St. John's Church
Submitted by Gilda Spitz
- nashville
- tennessee
- church
- polk
- 1842
James Knox Polk
Submitted by Gilda Spitz
- nashville
- tennessee
- polk
- 1916
National Engineering Landmark Parkes Radio Telescope
Plaque reads: 'This 64 metre diameter telescope is the realisation of the vision of CSIRO's Dr E.G. Bowen. Designed by Freeman and Fox Partners to a CSIRO specification and built by...
- radio telescope
- australia
- nsw
- csiro
- astronomy
Parkes Radio Telescope
Plaque reads 'On 21 July 1969 the Parkes Radio Telescope brought television pictures of the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk to 600 million people around the world. This remarkable event was achieved...
- radio telescope
- apollo 11
- australia
- nsw
- nasa
- moon
- csiro
Johnny's Well
Plaque reads: 'Johnny's Well was not a well in the accepted sense, but a spring which provided clean water to passing ships from ports the world over, including American whalers. Water from...
- water
- spring
- nsw
- australia
Wishing Tree
Apparently people used to walk around the tree three times backwards and then make it wish, it was apparently a popular thing to do. Plaque reads: 'This was the site of the Gardens first Wishing...
- tree
- botanic gardens
- sydney
- australia
- tree
O'Shaughnessy Dam
66,000,000,000 gallons. #HetchHetchy Submitted by friscolex
- hetchhetchy
- dam
- reservoir
Lawrence Hall of Science Children's Fountain
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- lhs
Minster Gates
MINSTER GATES Here stood one of the entrance gates into the Minster Liberty, for foot traffic only. There have been posts here for probably 600 years. The approach was at one time called Bookland...
- york
- england
- books
- minster
- minerva
Wollemi Pine
Plaque reads: ' The Wollemi Pine: almost as rare as a dinosaur This is one of the world's rarest plants. Australia's very own Wollemi pine (wollemi nobilis). There are only three stands of...
- pine tree sy...