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Pause Traveler and Be Grateful to Norton 1st

From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

    Little Bay de Noc

    The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

    The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

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    Orsel McGhee House

    In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

    In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

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    Masters of Navigation

    Chinese Explore the World in Junks

    Chinese Explore the World in Junks

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    • treasure fleet

    DuPage County Pioneer Park

      Andrews University

      This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to Berrien...

      This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to...

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      In Fond & Loving Memory of Anthony, Colleen & Vivien Wong

        Parque del Tepeyac

          Johnson & Wales University

            Sallie Rutherford Thaler

            Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...

            Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...

              Pastore e Padre Amatissimo

                Tony Forster

                  POW Tree

                    NO. 239 MISSION SAN LUÍS REY DE FRANCIA

                    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                      Centenario de la Constitucion

                        Yankees

                        "The Yankees are wonderful  people. If they emigrated to  hell itself, they would somehow  manage to change the climate." General Mariano Vallejo

                        "The Yankees are wonderful  people. If they emigrated to  hell itself, they would somehow  manage to change the climate." General Mariano Vallejo

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                        Keweenaw Bay

                        This region’s history is long and rich. Father Ménard, the Jesuit missionary, wintered near what is now L’Anse in 1660-61. Near here Father Baraga set up his mission in 1843. He and the head of...

                        This region’s history is long and rich. Father Ménard, the Jesuit missionary, wintered near what is now L’Anse in 1660-61. Near here Father Baraga set up his mission in 1843. He and the head of...

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                        Brent Moriwaki

                          The Giant Dipper

                          THE GIANT DIPPER  SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK

                          THE GIANT DIPPER  SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK

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                          Cornwallis

                          First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.   Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program and Flickr...

                          First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.   Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program and...