This page features some famous sites around the world. Possibly, this page might inspire you to take a trip to one of these locations in future – or you have already been there and share the enthusiasm for the illustrated destinations?
 
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Washington (DC), USA (2010)

DC 2010
 
The U.S. Treasury building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Ammi Burnham Young

DC 2010
 
The White House – view from the South

DC 2010
 
The Goethe-Institut in Washington, DC, is located in 812 Seventh Street

DC 2010
 
The prominent Washington Monument, built in honor of George Washington and finished in 1884

DC 2010
 
The Freedom Plaza, formerly "Western Plaza", renamed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

DC 2010
 
The National Portrait Gallery

DC 2010
 
Chinatown’s "Friendship Archway"

DC 2010
 
The National Archives Building ("Archives I")

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Silicon Valley (CA), Ann Arbor (MI), USA (2009)

Silicon Valley 2009
 
Discovered at an Boeing 767-300ER wing

Silicon Valley 2009
 
View on Silicon Valley in the background

Silicon Valley 2009
 
…and a closer view on Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley 2009
 
San Francisco bay area seen from Conzelman road

Silicon Valley 2009
 
Confusing?

Silicon Valley 2009
 Burton Tower, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Silicon Valley 2009
 
Michigan Stadium – formerly the largest one in the United States (capacity today: 106,201)

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Berlin, Germany (2009)

Berlin 2009
 
Bellevue Palace, the official residence of the President of Germany

Berlin 2009
 
TV tower, seen from the famous "Unter den Linden" boulevard

Berlin 2009
 
The "Berliner Philharmonie" concert hall – home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Berlin 2009
 
Victory Column (inaugurated in 1873 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian war)

Berlin 2009
 
Open-air exhibition "Topography of Terror"

Berlin 2009
 The Brandenburg Gate on July 17, 2009 at 15.31PM…

Berlin 2009
 
…and at 15.32PM

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London, UK (2008)

London 2008
 
The Tower Bridge

London 2008
 
Corrosion at the bridge

London 2008
 
Rehabilitation work at Tower Bridge

London 2008
 
Alternative bridge designs

London 2008
 
Buckingham Palace
London 2008
 
The Clock Tower
London 2008
 
Professor Einstein and Dr. Smarsly meeting at Madame Tussauds
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Cairo, Egypt (2007)

Cairo 2007
 
View over Cairo (affected by smog)

Cairo 2007
 
Cairo University

Cairo 2007
 
Cairo University – Faculty of Engineering

Cairo 2007
 
Campus of Cairo University

Cairo 2007
 
Egyptian Museum

Cairo 2007
 
Preservation of nature (i) – Giza zoo

Cairo 2007
 
Preservation of nature (ii) – Cairo city

Cairo 2007
 
At the hotel

Cairo 2007
 
Luckily found a Gold’s Gym in Cairo

Cairo 2007
 
Shooping tour

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Dr.-Ing. Kay Smarsly
Stanford University
Civil and Environmental Engineering
473 Via Ortega
Stanford, CA 94305-4020
USA

Email: info[at]smarsly.de