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A Lost World

    A Landscape on the Move

      Colton Hall

      COLTON HALL. IN THIS BUILDING FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO OCTOBER 13, 1849 ASSĖMBLED THE CONVENTION WHICH DRAFTED THE CONSTITUTION UNDER WHICH CALIFORNIA WAS ADMITTED TO/STATEHOOD, - SEPTEMBER 9, 1850....

      COLTON HALL. IN THIS BUILDING FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO OCTOBER 13, 1849 ASSĖMBLED THE CONVENTION WHICH DRAFTED THE CONSTITUTION UNDER WHICH CALIFORNIA WAS ADMITTED TO/STATEHOOD, - SEPTEMBER 9,...

        Bederwood Park

        Submitted by Sisu_Runner

        Submitted by Sisu_Runner

          Historical Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

          Submitted by @Ritterton

          Submitted by @Ritterton

          • uhaul

          Doelger Building

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

            Conestee

            These plaques stand just 10' apart. One commemorating the lost Cherokee settlement & another marking the location of the first meeting of a group of masons. The juxtaposition is its own statement...

            These plaques stand just 10' apart. One commemorating the lost Cherokee settlement & another marking the location of the first meeting of a group of masons. The juxtaposition is its own statement...

              YEO-THOMAS

              WING COMMANDER FFE. YEO-THOMAS GC 1902-1964 Secret Agent codename "The White Rabbit" lived here Submitted by benhammersley

              WING COMMANDER FFE. YEO-THOMAS GC 1902-1964 Secret Agent codename "The White Rabbit" lived here Submitted by benhammersley

                Sandstone in the City

                Submitted by BoiseDon [location approximage]

                Submitted by BoiseDon [location approximage]

                  Joshua Glover

                  Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

                  Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

                    City of Governors

                    Submitted by @olathewildcat

                    Submitted by @olathewildcat

                      Fort San Fernando De Las Barrancas(1795-97)

                      Louisiana's lieutenant governor, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, erected Fort San Fernando de las Barrancas near this site in May of 1795. He named the structure for Spain's crown prince and future king,...

                      Louisiana's lieutenant governor, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, erected Fort San Fernando de las Barrancas near this site in May of 1795. He named the structure for Spain's crown prince and future king,...

                      • shelby county
                      • tennessee

                      RAILROAD BRIDGES OVER THE PECOS

                      RAILROAD BRIDGES OVER THE PECOS A MAJOR TRIBUTARY OF THE RIO GRANDE, THE PECOS RIVER WAS LONG A BARRIER TO TRANSPORTATION, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE DEEP GORGE THAT ONCE MARKED ITS JOINING WITH THE...

                      RAILROAD BRIDGES OVER THE PECOS A MAJOR TRIBUTARY OF THE RIO GRANDE, THE PECOS RIVER WAS LONG A BARRIER TO TRANSPORTATION, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE DEEP GORGE THAT ONCE MARKED ITS JOINING WITH...

                        Elisha Mitchell

                        Submitted by mia_partlow HERE LIES IN THE HOPE OF A BLESSED RESURRECTION THE BODY OF THE REV. ELISHA MITCHELL D.D. WHO AFTER BEING FOR THIRTY NINE YEARS A PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH...

                        Submitted by mia_partlow HERE LIES IN THE HOPE OF A BLESSED RESURRECTION THE BODY OF THE REV. ELISHA MITCHELL D.D. WHO AFTER BEING FOR THIRTY NINE YEARS A PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF...

                          Hope Square

                          Submitted by @lucindahawksley

                          Submitted by @lucindahawksley

                            First Medical Education Building

                            Submitted by JustineBot

                            Submitted by JustineBot

                              Retro Woman Napa

                              Submitted by friscolex

                              Submitted by friscolex

                                Bill Clinton McDonald's

                                Both as governor and as a 1992 presidential candidate, Bill Clinton made regular stops at this downtown McDonald's during his morning runs from the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, These visits made...

                                Both as governor and as a 1992 presidential candidate, Bill Clinton made regular stops at this downtown McDonald's during his morning runs from the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, These visits...

                                  Peralta Adobe

                                  Submitted by @Ritterton

                                  Submitted by @Ritterton

                                    Carmel WWII Soldiers