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First USA-Lithuania Transatlantic Flight

Commemorating The First U.S.A.-Lithuania Transatlantic Flight By Capt. Steponias Darius & Lt. Stasys Girenas July 15-17, 1933 Chicago - New York - Kaunas *   *   *   *   * Dedicated on the 60th...

Commemorating The First U.S.A.-Lithuania Transatlantic Flight By Capt. Steponias Darius & Lt. Stasys Girenas July 15-17, 1933 Chicago - New York - Kaunas *   *   *   *   * Dedicated on the 60th...

  • chicago
  • midway airport
  • mdw
  • illinois
  • transatlantic flight
  • usa
  • lithuania
  • 1933
  • a concourse

Buzz Aldrin's Childhood Home

  • moon
  • buzz
  • aldrin
  • new jersey

Great Divide

Came upon this unassuming marker by the roadside near West Bend, WI: Wisconsin Official Marker "Great Divide You are now on the great divide which separates the two principal drainage areas of...

Came upon this unassuming marker by the roadside near West Bend, WI: Wisconsin Official Marker "Great Divide You are now on the great divide which separates the two principal drainage areas of...

  • wisconsin
  • great divide
  • watershed
  • great lakes
  • mississippi

Watergate Investigation

The parking garage where Bob Woodward met Deep Throat.

The parking garage where Bob Woodward met Deep Throat.

  • watergate
  • nixon
  • deepthroat

Pizza Hut Number One

The Original Pizza Hut. As heard on episode 103 of 99PI.  

The Original Pizza Hut. As heard on episode 103 of 99PI.

  • pizza
  • hut
  • toph
  • utbaph

Chinese Massacre of 1871

  Details here and here.  "Chinese Massacre Chinese immigrants established their first community in Los Angeles in what is now part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. By 1870 about...

  Details here and here.  "Chinese Massacre Chinese immigrants established their first community in Los Angeles in what is now part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. By 1870 about...

  • los angeles
  • california
  • massacre

Nahargarh Fort

Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the pink city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The view of the city from the fort is impressive. —Wikipedia

Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the pink city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The view of the city from the fort is impressive. —Wikipedia

  • fort
  • india

Browns Valley Man

  • minnesota

Geronimo

"GERONIMO NAMED FOR THE REBELLIOUS MEDICINEMAN WHO LED THE CHIRICUHUA APACHESON THEIR LAST RAIDS, TO SURRENDER,AND THEN INTO EXILE IN FLORIDA AND OKLAHOMA. THEIR DESCENDANTS LIVED IN EASTERN...

"GERONIMO NAMED FOR THE REBELLIOUS MEDICINEMAN WHO LED THE CHIRICUHUA APACHESON THEIR LAST RAIDS, TO SURRENDER,AND THEN INTO EXILE IN FLORIDA AND OKLAHOMA. THEIR DESCENDANTS LIVED IN...

  • native american
  • geronimo
  • arizona
  • graham county
  • southwest
  • apache

Stood Until it was Ruined by a Cyclone

FOURTH AVENUECHURCH OF CHRIST----In 1833, a congregation of seventeen Christians was organized in Franklin following preaching by Tolbert Fanning. 

FOURTH AVENUECHURCH OF CHRIST----In 1833, a congregation of seventeen Christians was organized in Franklin following preaching by Tolbert Fanning. 

  • church
  • franklin
  • tennesee

Rocket

This has to be one of my favourite plaques. Not only is it attached to a Rocket Slide – in itself, awesome – but the most awesomest thing about the plaque is that it mentions everybody by name...

This has to be one of my favourite plaques. Not only is it attached to a Rocket Slide – in itself, awesome – but the most awesomest thing about the plaque is that it mentions everybody by...

  • playground
  • memorial
  • rocketship

This Neighbourhood of Victoria Where She Died

Birthplace and home of Emily Carr, a British Columbian artist. "EMILY CARR 1871 - 1945 Artist and author Emily Carr was born here and lived most of her life in this neighbourhood of Victoria where...

Birthplace and home of Emily Carr, a British Columbian artist. "EMILY CARR 1871 - 1945 Artist and author Emily Carr was born here and lived most of her life in this neighbourhood of Victoria where...

  • british columbia
  • victoria
  • painting
  • neighbourhood

Burnham Mall

The Burnham MallThe Group Plan of 1903 "Make no little plans. They have no magic tostir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans: aim high in hope and work....

The Burnham MallThe Group Plan of 1903 "Make no little plans. They have no magic tostir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans: aim high in hope and work....

  • cleveland
  • plans
  • ohio
  • mall

Wild Oats Underdone Asparagas Boil

This semi-mysterious but very official-looking plaque located near the corner of 10th and Wood in West Oakland proclaims the following: "On or near this site in June 1968 more or less was staged...

This semi-mysterious but very official-looking plaque located near the corner of 10th and Wood in West Oakland proclaims the following: "On or near this site in June 1968 more or less was staged...

  • marker
  • west oakland
  • bay area
  • 1968
  • wild
  • oats
  • boil
  • california
  • food
  • asparagus

Fallen Astronaut Memorial

  Referred to as “the first art installation on the Moon” by CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, the Fallen Astronaut sculpture and its associated plaque, were placed secretly on the moon by the...

  Referred to as “the first art installation on the Moon” by CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, the Fallen Astronaut sculpture and its associated plaque, were placed secretly on the moon by...

  • moon
  • apollo
  • apollo 15
  • astronaut

Chicago Barmaids Ordinance

During the 1960's Chicago's 'Barmaids Ordinance' prohibited women, unrelated to the owner, From tending bar in Chicago. In 1970, the owners of this establishment hired airline Stewardesses to tend...

During the 1960's Chicago's 'Barmaids Ordinance' prohibited women, unrelated to the owner, From tending bar in Chicago. In 1970, the owners of this establishment hired airline Stewardesses to tend...

  • chicago
  • illinois
  • division street
  • division str...
  • she-nannigans
  • barmaids ordinance

Lebanon Springs Blessing Fountain

HEREABOUTS THE INDIAN TAUGHT THE WHITE MANTHE CURATIVE PROPERTIES OF THIS WATERERECTED BY THE LEBANON VALLEY GARDEN CLUBFOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND 1940

HEREABOUTS THE INDIAN TAUGHT THE WHITE MANTHE CURATIVE PROPERTIES OF THIS WATERERECTED BY THE LEBANON VALLEY GARDEN CLUBFOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND 1940

  • new york
  • lebanon springs
  • indian water
  • spring

Three Corners Vista Point

A plaque indicating the Three Corners Vista Point at the intersection of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina  

A plaque indicating the Three Corners Vista Point at the intersection of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina

  • brazil
  • paraguay
  • argentina

Brown's & Clayton's Divs.

July 22, 1864: 3:30 P.M. Gen. Hood [CSA] launched an attack from the east line of the city fortifications, on the 15th A.C. astride the Ga. R.R. (at DeGress Ave.) — a mass assault by two divs. of...

July 22, 1864: 3:30 P.M. Gen. Hood [CSA] launched an attack from the east line of the city fortifications, on the 15th A.C. astride the Ga. R.R. (at DeGress Ave.) — a mass assault by two divs. of...

  • atlanta
  • georgia
  • civil war

Baker's Brigade

July 22, 1864. Baker´s Alabama brigade (Col. J.H. Higley comdg.), Clayton´s div., Cheatham´s A.C., [CSA] was diverted N.E. in Clayton´s attack on the 15th A.C. eastward, thus forming the extreme...

July 22, 1864. Baker´s Alabama brigade (Col. J.H. Higley comdg.), Clayton´s div., Cheatham´s A.C., [CSA] was diverted N.E. in Clayton´s attack on the 15th A.C. eastward, thus forming the extreme...

  • atlanta
  • georgia
  • civil war