1953 Electric Truck

The Tama was an early Datsun. Too bad it took 50 years to further the quest for non fossil fuel vehicles.

Protruding sign

Getting hit by a train... twice in 3 seconds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBD3fMNGI98&feature=player_embedded

One of the two qualifications for a Train Track Inspector: the ability to watch for trains. Looks like he's done some wild leaping before now.

AK-47

Not in any way to condone the production of these, but it's the 90th birthday of its designer, Kalashnikova. He received no royalties. It has endured as the VW Beetle of weapons, with 100 million sold, because it is so well and simply designed. It is idiot-proof, obviously a valuable criterion for amateur militia use.

Its name? A(vtomat, meaning automatic) K(alashnikova) (19)47

(I'm guessing all but a few dozen of its owners know the root of that infamous name)

Bare Bear

A little too much information! I prefer them cuddly.

World's Tallest Building

Until 1876, that is.

St.Nicholas' Church in Hamburg