Featured Plaque:

Salem Sue

A road (with a freewill donation of $1) leads up to the base of the statue, where one may view the surrounding terrain for a distance of several miles. A brochure available at the nearby...

• cow
• north dakota
• salem sue
• statue
• worlds biggest

R. F. Hawkins Iron Works Springfield Mass

On the bridge between Mount Holyoke College lakes Submitted by SvenAas

• massachusetts
• south hadley
• mount holyoke
• bridge

Craig Miller, MSO Secret Servce

IN MEMORY OF EAST BRIDGEWATER NATIVE CRAIG J. MILLER, MASTER SPECIAL OFFICER UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE. CRAIG DIED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 WHEN TERRORISTS ATTACKED THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW...

• 9/11
• secret service
• east bridgewater
• massachusetts

Elk Antler Arches, Jackson Hole

Submitted by AdeleSeelke [Location approximate]

Monumental Stone Sphere

MONUMENTAL STONE SPHERE PRE COLUMBIAN PERIOD DIQUIS DELTA, COSTA RICA  Submitted by nielsbradshaw

Princes Pier - Australia At War

This pier has four plaques describing the history of the pier, not sure I have the will to transcribe them all.   The plaque reads: Port Melbourne's piers served as the last link with home for...

• pier
• melboure
• history
• war

Our Glorious Dead

 Our Glorious Dead   "Their Bodies Are Buried In Peace But Their Name Liveth For Evermore"   1917  1918   Russell T Beatty, Corp Frank Hough, Lt.  Charles A. Bell, Pvt. Alexander Pope Humphrey...

• wwi
• loudoun
• virginia
• great war

In Memory of the Confederate Soldiers of Loudun County, VA -- Erected May 28, 1908

IN MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF LOUDOUN COUNTY VA ERECTED MAY 28, 1908  Submitted by @jqmcd 

• civil war
• confederate
• virginia
• leesburg
• soldiers
• 1908

These Cannon Were Abandoned at Fort Independence

THESE CANNON WERE ABANDONED AT FORT INDEPENDENCE (CASTLE WILLIAM) BY THE BRITISH FORCES WHEN THEY EVACUATED THE CITY OF BOSTON MARCH 17, 1776

• boston
• cambridge
• cannon
• revolutionary war
• british forces
• massachusetts

First Cabin Home of White Man

CARSON D. BOREN  BUILT HERE THE FIRST CABIN HOME OF WHITE MAN IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN APRIL 1852. IT WAS MADE OF SPLIT CEDAR PUNCHEONS. This Tablet was Erected by the Washington University State...

• boren
• cabin
• white man
• seattle
• cedar
• puncheons
• washington

Anchor and Hjallsker

  þetta ankeri fannst fram af Hjallaskeri við Viðey apríl 1986 of er sett hér til minningar um þá menn sem förust við evn og annars staðar á faxaflóa þann 7 apríl 1906 Þiskipið Ingvar fórst...

• viðey island
• reykjavik
• iceland
• ship

Saxholl

Saxholl is a beautifully formed crater that erupted 3-4000 years ago. The crater rises 109 m above sealevel. The remnants of quarrying can be seen on one side of the crater. A viewpoint is at the...

• iceland
• crater
• quarrying
• volcano

Centenary Bridge Pillar

The plaque reads: This reinforced concrete pillar is the only remnant of Centenary Bridge and remains on its original site at the St Kilda end of the now demolished bridge. The 305 metre...

• australia
• port melbourne
• pillar
• bridge

Gold Star Chairs

This plaque is located right beyond the guest services booth inside The Ballpark at Jackson. There is a chain surrounding the two chairs, and the plaque reads: "Please join with the...

• tennessee
• jackson
• ballpark at jackson
• jackson generals
• baseball
• gold star
• us military

The Barassi Line

Australia is a funny place, there is a North-South divide between those that play and support rugby and those that play and support Australian Rules Football. Both of which are locally referred to...

• australia
• sport
• afl

Box Column Remnants

Submitted by @hobaird 

• new york
• nyc
• 9/11
• columns

Resting Place for the Skeletal Remains of 38 Aboriginal People

Submitted by Ian Thorp

• melbourne
• australia
• aboriginal
• dreamtime

Montgomery House

MONTGOMERY HOUSE  Listed in the National Register of Historical Places, this house was built in 1804 for prominent Lancaster attorney William Montgomery by Harrisburg based...

• lancaster
• pennsylvania
• early federal
• oval room

Thaddeus Stevens

THADDEUS STEVENS  1792 - 1868  LEADING STATESMAN OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD LIVED HERE FROM 1843 UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH  MARKED BY THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1931 Submit @TBuckwalterLNP

• lancaster
• pennsylvania
• civil war
• 1843

Maxim Gorky

IN THIS HOUSE FROM 1902 TO 1904 LIVED ALEXEI MAXIMOVICH GORKY   @schwanmitbrille

• maxim gorky
• nizhni novgorod
• russia
• gorky