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Hot Springs and the Rift Valley in Lake Manyara National Park

[Location approximate] Submitted by Sheila Paske

[Location approximate] Submitted by Sheila Paske

    Maji Moto

    [Location approximate] Submitted by Sheila Paske

    [Location approximate] Submitted by Sheila Paske

      Tamambo Karen Coffee Garden

      • nairobi
      • kenya
      • coffee

      Constructed in loving memory of Karolina Bordin

      Constructed in loving memory of Karolina Bordin 1982 - 2012  Humble, caring, loving. A true guardian of nature, an ambassador of life. Her biggest passion was to help and work with animals and...

      Constructed in loving memory of Karolina Bordin 1982 - 2012  Humble, caring, loving. A true guardian of nature, an ambassador of life. Her biggest passion was to help and work with animals and...

      • nairobi
      • kenya
      • elephant

      A.F.E.W. Nature Education Centre

      THIS TREE WAS PLANTED BY THE HON. MAINA WANJIGI M.P. MINISTER FOR TOURISM & WILDLIFE ON NOV. 1983  TO COMMEMORATE THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE A.F.E.W. NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE LANGATA

      THIS TREE WAS PLANTED BY THE HON. MAINA WANJIGI M.P. MINISTER FOR TOURISM & WILDLIFE ON NOV. 1983  TO COMMEMORATE THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE A.F.E.W. NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE LANGATA

      • na

      The Leslie - Melville Nature Sanctuary

      THE LESLIE-MELVILLE NATURE SANCTUARY IN MEMORY OF JOCK LESLIE-MELVILLE 1933-1984FOUNDER OF AFRICAN FUND ENDANGERED WILDLIFE (A.F.E.W) 

      THE LESLIE-MELVILLE NATURE SANCTUARY IN MEMORY OF JOCK LESLIE-MELVILLE 1933-1984FOUNDER OF AFRICAN FUND ENDANGERED WILDLIFE (A.F.E.W) 

      • nairobi
      • kenya
      • giraffe

      Alameda Firehouse

      APRIL 24, 1998 IN MEMORY OF DAVE MACHO DEDICATED TO OUR FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS

      APRIL 24, 1998 IN MEMORY OF DAVE MACHO DEDICATED TO OUR FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS

      • alameda
      • california
      • firefighters

      Japanese Exile

      In April 2012, twenty years after this plaque was installed, Victoria City Council rescinded the last of its wartime motions supporting internment and deportation of Japanese-Canadians during...

      In April 2012, twenty years after this plaque was installed, Victoria City Council rescinded the last of its wartime motions supporting internment and deportation of Japanese-Canadians during...

        First Congregational Church

        FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH   Vermont Congregationalists organized a church in Sylvan Township in 1849. In 1852 they built the first church in the village, here on land donated by Chelsea founder...

        FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH   Vermont Congregationalists organized a church in Sylvan Township in 1849. In 1852 they built the first church in the village, here on land donated by Chelsea founder...

          Nashville Parthenon

          THE NASHVILLE PARTHENON   1897 - 1988   THE NASHVILLE PARTHENON WAS BUILT ON THIS SITE AS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION OF 1897.  THE ORIGINAL FULL-SCALE REPLICA WAS...

          THE NASHVILLE PARTHENON   1897 - 1988   THE NASHVILLE PARTHENON WAS BUILT ON THIS SITE AS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION OF 1897.  THE ORIGINAL FULL-SCALE REPLICA...

            McConnell Field

            McCONNELL FIELD   In 1927 the City of Nashville bought 131 acres from Warren Sloan and made this the city airport, named for Lieut. Brower McConnell, Tennessee National Guard pilot who died that...

            McCONNELL FIELD   In 1927 the City of Nashville bought 131 acres from Warren Sloan and made this the city airport, named for Lieut. Brower McConnell, Tennessee National Guard pilot who died that...

            • nashville
            • tennessee
            • airport
            • mcconnell
            • sky harbor
            • golf

            Grassmere Historic Farm

            STEP BACK IN TIME   Standing before you is the historic Croft House, home to five generations of one family -- the Dunn, Shute, Tigert and Croft Families.  Built in 1810 by Michael Dunn, the house...

            STEP BACK IN TIME   Standing before you is the historic Croft House, home to five generations of one family -- the Dunn, Shute, Tigert and Croft Families.  Built in 1810 by Michael Dunn, the house...

            • nashville
            • tennessee
            • croft
            • civil war
            • emancipation
            • zoo
            • croft
            • historic farm

            National Register of Historic Places

            NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES   Both the historical and the archaeological categories of the National Register of Historic Places include the Lost River Cave and Valley. Native American...

            NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES   Both the historical and the archaeological categories of the National Register of Historic Places include the Lost River Cave and Valley. Native...

            • kentucky
            • bowling green
            • 7500bc
            • folklore connections

            Protecting a Natural Treasure

            PROTECTING A NATURAL TREASURE   In 1986, recognizing the geological, archaeological and historical significance of the Lost River Cave and the mile-long Karst Valley, property owners Raymond and...

            PROTECTING A NATURAL TREASURE   In 1986, recognizing the geological, archaeological and historical significance of the Lost River Cave and the mile-long Karst Valley, property owners Raymond and...

            • kentucky
            • bowling green
            • national treasure
            • cravens
            • highbaugh
            • lost river

            Underground Nite Club

            UNDERGROUND NITE CLUB   The opening of this unique nite club was heralded in Billboard Magazine in 1933.  Many dances featuring big bands of the period were held here to about 1960.  Collegiate,...

            UNDERGROUND NITE CLUB   The opening of this unique nite club was heralded in Billboard Magazine in 1933.  Many dances featuring big bands of the period were held here to about 1960. ...

            • kentucky
            • bowling green
            • wedding
            • 1933
            • nite club

            Jesse James

            JESSE JAMES   James and his infamous gang are believed to have hidden in the cave following their robbery at the Southern Deposit Bank of Russellville, Kentucky on March 18, 1868.  A Bowling Green...

            JESSE JAMES   James and his infamous gang are believed to have hidden in the cave following their robbery at the Southern Deposit Bank of Russellville, Kentucky on March 18, 1868.  A Bowling Green...

            • kentucky
            • bowling green
            • jesse james
            • 1868
            • coca-cola

            John Hunt Morgan

            JOHN HUNT MORGAN   The leader of "Morgan's Raiders," a special Confederate unit which operated behind Union lines during the Civil War, hid with his force in the Lost River Cave following their...

            JOHN HUNT MORGAN   The leader of "Morgan's Raiders," a special Confederate unit which operated behind Union lines during the Civil War, hid with his force in the Lost River Cave following their...

            • kentucky
            • bowling green
            • blue hole
            • south onion

            The Old Mill Dam

            THE OLD MILL DAM   Rebuilt in 1933, the historic mill dam impounded water used to power the water wheel.  For over 20 years, the water powered a turbine driven hydroelectric generator which...

            THE OLD MILL DAM   Rebuilt in 1933, the historic mill dam impounded water used to power the water wheel.  For over 20 years, the water powered a turbine driven hydroelectric generator...

            • kentucky
            • bowling green
            • mill dam
            • nite club

            The Cave Mill

            THE CAVE MILL   Operated at this site for more than a century by an undershot water wheel, the last cave mill burned in 1915.  Located first inside the cave entrance, the mill was moved to the...

            THE CAVE MILL   Operated at this site for more than a century by an undershot water wheel, the last cave mill burned in 1915.  Located first inside the cave entrance, the mill was moved to the...

            • kentucky
            • bowling green
            • whiskey
            • brandy
            • cave entrance
            • drive shaft

            Blue Hole

            BLUE HOLE   This "blue hole" and three others exposed in the valley are the only ground water windows in the 85 square mile Lost River Karst Drainage Basin.  For over a century this "blue hole"...

            BLUE HOLE   This "blue hole" and three others exposed in the valley are the only ground water windows in the 85 square mile Lost River Karst Drainage Basin.  For over a century this "blue hole"...

            • kentucky
            • bowling green
            • blue hole