Victimes Innocentes de la Barbarie Nazie
Submitted by @Ed_Baptist
- paris
- wwii
- nazi
- france
Harpersfield Covered Bridge
Replacing an earlier bridge that was carried away in a spring flood, the Harpersfield Covered Bridge was built in 1868 and spans the Grand River, a state-designated wild, and scenic river....
- harpersfield
- covered bridge
- bridge
- geneva
- ohio
Golden Gate National Cemetery Blue Star Memorial
National Council of State Garden Clubs Blue Star Memorial A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored By Garden Study Club of the Peninsula Bay...
- national cemetery
- blue star memorial
- cemetery
- memoria
- blue star
- bay area
- california
Peace Wall Berkeley
- berkeley
- mlk
- california
- bay area
Byrdcliffe
Byrdcliffe - On the hill above in 1902 R.R. Whitehead led workers in many arts and crafts to try an experiment in utopian living.
- byrdcliffe woodstock
Reclaimed Wood
"Clint Eastwood and Rin-Tin-Tin" (location approximate)
- stanford
- wood
- bay area
- california
- rin tin tin
- rin-tin-tin
- bogart
- bette davis
The First Concrete Electricity Pole
"The First Concrete Electricity Pole In Japan" I finally did it. I found the most boring sightseeing spot in Japan. pic.twitter.com/XsXPVTMuQp — Matt Alt (@Matt_Alt) October 30, 2015
- pole
- conrete
- electricty
- japan
Shotgun Wielding Guards Patrolled a Barbed Wire Fence
"POINT HOTEL Constructed here in the middle of the 1880s was the multi-storied Point Hotel. The top of the structure reached the top of the massive rock formation in front of you, so that...
- chattanooga
- tennessee
- lookout mountain
- civil war
Indianapolis's Monon Trail
Indianapolis's Monon trail, an urban bike trail that stretches north and south Indianapolis. More info here. Submitted by @wutangluc
- indianapolis
- indiana
- trail
- bike
Ebbet's Field Flagpole
This flagpole stood inEbbets Field until Brooklyn's famed ballpark was torn down in 1960. Bruce C. Ratner and Borough President Marty Markowitz are proud to permanently place this historic symbol...
- brooklyn
- dodgers
- new york
- baseball
Klokkesto bergadens Vandgyde
"In Aalborg, a lot of the older streets have plaques explaining the history behind the name." Submitted by @steffenbnielsen
- aalbord
- denmark
Centre Furnace
Centre Fuurnace Here Cols. John Patton and Samuel Mile operated the first charcoal iron furnace in the region, 1792-1809. Present stack used 1825-1858. In this era Centre County led in the making...
- iron
- furnace
- pennsylvania
Fred Anderson Park
FRED ANDERSON PARK Saxophonist and composer Fred Anderson (1929-2010) was one of Chicago's most creative, acclaimed, and beloved musicians. The musical notes depicted here are from...
- chicago
- jazz
- patience
- sincerity
- consistency
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
New Orleans' Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge, "a bold venture requireing unusual foresight, ingenuity and resourcefulness." Photo courtesy Robert Rhoden (@RobertCRhoden) and The Times- Picayune....
- lake pontchartrain
- louisiana
- new orleans
The Killing Fields of The Khmer Rouge regime
This is a plaque located at the main killing field in Cambodia. The site is now a memorial and historical site educating people about the genocide of the Khmer Rouge regime. "THE CONSERVATION DYKE...
- khmer rouge
- cambodia
- mass grave
Ina Donna Coolbrith
INA DONNA COOLBRITH Born Nauvoo, Illinois, March 10th, 1841Died Oakland, California, Feb. 29th, 1928 First white child to enter California by Beckwourth Pass, in first covered...
- ina
- donna
- coolbrith
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- librarian
- oakland
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Pontchartrain --- . --- Traveled on by Iberville, 1699 and named for the French Minister of Marine. Indians called it Okwa-ta,wide water. First port of embarka-tion was at the site...
- lake pontchartrain
- louisiana
- 1699
- new orleans
William Rhett House
10 4 WILLIAM RHETT HOUSE This house, built ca. 1712 is belived to be one of the oldest houses in Charleston. It was built for William Rhett (1666 - 1723), a merchant, sea captain, militia...
- charleston
- south carolina
- rhett
- house
- steed bonnet
1871 Water Well Memorial
1871 Water Well Memorial Santa Fe engineers were surveying and platting the Newton town site on Section 17 in March 1871. Captain David L. Payne, state legislator from the district, and other...
- newton
- kansas
- water well
- harvey county
Milligan Ohio's Icebox
MILLIGAN OHIO'S ICEBOX On February 10, 1899, a United States Weather Bureau Station, operated by Steve Eyeland, in the small hamlet of Milligan, Ohio, now part of McLuney, reported a...
- ohio
- milligan
- icebox
- cold