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Brick House Ruin

Brick House Ruin, Edisto Island, South Carolina 2000-08-03Brick House Ruinhas been designated a Registered National Historical Landmarkunder the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21,...

Brick House Ruin, Edisto Island, South Carolina 2000-08-03Brick House Ruinhas been designated a Registered National Historical Landmarkunder the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August...

  • edisto island
  • south carolina

This Aliso (Sycamore)

  THIS ALISO (SYCAMORE) WAS PROBABLY 50 YEARS OLD WHEN THE PILGRIMS LANDED IN 1620 IT WAS DESIGNATED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK BY THE ALISO CANYON CHAPTER DAR MAY 1, 1968 A plaque commemorating a...

  THIS ALISO (SYCAMORE) WAS PROBABLY 50 YEARS OLD WHEN THE PILGRIMS LANDED IN 1620 IT WAS DESIGNATED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK BY THE ALISO CANYON CHAPTER DAR MAY 1, 1968 A plaque commemorating a...

  • sycamore

The Music Box Steps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Box“Location The steps, which were the focal point of The Music Box, still exist in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles, near the Laurel and Hardy Park....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Box“Locatio n The steps, which were the focal point of The Music Box, still exist in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles, near the Laurel and Hardy...

  • hollywood
  • laurel and hardy
  • silverlake

Steinle Turret Machine Co.

149 Waubesa St. Madison, Wisconsin- This is one of a series of plaques that the City of Madison, Wisconsin places on properties that are designated under the city’s Landmarks Ordinance. When we...

149 Waubesa St. Madison, Wisconsin- This is one of a series of plaques that the City of Madison, Wisconsin places on properties that are designated under the city’s Landmarks Ordinance. When...

  • industrial b...

Kirkegaten 23

“Kirkegaten 23 – Priscilla Presley’s grandfather Albert Henry Iversen was born here in 1899.” So this is where one of the four grandparents of the wife of Elvis Presley was born. The plaque is on...

“Kirkegaten 23 – Priscilla Presley’s grandfather Albert Henry Iversen was born here in 1899.” So this is where one of the four grandparents of the wife of Elvis Presley was born. The plaque is on...

  • egersund
  • elvis
  • norway
  • presley
  • priscilla

To The Memory of Francis X. Bushman

This plaque is located just outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA.to the memory of Francis X. Bushman noted motion picture star whose home occupied this site prior...

This plaque is located just outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA.to the memory of Francis X. Bushman noted motion picture star whose home occupied this site prior...

  • california

Forbes Field

“The first all steel and concrete ballpark in the nation, Forbes Field was the home to the Pirates, site of four World Series in 1909, 1925, 1927 & 1960 and two All-Star games. Hosted the...

“The first all steel and concrete ballpark in the nation, Forbes Field was the home to the Pirates, site of four World Series in 1909, 1925, 1927 & 1960 and two All-Star games. Hosted the...

  • babe ruth
  • baseball
  • forbes field
  • pennsylvania
  • pittsburgh
  • usa
  • world series

Sen no kaze ni natte

Plaque commemorating birth place of famous popular song , ‘Sen no kaze ni natte’ [ Winds of a Thousand] in Hokaido, Japan‘Birth spot/ Famous song ‘Sen no kaze ni natte’ / Onuma National Park’

Plaque commemorating birth place of famous popular song , ‘Sen no kaze ni natte’ [ Winds of a Thousand] in Hokaido, Japan‘Birth spot/ Famous song ‘Sen no kaze ni natte’ / Onuma National Park’

    El Camino Real – San Francisco

    Installed on the front wall of the Mission San Francisco de Asís, Dolores St, San Francisco, CA‘This plaque is placed in the 250th anniversary of the birth of California’s Apostle Padre Junipero...

    Installed on the front wall of the Mission San Francisco de Asís, Dolores St, San Francisco, CA‘This plaque is placed in the 250th anniversary of the birth of California’s Apostle Padre Junipero...

    • dolores
    • mission
    • mission san ...
    • san francisco

    Queen’s View

    Queen’s View – On This Spot, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Paused for a While to Admire the View – Wednesday, the 24th November 1953. Located Next to Gibbs Lighthouse, Southampton, Bermuda.

    Queen’s View – On This Spot, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Paused for a While to Admire the View – Wednesday, the 24th November 1953. Located Next to Gibbs Lighthouse, Southampton, Bermuda.

    • bermuda
    • queen

    Random Plaque at MoMA, NYC

    This is on a wall at MoMA in Manhattan. Just so.

    This is on a wall at MoMA in Manhattan. Just so.

    • moma

    High Water Mark 1927

    The plaque reads “High Water Mark, November 1, 1927″. It’s mounted on the side of a building, approximately 15 feet above the current level of the ground and 10 feet above the plaque showing the...

    The plaque reads “High Water Mark, November 1, 1927″. It’s mounted on the side of a building, approximately 15 feet above the current level of the ground and 10 feet above the plaque showing the...

    • flooding
    • vermont

    High Water Mark 2011

    The plaque reads: “High Water Mark, August 29, 2011″. It’s mounted on the side of a building, about five feet off the ground, and marks the height of the flooding experienced in Waterbury, Vermont...

    The plaque reads: “High Water Mark, August 29, 2011″. It’s mounted on the side of a building, about five feet off the ground, and marks the height of the flooding experienced in Waterbury, Vermont...

    • flooding
    • hurricane
    • hurricane irene
    • vermont

    Homestead Strike

      Homestead Strike – On the morning of July 6, 1892, on orders of the Carnegie Steel Co., 300 Pinkerton agents attempted to land near here; strikers, citizens repulsed them. Seven workers, three...

      Homestead Strike – On the morning of July 6, 1892, on orders of the Carnegie Steel Co., 300 Pinkerton agents attempted to land near here; strikers, citizens repulsed them. Seven workers, three...

    • homestead strike

    Eastern State Penitentiary

    • pennsylvania
    • philadelphia
    • penology
    • haviland

    Salem Village Meeting House

    1672 Salem Village Meeting House. Directly across from this site was located the original Salem Village meeting house where civil and military meeting were held, and ministers including George...

    1672 Salem Village Meeting House. Directly across from this site was located the original Salem Village meeting house where civil and military meeting were held, and ministers including...

    • witch trials...
    • ma
    • salem

    The Winecoff Fire

    At the corner of Peachtree and Ellis streets in downtown Atlanta is a massive pedestrian tunnel into the underground Peachtree Center MARTA station; the escalators descending to the platform is...

    At the corner of Peachtree and Ellis streets in downtown Atlanta is a massive pedestrian tunnel into the underground Peachtree Center MARTA station; the escalators descending to the platform is...

    • atlanta
    • fire
    • georgia
    • hotel
    • memorial

    carter jackson monument

    this obelisk is a memorial to a murdered person in Rhode Island’s early history. and a little bit of a halloween story. the monument is completely grown over by bushes on a property line, but if...

    this obelisk is a memorial to a murdered person in Rhode Island’s early history. and a little bit of a halloween story. the monument is completely grown over by bushes on a property line, but...

    • murder
    • narragansett
    • rhode island
    • ri
    • thomas carter
    • villain
    • william jackson

    Barney Hughes

    “Barney Hughes 1808 – 1878, Master Baker, Philanthropist, lived here”Barney Hughes was a master baker, famous for his hatred of sectarianism and his bread making innovations.From the website...

    “Barney Hughes 1808 – 1878, Master Baker, Philanthropist, lived here”Barney Hughes was a master baker, famous for his hatred of sectarianism and his bread making innovations.From the website...

    • baker philan...

    The New Inn

    The Berni Heritage The New Inn Built 1450 Lady Jane grey proclaimed Queen here July 10th 155316 Northgate Street Gloucester, UK

    The Berni Heritage The New Inn Built 1450 Lady Jane grey proclaimed Queen here July 10th 155316 Northgate Street Gloucester, UK

    • 1450
    • 1553
    • lady jane grey