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Fluchttunnel: Tunnel 57

Fluchttunnel "Tunnel 57" 1964   The most successful escape tunnel from East to West Berlin during the height of the cold war. 99 PI episode

• berlin
• berlin wall
• cold war
• 99pi

Golden Gate Library bell

This isn't as much a plaque as a bell on display in front of the Golden Gate Branch of the Oakland Public Library. It reads: This bell was cast by Louis DeRome and presented to Oakland...

• oakland
• library
• golden gate
• bell
• 1905
• fire department

The Defense of the Alamo

THE DEFENSE OF THE ALAMO "THERMOPYLAE HAD ITS MESSENGER OF DEFEAT;THE ALAMO HAD NONE" THE ALAMO IN 1836 CONSISTED OF THIS CHURCH, THECONVENTS AND A LARGE RECTANGULAR AREA OR PLAZA,AN ENCLOSURE...

• texas
• alamo
• defense
• defeat

Kepler Spacecraft Plaque

A plaque on the body of the Kepler Spacecraft listing many of the people involved in the project

• space
• kepler
• exoplanet

In Memory of Cadet Chester F. M. Buchanan

"In Memory of Cadet Chester F. M. Buchanan United States Army Air Corps 1910 - 1934 Erected 9 - 56"

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• air corps

Citizen John

John Breaux 1951-2009 Dedicated to the memory of John Breaux by the people of this community for his kind smile and wave, his dedication to the environment, his desire to help others, and his gift...

• john breaux
• louisville
• colorado

Easter Island Cumulative Impact

Plaque encouraging the protection of the Easter Island moai.

• easter island
• moai

Swedish Merchant Seamen's War Memorial

Swedish Merchant Seamen's War Memorial Although Sweden was non-belligerent during the Second World War, some 200 Swedish merchant vessels were lost. Approximately 2000 Swedish merchant seamen...

• sweden
• wwii

Who With Insulin Was Restored To Heatlh

NEAR THIS SPOT ON AUGUST 7, 1922, DR. HOWARD F. ROOT, IN THE PRESENCE OF DR. ELLIOTT P. JOSLINAND OTHERS, GAVE THE FIRST INJECTION OF INSULIN IN NEWENGLAND. THE PATIENT WAS MISSELIZABETH...

• boston
• massachusetts
• insulin
• diabetes
• elizabeth mudge

Hannah Dustin Memorial in Boscawen, NH

Hannah Dustin Memorial in Boscawen, NH, referenced in the podcast 99% Invisible, Episode 113 "Monumental Dilemma".   The inscription reads: March 15  1697  30 The War Whoop Tomahawk Faggot...

• 99pi
• hannah dustin
• new hampshire

Mat-su Giants

Sculptures of the world-record vegetables grown in the Matanuska Valley in 2009.

• mat-su
• palmer
• alaska
• vegetables
• sculpture

Samuel Plimsoll

[plimsoll circle] SAMUEL PLIMSOLL BORN 1824 - DIED 1898 ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF SEAMEN. IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION FOR HIS SERVICES TO THE MEN OF THE SEA....

• london
• plimsoll
• 99pi
• england

George Washington Patterson Ranch

   At Ardenwood Farm:   "THIS PROPERTY, THE GEORGE WASHINGTONPATTERSON RANCH HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTEROF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNOVEMBER 23, 1985"

• bay area
• farm
• ardenwood
• corn
• patterson
• george washington
• ranch

Olga Strawberry Plant

"OLGA STRAWBERRY BARRELING PLANT Est. 1938 by Glen Rodenberger" More details More information

• olga
• washington
• strawberry
• barrelling

Nakashima Barn

"Nakashima Barn Northend Trailhead,Centenial Trail Dedicated November 3, 2012" The site of a barn owned by the Nakashima family, which had Washington state’s first registered Guernsey cows. The...

• internment
• barn
• wwii
• concentration camps

Marquis de Lafayette

From this spot on July 26 1823, Marquis de LaFayette reviewed the troops escorting him from a visit to the Brandywine battle-field

• west chester pa
• brandywine
• marquis de lafayette

Top 10 U.S. Dog Park

Ohlone Dog Park, apparently 'widely considered the world's first dog park' (link) (location approximate)

• berkeley
• dog
• park
• dog park
• bay area

Don Allen Blair

"CITY OF EMERYVILLE DEDICATED IN THE MEMORY OF DON ALLEN BLAIR A RESPECTED PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE MARCH 9, 195 - SEPTEMBER 7, 1996"

• emeryville
• public works
• bay area

Hamlet's Castle

Kronborg Castle in Helsingor, Denmark. Hamlet's castle.   "Legend tells of a king's son, Amleth, who lived in Jutland during Viking times.  Saxo wrote down his saga in the Middle...

• hamlet
• shakespeare
• castle

Wild Bill Hickock Shoot-Out Marker

Here James Butler, ""Wild Bill" Hickok stood when he shot Dave Tutt, July 21,1865 over a gambling debt. Tutt fell 75 yards to the northwest. Erected July 1, 1975

• wild bill
• #wildbill
• hickok
• shoot out
• shoot-out
• shootout