almost drove off the road. Some people.... I just don't know.

[phusion]

43. Chevy on a Stick

Used to be just down the road but I don't think it's there anymore...

[Red State Rebel]

45. Covered Bridge where I was baptised as a child

This is the Sandy Creek Covered Bridge - it is now a state historic sight.

[Tom Kitten]

47. The Bomber

A B-17 on top of a gas station.

Unfortunately the owner died several years ago, the gas station is closed (still a restaurant there though) and the plane is in a sorry state of disrepair.

[babylonsister]

49. Definitely NOT a TX attraction, but...

[Huckebein the Raven]

51. Memphis Pyramid

[redqueen]

52. Mustangs in Irving (close enough to Dallas)

[Bok_Tukalo]

53. As seen in 'Logon's Run'

The Ft Worth Water Gardens

[ironflange]

54. Any Ukrainians out there?

World's largest perogy, Glendon, Alberta (a day's drive from here)





World's largest Ukrainian easter egg, Vegreville, Alberta (my mom is from there)

[Bossy Monkey]

55. There are actually better attractions here, but this is the photogenic one

Tunnelvision, Columbia SC:

[mr blur]

56. Market Cross, built 1501, Chichester UK

Useful if you don't have a watch with you.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

62. I've been to Chichester.........

Nice town, and I love the cathedral.

[Duncan Grant]

102. I was in Chichester in January.

Small world. :hi:

[Maine-ah]

57. a link is the best I can do.

http://www.mainelobsterfestival.com/index.cfm

[sundog]

60. VLA - Very Large Array

it was in "Contact"

[fishwax]

99. I went by that on my way to AZ last summer

I think, anyway. Not at night, though. Very cool nighttime pictures there.

[all.of.me]

110. the plains of san augustin - that is the ONLY way to get to az from nm.

what a fabulous ride! did you cut down through reserve or go straight across 60 to springerville? beautiful country.

[fishwax]

131. It was a fabulous ride ... we took

60 into AZ, but then cut back into NM on 180, so we passed close to Reserve and then followed the border down to highway 78 (Mule Creek?) where we cut back into AZ, as the sun was going down. It was beautiful. I'd love to do it again.

The detour back into NM was kind of a mistake, because 180 in AZ was closed between Alpine and Clifton, so we had no choice but to detour. But I'm glad we did. I guess if we'd known ahead of time about the detour we would have cut down through Reserve ahead of time ...

It was a great trip, though. I had to look it up on Mapquest to remember the exact route, since we wound back and forth. My in-laws are in AZ, so I hope to make one more trip through NM this summer before we move from OK to Illinois, which will make driving to AZ (and thus NM) highly improbable :(

[all.of.me]

134. i know all those roads very well.

mule creek, glenwood, alma - there are hot springs south of glenwood, did you know that? they're on the san francisco river. and there is a thing called 'the cat walk' right in glenwood that goes up along the river. gorgeous. just beautiful country, just no place to work!

yes, do it at least once more!

[fishwax]

136. I didn't know there were hot springs

that's very cool. If I get back that way I'll definitely spend some more time in that area.

:hi:

[Ellipsis]

61. The forevertron, by DR. Evermor

http://www.drevermor.com/index.html

[CrownPrinceBandar]

64. "The Iron Horse"...........

Its a bronze statue of one of my hometown's founders, Henry Gassaway Davis.

[Blue Gardener]

65. This is on the opposite side of the state from where I live

But it is one of the oddest things I've seen in the state
The Pocahontas statue in Pocahontas, Iowa.
You have to see it to believe it.

[donheld]

66. Just one of many

[RetroLounge]

67. Milwaukee Area

Mitchell Park Domes, aka The Triple Nipple.


The Milwaukee Art Museum, Calatrava


of course, we used to have a bunch or breweries.


an OK Lakefront and skyline (Love the Bartcop sticker)


Harley Davidson is headquartered here


We have a nice Zoo


and one of these on every corner


RL

[CO Liberal]

68. The World's Largest Rocking Chair

It's along CO 115 in Penrose, Colorado - in front of the Apple Shed Restaurant. Penrose is west of Pueblo, and east of Canon City on US 50.

The lovely lady standing under the chair is my wife, The Princess.

[kiraboo]

69. Stephen King's house. I'm not sure if I can post a picture...

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

135. How about the Paul Bunyan statue?

[ok_cpu]

70. World's Largest Hot Dog

Just a few miles away.

[Atlas Mugged]

71. Letchworth Park

About 20 minutes away from me in Western New York.

[ChoralScholar]

72. Our claim to fame

was having the longest pontoon bridge in the world. (since has been removed)

The bridge across the Arkansas River between Dardanelle (where I teach) and Russellville (where I live) is now a modern 4-lane jobber. But, once upon a time, it floated on the water.



Oh, also nearby:

Worlds Largest Can of Spinach (Alma, AR)


and
Formerly Largest Sundial in the World (North Little Rock, AR)


AAAAAND
The World's Largest Stormwater Pumping Plant (Marianna, AR)

[Generic Other]

74. Mt. Rainier on a nice day

Tacoma.

[all.of.me]

113. wow! a friend is trying to get me to move to tacoma.

this is quite an incentive!

a friend from ~20 years ago was in a hiking accident on rainier long ago. i think the group was from the evergreen school (?). i'm having a memory lapse here..... i do recall that at least one person died. the weather had turned bad, and they were stuck. anyway, my friend was traumatized from it. she was a mess.

[Generic Other]

117. We aren't so bad if you don't count serial killers and such...

And the view is spectacular.

[all.of.me]

119. well, we all have our little piece of crime, i suppose

can't be any worse than here!

[Generic Other]

122. Also, Ft. Lewis uses us for target practice

but only for training purposes...

:)

[all.of.me]

123. lol

[the Princess]

75. The Royal Gorge Bridge

West of Canon City. Built in 1929, it's the world's highest suspension bridge - 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River.



Here's what the bridge looks like from the banks of the Arkansas River below:

[deadparrot]

76. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial...

AKA the Arch. :)
And the Old Courthouse.

[Scout1071]

78. Big Ass Shuttlecocks

[Scout1071]

120. Too late to edit, but needed a better pic of these

[baldguy]

79. Slowly I turn, step by step....

[u4ic]

81. The world's largest mall

West Edmonton Mall:

[maveric]

84. Coronado Bridge.

[Huckebein the Raven]

85. Another pic from Memphis. Sun Studio:

[Robeson]

86. Nashville...The Parthenon, with Athena inside....

..

And Athena...

[ForrestGump]

87. Um....

Oh...yeah....this, too:

[TyeDye75]

91. Theres not much in my town

but just down the road is Liverpool



Birthplace of Liverpool Football Club, the Beatles and the slave trade

[BikeWriter]

92. Uh, that would be the nude beach or NASA...

Take your pick!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

95. Durham Cathedral, Durham City, U.K.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

97. both are in walking distance from my house.....

the first photo is of Kaarterskill Falls, depicted in Durand's painting "Kindred Spirits" and the second photo is Bastion Falls just a tad farther down the mountain

[Aristus]

98. Meeker Mansion, in Puyallup, WA.

Home of a local founding father. It's a beautiful house, but nearly impossible to see from the road, cuz some idiot built an insurance office and an antique store right in front of the mansion's facade. Why would somebody do that???? :shrug:

[mark414]

100. the milwaukee art museum; santiago calatrava's first ever american project

more pictures here:

http://www.mam.org/thebuilding/index.htm

[CO Liberal]

101. Bishop's Castle, Outside Rye, CO (South of Pueblo)

It's a one-man project undertaken by Jim Bishop, who owns a metalworking business in Pueblo. He's been building a castle rock by rock in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains south of Pueblo for many years now. Here are some pictures of it:





You can see some of the external scaffolding still in place. Mr. Bishop is still constructing some of the upper turrets. The dragon's head is made out of stainless steel and is part of a chimney system connected to a wood stove on the second floor. When a fire is burning in the wood stove; smoke issues from the mouth of the dragon.

http://sangre-de-cristo.com/westcliffe/visitors_guide/Bishops_Castle.htm

Other pics I found online:


Source: http://hans.ecke.ws/




Source: http://www.city-data.com/

[TheMightyFavog]

105. The Fox Theater

Made famous by a couple of Marvel Comics Artists who used it in the downtown scenes in the comic books they worked on.

It's currentlky abandoned, the City of Stevens Point has been debateing for ages what to do with the thing. Restoring it would be way too expensive, yet no one wants to see it demolished or used for anything other than a theater.

A while north of here, there's Rib Mountain



Up in Hayward there's the Giant fucking Muskie, part of the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame

[Dukkha]

106. I'm afraid this is it for most towns

[all.of.me]

107. taos, new mexico

taos pueblo - http://www.taospueblo.com



rio grande gorge bridge

and so much more!

[lpbk2713]

112. I'm about 45 minutes south.....

The Magic Kingdom and all the other Disney Parks.

Also, Universal Studios, Sea World and a few others.

Busch Gardens is about a half hour east.

Adventure Island, Wet & Wild.

[DistressedAmerican]

118. If I Charge For This Do I Count As A Local Attraction?

[Amaya]

121. Satan's Kingdom

:)

[HeeBGBz]

125. Big Honkin Jesus

This is about 60 miles from me. I'll look for something closer.

[gmoney]

129. www.jeeeb.us

A giant Jebus made apparently made of mashed potatoes...

[PassingFair]

130. World's Largest Rainbow Trout!

As stupid as this seems, I often veer off course whilst traveling "up north" just to see this "landmark".
I JUST LIKE IT, OK!!!!

[Beware the Beast Man]

137. Eggshelland, Lyndhurst, OH

approximately 3 miles from where I live. Yes, it is a sight to be seen.