Featured Plaque:

Princess Victoria memorial plaque, Donaghadee

See D4102 : Princess Victoria memorial, Larne. Donaghadee and Portpatrick lifeboats were involved in the rescue of passengers from the sinking ferry. This plaque, on the harbour wall, commemorates...

• geograph

Vore Buffalo Jump

Plains Indians depended upon Buffalo for many of their material needs - food, shelter, clothing, tools, fuel, ceremonial objects, even toys. Prior to acquiring horses in the 18th century,...

• vore
• buffalo
• wyoming

Welcome to Manzanar

Submitted by Freda Lin.

• wwii
• japanese internment
• california

Devils Tower

Submitted by Debby Drake.

• wyoming
• devils tower
• close encounters

First Deadwood Gold Discovery

Submitted by Debby Drake. [Location approximate]

• deadwood
• south dakota
• gold

Mt. Moriah Cemetary

Submitted by Debby Drake

• cemetery
• deadwood
• moriah
• wild bill hickock
• calamity jane

Calamity Jane Grave Site

   Submitted by Debby Drake.

• cemetery
• deadwood
• moriah
• wild bill hickock
• calamity jane

Wild Bill Hickock Grave Site

 Submitted by Debby Drake.

• cemetery
• deadwood
• moriah
• wild bill hickock
• calamity jane

The Bugsy Building

On this site, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel's original Flamingo Hotel stood from December 26, 1946 until December 14, 1993. The hotel, which housed 77 rooms, including the notorious Mr. Siegel's...

• las vegas
• nevada
• casino
• resort
• mob
• bugsy siegel
• benjamin siegel
• flamingo hotel

Siegfried & Roy Dedication

Dedicated to Siegfried & Roy Masters of the Impossible, creators of an unprecedented phenomenon in the theatrical arts. As the pioneers of family entertainment in Las Vegas, they have changed the...

• las vegas
• magic
• magicians

Creation of Province of Saskatchewan

Province of Saskatchewan inauguration site. 

The World Champion Rower Ned Hanlan Lived Here From 1892 to 1908

User Actionlow Submitted by ‏@deptofhighfives

• toronto
• ontario
• hanlan
• rower

Dakota (Sioux) Memorial 1862

  DAKOTA (SIOUX) MEMORIAL * 1862 The last act of the Minnesota Dakota (Sioux) War took place here in Mankato on December 26, 1862 when thirty-eight Dakota Indians died in a mass execution on...

• dakota
• hangings
• lincoln
• minnesota
• sioux
• mankato

Minnesota River Steamboating

MINNESOTA RIVER STEAMBOATING Following the usual pattern of river town development, steamboating was essential for Mankato, from its founding in 1852 until the arrival of the first railroad...

• minnesota
• steamboating
• mankato
• st. paul

Anna Lee Fisher Astronoaut

 ANNA LEE FISHER ASTRONAUT  SAN PEDRO'S FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE ABOARD SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY NOV 8, 1984  PRESENTED BY AN ADMIRING COMMUNITYDEC 11, 1984 Submitted by @MNBrownlee .

• astronaut
• discovery
• space shuttle

Otis Barton's Bethoscope

Submitted by @MNBrownlee .

• 99pi
• bethoscope
• san pedro
• california

The First Emmy Awards

  Submitted by @MNBrownlee .

• los angeles
• hollywood
• emmy

Irene H. Canova Park

"This beach side property was donated in 1996 to the citizens of Brevard County by Patricia Kosinski in loving memory of her mother,  Irene H. Canova. In 1922, as a young widow with her...

• florida
• shells
• homestead

The Savoy Plaque

Text: Here once stood the legendary Savoy Ballroom, a hothouse for the development of jazz in the Swing era. Visually dazzling and spacious, the Savoy nightly featured the finest jazz bands in the...

• savoy
• swing
• lindy
• lindy hop
• dance
• 30's
• 40's
• happy feet

Hoboken City Hall

Submitted by Bob Paske.

• hoboken
• city hall
• beau arts
• wwi