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Mallory-Neely House

Built circa 1852, this 25-room Italian villa-style mansion was home to the Isaac Kirtland, Benjamin Babb, James C. Neely, Daniel Grant, and Barton Lee Mallory families between 1852 and 1969....

Built circa 1852, this 25-room Italian villa-style mansion was home to the Isaac Kirtland, Benjamin Babb, James C. Neely, Daniel Grant, and Barton Lee Mallory families between 1852 and...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Memphis Queen II

Built in 1955 by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company, The Memphis Queen II was the first all-steel passenger ship on the Mississippi River. Measuring 85 feet long by 43 feet wide, it features two...

Built in 1955 by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company, The Memphis Queen II was the first all- steel passenger ship on the Mississippi River. Measuring 85 feet long by 43 feet wide, it features two...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Lenin Statue

This is not V.I. Lenin This statue is hollow. Inside are six inches of water in ditch along a country road just outside of the small village of Russia, Ohio, a boy in a threadbare sweater, his...

This is not V.I. Lenin This statue is hollow. Inside are six inches of water in ditch along a country road just outside of the small village of Russia, Ohio, a boy in a threadbare...

  • lenin
  • fremont
  • washington
  • poem
  • russia
  • ohio

Old United States Mint

Old United States Mint The Old Mint (1869), San Francisco's second, is California's only such Federal Greek Revival structure. Due to unsurpassed productivity, it became a sub-treasury in 1874....

Old United States Mint The Old Mint (1869), San Francisco's second, is California's only such Federal Greek Revival structure. Due to unsurpassed productivity, it became a sub-treasury in 1874....

  • mint
  • 1869
  • 1906
  • greek revival

Site of the First U.S. Branch Mint

SITE OF FIRST U.S. BRANCH MINT THE FIRST UNITED STATES BRANCH MINT IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS JULY 3, 1852. AND OPENED FOR OPERATION APRIL 3, 1854. DR. L.A. BIRDSALL WAS THE FIRST...

SITE OF FIRST U.S. BRANCH MINT THE FIRST UNITED STATES BRANCH MINT IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS JULY 3, 1852. AND OPENED FOR OPERATION APRIL 3, 1854. DR. L.A. BIRDSALL WAS THE...

  • san francisco
  • california
  • bay area
  • mint
  • branch mint

Curt C. (Curt) Flood

  • free agent
  • oakland
  • alameda
  • san francisco

Redwood

Sequoia Dendron Giganteum (Redwood)  This tree is dedicated by the  BROWNSVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH  to the volunteers who recovered our Park after the wind storm of February 7, 2002 Thank You All

Sequoia Dendron Giganteum (Redwood)  This tree is dedicated by the  BROWNSVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH  to the volunteers who recovered our Park after the wind storm of February 7, 2002 Thank You All

  • oregon
  • redwood
  • neighborhood watch

Joe Morgan

    Dedicated to the People of Bangor

    THIS BUILDING IS GIVEN BY PATRIOTIC CITIZENS AND IS DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF BANGOR  CORNER STONE LAID 1912 - CHARLES W MULLEN MAYOR BUILDING COMPLETED 1913 - FLAVIUS O BEAL MAYOR

    THIS BUILDING IS GIVEN BY PATRIOTIC CITIZENS AND IS DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF BANGOR  CORNER STONE LAID 1912 - CHARLES W MULLEN MAYOR BUILDING COMPLETED 1913 - FLAVIUS O BEAL MAYOR

    • bangor
    • maine
    • patriotic citizens

    U.S. Shot Furnace

    U.S. SHOT FURNACE  This structure is a hot shot furnace for heating cannon balls to be shot at wooden vessels and to set them on fire. It is part of the water battery built by the U.S. (1842-44)...

    U.S. SHOT FURNACE  This structure is a hot shot furnace for heating cannon balls to be shot at wooden vessels and to set them on fire. It is part of the water battery built by the U.S....

    • canonballs
    • wood structure
    • shot furnace