California

It's tough keeping up with the Joneses... In this Californian community the latest trend is apprently having a tennis court in your back garden. It doesn't seem that this is an isolated case either, tennis court communities are springing up…

Originally built for WWI (although not completed before the war ended), the SS Palo Alto is an oil tanker unusually built using concrete. After sitting in dock for years doing nothing Palo Alto was permanently grounded at Seacliff State Beach…

Spanning the LA Harbour is the Vincent Thomas Bridge. At full zoom the shadow on the striking green water gives a very good detail of the bridge's shape. Thanks: Dan

The satellite launch system "Sea Launch" is moored in the Long Beach Harbor, Long Beach, California. Satellites are launched from the "Odyssey Launch Platform", a semi-submersible former oil rig, after it has been towed out to the equator. The platform…

Stunning architecture here at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California. Designed by architect Richard Meier and opened in 1997, the building is the current home of the J. Paul Getty Museum which exists to collect and exhibit classical and…

Can anyone explain why someone has planted this rectangular-ish line of trees outside of Oakland, CA? And while we're at it, what the heck is this? Thanks to Bob (Canadian) Thompson.