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A Room with a View

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South Lake Tahoe, California.
Guests at the Pope estate had the option of staying in one of three unique cabins, each with its own charm. Many liked the "Log Cabin" best because it was closest to the lake. The cabin across and up the lawn called the . . .

(Entertainment • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

V. C. Andrews Monument

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Portsmouth, Virginia.
(front) Best Selling Novels: Flowers in the Attic; Petals on the Wind; If There be Thorns; My Sweet Audrina; Seeds of Yesterday; Heaven; Dark Angels. (rear) Books opened doors I hadn’t even realized were there. They took me . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of Surfing in Santa Cruz

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Santa Cruz, California.
The history of surfing in Santa Cruz can be traced in part to the Santa Cruz Surfing Club, founded in 1936. The following members were among the first in this area to experience the thrill of conquering a wave. Jim . . .

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

The Dockyard Clock / L'horloge de L'arsenal

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Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Naval Dockyard Clock was fabricated in London, England in 1767 by Ayneth Thwaites. It has kept time in peace and war for generations of sailors and dockyard civilian workers from 1772 to 1993. The Dockyard Clock is the . . .

(Communications • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tessinska Palatset / Tessin Palace

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, Sweden.
Nicodemus Tessin, Stockholms slotts arkitekt, köpte 1692 några tomter på denna sida Slottsbacken, där han för sig och sin hustru Hedvig Stenbock skapade ett av de märkligaste palatsen i landet. Den strama fasaden i romersk . . .

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

Anita Gibson & Dextra Cabins

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South Lake Tahoe, California.
Possibly two of the oldest structures on the site, these log cabins were probably moved from the nearby Tallac Resort to save them from destruction when the Resort was torn down. In 1915, Dextra and her mother Anita spent . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Ferry Service Between Balboa and Balboa Island

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Newport Beach, California.
First ferry service between Balboa and Balboa Island 1909

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saint Joseph Marello

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Santa Cruz, California.
Saint Joseph Marello (1844-1895) Bishop of Acqui and founder of the Oblates of Saint Joseph Fortis of Suavis Sculpture by Thomas Marsh, March 19, 1997 Born in Turin, Italy, Joseph Marello lived as a zealous priest in the . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Balboa Village

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Balboa Island, California.
The Pavilion, built in 1905, and this building were prominent features of Balboa Village in 1918. Henry Huntington's Red Car Trolleys ran regular schedules between the Balboa Terminus and points north to Los Angeles. Today . . .

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

A Rustic Retreat: The Baldwin Estate

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South Lake Tahoe, California.
When Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin died in 1909, he left his real estate holdings in the Tahoe Basin to his daughter, Anita Baldwin. A few years later, Anita gave her daughter Dextra McGonagle this six-acre lot on the shore of . . .

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The "Sundance Kid"

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Sundance, South Dakota.
Harry A. Longabaugh served time in our local jail and did take his name from Sundance, WY. Commissioned by the Sundance Area Chamber of Commerce this statue was created by South Dakota native Edward E. Hlavka The full . . .

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Reno at the Crossroads

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Reno, Nevada.
A City Built on Trains and Automobiles Nevada's alliance with the Union during the Civil War was important not only for the mineral resources of the Comstock Lode but because the state held portion of the transcontinental . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Early People of the Creek

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Menlo Park, California.
As the largest local watercourse, San Francisquito Creek played a major role in the lives of native Americans, Spanish explorers and early Anglo settlers of the area. For perhaps 7,000 years, the native peoples -- called . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dying to Become a Fossil

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near Interior, South Dakota.
Oredonts were common throughout the Badlands, but became extinct. Their fossil remains provide evidence of their lives and habitat. Fossils can develop over time when animal or plant remains are quickly covered in sediment . . .

(Environment • Paleontology • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vera B. Stone

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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
An avid walker, trail enthusiast, leader, mentor and diligent worker, Vera B. Stone defines the Trans Canada Trail movement in Nova Scotia. As a founding member and a longstanding Chair for the Trans Canada Trail Committee . . .

(Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wild about roses/La vie en rose

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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Wild roses add beauty and colour to roadsides, open woods, prairies, and rocky places all across Canada. They may have pink or white flowers, be with or without thorns, and stand as high as 2.5 metres. Wild roses are . . .

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The Plentiful Lake

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Tahoe City, California.
Just as you may have come to fish these waters today, so have native people for thousands of years. Natives of the Tahoe Sierra fished the waters from Lake Tahoe and the Truckee River and Pyramid Lake for food. Depending on . . .

(Animals • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Tradition of Basketmaking

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Tahoe City, California.
Basketmaking is a tradition of the Washoe people of the Breat Basin that dates back thousands of years. Different types of baskets were made for holding water and cooking, winnowing seeds and nuts, collecting and storing . . .

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

Barcar Building

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Vacaville, California.
Two structures built by Raleigh Barcar, newspaper publisher and second owner of the Vacaville Reporter. Lower floor of the two-story brick building was for businesses. At one time it was Vacaville's fire station. Upper story . . .

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

"The Hospital"

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Vacaville, California.
Built in 1886, The Walker House was later used as Vacaville's first general hospital from 1932 to 1946. Doctors Jenny, Stansbury, and Nurse Tillman handled maternity and minor surgery. The house was purchased by Gary R. . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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