Riverside Trail - The Unseen History of Riverside Park
WPA CampsitesIn the 1930's the idea of creating campsites to accommodate the rising influx of tourisits [sic] was booming in parks across the State. Tourists taking advantage of these affordable...
- wpa
- parks
- campsite
- river
- logjam
- grand rapids
- michigan
- logging
Wolf Point Bridge
One naturally wonders how Wolf Point, the town just upriver from the bridge, got such an evocative name. The town's...
- missouri river
- wolf point
- bridges
- montana
Thorn Creek Woods
Thorn Creek Woods is dedicated to the memory of Mary Lou Marzuki, 1926-1984, whose skill, enthusiasm and integrity made possible the preservation of these woods as a natural heritage for all...
- thorn creek woods
- park forest
- illinois
- chicagoland
- will county
Nathan Louis Peck Memorial
Nathan Louis Peck 12/10/1995 - 07/28/2006 Slid off a cliff near here during family hike. In his short time here he taught us all to love more deeply, openly. Dearly missed by family,...
- peck
- wanakena ny
- adirondacks
- accidental death
- hike
- alan r. reno
- 2006
- cathedral rocks
Massacre of Wounded Knne
It's well known that this is a contested piece of ground and a contested piece of history. It's also an episode that remains an open wound, largely because Congress saw fit to bestow the...
- wounded knee
- pine ridge r...
- oglala sioux
- native americans
- american west
- u.s. army
- massacres
Lusk Rest Area
Although paved highways have existed in the U.S. since the 1920s, rest areas are a more recent feature of highway travel. In the 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady, Lady Bird...
- wyoming
- lusk
- rest areas
- u.s. 20
Breaks in the Prairie
Rawhide Buttes in front of you is an island habitat within the shortgrass prairie. Because the Buttes contain forest habitat, they support different species of wildlife than the...
- wyoming
- lusk
- rest areas
- u.s. 20
- wildlife
Cheyenne-Deadwood Trail
Note the sign's last line about the killing of the last buffalo in the area. One sort of wonders exactly when that happens. I can't believe it was in the era when the rest stop was built,...
- wyoming
- lusk
- rest areas
- u.s. 20
- wildlife
Uwe Düne
UWEDÜNE"Uwe's Dune" is the highest natural elevation of the island Sylt with 52.5m. It is named after lawyer and bailiff Uwe Jens LornsenUwe Jens Lornsen is one of the first syltian students with...
Art in the City
6 blocks Art in the City Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Seattle has been home to a nationally recognized group of painters-past and present. These artists, called The...
Not a Julia Morgan
Western Data Processing Center
The site where one of the first computer telephone networks connected five other schools in 1963. Submitted by @krtplzr.
Cees van Corrie
This plaque on the island of Texel in the Waddenzee commemorates the grenade collecting action of a man locally known as "Cees van Corrie", who lived in this house in the village of Den Burg. The...
- granaat
- grenade
- fortress
- texel
Juan Bautista de Anza Trail End
LT COLONEL JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA BY DECREE OF CARLOS II OF SPAIN DE ANZA EXPEDITION 1775 1776 LED AN EXPEDITION TO THIS SITE THE MISSION BEING TO COLONIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Submitted by @bezukhova
AK Smiley Library
Submitted by @jqmcd.