Point Pinos Lighthouse Oil House
California, Monterey County, Pacific Grove“The Oil House” ***************************** The structure you see before you is a fuel storage house commonly referred to as an ‘oil house’. This oil house...
View ArticleThe Gipsy
California, Monterey County, Pacific GroveThe anchor on display here is from the coastal steamer Gipsy sunk off what is now known as Cannery Row on September 27, 1905. At night a substitute Captain...
View ArticleJehoshaphat's Cave
Israel, Jerusalem District, JerusalemThis is a burial complex from the Second Temple period. The facade of the cave features the relief of a gable resembling the roof facade of a sacred building. The...
View ArticleGreat Railroad Strike of 1877
Maryland, BaltimoreThe first national strike began July 16, 1877, with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Baltimore Maryland. It spread across the nation halting...
View ArticleOn to Yorktown
Maryland, BaltimoreOur nation never had more at risk than it did in September 1781. The American Revolutionary War—the War for independence—had raged for nearly six years. More than 4,000 American and...
View ArticlePony Express Wharf
California, San Francisco City and County, San FranciscoNearby was the location of the Broadway Wharf. The wharf extended from Broadway and Davis Streets east to this location. All of the Pony Express...
View ArticleThe Screening Room - 1966-1980's
California, San Francisco City and County, San FranciscoAlex De Renzy produced "Pornography in Denmark: a New Approach", and billed it as a documentary to avoid legal problems. The film, the first...
View ArticleMills Canyon
New Mexico, Harding County, RoyThe site of one of New Mexico's most spectacular horticultural enterprises, the Orchard Ranch, established by Melvin W. Mills of Springer and notable for its skillfully...
View ArticleWally Heider Recording - 1969-1980
California, San Francisco City and County, San FranciscoThe Greatful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane and many other bands created landmark albums at Wally Heider Recording, the...
View ArticleCorn Springs
California, Riverside County, near Desert CenterMortar holes and rock paintings mark this as one time Indian habitation. Gold and silver prospectors found the spring flowing as late as the 1920s. One...
View ArticleClassic American La France
Tennessee, Greene County, GreenevilleFirst motorized fire truck boughtby the town of Greeneville and inservice from 1917 – 1965This display building erected in2006 by citizens of Greeneville.Organized...
View ArticleLivestock Water Trough
Kansas, Jackson County, Holton This hand-carved boulder was used by the Snyder family to water livestock in Jackson County, Kansas. The rock was moved seveal times and was last located at the home of...
View ArticleFort Jim Lane
Kansas, Jackson County, Holton Birth place of the City of Holton Fort Jim Lane Built in 1856 Was located about 200 feet east of this marker which also commemorates Centennial of the Parish of Saint...
View ArticleEdward D. Holton
Kansas, Jackson County, Holton Businessman • Philanthropist Abolitionist Holton • Kansas Est. 1857 (Abolition & Underground RR • Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Settlements...
View ArticleJackson County Courthouse Horse Water Trough
Kansas, Jackson County, Holton [Title is marker text] Donated by: Chester & Ethel Lutz & Families (Animals • Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes...
View ArticleCivil War Memorial
Kansas, Jackson County, Holton Dedicated in F. C. & L. to the Union Soldiers & Sailors of the War 1861 - 1865 Erected May 30, 1913 Civil War Cannon Replica Dedicated Dec. 7, 1976 by Holton...
View ArticleCompany E, 137th Infantry Regt, 35th Infantry Div
Kansas, Jackson County, Holton In memory of our comrades who died so that we may enjoy the freedom and heritage of our forefathers [Roll of Honored Dead] (Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II)...
View ArticleAbsalom's Tomb
Israel, Jerusalem District, JerusalemThis splendid burial monument dates to the end of the Second temple period. The lower part of the monument is hewn and the upper part is constructed. The name...
View ArticleDevon Apartment Building
Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Historic Topeka Inc. Preservation Award 1994...
View ArticleCyrus K. Holliday
Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka Founder and Mayor of Topeka. Influenced the selection of this city as the capital of Kansas. Organized the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company, obtained the...
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