Featured Plaque:

In Memory of Cadet Chester F. M. Buchanan

"In Memory of Cadet Chester F. M. Buchanan United States Army Air Corps 1910 - 1934 Erected 9 - 56"

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• air corps

Citizen John

John Breaux 1951-2009 Dedicated to the memory of John Breaux by the people of this community for his kind smile and wave, his dedication to the environment, his desire to help others, and his gift...

• john breaux
• louisville
• colorado

Easter Island Cumulative Impact

Plaque encouraging the protection of the Easter Island moai.

• easter island
• moai

Swedish Merchant Seamen's War Memorial

Swedish Merchant Seamen's War Memorial Although Sweden was non-belligerent during the Second World War, some 200 Swedish merchant vessels were lost. Approximately 2000 Swedish merchant seamen...

• sweden
• wwii

Who With Insulin Was Restored To Heatlh

NEAR THIS SPOT ON AUGUST 7, 1922, DR. HOWARD F. ROOT, IN THE PRESENCE OF DR. ELLIOTT P. JOSLINAND OTHERS, GAVE THE FIRST INJECTION OF INSULIN IN NEWENGLAND. THE PATIENT WAS MISSELIZABETH...

• boston
• massachusetts
• insulin
• diabetes
• elizabeth mudge

Hannah Dustin Memorial in Boscawen, NH

Hannah Dustin Memorial in Boscawen, NH, referenced in the podcast 99% Invisible, Episode 113 "Monumental Dilemma".   The inscription reads: March 15  1697  30 The War Whoop Tomahawk Faggot...

• 99pi
• hannah dustin
• new hampshire

Mat-su Giants

Sculptures of the world-record vegetables grown in the Matanuska Valley in 2009.

• mat-su
• palmer
• alaska
• vegetables
• sculpture

Samuel Plimsoll

[plimsoll circle] SAMUEL PLIMSOLL BORN 1824 - DIED 1898 ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF SEAMEN. IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION FOR HIS SERVICES TO THE MEN OF THE SEA....

• london
• plimsoll
• 99pi
• england

George Washington Patterson Ranch

   At Ardenwood Farm:   "THIS PROPERTY, THE GEORGE WASHINGTONPATTERSON RANCH HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTEROF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNOVEMBER 23, 1985"

• bay area
• farm
• ardenwood
• corn
• patterson
• george washington
• ranch

Olga Strawberry Plant

"OLGA STRAWBERRY BARRELING PLANT Est. 1938 by Glen Rodenberger" More details More information

• olga
• washington
• strawberry
• barrelling

Nakashima Barn

"Nakashima Barn Northend Trailhead,Centenial Trail Dedicated November 3, 2012" The site of a barn owned by the Nakashima family, which had Washington state’s first registered Guernsey cows. The...

• internment
• barn
• wwii
• concentration camps

Marquis de Lafayette

From this spot on July 26 1823, Marquis de LaFayette reviewed the troops escorting him from a visit to the Brandywine battle-field

• west chester pa
• brandywine
• marquis de lafayette

Top 10 U.S. Dog Park

Ohlone Dog Park, apparently 'widely considered the world's first dog park' (link) (location approximate)

• berkeley
• dog
• park
• dog park
• bay area

Don Allen Blair

"CITY OF EMERYVILLE DEDICATED IN THE MEMORY OF DON ALLEN BLAIR A RESPECTED PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE MARCH 9, 195 - SEPTEMBER 7, 1996"

• emeryville
• public works
• bay area

Hamlet's Castle

Kronborg Castle in Helsingor, Denmark. Hamlet's castle.   "Legend tells of a king's son, Amleth, who lived in Jutland during Viking times.  Saxo wrote down his saga in the Middle...

• hamlet
• shakespeare
• castle

Wild Bill Hickock Shoot-Out Marker

Here James Butler, ""Wild Bill" Hickok stood when he shot Dave Tutt, July 21,1865 over a gambling debt. Tutt fell 75 yards to the northwest. Erected July 1, 1975

• wild bill
• #wildbill
• hickok
• shoot out
• shoot-out
• shootout

Berkeley Botanical Garden Redwood Grove

"Stephen Tyng MatherJuly 4, 1867 - Jan 22, 1930 He laid the foundations of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and...

• berkeley
• bay area
• redwoods
• mather

Forbes Island

Artificial island and restaurant currently moored off Pier 41 in San Francisco "'Don't miss the 360-degree view from the top of the lighthouse, it may be the best-- and the most unusual--...

• san francisco
• bay area
• island
• thor
• kiddoo

Emily Dickinson House

"The home of Emily Dickinson has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value...

• amherst
• massachusetts
• dickinson

Melvinia Shields

"MELVINIA SHIELDS 1844 -- 1938 THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE GRAVE OF MELVINIA 'MATTIE' SHIELDS McGRUDER SHE WAS BORN A SLAVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1844. AT AGE 8 SHE WAS BROUGHT TO THE SHIELDS FARM...

• gravestone
• grave marker
• grave
• shields
• obama