Historic City Hall
Historic City Hall Built in 1938, this Spanish Colo-nial Revival building originally housed Davis City Hall and the Fire Dept. Later home to the Police Dept . Converted into a restaurant in 2005,...
- davis
- historic
- city hall
Metropolitan Stadium Home Plate
Metropolitan Stadium Home Plate 1961-1981 Plaque is now on the floor of the Mall of America.
- baseball
- minnesota
- minneapolis
- mall of america
Brockway Glass Factory
Brockway Glass Factory 1960 Factory built on 110 acres of former Eliot farm. Largest building was 1000 feet long. At peak, plant made 1 million glass bottle a day.Site in 1973 of glass recycling...
- minneapolis
- minnesota
- glass
- bottle
- farm
Jann Matusesky Bench
The Bird Lady Jann Matusesky 1943-1994
- bird lady
- minneapolis
- minnesota
General Jacob Brown
On This Building Site Was Headquarters Of General Jacob Brown American Army Officer During the Winter of 1813-14 In War of 1812 Photo and description Alan R Reno
- reno
- 1812
- general brown
- war of 1812
- fort covington
Bruce Graff Archway
This archway honors Bruce Graff For his thirty years (1972-2002) of dedicated, imaginative, and energetic service service to the public schools in southeast Minneapolis of which the last...
- minnesota
- minneapolis
- education
- pratt
- cgraff
Sassafras Mill
This plaque stands in front of a boiler formerly used in the production of sassafras oil. The plaque reads: SASSAFRAS MILL 1920-1974 This is the boiler portion of the sassafras mill that...
- tennessee
- hickory valley
- hardeman county
- sassafras mill
- mill history
- a man with a mule
Drake Equation
N = R* fp ne Fl Fi Fc L The first National Academy of Sciences conference on the detection of extraterrestrial intelligent life was held here October 30 to November 3, 1961. In his...
Shire of Balmoral War Memorial
Its a unassuming pyramid next to a roundabout I spotted on the way back from the supermarket. It was well worth stopping as reading the plaque revealed that it used to have a First World...
- war memorial
- australia
- queensland
- machine gun
The Henry Quadrangle
THE HENRY QUADRANGLE IN RECOGNITION OF THE PIONEER SERVICES OF DEAN WILLIAM ARNON HENRY TO THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE IN THIS UNIVERSITY, THE STATE, AND THE NATION FROM 1880...
- madison
- wisconsin
- henry
- oxford comma
Tupper & Reed Building
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1984 TUPPER & REED BUILDING William Raymond Yelland, Architect 1925 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places John Tupper and Lawrence...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- tupper
- reed
- dreadful boredom
- monumental fireplace
John Hinkle Livery Stable
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1998 SITE OF JOHN HINKEL LIVERY STABLE BERKELEY FARM CREAMERY COMPLEX 1900 F.E. Armstrong, Contractor, 1910 By 1900, downtown Berkeley had developed around...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- stable
- farm
- hacks
Electro Chalybeate Well
This plaque accompanies the Electro Chalybeate Well, an operational artesian well on the site of the former Lancaster Park. The plaque reads: Thousands visited this artesian well in the...
- tennessee
- jackson
- madison county
- artesian well
- walking tall trail
Dedicated to Armed Forces
This plaque is on the outside wall of the depot, right next to the entrance, at the N.C. & St.L. Depot & Railroad Museum. It reads: DEDICATED TO THOSE DEPARTING FOR SERVICE TO THE ARMED FORCES...
- tennessee
- jackson
- madison county
- railroad
- military
From This Ridge
FROM THIS RIDGE THE PORTOLA EXPEDITION DISCOVERED SAN FRANCISCO BAY Submitted by blobree
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- bay
- ridge
- portola
- discovered
Indiana's First Electric Cooperative Line
The Boone County REMC built Indiana's first electric cooperative line to the Clark Woody farm 5 miles west of this site with funds borrowed from the Rural Electrification Administration, July 22,...
- rural electr...
- five miles west
- boone county
- indiana
- clark woody
- electric
Nasmith's Bakery & Stables
NASMITH'S BAKER & STABLES 1902 DESIGNATED UNDER THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT TORONTO HISTORICAL BOARD Submitted by theurbangeog
- bakery
- stables
- toronto
- ontario
- canada
Start of the Seattle Fire Site
REGISTERED STATE HISTORIC PLACE WASHINGTON STATE START OF SEATTLE FIRE SITE THE SEATTLE FIRE STARTED HERE ON JUNE 6, 1889 THIS TABLE WAS PLACED BY SURVIVORS OF THE SEATTLE VOLUNTEER...
- seattle
- washington
- 1889
- fire
University Club
City of Vancouver Heritage Building University Club Architects: Sharp & Thompson This was built in 1929 as the Quadra Club, a sign of the continuing shift of the financial district westward...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- heritage building
- university club
- nightingale ...
Tourism (Places That Matter series)
Tourism Since the early years of the city, visitors have been drawn to Vancouver for the spectacular views of its natural setting. With the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1997,...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- places that matter
- tourism
- harbour centre
- lookout