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New Riverside Cemetery

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Delran, New Jersey.
In 1912, eight acres of land were made into a park-like cemetery. Unattended, it fell into disrepair. By 1971, the last remains were moved to Monument Cemetery in Edgewater Park.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Cambridge School

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Delran, New Jersey.
Built in 1918 as a four room schoolhouse for grades 1-7. Brick veneered in the late 1930's during a WPA project. Closed in 1995 and demolished.

(Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bridgeboro Bridge

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Delran, New Jersey.
Originally a ferry site, a covered bridge was erected here in 1793. Rebuilt in 1838 and replaced with a concrete span in 1928. The current bridge was opened in 1986.

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Acquiring Fame: Mount Vernon Celebrities

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Baltimore, Maryland.
In 1903, the Belvedere Hotel became the crowning architectural achievement in the neighborhood. Its signature thirty-five-foot mansard roof has become the symbol for upper Mount Vernon. In the late 1970s, the building was . . .

(Education • Arts, Letters, Music • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Small Brick Building

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Baltimore, Maryland.
A two-story wing possibly a kitchen, extended off the back of the mansion. Activities in an early nineteenth-century kitchen and kitchen yard included cooking for the entire household, drawing water, heating water for . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

US Flag Raised over Pawnee Republic

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near Republic, Kansas.
Erected by the State of Kansas 1901 To mark the site of the Pawnee Republic where Lieut. Zebulon M. Pike caused the Spanish flag to be lowered and the flag of the United States to be raised September 29, 1806

(Native Americans • Patriots & Patriotism • Exploration) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Cemetery Group

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, Mexico.
El Grupo del Cementerio Los relieves de calaveras con huesos entrelacruzados y tocados presentes en cuatro pequeñas plataformas al norte del patio, dieron nombre al conjunto que data de 900-1000 d.C. Al poniente existen tres . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Unidentified Veterans

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Phoenix, Arizona.
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(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona

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Phoenix, Arizona.
Dedicated to The Memory of All The Patriotic Men and Women Who Answered Their Country’s Call To Service George W. Bush President of The United States Anthony J. Principi Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Roger R. . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial Carillon

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Phoenix, Arizona.
Amvets National Service Foundation In Partnership With The Unified Arizona Veterans And The Arizona Department Of Veterans Services Dedicate This Carillon As A Living Memorial To American Veterans Who Served Their Country . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cistern

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Archaeologists discovered a buried cistern two and one half feet below you. A cistern is a receptacle for holding water, especially rainwater. In eighteenth-century Baltimore, water came from wells, creeks, and natural . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Waterfowl

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near Columbia, South Dakota.
Perhaps our best known group of birds, waterfowl species such as ducks, geese and swans have webbed feet and water repellent feathers that allow them to float and swim easily. Often striking in plumage, waterfowl are found . . .

(Waterways & Vessels • Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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near Columbia, South Dakota.
Sand Lake National Wildlife refuge, a 2,498 acre refuge, was established in 1935 to protect critical nesting and migrating habitat for our nation's waterfowl. The James River, which flows through the refuge, was dammed by . . .

(Waterways & Vessels • Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Songbirds

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near Columbia, South Dakota.
"Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are now strangely silent, where once they were filled with the beautiful bird song." Silent . . .

(Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Constructed circa 1890 by the Gaines Estate. Doctor's offices above and drug stores below. One of the country's first Walgreens Drug Stores in early 1900's. Later became the Colonial Drug Store with rooms above. Wheatley . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brewer’s Park

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Baltimore, Maryland.
On this site in 1787, Thomas Peters built the original brewery that he sold to Edward Johnson (Mayor of Baltimore, 1808-1814, 1822). It was during Johnson’s ownership of the brewery, and while serving as Mayor of the City of . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Discover Little Italy: A Taste of the Past

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Baltimore’s vibrant and diverse neighborhoods evolved to accommodate a constant influx of newcomers searching for opportunity. Between 1830 and 1917, more than two million immigrants landed in Baltimore, which was second . . .

(Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jack Nicklaus

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Dublin, Ohio.
The City of Dublin, Ohio in cooperation with Dublin Arts Council, commissioned the public art work Tribute to Jack Nicklaus to recognize the contributions made to the Dublin community by Jack Nicklaus. His vision of a . . .

(Entertainment • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

White's Hotel

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Medina, New York.
Known most commonly as White's Hotel, this building has had several different names throughout its history. Built by Botsford Fairman back in 1834, Fairman's Arcade housed a grocery, a bank, an insurance office and more. In . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stelae Building

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, Mexico.
Edificio de Estelas En esta plataforma se localizaron 15 estelas, de éstas destaca la número 14, localizada en el museo del sitio. En la Estela 14 se representa la imagen del único gobernante de Uxmal que se ha identificado . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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