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Original Location of Sambado Liquors

Submitted by @friscolex.

Submitted by @friscolex.

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • sambado
  • liquors

Springfield, Minnesota

SPRINGFIELD, MINNESOTA John and Daniel Burns were pioneer settlers in this area of Brown County. Burnstown Town-ship was name in their honor. Railroad construction advanced westward and the name...

SPRINGFIELD, MINNESOTA John and Daniel Burns were pioneer settlers in this area of Brown County. Burnstown Town-ship was name in their honor. Railroad construction advanced westward and the name...

  • springfield
  • minnesota
  • burns
  • a prominent ...
  • plat
  • 1877

Site of the Berlin Wall

Related 99PI episode: The Giftschrank. Submitted by @samlistens and @helenzaltzman of Radiotopia.

Related 99PI episode: The Giftschrank. Submitted by @samlistens and @helenzaltzman of Radiotopia.

  • berlin
  • berlin wall
  • berliner mauer
  • 99pi

Track Pans

TRACK PANS Kinnear, located two miles east of Dexter, was the site of Michigan’s first railroad track water pans, which were built in 1901.  The pans were situated between the rails and heated...

TRACK PANS Kinnear, located two miles east of Dexter, was the site of Michigan’s first railroad track water pans, which were built in 1901.  The pans were situated between the rails and...

  • kinnear
  • dexter
  • michigan
  • water
  • locomotives
  • detroit
  • pans
  • track

Dexter Depot

Dexter Depot The Michigan Central Railroad reached Dexter from Detroit on July 4, 1841, just after Dexter’s first depot was completed.  Frederick H. Spier of Detroit designed the present depot,...

Dexter Depot The Michigan Central Railroad reached Dexter from Detroit on July 4, 1841, just after Dexter’s first depot was completed.  Frederick H. Spier of Detroit designed the present depot,...

  • michigan
  • dexter
  • detroit
  • railroad
  • ypsilanti

Weeping Stone Plaque

© Copyright Sue Adair and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Sue Adair and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • geograph

The Weeping Stone, St Chad's Park

The Weeping Stone is a sandstone pillar which was originally an ancient cross situated in Park Brow and was a resting place for Catholic mourners on their way to St Swithin's in Gilmoss. In the...

The Weeping Stone is a sandstone pillar which was originally an ancient cross situated in Park Brow and was a resting place for Catholic mourners on their way to St Swithin's in Gilmoss. In...

  • geograph

New Iberia

NEW IBERIA Early in 1779 Governor Bernardo de Galvez sent Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bouligny with nearly five hundred Spanish and Canary Island Colonists to establish a settlement on the lower...

NEW IBERIA Early in 1779 Governor Bernardo de Galvez sent Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bouligny with nearly five hundred Spanish and Canary Island Colonists to establish a settlement on the...

  • new iberia
  • lousiana

Indian Camp Plantation

  Indian Camp Plantation—The Plantation home, built in the 1850’s, became the site of the Louisiana State Leprosarium in 1894. The U. S. Public Health Service acquired it in 1921. It is now known...

  Indian Camp Plantation—The Plantation home, built in the 1850’s, became the site of the Louisiana State Leprosarium in 1894. The U. S. Public Health Service acquired it in 1921. It is now known...

  • hansen's
  • leprosy
  • leprosarium
  • indian camp

Bayou Vermilion

BAYOU VERMILION Battle of Pinhook Bridge April 17, 1863.Battle of Bayou Vermilion October 9, 1863. We honor the memory of those soldiers who valiantly fought on these banks.  LAFAYETTE PARISH...

BAYOU VERMILION Battle of Pinhook Bridge April 17, 1863.Battle of Bayou Vermilion October 9, 1863. We honor the memory of those soldiers who valiantly fought on these banks.  LAFAYETTE PARISH...

  • lousiana
  • civil war

Southbeach Shoreline 1852

SOUTHBEACH SHORELINE1852 In 1852 you would have been standing on a bluff overlooking the narrow beach just below that followed the approximate line of King Street. First accurately charted by the...

SOUTHBEACH SHORELINE1852 In 1852 you would have been standing on a bluff overlooking the narrow beach just below that followed the approximate line of King Street. First accurately charted by the...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • shoreline
  • landfill
  • cubic yards
  • seawall

A Gift From the Earth

Submitted by @TheMVKelly via https://twitter.com/TheMVKelly/status/706618404132618240

Submitted by @TheMVKelly via https://twitter.com/T heMVKelly/status/706618404132618240

  • nevada
  • las vegas

The Princes' Gates

"The Princes' Gates were officially opened on Tuesday August the 30th MDCCCCXXVII [1927] by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales accompanied by H.R.H. Prince George. First to pass through these gates was a...

"The Princes' Gates were officially opened on Tuesday August the 30th MDCCCCXXVII [1927] by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales accompanied by H.R.H. Prince George. First to pass through these gates was a...

  • exhibition place
  • 1927
  • prince of wales
  • edward vii
  • george vi
  • elizabeth ii
  • toronto
  • ontario
  • alan brown

Richard Slattery

Transcript: "Dedicated to RICHARD SLATTERY For volunteering more than 37 years as a coach and mentor to city youth at Union Terrace. With his philosophy, "students first, athletes second" and...

Transcript: "Dedicated to RICHARD SLATTERY For volunteering more than 37 years as a coach and mentor to city youth at Union Terrace. With his philosophy, "students first, athletes second"...

  • sports
  • allentown
  • pennsylvania

Hasta La Victoria Siempre

  • cuba

Trail of Tears

Transcript of the text on the plaque: In May 1838 soldiers, under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott, began rounding up Cherokee Indians in this area who had refused to move to Indian Territory...

Transcript of the text on the plaque: In May 1838 soldiers, under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott, began rounding up Cherokee Indians in this area who had refused to move to Indian...

  • trail of tears
  • chattanooga
  • tennessee

General D. Jose De San Martin

GENERAL D. JOSE DE JAN MARTIN LIBERTADOR DE ARGENTINA, CHILE Y PERU EMBAJADA ARGENTINA EN MEXICO 2 DE ABRIL 2012

GENERAL D. JOSE DE JAN MARTIN LIBERTADOR DE ARGENTINA, CHILE Y PERU EMBAJADA ARGENTINA EN MEXICO 2 DE ABRIL 2012

  • oaxaca
  • mexico
  • argentina
  • peru
  • chile

Plaza Alonso Garcia Bravo

PLAZA "ALONSO GARCIA BRAVAO"1491 - 1562RECONOCIMIENTO AL MAS NOTABLE ALARIFE QUE LLEGO CON HERNAN CARTES, Y QUIEN TRAZO LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, VERACRUZ Y OAXACA.PASO POR EASTE PUEBLO DE OCOTLAN...

PLAZA "ALONSO GARCIA BRAVAO"1491 - 1562RECONOCIMIENTO AL MAS NOTABLE ALARIFE QUE LLEGO CON HERNAN CARTES, Y QUIEN TRAZO LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, VERACRUZ Y OAXACA.PASO POR EASTE PUEBLO DE OCOTLAN...

  • oaxaca
  • mexico
  • cortes
  • bravo
  • 1491

Parish Boundary

Plaque on the wall at the roadside denoting that you are moving between St Peter Port and St Andrews parishes. © Copyright Ian Paterson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence ....

Plaque on the wall at the roadside denoting that you are moving between St Peter Port and St Andrews parishes. © Copyright Ian Paterson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence ....

  • geograph

Cattle near roadside drinking trough at Castel

Guernsey cattle graze on the hill behind the water trough at the side of Clos au Compte Road. The plaque on the wall is labelled "1900", "CASTEL", and has names as follows engraved upon it....

Guernsey cattle graze on the hill behind the water trough at the side of Clos au Compte Road. The plaque on the wall is labelled "1900", "CASTEL", and has names as follows engraved upon...

  • geograph