The changing of the guard at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway.
Ground level photo here.

Contributed by Lynne.

The NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA is home to the world’s largest wind tunnel. You’re going to want to scroll around the different angles to see all of it. You will also see many other smaller wind tunnels nearby.

Areodynamic research on commercial, military jets and the Space Shuttle has been conducted here for years. Notice the scale model of the Space Shuttle and other aircraft in the lefthand image. According to Space.com, the big Wind Tunnel will be used to test parachutes for the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory just like it was used for the parachutes on the Mars Exploration Rovers. [wikipedia]

Contributed by John Foot.

Because of a backlog of warheads awaiting dismantlement at the Department of Energy’s Pantex facility near Amarillo, TX, the Kirtland Underground Munitions Storage Complex (KUMSC) at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico has emerged as number one in U.S. nuclear warheads deployed in a single location.

Contributed by Kevin.

The HMB-1 is the world’s first fully submersible drydock, built as part of a CIA plan to raise a sunken Soviet sub, and now used to hold the Sea Shadow, a 160-ft. long, 70-ft. wide $50 million dollar stealth ship. [Great internal photos and info here]

Contributed by Kevin.

The British Royal Observatory is where Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian are measured from. It was founded by Charles II in 1675 and is the official starting point for each new day (GMT).

Contributed by Kevin.

The Sepulveda Dam, home to many science fiction movie finales and the TMBG music video of The Statue Got Me High; up the river is the Sepulveda Recreation Area.

Contributed by Lukas Chatzioannidis.

John F. Kennedy’s grave site and eternal flame.

Read more about the grave site here.

Contributed by Bob Johnson.

This is the James J. Rowley Training Center for the United States Secret Service in Laurel, MD. If you do a little exploring, you will see black suburbans everywhere. Also, notice the mockups of Airforce One and Marine One in the Northwest corner of the compound.

Contributed by kjfitz.

In these amazing images from Washington D.C. you can see an enormous protest near the White House.

There are thousands of people in the streets. You can also see several police barricades.

Contributed by Thomas Baekdal.

This is the President’s helicopter, otherwise known as Marine One. More information about the existing aircraft here, and an article about the new Marine One here.

Contributed by kjfitz and Thomas Baekdal.