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?
For navigation, use the items in the list below. To view a larger version of a photo in a new window, click on the particular picture. Enjoy!
- Washington (DC), USA (2010)
- Silicon Valley (CA) & Ann Arbor (MI), USA (2009)
- Berlin, Germany (2009)
- London, UK (2008)
- Cairo, Egypt (2007)
- Cape Town, South Africa (2007)
- Cape of Good Hope & Cape Agulhas, South Africa (2007)
- Giza, Egypt (2007)
- Granada, Spain (2006)
- Luxor, Egypt (2006)
- Thebes – West Bank, Egypt (2006)
- Cancun, Mexico (2005)
- Eastern Seaboard (PA, OH, NY), USA (2005)
- San Francisco Bay Area (CA), USA (2005)
- Brussels, Belgium (2004)
- Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (2004)
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| . Washington (DC), USA (2010) |
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![]() The U.S. Treasury building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Ammi Burnham Young |
![]() The White House – view from the South |
![]() The Goethe-Institut in Washington, DC, is located in 812 Seventh Street |
![]() The prominent Washington Monument, built in honor of George Washington and finished in 1884 |
![]() The Freedom Plaza, formerly "Western Plaza", renamed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
![]() The National Portrait Gallery |
![]() Chinatown’s "Friendship Archway" |
![]() The National Archives Building ("Archives I") |
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| . Silicon Valley (CA), Ann Arbor (MI), USA (2009) |
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Discovered at an Boeing 767-300ER wing |
View on Silicon Valley in the background |
…and a closer view on Silicon Valley |
San Francisco bay area seen from Conzelman road |
Confusing? |
Burton Tower, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) |
Michigan Stadium – formerly the largest one in the United States (capacity today: 106,201) |
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| . Berlin, Germany (2009) |
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![]() Bellevue Palace, the official residence of the President of Germany |
![]() TV tower, seen from the famous "Unter den Linden" boulevard |
![]() The "Berliner Philharmonie" concert hall – home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
![]() Victory Column (inaugurated in 1873 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian war) |
![]() Open-air exhibition "Topography of Terror" |
![]() The Brandenburg Gate on July 17, 2009 at 15.31PM… |
![]() …and at 15.32PM |
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| . London, UK (2008) |
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![]() The Tower Bridge |
![]() Corrosion at the bridge |
![]() Rehabilitation work at Tower Bridge |
![]() Alternative bridge designs |
![]() Buckingham Palace |
![]() The Clock Tower |
![]() Professor Einstein and Dr. Smarsly meeting at Madame Tussauds |
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| . Cairo, Egypt (2007) |
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![]() View over Cairo (affected by smog) |
![]() Cairo University |
![]() Cairo University – Faculty of Engineering |
![]() Campus of Cairo University |
![]() Egyptian Museum |
![]() Preservation of nature (i) – Giza zoo |
![]() Preservation of nature (ii) – Cairo city |
![]() At the hotel |
![]() Luckily found a Gold’s Gym in Cairo |
![]() Shooping tour |
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