Featured Plaque:

The United Nations, Jack London Square

UN Plaque in Jack London Square, Oakland "THE UNITED NATIONS FOUNDED 1945 SYMBOL OF WORLD COMMUNITY THIS FLAGPOLE RAISED MAR. 26, 1966AND DEDICATED OCT 24, 1975UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OFTHE UNITED...

• jack london square
• oakland
• united nations

Captain Isaac Hall

ON THIS SITE LIVED CAPTAIN ISAAC HALL WHO COMMANDED THE MEDFORD MINUTE MEN AT LEXINGTON AND BUNKER HILL PAUL REVERE STOPPED HERE ON HIS MEMORABLE RIDE TO CONCORD APRIL 18-19 1775 TO WARN CAPTAIN...

• paul revere
• revere
• hall
• revolution
• revolutionary war

Depoe Bay

"It is not true. Life is not slain by death.The vast, immortal sea shall have her own,shall garner to her this expiring breath,shall reap where she has sown." Submitted by @tylerdotdotdot

• sea

Old Fort Snelling

"Old Fort Snelling [...] Colonial ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution1934"

• minnesota
• minneapolis
• fort
• dakota

Dallas Power & Light

'This 1931 Art Deco building served as an annex to the adjoining 19 story headquarters of Dallas Power & Light Co. Lang and Witchell, who changed the skyline of Dallas, served as architect...

• dallas
• power
• light

The Eastland Disaster

While still partially tied to its dock at the river's edge, the excursion steamer Eastland rolled over on the morning of July 24, 1915. The result was one of the worst maritime disasters...

• chicago
• illinois
• eastland
• eastland disaster
• chicago river
• great lakes
• ship
• steamer
• disaster
• capsize
• western elec...

Boston's New West End

"After 1959: Charles River Park." Today, the West End is a mixed-use commercial and residential area. A few non-residential areas were spared from the urban renewal of the 1950s,...

• boston
• west end
• urban renewal

Boston's Old West End Memorial

"Before 1959, the West End." By the 1950s, Boston's West End had turned into a working poor residential area with scattered businesses with small meandering roads much like the North End....

• boston
• west end
• tenements
• razed

Thoreau's Cabin at Walden Pond

Granite markers give a sense of the cabin's perimeter, but it's only the foundation of the chimney that was found. Another marker nearby explains that the chimney was discovered in 11/11/1945 by...

Chugach State Park

Chugach State Park - the Flattop mountain overlook at the Gle Alps trailhead. "Chugach State Park Celebrating 25 years since the are's establishment in 1970, the grateful citizens of...

• chugach
• anchorage
• alaska
• rededicate

Shea Stadium Third Base

"SITE OFSHEA STADIUMTHIRD BASE1964-2008" Submitted by Matt Schultz, with this message: "This is now in the parking lot where the Mets play. Those are my dad's ashes, placed there by my brother."

• baseball
• mets
• nyc
• new york
• ny
• shea

Monument Mountain dedication

We have been climbing Monument Mountail in Great Barrington, MA for over 25 summers. We always stop and read the plaque. Out loud. And finish by saying "Yay Rosalie Butler", because she did...

• #thetrustees

Formed for the Purpose Of Obtaining a Loan

"Formed for the purpose ofobtaining a loan from theFederal Government for a community water system. Merged with Layton Citydue to lack of revenue anddesire to increase services Incorporated...

• loan
• water
• utah
• lack of revenue

The Ahwahnee

National Historic Landmark designated in 1987 by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior.   

• hotel
• national park
• yosemite

South Point Complex

  SOUTH POINT COMPLEX HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A  REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIIC LANDMARK UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE HISTORIC SITES ACT OF AUGUST 21, 1955 THIS SITE POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE...

• hawaii

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

By the Ballard Locks: "Historical Point of Interest Commemorating the 50th anniversary ofthe Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. Dedicated in 1917, the locks have servedboth pleasure and commercial craft...

• seattle
• locks
• ballard
• chittenden

General Knox and the Fort Ticonderoga Artillery

"Through this place passedGeneral Henry Knoxin the winter of 1775 - 1776to deliver toGeneral George Washingtonat Cambridge the train of artilleryfrom Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British...

• knox
• revolution
• washgton
• cambridge
• framingham

First National Bank of Paris

"Organized and opened for business at its present location in 1886 by William J. McDonald (1844-1926), Civil War veteran and lawyer. Earler he had opened the Citizens Bank of Clarksville and in...

• paris
• texas
• bank

Henry Frank Arcade

"Henry Frank Arcade Historic Site For years people havecome to this spotto see the profile ofPresidentAbraham Lincolnon the mountain Best time to view at sundown" Submitted by @jqmcd

• henry
• frank
• arcade
• lincoln

"S" Bridge II, New Concord, Ohio

S-Bridge Coaches, Conestoga wagons, herds of livestock, pioneers on foot or horseback, peddlers, soldiers, beggars - these and many others have crossed this bridge on the National Road  since...

• ohio
• bridge
• fox run
• new concord
• sbridge