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Red Canyon

    Market Square Knoxville

      Flaming Gorge: Famous for Fishing

        Explorers of the Green

          Furs and farms, fire and floods... the rise of Lava Hot Springs

            The Benefits of Social Security

            Henry Kreis(b. 1899, Essen, Germany – d. 1963, Essex, Connecticut)  The Benefits of Social Security1941 granite This bas relief is one of a pair, the first of which stands above the building’s...

            Henry Kreis(b. 1899, Essen, Germany – d. 1963, Essex, Connecticut)  The Benefits of Social Security1941 granite This bas relief is one of a pair, the first of which stands above the building’s...

            • washington dc
            • sculpture

            Cathedral Heights Business District

            Cathedral Heights Business District As Washington expanded to the Northwest in the 1920s, modest homes were built on farmland in an area known first as Fairview Heights and then as Cathedral...

            Cathedral Heights Business District As Washington expanded to the Northwest in the 1920s, modest homes were built on farmland in an area known first as Fairview Heights and then as...

            • washington dc

            In memory of all the Hungarians who sacrificed their lives for freedom

            In memory of all the Hungarians who sacrificed their lives for freedom.Mindazon magyarok emléké, akik életüket áldozták a szabadságért.Hungarian Reformed Federation of AmericaOctober 23rd,...

            In memory of all the Hungarians who sacrificed their lives for freedom.Mindazon magyarok emléké, akik életüket áldozták a szabadságért.Hungarian Reformed Federation of AmericaOctober...

            • washington dc
            • dupont circle

            The Daguerre Monument

            This monument pays tribute to French Artist and inventor Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851), who revolutionized picture-making in 1839 by introducing the first practical form of photography...

            This monument pays tribute to French Artist and inventor Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851), who revolutionized picture-making in 1839 by introducing the first practical form of photography...

            • washington dc

            Rousseau's Raid to East Alabama

              Opelika Then and Now

                Lava Hot Springs

                  The Trail Connects Us All

                    Aa Dembi

                      Overland Ships

                        Cassia Silent City of Rocks

                          In Memory of ye Cherry Pey

                          In Memory of ye Cherry Pey As cost 1/2 a Guiney ye 17 of July That day we had good cheer I hope to so do maney a Year R C 1752 D Jerry Submitted by @IsabellaRosner.

                          In Memory of ye Cherry Pey As cost 1/2 a Guiney ye 17 of July That day we had good cheer I hope to so do maney a Year R C 1752 D Jerry Submitted by @IsabellaRosner.

                          • pie
                          • cherry pie
                          • cherry pye
                          • 1752

                          Albion State Normal School

                            Shoshone Falls Park

                              Spatter Cones