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Logan House

Sadly, the plaque is located between the wall for a parking garage for the Altoona Amtrak station, and the chain link fence for the parking lot of the Altoona USPS building. Coordinates...

Sadly, the plaque is located between the wall for a parking garage for the Altoona Amtrak station, and the chain link fence for the parking lot of the Altoona USPS building. Coordinates...

  • loganhouse l...

Chandelier Tree

location: Leggett, Californiacoordinates: 39 degrees 51 minutes 31.12 seconds North; 123 degrees 43 minutes 8.38 seconds Westfor more information, see:...

location: Leggett, Californiacoordinates: 39 degrees 51 minutes 31.12 seconds North; 123 degrees 43 minutes 8.38 seconds Westfor more information, see:...

  • california
  • chandelier tree
  • giant redwood
  • leggett

Middle Redoubt marker, Battle of Washington Heights, 1776

This bronze tablet is in the Easterly Division of Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum in Washington Heights, New York, NY. Affixed to a boulder near West 153rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, the...

This bronze tablet is in the Easterly Division of Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum in Washington Heights, New York, NY. Affixed to a boulder near West 153rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, the...

  • 1776
  • american revolution
  • battle
  • bronze
  • general washington
  • middle redoubt
  • tablet
  • washington heights

Main Line of Defenses of Washington’s Army, September 1776

  This bronze tablet is on the northwest corner of Broadway at 153rd Street, New York, NY. Affixed to a retaining wall of the Westerly Division of Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum, the plaque...

  This bronze tablet is on the northwest corner of Broadway at 153rd Street, New York, NY. Affixed to a retaining wall of the Westerly Division of Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum, the...

  • 153rd street
  • 1776
  • american revolution
  • army
  • broadway
  • bronze
  • defense
  • sons of the ...
  • tablet
  • trinity chur...
  • washington
  • washington heights

Apollo 17 Moon Landing Plaque

  Here man completed his first explorations of the Moon December 1972, A.D. May the spirit of peace in which we came be reflected in the lives of all mankind [signature] Eugene A. Cernan Astronaut...

  Here man completed his first explorations of the Moon December 1972, A.D. May the spirit of peace in which we came be reflected in the lives of all mankind [signature] Eugene A. Cernan...

  • apollo 17 mo...
  • moon
  • nixon
  • astronaut

Leopold Tomschik

This plaque reads (in German):Here lived Leopold Tomschik Born 1903 Arrested 4.2.1942 Penitentiary Brandenburg Flight into death 17.3.1944It’s part of a whole series of ‘Stolpersteine’ – Stumbling...

This plaque reads (in German):Here lived Leopold Tomschik Born 1903 Arrested 4.2.1942 Penitentiary Brandenburg Flight into death 17.3.1944It’s part of a whole series of ‘Stolpersteine’ –...

  • holocaust memorial
  • shoah memorial

El Tiradito

Plaque installed at the El Tiradito “Wishing Shrine” in the Barrio Viejo neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona.It reads:This is the only shrine in the United States dedicated to the soul of a sinner...

Plaque installed at the El Tiradito “Wishing Shrine” in the Barrio Viejo neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona.It reads:This is the only shrine in the United States dedicated to the soul of a sinner...

  • tucson arizona

Volta Cinema

On this site stood Ireland’s very first dedicated picture house, the Volta Cinema. It was opened on Monday 20th December 1909 and managed by James Joyce. The converted 420-seat venue was renamed...

On this site stood Ireland’s very first dedicated picture house, the Volta Cinema. It was opened on Monday 20th December 1909 and managed by James Joyce. The converted 420-seat venue was...

  • cinema
  • dublin
  • film
  • ireland
  • james joyce
  • movies
  • theatre

Old Slater Mill

The Old Slater Mill The Birthplace of the Cotton Manufacturing Industry in America Here in 1793, Samuel Slater, Moses Brown and William Almy Established the First Successful Cotton Factory in the...

The Old Slater Mill The Birthplace of the Cotton Manufacturing Industry in America Here in 1793, Samuel Slater, Moses Brown and William Almy Established the First Successful Cotton Factory in the...

  • 1793
  • birthplace
  • cotton
  • factory
  • first
  • industry
  • manufacturing
  • moses brown
  • pawtucket
  • rhode island
  • ri
  • samuel slater
  • slater mill
  • william almy

Plaza de George Orwell

  City council of Barcelona Video surveillance zone within 500 m. George Orwell Square  

  City council of Barcelona Video surveillance zone within 500 m. George Orwell Square

  • george orwel...

Hernando DeSoto viewed the Mississippi

  A simple plaque attached to a stone marking the approximate location of DeSoto’s discovery of the Mississippi in 1541. Located in Memphis, Tennessee.

  A simple plaque attached to a stone marking the approximate location of DeSoto’s discovery of the Mississippi in 1541. Located in Memphis, Tennessee.

  • memphis hern...

Monument to the first round-the- world flight

Plaque on an obelisk at the entrance to Warren G. Magnuson Park in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to the U.S. Army Air Service officers who participated in the first round-the-world flight in 1924.

Plaque on an obelisk at the entrance to Warren G. Magnuson Park in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to the U.S. Army Air Service officers who participated in the first round-the-world flight in 1924.

  • airplane cir...

Father Pat Noise

  Father Pat Noise Located on O Connell Bridge in Dublin Ireland (53.34725,-6.259217) this must be my favourite plaque anywhere. In the lead up to Dublin’s millennium celebrations, It was decided...

  Father Pat Noise Located on O Connell Bridge in Dublin Ireland (53.34725,-6.259217) this must be my favourite plaque anywhere. In the lead up to Dublin’s millennium celebrations, It was...

  • priest
  • spoof
  • dublin
  • fake
  • ireland

Australia’s Highest Post Box

On the top of Australia’s highest building, the Eureka Skydeck (nearly 300 m tall, 91 floors), is Australia’s highest post box. From here you can send letters all across the world. There is a...

On the top of Australia’s highest building, the Eureka Skydeck (nearly 300 m tall, 91 floors), is Australia’s highest post box. From here you can send letters all across the world. There is...

  • australia
  • melbourne
  • post box

First Meeting of the New York State County Highway Superintendent Association

SITE OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YORK STATE COUNTY HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION HELD IN 1909 AT THE WORDEN HOTEL. ALL 57 COUNTIES PRESENT.ERECTED BY NEW YORK STATE COUNTY HIGHWAY...

SITE OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YORK STATE COUNTY HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION HELD IN 1909 AT THE WORDEN HOTEL. ALL 57 COUNTIES PRESENT.ERECTED BY NEW YORK STATE COUNTY...

    Metropolitan Association

      Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association 426. Lewisham High St. London SE13 Location: 51.518444, -0.101147

      Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association 426. Lewisham High St. London SE13 Location: 51.518444, -0.101147

    • cattle trough
    • drinking fountain
    • london
    • england

    Osram

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07 There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:   Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but...

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07 There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:   Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but...

    • african cemetery
    • florida
    • higgs beach
    • key west

    Nyame Biribi Wo Soro

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but for...

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but...

    • african cemetery
    • florida
    • higgs beach
    • key west

    Gye Nyame

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but for...

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but...

    • african cemetery
    • florida
    • higgs beach
    • key west

    Asia – Europe border

    Asia – Europe border marker Ekaterinburg, Russia The Cyrillic is translated simply: Europe Asia   Notes: City name. The city is commonly spelled Ekaterinburg; the official spelling is...

    Asia – Europe border marker Ekaterinburg, Russia The Cyrillic is translated simply: Europe Asia   Notes: City name. The city is commonly spelled Ekaterinburg; the official spelling...

    • asia
    • ekaterinburg
    • europe
    • russia
    • sverdlovsk
    • yekaterinburg