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The Melvin M Swig Interfaith Memorial Labyrinth

The Melvin M Swig Interfaith Memorial Labyrinth The labyrinth is an ancient pattern found in many different forms in cultures around the world since ancient times. This particular labyrinth...

The Melvin M Swig Interfaith Memorial Labyrinth The labyrinth is an ancient pattern found in many different forms in cultures around the world since ancient times. This particular labyrinth...

    Mark Hopkins Hotel

    THE MARK HOPKINS HOTEL WAS CONCEIVED, FINANCED  AND BUILT BY COMSTOCK LODE MINING ENGINEER  GEORGE D. SMITH WHO OPERATED IT FROM ITS OPENING  IN DECEMBER 1926 THROUGH JANUARY 1962. HE DIRECTED ...

    THE MARK HOPKINS HOTEL WAS CONCEIVED, FINANCED  AND BUILT BY COMSTOCK LODE MINING ENGINEER  GEORGE D. SMITH WHO OPERATED IT FROM ITS OPENING  IN DECEMBER 1926 THROUGH JANUARY 1962. HE...

      The Hurdy Gurdy

      Submitted by Ben Becker  

      Submitted by Ben Becker

        Park Square Building

        Submitted by Ben Becker

        Submitted by Ben Becker

          Tip O'Neill

            Taunton Flag

            • meteor flag
            • loyalty to t...

            The United Nations Conference on International Organization

              The Herbst Theatre

                The Great Buddha Image at Lahaina

                  Baxter's Curve Train Robbery

                  BAXTER'S CURVE  TRAIN ROBBERY  IN THE EARLY HOURS OF MARCH 13, 1912,  BEN KILPATRICK, A FORMER SIDEKICK OF  BUTCH CASSIDY AND SUNDANCE KID, AND  OLE HOBEK ATTEMPTED ONE OF THE LAST  MAJOR TRAIN...

                  BAXTER'S CURVE  TRAIN ROBBERY  IN THE EARLY HOURS OF MARCH 13, 1912,  BEN KILPATRICK, A FORMER SIDEKICK OF  BUTCH CASSIDY AND SUNDANCE KID, AND  OLE HOBEK ATTEMPTED ONE OF THE LAST  MAJOR...

                  • texas
                  • ice mallet
                  • railroad
                  • robbery

                  Uphams Corner Health Center

                  Submitted by Ben Becker

                  Submitted by Ben Becker

                    The Earth Scientist J. Tuzo Wilson

                      The Earth scientist J. Tuzo Wilson (1908-1993), a key contributor to the theory of plate tectonics, was director general of the Ontario Science Centre from 1974 to 1985. Le spécialiste des...

                      The Earth scientist J. Tuzo Wilson (1908-1993), a key contributor to the theory of plate tectonics, was director general of the Ontario Science Centre from 1974 to 1985. Le spécialiste des...

                      Hendrix House

                      Submitted by nealjennings

                      Submitted by nealjennings

                        To the memory of Trim

                        This is a companion plaque to the one beside Trim, Matthew Flinders' Intrepid Cat (https://readtheplaque.com/plaque/trim-matthew-flinders-intrepid-cat ), outside the State Gallery of New South...

                        This is a companion plaque to the one beside Trim, Matthew Flinders' Intrepid Cat (https://readtheplaque.com/plaque/trim-matthew- flinders-intrepid-cat ), outside the State Gallery of New South...

                        • trim
                        • cats
                        • matthew flinders

                        A Bronzed Aussie and his Blue Heeler Dog

                        Submitted by @_marty_k

                        Submitted by @_marty_k

                          The Federals Occupy Port Gibson

                           About dark on May 1, 1863, Gen. W. E. Baldwin's Confederates retreated through Port Gibson. After crossing the suspension bridge over Little Bayou Pierre, the Confederates set it afire. On the...

                           About dark on May 1, 1863, Gen. W. E. Baldwin's Confederates retreated through Port Gibson. After crossing the suspension bridge over Little Bayou Pierre, the Confederates set it afire. On...

                          • mississippi
                          • civil war

                          Bayou Pierre Presbyterian Church

                          Following the arrival of Presbyterian missionaries in 1801, Joseph Bullen and James Smylie organized the Bayou Pierre Church at this site in 1807. After part of the congregation formed the Bethel...

                          Following the arrival of Presbyterian missionaries in 1801, Joseph Bullen and James Smylie organized the Bayou Pierre Church at this site in 1807. After part of the congregation formed the...

                          • mississippi
                          • civil war
                          • church

                          Battle of Port Gibson - A.K. Shaifer House

                          Confederate Gen. Martin E. Green on the afternoon of April 30, 1863, posted his brigade near Magnolia Church, with an outpost here. Shortly after midnight. Green rode forward to check on his...

                          Confederate Gen. Martin E. Green on the afternoon of April 30, 1863, posted his brigade near Magnolia Church, with an outpost here. Shortly after midnight. Green rode forward to check on...

                          • mississippi
                          • civil war battle
                          • port gibson

                          Leon Olson

                          Leon Olson loved to walk here.https://oaklandwiki.org/Leon_Olson

                          Leon Olson loved to walk here.https://oaklandwiki.org/Leon_Olson

                          • oakland

                          Al Capp Amphitheater

                          Submitted by @beckerben

                          Submitted by @beckerben

                          • comic sans