Concession Stand and Restroom Project

El Campo Santo Cemetery

A plaque on the wall surrounding El Campo Santo Cemetery in Old Town, San Diego, CA. "Remembering the more than 20 Men, Women and Children who lie buried beneath San Diego Ave. Only...

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Salem Witch Trials

NEARLY OPPOSITE THIS SPOT STOOD, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, A BUILDING DEVOTED FROM 1677 TO 1718 FOR MUNICIPAL AND JUDICIAL USES. IN IT, IN 1692, WERE TRIED AND CONDEMNED FOR WITCHCRAFT MOST...

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Emily Thompson House

EMILY THOMPSON HOUSE CIRCA 1872 Emily Torstensenseim immigrated to the United States from Norway with her parents at the age of four. When she grew up she married a fellow Norwegian immigrant, Ole...

Near This Point John McCoy Build A Log Trading Post

Submitted by @ingerhogstrom [location approximate]

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Son of Providence

George M. Cohen Born July 3, 1878 on Wickenden Street Father of American Musical Comedy

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Abraham Lincoln

ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON FEBRUARY 28, 1860, SPOKE IN RAILROAD HALL LOCATED ON THIS SITE. THE PREVIOUS NIGHT HE HAD DELIVERED HIS FAMOUS ADDRESS AT COOPER UNION IN NEW YORK. TO PLEASE NEW...

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SHAKESPEARE'S HEAD

SHAKESPEARE'S HEAD Built by publisher John Carter in 1772 to house the printing press of the Providence Gazette, the post office and a bookshop,as well as Carter's growing family, this is one of...

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Bath School Disaster

From Bath Township Police Department: May 18 marks the 89th annual observance of the school massacre in Bath, Michigan. We would like everyone to take a moment out of their day to reflect on...

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1927

Anheuser-Busch Beer Depot 1887

This building is in the historical Old Market district in Omaha, NE and serves as the offices of The New BLK -- a creative ad agency.

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John Denver

[Location approximate]

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Fraunces Tavern

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This Tablet Dedicated to the Memory of the Men of the American Merchant Marine

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bowling green

Bowling Green

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park
1733

Austin's Moonlight Towers

Austin's Moonlight Towers This is one of the 31 original moonlight towers installed in Austin in 1895. Seventeen remain. Each tower illuminated a circle of 3000 feet using 6 carbon arc lamps...

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Culver City

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1928
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los angeles

Eric Kashino Memorial Plaque

The plaque is a memorial to Eric Kashino. He was struck and killed by a charter bus at the intersection of 4th Ave and Pike Street in Downtown Seattle in Feburary of 2001. Eric was crossing the...

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P. L. James Government Building

The plaque struck me as interesting because the Federal Building in Victoria is named after the Architect who designed the building. Not a politician.

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The Celebrity Club

THE CELEBRITY CLUB Near this site at 54 Randall Street stood The Celebrity Club, New England's first integrated Jazz and rhythm & blues venue. Founded by Paul Filippi in 1949, the world-class club...

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billie holiday
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providence

Pinkie the Pink Elephant

This pink elephant makes a bold statement outside a little Shell gas station near DeForest, Wisconsin, just off of I-94. It has many fans and photos too (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1645)....

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