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International Boundary Line

  “INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE” Found at the Niagara Falls border (which is awesome to walk across!)

  “INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE” Found at the Niagara Falls border (which is awesome to walk across!)

  • niagra falls
  • new york
  • canada

Boyden Library

A brand new plaque for the new Boyden Library in Foxborough, MA

A brand new plaque for the new Boyden Library in Foxborough, MA

  • library

Interest in the Children

At the Lincoln School in Evansville, IN“Interest in the Children of Evansville Led Major A. C. Rosencranz to give to the public school its first kindergarten for colored children — Memory of this...

At the Lincoln School in Evansville, IN“Interest in the Children of Evansville Led Major A. C. Rosencranz to give to the public school its first kindergarten for colored children — Memory of...

  • lincoln

May House

  May House This house was built in 1908-09 for local clothier Meyer S. May and his wife, Sophie Amberg. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the house in the Prarie style. It was his first major...

  May House This house was built in 1908-09 for local clothier Meyer S. May and his wife, Sophie Amberg. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the house in the Prarie style. It was his first...

  • grand rapids
  • michigan
  • frank lloyd wright

Eric Paul Buss

  This is a plaque at Twin Falls, British Columbia, Canada. It memorializes Eric Paul Buss, who “died November 27, 1991, when an avalanche struck six members of the Smithers Volunteer Mountain...

  This is a plaque at Twin Falls, British Columbia, Canada. It memorializes Eric Paul Buss, who “died November 27, 1991, when an avalanche struck six members of the Smithers Volunteer Mountain...

  • canada
  • memorial
  • british columbia

Davis-Byrne Building

DAVIS-BYRNE BUILDING 1895 This building was originally part of a small commercial district that grew up around Dwight Way Station where Shattuck Avenue commuter trains intersected with the...

DAVIS-BYRNE BUILDING 1895 This building was originally part of a small commercial district that grew up around Dwight Way Station where Shattuck Avenue commuter trains intersected with the...

  • berkeley

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

English Heritage: In this house THE PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD was founded in 1848.    

English Heritage: In this house THE PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD was founded in 1848.  

  • london

Mansion House

Seen outside the Mansion House in Baguio, Philippines – the summer capital.The plaque reads: Mansion HouseConstructed at the instance of William Cameron Forbes following the design of William E....

Seen outside the Mansion House in Baguio, Philippines – the summer capital.The plaque reads: Mansion HouseConstructed at the instance of William Cameron Forbes following the design of William E....

  • baguio city
  • daniel burnham
  • philippines

Ricketts'

  Ricketts’ Circus: America’s first circus building was opened here at 12th and Market Streets, April 3, 1793. On that day the English equestrian John Bill Ricketts gave America’s first complete...

  Ricketts’ Circus: America’s first circus building was opened here at 12th and Market Streets, April 3, 1793. On that day the English equestrian John Bill Ricketts gave America’s first complete...

  • 1793
  • circus
  • pennsylvania
  • philadelphia

Point Elliot Treaty Site

http://www.goia.wa.gov/treaties/treaties/pointelliot.htm

http://www.goia.wa.gov/treaties/treaties/pointelli ot.htm

    heetno’unoo’oo koh’oowu

    Cherry Creek was named by the Arapahoe Indians.

    Cherry Creek was named by the Arapahoe Indians.

      Newtownabbey Hospital Management Committee – Whiteabbey Hospital

      “Newtownabbey Hospital Management CommitteeWhiteabbey HospitalThis building formed the main block of the original hospital known as “The Abbey” built on this site in 1906 and opened as an...

      “Newtownabbey Hospital Management CommitteeWhiteabbey HospitalThis building formed the main block of the original hospital known as “The Abbey” built on this site in 1906 and opened as an...

      • hospital
      • northern ireland
      • sanatorium
      • tuberculosis
      • workhouse

      American Fur Company Store

      This plaque commemorates a Michigan Historical Site on Mackinac Island, between Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. In 1822, a French-Canadian voyageur was accidentally shot in the American Fur...

      This plaque commemorates a Michigan Historical Site on Mackinac Island, between Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. In 1822, a French-Canadian voyageur was accidentally shot in the American...

      • mackinac island
      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      Hemingway’s Michigan #6: Jesperson’s Restaurant

      This plaque is the sixth in a series by the Michigan Hemingway Society about the iconic author’s life in Michigan. Located at . Transcription: “6 Hemingway’s Michigan Jesperson’s Restaurant...

      This plaque is the sixth in a series by the Michigan Hemingway Society about the iconic author’s life in Michigan. Located at . Transcription: “6 Hemingway’s Michigan Jesperson’s Restaurant...

      • hemingway
      • michigan

      The Battle Oaks

      “The Battle Oaks These three native Texas Live Oaks were on the grounds of the original “Forty Acres” when The University of Texas opened on September 15, 1883. The largest tree is believed to...

      “The Battle Oaks These three native Texas Live Oaks were on the grounds of the original “Forty Acres” when The University of Texas opened on September 15, 1883. The largest tree is believed to...

      • atx
      • austin
      • nature
      • texas
      • trees

      Littlefield Home

      “Littlefield Home George W. Littlefield (1842 – 1920) came to Texas with his family in 1850. He served in the Civil War with Terry’s Texas Rangers, attaining the rank of Major. Following the war...

      “Littlefield Home George W. Littlefield (1842 – 1920) came to Texas with his family in 1850. He served in the Civil War with Terry’s Texas Rangers, attaining the rank of Major. Following the war...

      • atx
      • austin
      • texas
      • the universi...
      • ut

      Offices of the War Department and the Adjutant General

      “Three double log houses built on this site in 1839 shortly after Austin was selected as the capitol of the Republic of Texas served as the offices for the War Department and the Adjutant General....

      “Three double log houses built on this site in 1839 shortly after Austin was selected as the capitol of the Republic of Texas served as the offices for the War Department and the Adjutant General....

      • atx
      • austin
      • texas

      Paramount Theatre

        All Saints’ Episcopal Church

        “All Saints’ Episcopal Church This edifice stands on the mid-1840s land grant of former Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar, and near the official residence of the Second Bishop of the...

        “All Saints’ Episcopal Church This edifice stands on the mid-1840s land grant of former Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar, and near the official residence of the Second Bishop of...

        • atx
        • austin
        • church
        • hitorical landmark
        • texas

        Richard Byrn memorial, Mount Victoria

        “THE STONES ON THIS WALL ARE FROM THE KOETTLITZ GLACIER REGION, CAPE HALLETT, AND CAPE EVANS ANTARCTICA.”Richard Byrd was a polar explorer who used New Zealand as a base for Antarctic exploration...

        “THE STONES ON THIS WALL ARE FROM THE KOETTLITZ GLACIER REGION, CAPE HALLETT, AND CAPE EVANS ANTARCTICA.”Richard Byrd was a polar explorer who used New Zealand as a base for Antarctic exploration...

        • antarctica
        • explorers
        • mount vic
        • new zealand
        • wellington