Upside-down buildings
There are two houses named "WONDERWORKS" in Orlando, Florida and in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee that are built upside-down ;-)
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Two & a half Men filming location
The "Two & a half Men" beach house flyover scene was filmed at the Malibu Colony near Malibu Lagoon. The actual film set is located at the Warner Brothers Studios http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x40l9x_two-a-half-men-behind-the-scenes_shortfilms - so unfortunately the house is not real and can't be visited. Sorry folks!
Full House filming location
The filming location of Full House (1987 - 1995 starring the Olsen twins) in San Francisco.
Filming location of Desperate Housewives
The film location "Wisteria Lane" of Desperate Housewives is located at the Universal Studios in Hollywood. Funny and interesting Google(TM) Maps Views
Here is a selection of some nice map-segments you can find via Google Maps. Please note that the "aerial imagery" database will be updated sooner or later. So it's possible that several Markers I created will be outdated sometime.
House, M.D. filming location
The exterior shots for House, M.D. (fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital) are filmed at the Princeton University in New Jersey.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's house
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver live in this house in Brentwood, California.
'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' House
This is the house where 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' (Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie) lived in the 2005 movie. Google Maps "Getting Started" video
Google has created a "Getting Started" video for Google Maps. It should help educate people about the features in Google Maps.
Sheats/Goldstein-Residence
The Sheats/Goldstein-Residence is a an innovative house in Beverly Hills by famous architect John Lautner. It was built in 1963. The house has appeared in several movies (The big Lebowski, Charlies Angels, Bandits, Twilight).
Clark Griswold's house
This is the location of Clark Griswold's house that appeared in the movie Christmas Vacation (1989) starring Chevy Chase. It is located in the Warner Bros. Ranch. Maho Beach plane landing
Maho Beach in St. Maarten on Netherlands Antilles is famous for its spectacular plane landings at Princess Juliana Airport.
Will Smith's house
This is the Malibu residence of famous actor, singer and entertainer Will Smith.
'Father of the Bride' House
This house is the family home in the movie "Father of the Bride" (1991) with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton.
Sylvester Stallone's house
Action star Sylvester Stallone lives in this house in Beverly Hills. Lombard Street
One of the most famous streets in San Francisco is the curvy Lombard Street. It's a one-way street from west to east. Stonehenge and replicas
Throughout the USA are these (funny) replicas of the famous Stonehenge stone formation. "Street View" introduction
Google has created a introduction for the Street View feature in Google Maps. If you want to see Street View in action you can use the new GLOTTER Street View service http://www.glotter.com/streetview
And the best of all - from now on you can even embed Street View in your own GLOTTER entries!
Claes Oldenburg - selected artwork
Claes Oldenburg is an artist born in Stockholm, Sweden. Here is a collection of his famous worldwide public art installations: Hat in Three Stages of Landing (1982), Spoonbridge and Cherry (1988), Free Stamp (1991), Shuttlecocks (1994), Saw, Sawing (1996), Houseball (1996), Flying Pins (2000), Dropped Cone in Köln (2001), Cupid's Span (2002)
Scuba Divers chasing Google Streetview Car
These two Norwegian "Scuba Divers" (Børre Erstad and Paul Åge Olsen) are chasing Google's Streetview Car in their hometown Bergen.
The world's largest moose
Aka "The Trojan Moose" is a plan to build a restaurant, concert hall and conference center inside a wooden moose. It is located in Sweden on top of Vithatten mountain.