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Machiavelli's Tomb

TANTO NOMINI NULLUM PAR ELOGIUMNICOLAUS MACHIAVELLIOBIT AN A P V CDDXXVII

TANTO NOMINI NULLUM PAR ELOGIUMNICOLAUS MACHIAVELLIOBIT AN A P V CDDXXVII

  • florence
  • italy
  • machiavelli
  • tomb

Joseph Debendetti Building

JOSEPH DEBENEDETTI BUILDING THE DECADE OF THE 1870'S SAW AN INFLUX OF EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS INTO THE HALF MOON BAY AREA AND OVER TO THE COAST. IRISH, GERMAN, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE MADE UP THE...

JOSEPH DEBENEDETTI BUILDING THE DECADE OF THE 1870'S SAW AN INFLUX OF EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS INTO THE HALF MOON BAY AREA AND OVER TO THE COAST. IRISH, GERMAN, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE MADE UP...

  • half moon bay
  • california

Zaballa House c 1855

Submitted by @jqmcd. 

Submitted by @jqmcd. 

  • half moon bay
  • california
  • ecv
  • todo

Francis Building Mural

FRANCIS BUILDING MURAL Designed and pointed by Adriana Gallego and Claudio Diochea, the Francis Building Mural pays tribute to the traditions, hard work, and spirit of the men and women who...

FRANCIS BUILDING MURAL Designed and pointed by Adriana Gallego and Claudio Diochea, the Francis Building Mural pays tribute to the traditions, hard work, and spirit of the men and women...

  • half moon bay
  • california
  • mural

Amherst House, Kyoto

THESE DINOSAUR TRACKSFOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIMECOME FROM NEW ENGLAND'S CONNECTICUT VALLEYTHESE ANCIENT FOOTPRINTS ARE SENT FROM THE NEW WORLDTO AN OLDER WORLDAS ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE LONG...

THESE DINOSAUR TRACKSFOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIMECOME FROM NEW ENGLAND'S CONNECTICUT VALLEYTHESE ANCIENT FOOTPRINTS ARE SENT FROM THE NEW WORLDTO AN OLDER WORLDAS ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE LONG...

  • japan
  • tokyo
  • amherst
  • dinosaur

It Happened Here

  • bay area
  • emeryville
  • california
  • bay st

Berkeley High School

  • berkeley
  • bay area
  • california

Indian Battle Ground

"In this ravine at daybreak July 3, 1839, a war party of Sioux overtook a body of Chippewa returning from Fort Snelling where a Sioux had been killed by other Chippewa. A bloody battle took place...

"In this ravine at daybreak July 3, 1839, a war party of Sioux overtook a body of Chippewa returning from Fort Snelling where a Sioux had been killed by other Chippewa. A bloody battle took place...

  • minnesota
  • stillwater
  • sioux
  • chippewa

Inspiration Peak

"For Minnesota's Nobel Prizewinning novelist Sinclair Lewis, Inspiration Peak more than lived up to its name.  From its "bald top" he wrote, "there is to be seen a glorious 20-mile circle of some...

"For Minnesota's Nobel Prizewinning novelist Sinclair Lewis, Inspiration Peak more than lived up to its name.  From its "bald top" he wrote, "there is to be seen a glorious 20-mile circle of some...

  • minnesota
  • sinclair lewis
  • ottertail county

Baptist Church

A church in South Berkeley

A church in South Berkeley

  • bay area
  • california
  • berkeley
  • baptist

The Ill-Fated Donner Party

THE DONNER PARTY THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE ILL-FATED DONNER PARTY OF CALIFORNIA-BOUND EMMIGRANTS WHO WINTERED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES FROM HERE IN 1846-1847 MAN DIED OF EXPOSURE AND STARVATION

THE DONNER PARTY THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE ILL- FATED DONNER PARTY OF CALIFORNIA-BOUND EMMIGRANTS WHO WINTERED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES FROM HERE IN 1846-1847 MAN DIED OF EXPOSURE AND STARVATION

  • donner pass
  • donner party
  • donner
  • california
  • 1846

Part of Land Granted by the King of Spain in 1820

BERKELEY HISTORY Historic McGee-Spaulding District This District was part of land granted by the king of Spain in 1820 to the Luis Peralta family. The land was later purchased from Jose Domingo...

BERKELEY HISTORY Historic McGee-Spaulding District This District was part of land granted by the king of Spain in 1820 to the Luis Peralta family. The land was later purchased from Jose Domingo...

  • bay area
  • california
  • berkeley
  • spain
  • 1820

Siwash Rock, Robert Dennis Tribe

  IN MEMORY OF ROBERT DENNIS TRIBE AGE 17, OF NORTH VANCOUVER, B. C.WHO AT 3:15 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1966FAILED TO NOTICE IT WAS LOW TIDE AND DIVED TO HIS DEATH FROM SIWASH ROCK TO THE ROCKS BELOW...

  IN MEMORY OF ROBERT DENNIS TRIBE AGE 17, OF NORTH VANCOUVER, B. C.WHO AT 3:15 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1966FAILED TO NOTICE IT WAS LOW TIDE AND DIVED TO HIS DEATH FROM SIWASH ROCK TO THE ROCKS BELOW...

  • vancouver
  • bc
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • diving
  • rocks
  • tide
  • low tide

A Buddhist Temple and Warehouse from 1920 to 1998

  Submitted by @okiejon.

  Submitted by @okiejon.

  • denver
  • colorado

This Is Park Place

A TRIBUTE FROM THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY CHARLES B. DARROW 1889 - 1967 INVENTOR OF THE GAME OF MONOPOLY THIS IS PARK PLACE ONE OF THE ATLANTIC CITY STREETS MADE FAMOUS BY MR. DARROW'S GAME CREATED...

A TRIBUTE FROM THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY CHARLES B. DARROW 1889 - 1967 INVENTOR OF THE GAME OF MONOPOLY THIS IS PARK PLACE ONE OF THE ATLANTIC CITY STREETS MADE FAMOUS BY MR. DARROW'S GAME CREATED...

  • 99pi
  • atlantic city
  • new jersey
  • monopoly

Barker Building

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1978 BARKER BUILDING A.W. Smith, Architect, 1905 James Loring Barker was an early Berkeley landowner, developer, and civic leader. He was one of the signers...

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1978 BARKER BUILDING A.W. Smith, Architect, 1905 James Loring Barker was an early Berkeley landowner, developer, and civic leader. He was one of the signers...

  • bay area
  • california
  • berkeley
  • barker
  • raj kumar

The Approximate Location of a Building

THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF A BUILDING THE LOFT OF WHICH LIVE OAK LODGE U.D. FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIF.WAS INSTITUTED ON AUG. 19, 1854. THAT MEETING WAS THE BEGINNING OF...

THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF A BUILDING THE LOFT OF WHICH LIVE OAK LODGE U.D. FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIF.WAS INSTITUTED ON AUG. 19, 1854. THAT MEETING WAS THE BEGINNING...

  • oakland
  • bay area
  • jack london square
  • california
  • masons
  • 1854

JB-2 Loon Missle

JB-2"LOON MISSILE" THE LOON (JB-2), A COPY OF THE GERMAN V-1 MISSILE, IS A PILOTLESS FLYING BOMB (SURFACE-TO-SURFACE) PROPELLED BY AN INTERMITTENT RAMJET ENGINE. KNOWN AS THE "BUZZ BOMB" BECAUSE...

JB-2"LOON MISSILE" THE LOON (JB-2), A COPY OF THE GERMAN V-1 MISSILE, IS A PILOTLESS FLYING BOMB (SURFACE-TO-SURFACE) PROPELLED BY AN INTERMITTENT RAMJET ENGINE. KNOWN AS THE "BUZZ BOMB" BECAUSE...

  • minnesota
  • missle
  • wwii
  • ramjet

Sarah Josepha Hale

SARAH JOSEPHA HALE(1788 - 1879) One of America's first woman editors. Hale greatly increasedsubscriptions to Godye's Lady's Book in her four decades as editor. She successfully promoted a national...

SARAH JOSEPHA HALE(1788 - 1879) One of America's first woman editors. Hale greatly increasedsubscriptions to Godye's Lady's Book in her four decades as editor. She successfully promoted a national...

  • philidephia
  • thanksgiving hale
  • josepha
  • lincoln
  • editor
  • women

Belgian Settlement in Wisconsin

"Wisconsin's and the nation's largest Belgian American settlement is located in portions of Brown, Kewaunee and Door counties adjacent to the waters of Green Bay. Walloon-speaking Belgians settled...

"Wisconsin's and the nation's largest Belgian American settlement is located in portions of Brown, Kewaunee and Door counties adjacent to the waters of Green Bay. Walloon-speaking Belgians settled...