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What is the most isolated building in the world?
I wish to know what the the most isolated building in the world is, with "most isolated" being defined as "the longest distance to the closest building". Building complexes count ...
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What is the world's largest publicly accessible air-conditioned space? [closed]
Living just off the equator, in a place that's hot & humid all year around, I find myself longing for places with pleasant, predictable, climate-controlled environments. So:
What is the largest ...
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Are there other places with wind tunnel "wings"?
On a recent visit to Leeds I experienced and learned about the history of the wind tunnel effect from Leeds' tallest building Bridgewater Place and the remediation the council have put in place to ...
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Where in Shiraz, Iran can I find "The Pause"?
I'm looking for (the exact location of) this project:
http://iranian-architect.ir/project-0214
The architect is Amir Hossein Ashari. It's somewhere in the city of Shiraz, Iran and is built in 2017.
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Where do I find this building in Tbilisi, Georgia?
I'm looking for this place in Tbilisi. Does anyone recognise this and can point me to the right way?
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Where is this building on a mountain in Planet Earth 2?
In the documentary Planet Earth 2, there is a view of a number of buildings on the peak of a mountain. The narration states:
Today, in the Alps, human encroachment is changing the highest of ...
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What city are these buildings in?
This advertisement is from Motor Trend magazine - November 1990.
Additional Information: Yes, I am a fan of round and cylindrical buildings. I would like to see this grouping. I am sorry, I am new ...
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Where is this building?
It's possible it's in St Petersbourg but I do not know and I do not have a higher resolution picture. Question originally from http://www.gyakorikerdesek.hu/utazas__egyeb-kerdesek__7933933-felismeri-...
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What is the oldest building in the world still in use?
What is the oldest building or structure in the world that's still in regular use today?
For the sake of the question, I'm not looking for something that still exists purely as a tourist attraction....
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What is this building?
What and where is this building? It's a stock photo and no amount of reverse-image searching on Google has provided me with a relevant result.
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Where is this structure in Berlin?
What is the location of this structure in Berlin?
I know it was part of a test project for the 'Germania' plan, but I cant find any information for the exact location in Berlin.
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Where exactly is this building located in Cuba?
I'm preparing our next trip to Cuba and seeing some pictures, I've found this one:
I suppose it's located in Havana, but cannot find where exactly (address or GPS location). The most significant ...
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Where is the world's largest commercial elevator?
Out of curiosity, I went to search for "world's largest elevator", but all the results were for grain elevators.
Now obviously, you can't ride in a grain elevator. What I meant was, what is the ...
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What building is this?
This image is a screenshot from a video, and in the video the image is named "UK".
What building is this?
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Where exactly is Yamada Castle in Okinawa?
I've already visited the one restored castle in Okinawa and Wikipedia tells me there are several other ruined castles here on the main island.
But one castle is mentioned several times yet I cannot ...
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Where is this castle?
where is this castle/palace? someone suggested it was Vianden castle in Luxembourg but it's not.
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Where on earth is this church which looks like a confused chicken?
This picture has been circulating on twitter and in the office. But it doesn't say where it is. Can anyone provide the church's location?
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Where can I see this Darth Vader church?
Recently, I saw a picture that shows a Darth Vader bust:
It seems to be a church or something similar. For me it looks like a big fake, but my friend swears that this is not photoshopped. Therefore, ...
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To which country in Europe should I travel to if I want to see a lot of lighthouses?
My father is a big lighthouse fan (I know...). Now he wants to spend his next holidays in a country in Europe where he can see a lot of lighthouses. Obviously that shouldn't be a landlocked country, ...
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