The Sunsphere, located in World’s Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, is a 266 ft high hexagonal steel truss structure, topped with a 75 ft gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair. The Tennessee Amphitheater, also known as the World's Fair Park Amphitheater, is an open-air amphitheater located in the World's Fair Park.—Wikipedia
Seen along historic Route 66 in Illinois. The Twistee Treat Diner is a retro 50's style diner offering a variety of sandwiches and ice cream for dessert. Located adjacent to Interstate 55 along the historic U.S. Route 66 in Livingston, Illinois. Flanked by landmarks it is hard to miss the hot pink elephant of Elephant Antique Mall next door, a green spaceship, the giant top of an ice cream cone, and a large man and woman greeting you. U.S. Route 66 in Illinois connected St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois. The historic Route 66, first known as the Main Street of America and later dubbed the Mother Road by novelist John Steinbeck in 1939, took long distance automobile travelers from Chicago to Southern California. Illinois was the first of the eight states through which the route ran to have its segment of US 66 completed at a time when much of Route 66 was still a gravel-and-dirt road. Route 66 in Illinois has now been largely replaced with Interstate 55. Parts of the original route still carry traffic and six separate portions of the roadbed have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
The AT&T Building (formerly the South Central Bell Building and BellSouth Building, also colloquially known as the Batman Building) is a 617-foot, 33-story skyscraper completed in September 1994 and located in Nashville, Tennessee. The structure is designed as an office tower capable of housing 2,000 workers. It is currently the tallest building in the state of Tennessee. Its distinctive design and dark coloration have earned it the nickname ""Batman Building"", due to its resemblance to the cowl of superhero character Batman. In August 2009, French online business journal Le Journal du Net named the iconic "Batman Building", or as the article names it "La Bat Tower", one of the 12 most original office buildings in the world. The John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge (previously called the Shelby Street Bridge or Shelby Avenue Bridge) is a truss bridge that spans the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee. The bridge spans 3,150 ft and is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world. The bridge was the first in North America to have concrete arched trusses. In 1998 the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge was admitted to the National Register of Historic Places, due mainly to the unique truss design. Declared to be in ""poor"" condition in 1992, the bridge was closed to vehicular traffic in 1998. As part of the bridge's renovation for pedestrian use, an extensive new lighting system was installed. The bridge was refurbished and includes an elevator, ramps, and stairways. The bridge has a center lane that is 15 feet across to accommodate bicycles. On each side of the bicycle lane are 10-foot-wide elevated boardwalk-style sidewalks. The bridge includes four scenic pedestrian overlooks that, in the metal of the railing, have artistic renderings of the history of life on the Cumberland River. The bridge is dramatically lit at night.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
