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Country Inn Roadhouse

GEORGETOWN HISTORIC SITE COUNTRY INN ROADHOUSE This is the last of several roadhouses that once lined this street. Patrons enjoyed drinking, dancing, and gambling downstairs and "hotel" rooms...

GEORGETOWN HISTORIC SITE COUNTRY INN ROADHOUSE This is the last of several roadhouses that once lined this street. Patrons enjoyed drinking, dancing, and gambling downstairs and "hotel"...

    The First World Series

    Submitted by @RNewengland

    Submitted by @RNewengland

      Solon Hannibal Borglum

      Bucky O'Neil cowboy statue by Solon Hannibal Borglum Submitted by @JimStLeger

      Bucky O'Neil cowboy statue by Solon Hannibal Borglum Submitted by @JimStLeger

        Desoto Park Fort Prudhomme

        In this section of the Clarendon Grant on the Chucaqua portion of the Mississippi River, LaSalle, the French explorer, built Fort Prudhomme in 1682. Erected by the Tennessee Society of the...

        In this section of the Clarendon Grant on the Chucaqua portion of the Mississippi River, LaSalle, the French explorer, built Fort Prudhomme in 1682. Erected by the Tennessee Society of...

        • shelby county
        • tennessee

        Bronzeville, Illinois

        A monument to the erasure of Bronzeville for the Illinois Institute of Technology. Architecture is not neutral. Submitted by @blaservations

        A monument to the erasure of Bronzeville for the Illinois Institute of Technology. Architecture is not neutral. Submitted by @blaservations

          Emporium of the Valleys

            19th Century Architecture

            Center Lane alley is one of the best examples of what Memphis looked like in the late 19th century. Note the arched windows, the metal shutters, and the decorative cast iron columns, probably made...

            Center Lane alley is one of the best examples of what Memphis looked like in the late 19th century. Note the arched windows, the metal shutters, and the decorative cast iron columns, probably made...

            • shelby county
            • tennessee

            Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

              Parliament Fined the Town for its Negligence

              MRS. BLUNDEN, WIFE OF WILLIAM BLUNDEN, MALTSTER, WAS BURIED ALIVE IN THIS CEMETERY IN JULY 1674. PARLIAMENT FINED THE TOWN FOR ITS NEGLIGENCE BASINGSTOKE HERITAGE SOCIETY Submitted by @Elephantgoesmoo

              MRS. BLUNDEN, WIFE OF WILLIAM BLUNDEN, MALTSTER, WAS BURIED ALIVE IN THIS CEMETERY IN JULY 1674. PARLIAMENT FINED THE TOWN FOR ITS NEGLIGENCE BASINGSTOKE HERITAGE SOCIETY Submitted by @Elephantgoesmoo

              • maltster

              Debbie Reynolds, Halloweentown

              Submitted by @Ritterton, photo by emmagraycetf

              Submitted by @Ritterton, photo by emmagraycetf

                NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent's Triangle

                Submitted by @Ritterton

                Submitted by @Ritterton

                  Thomas M. Hartnett

                  Submitted by @Ritterton

                  Submitted by @Ritterton

                    Battle of Collierville An Unexpected Guest

                    Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun...

                    Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun...

                    • shelby county
                    • tennessee

                    A Request From the Holiday Fellowship

                    A Request From the Holiday Fellowship Friend, when you stray, or sit and take your ease On Moor , or Fell, or under spreading trees Pray, leave no traces of your wayside meal, No paper bag, no...

                    A Request From the Holiday Fellowship Friend, when you stray, or sit and take your ease On Moor , or Fell, or under spreading trees Pray, leave no traces of your wayside meal, No paper bag,...

                      Alico Building

                      ALICO BUILDING DESIGNED AND BUILT BY SANGUINET & STAATS AND ROY E. LANE, THE 22-STORY HOME OFFICE OF THE AMICABLE LIFE INSURANCE Co. WAS ERECTED IN 1911 AS PUBLICITY FOR THE NEW FIRM. THE...

                      ALICO BUILDING DESIGNED AND BUILT BY SANGUINET & STAATS AND ROY E. LANE, THE 22-STORY HOME OFFICE OF THE AMICABLE LIFE INSURANCE Co. WAS ERECTED IN 1911 AS PUBLICITY FOR THE NEW FIRM....

                        Holliwell Covered Bridge

                          Constructed by First Engineers 1933

                          These brick were brought from ENGLAND in the 17th CENTURY and used in the construction of LORD FAIRFAX MANSION, at BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, 1730 From...

                          These brick were brought from ENGLAND in the 17th CENTURY and used in the construction of LORD FAIRFAX MANSION, at BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, 1730...

                            Lake Washington Boulevard

                            [location approximate]

                            [location approximate]

                              Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9

                              Submitted by @Ritterton

                              Submitted by @Ritterton

                                The Society of West End Theatre Half Price Ticket Booth

                                Submitted by @GaspardWinckler

                                Submitted by @GaspardWinckler