Berkeley Garbage Wars
In 1908, residents of West Berkeley took up arms to stop garbage wagons from dumping trash in their backyards. After a showdown, Berkeley relented, and the neighborhood of Ocean View seceded...
- berkeley
- albany
- garbage
- activism
- environment
- california
- bay area
Sillamäe Remediation
On the plaque: Sillamäe Jäätmehoidla Saneerimine 1999-2008 (in Estonian) English translation: Sillamäe Waste Containment Remediation 1999-2008. The area around the plaque was a tailings pond from...
- sillamäe
- waste area
- estonia
Le 6 JUIN 1944
Submitted by @robertdall .
- wwiii
- normandy
Which Introduced Pizza to the West Coast in 1935
This is the site of Lupo'sRestaurant which introduced Pizza to the West cost in 1935. The original brick oven, fired by oak-wood, is still in use here at Tommaso's. Submitted by @scatebase.
- pizza
- san francisco
- oak-wood
- california
- bay area
Downtown Oberlin Historic District
![[Location approximate] Submitted by @DIYgirl.](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d4UrziHpylbBP31inq7Bdm97djU4zCKGRkdIId5i7uBHJ7kmSe-aGA5mYhhd46ewmcu3RG7Vb7QrC9OLb2SEv1XloJfzdQ)
[Location approximate] Submitted by @DIYgirl.
- ohio
- oberlin
- downtown
Frances Albrier
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- civil rights
Moland House
- revolutionary war
- washington
- moland
- cavalry
- pulaski
- pennsylvania
Eglinton Woods Drunken Steps St Brides Well
EGLINTON WOODS DRUNKEN STEPS ST BRIDES WELL FAVOURITE WALK(1781-82) OF ROBERT BURNS AND HIS SAILOR FRIEND RICHARD BROWN DO YOU RECOLLECT A SUNDAY WE SPENT TOGETHER IN EGLINTON WOODS? RB IRVINE...
- burns
- walk
- brown
Irvine Burns Club Cairn
THIS CAIRN WAS ERECTED FOR IRVINE BURNS CLUB TO MARK THEIR 150TH ANNIVERSARY AND TO RELOCATE THE PLAQUE ORIGINALLY PLACED AT THE DRUNKEN STEPS 700 YARDS NORTHWEST OF THIS SPOT BY W. & C....
- burns
- relocated
- bypass
James Flewitt Mullock
CITY OF NEWPORT JAMES FLEWITT MULLOCK 1818-1892 TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF A VICTORIAN- NEWPORTONIAN-ARTIST-ART TEACHER-BIBLIOPHILE- EDUCATIONAL REFORMER-BON VIVANT-HORTICULTURALIST AND CLERK TO...
- cemetery
- newport
- renaissance-man
- bon vivant
The Armsby Calorimeter
CALORIMETER DESIGNED AND FIRST OPERATED IN 1902 BY PIONEER ANIMAL NUTRITIONIST HENRY ARMSBY, THE CALORIMETER WAS HOUSED IN THIS SPECIALLY CON- STRUCTED BUILDING AND MON- ITORED AN...
- gastropod
- pennsylvania
- penn state
- calories
- calorimeter
- science
Yorkville Branch, Toronto Public Library
Submitted by @CourtneyBoost via @heritagetoronto
- toronto
- yorkville
- library
Sir Peter Scott
Submitted by @Geograph_Bob via Geograph © Copyright M J Richardson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
- united kingdom
- wildfowl
- wetlands
Heritage Center
Sumbmitted by @jqmcd
- dublin
- bay area
- california
- ecv
- pioneers
- heritage
Bradley's Meridian Line
From Tom Van Baak of leapsecond.com
- greenwich
- england
- meridian
Airy's Meridian Line
From Tom Van Baak of leapsecond.com
- greenwich
- england
- meridian
Halley's Meridian Line
From Tom Van Baak of leapsecond.com
- greenwich
- england
- meridian
Seward Seminary
SEWARD SEMINARY ROSETTA, DAUGHTER OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS WAS DENIED RIGHT TO ENROLL AT GIRL'S PRIVATE ACADEMY BY THE VOTE OF ONE PARENT. Submitted by https://www.instagram.com/ellebelle_66/
- frederick douglass
- seminary
The American Meridian
Submitted by @Kdeau (https://twitter.com/Kdea u/status/394233173657522176)
- american
- meridian
- todo
Big Darby and Little Darby Creeks
Submitted by @androosoltis
- ohio
- darby
- indian mounds