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Praca de Cascais, Sausalito

    Praca de Cascais, Sausalito

      Dr. 'Teddy' Morgan

      EnglishWelsh International Rugby Player. Scored the winning try against the All Blacks in 1905. Born & lived in Agents Row (Nos. 8 & 10). WelshChwaraewr Rygbi Rhyngwladol a sgoriodd y cais...

      EnglishWelsh International Rugby Player. Scored the winning try against the All Blacks in 1905. Born & lived in Agents Row (Nos. 8 & 10). WelshChwaraewr Rygbi Rhyngwladol a sgoriodd y...

      • welsh
      • wales
      • rugby

      The Chalmette Plantations

      Scene of the Battle of New Orleans  Dec. 1814 - Jan. 1815  Battle raged on lands of Ignace de Lino de Chalmette, Antoine Bienvenue, and Denis de la Ronde. British camps on lands of Jaques de...

      Scene of the Battle of New Orleans  Dec. 1814 - Jan. 1815  Battle raged on lands of Ignace de Lino de Chalmette, Antoine Bienvenue, and Denis de la Ronde. British camps on lands of Jaques de...

      • louisiana
      • war of 1812
      • new orleans

      Lake Pontchartrain and the Pontchartrain Basin

      Named Lake Pontchartrain in 1718 by French Explorer, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Lake Pontchartrain is not a true lake but a shallow 630 square mile estuary. Approximately 40 miles wide...

      Named Lake Pontchartrain in 1718 by French Explorer, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Lake Pontchartrain is not a true lake but a shallow 630 square mile estuary. Approximately 40 miles wide...

      • louisiana
      • new orleans
      • waterway

      Southern Yacht Club

      Located across the New Basin Canal before you is the second oldest yacht club in the country. It moved from Pass Christian, MS onto the site across from the New Canal Lighthouse. The club built a...

      Located across the New Basin Canal before you is the second oldest yacht club in the country. It moved from Pass Christian, MS onto the site across from the New Canal Lighthouse. The club built...

      • louisiana
      • new orleans

      New Basin Canal

      The canal you see before you was created in the 1830's by the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company for drainage and commerce. Over 8,000 Irish immigrants died digging the canal through mosquito...

      The canal you see before you was created in the 1830's by the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company for drainage and commerce. Over 8,000 Irish immigrants died digging the canal through mosquito...

      • louisiana
      • new orleans
      • waterway

      Brieven van Belle

      The 18th century writer and "Independant woman" Belle van Zuylen lived in the castle nearby. Besides novels and plays, she wrote letters to the people hiking around the castle, and at some spots...

      The 18th century writer and "Independant woman" Belle van Zuylen lived in the castle nearby. Besides novels and plays, she wrote letters to the people hiking around the castle, and at some...

      • walking
      • slot zuylen
      • windmill

      Jaagpad bij de Vecht

      In the 19th and early 20th century rivers were the main transport route. Ships were towed by means of a rope, pulled by horses on the road parallel to the stream.In Dutch this road was called...

      In the 19th and early 20th century rivers were the main transport route. Ships were towed by means of a rope, pulled by horses on the road parallel to the stream.In Dutch this road was called...

      • transport over water
      • 19th century

      Classical parking notice

      A Latin and Greek instruction to errant velocipedistsDUAE ROTATE HIC RELICTAE PERIMENTUR--ΕΝΘΑΔΕ ΛΗΦΘΕΝΤΕΣ ΔΥΟΚΥΚΛΟΙ ΔΙΑΦΘΑRΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ[sic]

      A Latin and Greek instruction to errant velocipedistsDUAE ROTATE HIC RELICTAE PERIMENTUR-- ΕΝΘΑΔΕ ΛΗΦΘΕΝΤΕΣ ΔΥΟΚΥΚΛΟΙ ΔΙΑΦΘΑRΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ[sic]

        America's First Irish Coffee

        AMERICA'S FIRST IRISH COFFEE WAS MADE HERE IN 1952 IT WAS INSPIRATIONALLY INVENTED AT SHANNON AIRPORT BY JOE SHERIDAN IT WAS FORTUITOUSLY INTRODUCED HERE BY JOE SHERIDAN IT WAS NURTURED TO A...

        AMERICA'S FIRST IRISH COFFEE WAS MADE HERE IN 1952 IT WAS INSPIRATIONALLY INVENTED AT SHANNON AIRPORT BY JOE SHERIDAN IT WAS FORTUITOUSLY INTRODUCED HERE BY JOE SHERIDAN IT WAS NURTURED TO A...

        • coffee
        • whiskey
        • cream

        Vallejo

          June's Cafe

            Charlie Lee Scott

            Submitted by @jqmcd

            Submitted by @jqmcd

              The Alaska Packers Association

                Joaquin Miller's Abbey

                  Poppies

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                    For the Twins Helen & Hazel Talmage

                      Ford Assembly Plant

                        Annie's Place