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Riverwalk Rehabilitation at East Commerce Street

Riverwalk Rehabilitation at East Commerce Street The improvements to this site were financed in part by an urban park and recreational recovery program grant from the U.S. Department of Interior,...

Riverwalk Rehabilitation at East Commerce Street The improvements to this site were financed in part by an urban park and recreational recovery program grant from the U.S. Department of Interior,...

    Pueblo Bonito

    Plaque at Pueblo Bonito, the largest of the "great houses" at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. Chaco Canyon was the center of the Ancestral Puebloan culture, populated from...

    Plaque at Pueblo Bonito, the largest of the "great houses" at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. Chaco Canyon was the center of the Ancestral Puebloan culture, populated from...

    • ruins
    • ancestral puebloan
    • anasazi
    • great house
    • new mexico

    The Man-Eating Tigress

    Submitted by @ciara_l_b .

    Submitted by @ciara_l_b .

    • new york
    • nyc
    • tigress
    • tiger
    • explorers club
    • nepal
    • kathmandu
    • skull
    • mcaninch

    Clement G. Morgan

    Submitted by @mywolfson.‏

    Submitted by @mywolfson.‏

    • cambridge
    • massachusetts
    • african american
    • niagara
    • naacp
    • harvard

    Dodona Manor

    Submitted by @jqmcd     

    Submitted by @jqmcd   

    • marshall
    • virginia
    • leesburg
    • peace prize
    • nobel
    • oaks
    • china
    • wwii

    Old Stone Church Site

    OLD STONE CHURCH SITE One block north on Cornwall Street is the site of the first Methodist-owned property in America. Lot 50 was deeded to the Methodist Society in Leesburg on May 11, 1766. In...

    OLD STONE CHURCH SITE One block north on Cornwall Street is the site of the first Methodist-owned property in America. Lot 50 was deeded to the Methodist Society in Leesburg on May 11, 1766....

    • leesburg
    • virginia
    • church
    • methodist

    Stone Arch Bridge

    National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, American Society of Civil Engineers.  Stone Arch Bridge - Great Northern Railway.  The Stone Arch Bridge of the Burlington Northern Railroad is...

    National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, American Society of Civil Engineers.  Stone Arch Bridge - Great Northern Railway.  The Stone Arch Bridge of the Burlington Northern Railroad...

    • minnesota
    • minneapolis
    • mississippi river
    • great northern
    • railroad

    Soda Works Building

    SODA WORKS BUILDING E. A. Spalding, Contractor 1888 Robert Agers constructed this building to manufacture “the very bestsoda water” for customers throughout California. The recessed...

    SODA WORKS BUILDING E. A. Spalding, Contractor 1888 Robert Agers constructed this building to manufacture “the very bestsoda water” for customers throughout California. The...

    • soda
    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • mortally wounding

    Emerson's Birthplace

    Submitted by @jsbruce .

    Submitted by @jsbruce .

    • boston
    • massachusetts
    • emerson

    Stedfastgate plaque, Water of Leith Walkway

    © Copyright kim traynor and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

    © Copyright kim traynor and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

    • park and pub...
    • geograph

    For His 17-Ship Anti-Pirate Squadron

    1823 Naval Station 1974 Commodore David Porter established a Naval Station here on April 3, 1823 as a Supply Base for his 17-ship Anti-Pirate Squadron. The Station remained in constant operation...

    1823 Naval Station 1974 Commodore David Porter established a Naval Station here on April 3, 1823 as a Supply Base for his 17-ship Anti-Pirate Squadron. The Station remained in constant operation...

    • porter
    • naval
    • station
    • pirate
    • florida
    • key west

    Connolly memorial, Cowgate

    A plaque marks the birthplace of James Connolly who was the military leader of the 1916 Easter Uprising. © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence ....

    A plaque marks the birthplace of James Connolly who was the military leader of the 1916 Easter Uprising. © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence...

    • people
    • events
    • defence
    • military
    • memorial
    • geograph

    Hodenpyl Woods

    "Hodenpyl Woods This tablet is erected in grateful appreciation of the gift in 1912, by ANTON G. HODENPYL A lover of nature,  To the people of his native city, of this forty acre tract to be...

    "Hodenpyl Woods This tablet is erected in grateful appreciation of the gift in 1912, by ANTON G. HODENPYL A lover of nature,  To the people of his native city, of this forty acre tract to...

    • east grand rapids
    • michigan
    • nature
    • forest

    Marine

    The first commercial sawmill in Minnesota was erected 300 feet east of here in 1838. The lumbering industry, which monopolized the minds and talents of men in the St. Croix Valley for...

    The first commercial sawmill in Minnesota was erected 300 feet east of here in 1838. The lumbering industry, which monopolized the minds and talents of men in the St. Croix Valley...

    • minnesota
    • marine on st. croix
    • sawmill
    • lumber

    First Swedish Settlers in Minnesota

    This historic monument is situated on the northeast corner of a 40-acre tract of land purchased Oct. 18, 1850 by the first three Swedish settlers in Minnesota. They built a log house on the shore...

    This historic monument is situated on the northeast corner of a 40-acre tract of land purchased Oct. 18, 1850 by the first three Swedish settlers in Minnesota. They built a log house on the shore...

    • minnesota
    • scandia
    • sweden
    • settlers

    For Scurvy Ridden Whale Men

    MRS HUMPHREY'S HOUSE TEMPORARY HOSPITAL1835 - 1836 FOR SCURVY RIDDEN WHALE MEN WHO HAD BEEN TRAPPED IN THE ICE FOR MONTHS           Submitted by @LGThomson1

    MRS HUMPHREY'S HOUSE TEMPORARY HOSPITAL1835 - 1836 FOR SCURVY RIDDEN WHALE MEN WHO HAD BEEN TRAPPED IN THE ICE FOR MONTHS           Submitted by @LGThomson1

    • scotland
    • scurvy
    • whale
    • months
    • ice

    Pooh Bear

    Found this on the way to a fishing trip at Flindt Landing Camp, ON, Canada (50°14'45.4"N 90°26'41.1"W).   On the way through White Water we stopped for gas. I saw a familiar statue that I had to...

    Found this on the way to a fishing trip at Flindt Landing Camp, ON, Canada (50°14'45.4"N 90°26'41.1"W).   On the way through White Water we stopped for gas. I saw a familiar statue that I had to...

      Was Perceived to have Lived and Died Here

      Photographed by Arenamontanus Attribution 2.0 Generic

      Photographed by Arenamontanus Attribution 2.0 Generic

      • oxford
      • england
      • berkeley
      • george berkeley
      • philosophy

      Mary and Gene Tarrant

      More info at Berkeleyside.

      More info at Berkeleyside.

      • berkeley
      • california
      • cal
      • bay area
      • edwards
      • tarrant

      Japantown Peace Pagoda

      この平和の塔は 日本の人々から 友情のしるしとして アメリアの人々に おくられたものです。 昭和四十三年青二十八日 一九六八年 The Peace Pagoda Presented in friendship to the people of The United States by the people of Japan March 28,1968

      この平和の塔は 日本の人々から 友情のしるしとして アメリアの人々に おくられたものです。 昭和四十三年青二十八日 一九六八年 The Peace Pagoda Presented in friendship to the people of The United States by the people of Japan March 28,1968

      • san francisco
      • japantown
      • japanese
      • california
      • bay area