Monday, 6 of September of 2010

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California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, California, USA)

The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest museums of natural history in the World. Remodeled in 2008, it is also one of the newest in the United States.  It is located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, USA. (Wikipedia Article)

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Credit: Tim Griffith Source:  archdaily.com

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Invernadero de Atocha (Madrid, Spain)

Invernadero de Atocha (literally “Atocha’s Greenhouse“) is a tropical botanical garden in Atocha railway station (Madrid, Spain)

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Glass House, Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark

More information on this very interesting community in Copenhagen may be found here: Wikipedia.org

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Multiple Resolutions   Source: flickr.com Credit: seier+seier+seier

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Wallfahrtskirche Maria Königin der Friedens (Velbert-Neviges, Germany)

Wallfahrtskirche Maria Königin der Friedens (translation: Sanctuary of Mary Queen of Peace)

Pilgrimage Church, Built in 1966.  Architect: Gottfried Böhm

Visit their official website.

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Riverwalk, San Antonio

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Boating down one of America’s premier “Urban Rivers”

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Source:  ArtIncorporated.com

Credit: Bob Howen