That's a remarkable picture. Looks like it could be on a postcard.

Hmmm... you've got Stonehenge, but hometown has Carhenge!

Edit: je veux dire, 'my hometown'.

That's sooooo cool! Must go there and pop a few shots on Carhenge. ;)

Well, if you do go, make it part of a Midwest tour. Because Carhenge is the ONLY attraction of that region, for about 400 square miles in every direction. If you like dust, short dry plants, and the smell of manure, though, have at it.
Side-note: I was reading that wiki article. They left out the part about how it was built by a bunch of drunkards at a family reunion on government-owned land, so the mayor at the time wanted to have it removed, because it was a)an illegal structure, and b)an eyesore, or so he said. The wiki only gives the nice side of the story.

that's a beautiful shot!

Thankee kindlee. Got on my belly for that one, much to the amusement of a number of people.
Philistines, the lot of 'em!

Oooooh.. Pretty!

Isn't it? It was great to get there as the sun was low. Makes photos so much nicer.

New Grange... now there is a thought...

It's amazing how much 'we' modern people have forgotten of our past...

V.

Blame religion, sweetie.
All religions.

Then again, if religions didn't supplant each other we'd be living in a spiritually aware, environmentally acceptable, less-inhabited world ... probably with more human sacrifice than they have in Texas at the mo. I think I could just about go for that.

a freind of mine in England is an archeologist - he was telling me that many of the 'first' Christian churches in Briton were nothing more than the old pagan churches re-sancitified. The history is still there, just buried.

V.

THAT's what it is!!! A house they forgot to put the roof on! Of course! n.n

Well, it was sunny the day they built it.... :)

That is a beautiful shot indeed. The low sun seems to, I don't know, blur reality and it looks so timeless. Of course, it helps if it's on a wide open enough area that you don't have power lines in the background :)

I would love to see it in person some day. The scale of such a thing must be staggering. I also grew up near the Carhenge in western Nebraska and building that was enough of a wreck going somewhere to happen with "modern" tech :P Photo gallery on the Carhenge official site if you care . . . *grin*

*rolls eyes* in spite of the disparaging comments above it is not the only attracton for 400 miles, though I will admit our "first people" did not create structures so long lasting as several-thousand year old stones . . . it takes a little more detective work . . . and the natural scenery will take some getting used to for someone used to endless emerald fields . .

The scale of it is quite surprising, in that it's smaller than you would imagine, and the main road runs right past it. It's seems smaller and more intimate than expected and almost cosy, if I can use that word for a stone structure standing on a wind-swept plain. It's certainly human-sized and not scarily intimidating, in my humble opinion at least.

The Carhenge idea is so cool. A nice homage and oddball tribute. Only in America. :)

I suppose it looks more imposing because there is usually not anything else in pictures to compare it too . . a wide open plain as you say. "Scale" perhaps wasn't exactly the word I was looking for. More the imposing history of a stone work that has seen so much study and still holds mystery and wonder. As I say, definately on my "bucket list" *grin* Closest I've been was some time in London and Paris during a college tour several years ago, but I am looking forward to seeing Ireland some day.

That's a really great shot!

Thank you kindly, m'dear!