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Greenway Court

Virginia, Clarke County, White PostGreenway Court Has Been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses National Significance in Commemorating the History of the United States of America...

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Home of Brother Pedro

Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, La Antigua GuatemalaAqui vivio Fray Pedro de San Jose Betancourt Apostol de la Caridad Nacio en Tenerife en Marzo de 1626 Murio en Esta el 25 de Abril de 1667 English...

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Elivra Beckwith

Kansas, Johnson County, Olathe First burial in this cemetery Born in W. Bloomfield Ny. August 8, 1818. Died in Olathe Kansas April 30, 1865. On April 30, 1865, Elvira Beckwith the sister of Mr. [Watts]...

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World War Memorial

Missouri, Jackson County, Kansas City In memoriam to those heroic boys of Jackson County who gave their lives in noble sacrifice to our country in the World War 1914 - 1918 "There is no death! The...

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724 Front Street

South Carolina, Georgetown County, Georgetown Heritage Site 2005 724 Front Street Built 1937 by Abrams Brothers Walgreen's Drug Store 1937 - 1978 (Notable Buildings • War, World II) Includes location,...

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Ice Age Souvenir

Minnesota, Anoka County, near Ramsey Twenty thousand years ago, a great sheet of ice, the Superior lobe, covered this area. At its farthest advance, it formed the St. Croix moraine, a series of high...

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Solomon G. Brown

District of Columbia, Washington, National Mall Solomon G. Brown (1829-1906), the Smithsonian’s first African-American employee, retired in 1906 after 54 years of service. Brown, well-known for his...

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Historic Oakwood Cemetery

New York, Rensselaer County, Troy The Uncle Sam Trail Troy, NY Historic Oakwood Cemetery The Final Resting Place Of Samuel Wilson of Troy, New York, Fondly Know As "Uncle Sam", America's National...

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Cedar of Lebanon

District of Columbia, Washington, National MallThis tree commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 1904 groundbreaking of the new National Museum. A wooded park, with a variety of trees including these...

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Old Stone Chimney

New York, Niagara County, Niagara FallsBuilt by French 1750, 100 ft. westward in Fort Little Niagara's barracks which they burned in 1759. To it British built in 1761, the Stedman House (where that...

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Jonesville Academy 1836-76

New York, Saratoga County, Clifton Park Private Boarding School Offering an Academic, Commercial, Classical and "Ornamental" Education. 181 Students in 1852. (Education • Man-Made Features) Includes...

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Log Cabin

New York, Niagara County, WilsonLog Cabin circa 1823 built by Jesse Smith (Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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World Wars Memorial

California, Siskiyou County, Fort JonesTo the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice for out county in the World Wars World War I Ed Del Ray • Maud Evans • Perry Harris • George V. Mathews •...

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John F. Williams Memorial Bridge

California, Siskiyou County, near Fort JonesU S Forest Ranger John F. Williams Memorial Bridge Gave his life to save the life of a drowning girl at this location June 24, 1940 (Bridges & Viaducts)...

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Main Avenue

Arizona, Pima County, TucsonOriginating during Mexico’s Spanish period, “Royal Road” connected Spain’s southern and northern territories. The route linked Mexico City, Guadalajara, Mazatlan, and...

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Congress Street

Arizona, Pima County, TucsonOriginally named “Street of Joy” during Tucson’s Spanish period. In 1869, its name changed to Congress Street, derived from Charles O. Brown’s Congress Hall Saloon. In 1867,...

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Pearl Street / Ott Street

Arizona, Pima County, TucsonOriginally located between Granada Avenue and Church Street during Arizona's territorial period, "Post Office Street," was where postmaster and mayor, Mark Aldrich (b.1801 –...

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Witherill Building

California, Siskiyou County, YrekaThe damage to this building in the great fire of 1871 was only $100, no doubt a result of its brick construction. Built by Abel Witherill in 1859 (the same year Yreka...

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Thompson - Chalker Docks

Florida, Clay County, MiddleburgSamuel B. Thompson owned and operated dock and warehouses at the foot of Thompson St. (now Wharf St., name changed about 1951). Thompson's warehouses were burned by...

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Blacksmith Shop

Georgia, Chatham County, SavannahThe Blacksmith Shop had 13 forges. The railroad complex needed blacksmiths to forge iron locomotive and rolling stock parts, hinges and other hardware for buildings and...

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