<p>The Sale River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river was discovered and named on 9 June 1865 by an expedition from the short-lived Camden Harbor settlement  searching for pastoral land. The expedition comprised Alexander McRae, Trevarton Sholl, PC William Gee, John Stainer and an Aboriginal constable named Billy.</p><br>
<p>The headwaters of the river rise near Spong Pyramid at the southern edge of the Elizabeth and Catherine Range and flow in a westerly direction before discharging into Doubtful Bay near Storr Island. The only tributary of the Sale is the Berckelman River, which was named after the family of Trevarton Sholl&#39;s mother.</p><br>
<p>The mouth of the Sale River at Doubtful Bay has a depth of about 30 m but the mouth itself is blocked by a rock bar at low tide. Cruise boats regularly enter the river from the bay and many anchorages exist along the length of the river with gorges and sandy beaches that are popular with tourists.</p><br>
<p>The Luera Mountains are a 15 mi  long, mountain range in southeast Catron County, New Mexico, USA in the central-southeast of the Plains of San Agustin. The range abuts the northwest end of the north-south extensive Black Range where the Continental Divide of the Americas traverses the Black Range&#39;s ridgeline.</p><br>
<p>The Continental Divide traverses the southern foothills of the Luera Mountains from west-to-east then turns south into the Black Range. The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail is further south of the water divide in the Luera&#39;s, then meets the Continental Divide in the Black Range.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Luera Mountains are an approximately 15 mi circular range, with Luera Peak in the center north; a small ridgeline goes southeast from the peak with an adjacent creek and canyon. The Luera Mountains are mostly surrounded by the Plains of San Agustin. The linear main-trending line of the plains lies to the west, northwest and northeast, with State Road 12 traversing the north side of the plains. To the southeast of the Luera Mountains between the northwest perimeter of the Black Range, New Mexico State Road 163 crosses the Continental Divide and the National Scenic Trail. Road 163 connects from to the east, New Mexico State Road 52 and the adjacent Cibola National Forest to Forest Road 30 at the southwest, connecting the Gila Wilderness and Apache Creek, NM, while paralleling the Continental Divide, (which traverses around the west and partial northwest of the Plains of San Agustin).</p><br>
<p>Connected to the west and southwest of the Luera Mountains, is a similar sized mountain range, unnamed. Both are in the center-west of the Plains of San Agustin. The Plains trend northeasterly north of the two ranges; higher elevations of the Plains of San Agustin lie south, and southwest of the two ranges where the Continental Divide of the Americas goes from the west to meet the Black Range, where the Continental Divide then turns due south.</p><br>
<h3>Luera Peak</h3><br>
<p>There is no well-delineated ridgeline in the Luera Mountains. The water divide, the continental divide is in the southern foothills of the range. Luera Peak, in the center-north, 9,420 ft, is located at 33.826449&deg;N latitude, 107.877548&deg;W longitude.</p><br>
<h2>Continental Divide</h2><br>
<p>The Continental Divide of the Americas traverses around the northwest and west mountain perimeter, and central-southern section of the Plains of San Agustin. The scenic trail lies adjacent to the Divide, or follows the Continental Divide.</p><br>
<p>The Lincoln Building is a historic commercial building located at 44 East Main Street in Champaign, Illinois.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1916, the five-story, Commercial style building was designed by architect Harry Roberts Temple. The five-story brick building features a copper cornice and terra cotta decorations. The buildings facade is divided into a first-floor base, shaft, and capital at the top, a feature of Commercial style buildings modeled after Classical columns. The first two floors of the building feature large sash windows, with storefront windows on the first floor and display windows on the second; the upper stories have smaller double-hung sash windows. The buildings interior features terrazzo floors, marble accents, and wood trim.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1996.</p><br>
<p>Warren Lodge No. 32 is a historic Masonic lodge located in Shultzville New York. The Lodge was named for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren. Warren Lodge No. 32, then located in Millerton was chartered June 10, 1807 by DeWitt Clinton, Grand Master of Masons in New York. The lodge met in several locations, but in 1864 is settled in Schultzville, where Theodore Schultz had left it land and $2,000 to build a lodge hall. The lodge has the distinction of being the New York&#39;s only Full Moon Lodge, setting its monthly meeting date as the "Thursdays before every full moon", rather than on a set calendar day. In 2007, the lodge celebrated its bicentennial.</p><br>
<h2>The Masonic Hall</h2><br>
<p>Warren Lodge&#39;s Masonic Hall, is an historic two-story wooden-frame building built in 1865 in the Italianate style of architecture with a central hexagonal cupola. The first floor is a social hall while the lodge room is on the second. In the early 1900s a one story addition was made on the rear of the building. As of 2007, the building was owned by the Town of Clinton Historical Society, which uses it for its social functions and other events and rents it out to other groups. Warren Lodge No. 32 is still able to use the building for its meetings and functions. It is located on Centre Road in Schultzville, New York.</p><br>
<p>On June 5, 2007, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Warren Masonic Lodge #32".</p><br>
<p>The building was moved in 2011 to the nearby Town of Clinton office campus.</p><br>
<p>First Church of Christ, Scientist Building is an historic Christian Science church located at 1519 East Denny Way / 1841 16th Avenue on the corner of East Denny Way and 16th Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Designed in the Classical Revival style, it was built of Bedford limestone between 1906 and 1909. Established in August 1896, First Church first held services in various rented buildings or halls until building its first church building on the corner of 6th Avenue and Marion Street. This was completed in time for its first service on Easter Sunday, April 7, 1901. This was soon outgrown and in November 1906 a contract was signed to purchase the Denny Way property. In August 1908, services began in a temporary wooden structure that was built on the completed foundation of the new church. On January 17, 1977 the building was declared a City of Seattle historic landmark. In 2006 the congregation made the decision to move to the South Lake Union neighborhood to be in a more active urban location. The building on East Denny Way was sold to a developer who has since converted it into townhouse project called The Sanctuary. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, now holds services at 900 Thomas Street and is still an active branch of the Christian Science Mother Church.</p><br>
<p>Akia Island  is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "turned on its side" in the Greenlandic language.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Akia Island is located in the outer belt of islands in the Upernavik Archipelago, in the group between the Upernavik Icefjord in the north, and Nunavik Peninsula in the south, approximately 500 m to the southeast of Upernavik Island, on the other side of a small waterway separating the islands.</p><br>
<p>In the east and south, another small waterway separates Akia from a larger Qaarsorsuaq Island. In the west, several small skerries such as Avannarleq (Nordø), Qeqertasussuk (Bruuns ø), and Aorrussaq (Hvalø) buffer the western coast from the open waters of Baffin Bay.</p><br>
<p>Pear-shaped and hilly, the island culminates in an unnamed 220 m peak in the central-northern part of the island. There are many small ponds and lakes in the interior of the island.</p><br>
<h3>Promontories</h3><br>
<p>The Milk Pail Restaurant, formerly known as the Country Tea Room, is a historic restaurant  in unincorporated Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois, United States. It was originally a farmhouse for Increase C. Bosworth, who operated the farm as a creamery. He sold it to Max McGraw in 1926, who converted into a teahouse restaurant. To meet the demands of the changing tastes of travelers in the 1930s, the teahouse was converted into a full restaurant, featuring game from McGraw&#39;s nearby game preserve. The main building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The northern Fox River Valley was first settled in the 1830s. Originally profiting from its natural resources, the region eventually expanded into manufacturing, even earning connections to the Chicago and North Western Railroad in Carpentersville. Increase C. Bosworth, a wealthy businessman from Chicago, settled in the area in 1837. He purchased a 136 acre property from a Mr. Clark in 1860. He constructed a farm by the 1860s that featured a farmhouse, windmill, and creamery. The house was in the gablefront style with Italianate details.</p><br>
<p>Illinois State Route 25 was to be built in the early 20th century to serve the east side of the Fox River, running from Oswego to Algonquin. Bosworths residence was located on grounds adjacent to the planned highway. Seeing an opportunity for development, Max McGraw purchased the property in 1926. He added a single-story extension later that year. Route 25 was opened in 1929, and the Country Tea Room, like many roadside restaurants in its day, flourished. The road was an important shipment route for dairy products and provided a route for tourists seeking to visit Wisconsin to the north. Customers enjoyed toasting their own bread with McGraws invention, and some bought Toastmasters for their own homes. When the restaurant first opened, dining options for automobile travelers were limited to picnics or fancy hotels. Roadside restaurants filled the need for other options for travelers in the 1920s and 1930s. McGraw also maintained the dairy operations of the farm until 1939.</p><br>
<p>By the end of the 1930s, roadside eateries were spread throughout most major highways. To stay competitive, restaurants needed to provide variety for their patrons, to stand out from other establishments. The Country Tea Room initially struggled with this change, but was able to reinvent itself as the Milk Pail Restaurant, a full restaurant with unique entrees. Part of the property was converted into The Fin &#39;n Feather Catalogue, which sold smoked game, some of which featured on the Milk Pail menu. McGraw bought the surrounding land, named it the McGraw Wildlife Foundation, and opened it as a private game preserve. The main building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 1999. Today, the Milk Pail remains open and is a popular local location for wedding receptions.</p><br>
<p>The original building faces east while the 1926 addition faces south. The barn, creamery, and stable that once served the farm still stand to the southwest, although they have been modified throughout their existence and do not contribute to the sites historical value. A parking lot lies to the main buildings north and east. The two-story house as a small one-story addition that was built before the early 1900s. The Country Tea House extension in 1926 was built on the west side of the house. The vernacular, wood panel house sits on a stone foundation. A chimney is found on the north side of the building. Windows on the east and south elevations feature wooden pediments, those on the north side do not. Asphalt shingles adorn the roof.</p><br>
<p>Pedro Brancia Yeto  was a lieutenant assigned to the U.S. Signal Corps during World War II. He had set up a wireless radio relay station on this island which lies 10°24’44.75"N 122°33’57.14”E between Guimaras Island and Guiuanon Island on the Province of Panay in the Republic of the Philippines. The natives called it "isla ni Yeto" referring to the place being used by the soldiers fighting against the Japanese invaders at that time and under the command of Lt. P. B. Yeto. It served the purpose of relaying messages to American submarines nearby for rescuing downed American pilots.</p><br>
<p>After the war, P. B. Yeto went on to become a marine engineer in the Philippines and passed the board exams with a 100% passing grade. Later on he reached the peak of his career, becoming a board examiner for the Engine Officers in the Philippine Regulation Commission.</p><br>
<p>The island which was in the United States Army Map Services of 1941 was last published in 1954.</p><br>
<p>Further research about Spanish Era maps came up with no name for the island during Spanish colonization of the Philippines.</p><br>
<p>The Aiguille du Grépon , informally known as The Grepon, is a mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in Haute-Savoie, France. The Grepon has a Southern  and Northern  peak, which are the highest points of a sharp granite ridge to the east of the Glacier des Nantillons above Chamonix and northeast of the Aiguille du Midi. A madonna statue is situated on the Southern peak.</p><br>
<h2>Climbing history</h2><br>
<p>The first ascent was made in 1881 by the Swiss climbers Alexander Burgener and Benedikt Venetz guiding Albert F. Mummery from England. This team had climbed one of the peaks of the neighboring Aiguille des Grands Charmoz the previous year. Two days after an attempt on the East face was found too challenging, they climbed up the couloir separating the Charmoz and Grepon from the Nantillons site to climb the Grepon over the north ridge. The party took a very difficult narrow chimney from just below the col between the peaks. Though Venetz discovered the route and was the lead climber through it, this vertical crevice became famous as Mummery&#39;s crack. The party reached the Northern summit, built a cairn and returned, but Mummery wondered at night if the Southern summit they had seen may have been higher. Thus the party came back over the same route two days later and completed a traverse to the highest crag, which involved some abseiling, "a broad road suitable for carriages, bicycles, or other similar conveyances", and more spectacular final lead climbing by Venetz, who hauled Mummery to the top after he slipped halfway. The second ascent leader, François Henri Dunod, partly brought up three ladders as he had heard stories of the difficulty of this last pitch, though it turned out there was an easier crack to the top. More than 20 years later this rock climb was still considered to be one of the most difficult in the Alps.</p><br>
<p>Other climbing events:</p><br>
<p>2 September 1885: After a month of persistent effort, François Henri Dunod, François et Gaspard Simond and Auguste Tairraz climb the main summit from the south west. This route is slightly less difficult and is the normal route of descent.</p><br>
<p>before 1887: An unknown party reached at least the Northern peak via the first ascent route, but avoiding the Mummery crack by driving wooden wedges into a crack on the East side of the ridge.</p><br>
<p>18 August 1892: Albert F. Mummery, John Norman Collie, Geoffrey Hastings and Henri Pasteur do the first North-South traverse.</p><br>
<p>4 August 1893: Lily Bristow is the first woman to climb the Grépon, traversing it with Mummery and William Cecil Slingsby, while taking pictures on the way</p><br>
<p>19 August 1911: First ascent East face (from the Mer de Glace) by Alexis Brocherel and Josef Knubel guiding Humphrey Owen Jones, Ralph Todhunter and Geoffrey Winthrop Young. This route contains the "Knubel crack", which was the first V+ pitch in the Mont Blanc region.</p><br>
<p>16 April 1927: First winter ascent by Camille Devouassoux and Armand Charlet</p><br>
<p>25 July 1947: First ascent West face by Robert Gabriel, Georges Livanos, Roger Duchier and Charles Magol</p><br>
<p>The Alamo Hueco Mountains are a 15-mile  long mountain range, located in the southeast of the New Mexico Bootheel region, southeast Hidalgo County, New Mexico, adjacent the border of Chihuahua state, Mexico. The range lies near the southern end of the mountains bordering the extensive north-south Playas Valley; the Little Hatchet and Big Hatchet Mountains are adjacent, and mostly attached north; the mountain range series, ends south into the flatland plains of the Chihuahuan Desert. The much smaller Dog Mountains are adjacent south.</p><br>
<p>While the Continental Divide of the Americas traverses the western perimeter mountains of the Playas Valley, the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail traverses the entire mountain ranges on the east side of the Playas Valley; the Scenic Trail continues south into the Chihuahuan Desert region of northwest Chihuahua state.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The range is 15 mi long and only about 8 mi wide. It trends northwest by southeast and abuts the Dog Mountains to the south on the Mexico-United States border. The Alamo Hueco Mountains lie in the southeast corner of New Mexicos Bootheel&#39;, so the Chihuahua border also lies to the east of the mountain range.</p><br>
<p>The highest peak in the range is Pierce Peak (New Mexico), 6,159 ft, near the range&#39;s center-northeast; the peak is located at 31.4484&deg;N latitude, 108.3350&deg;W longitude. Hat Top Mountain at 5,168 ft is located on the extreme southeast of the range, and separated from the main northwest-southeast ridgeline.</p><br>
<h2>Continental Divide National Scenic Trail</h2><br>
<p>The Continental Divide lies north of the Big Hatchet Mountains and traverses the northern Playas Valley on its water divide. The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail comes through the Big Hatchet&#39;s in two trails, at the center and one in the north; also subtrails lead off southeasterly. The main traverse of the Scenic Trail exits from the southwest quarter of the range, to meet the northwest end of the Alamo Hueco Mountains.</p><br>
<p>The Ferry Street Bridge or Ferry Street–Thorofare Canal bridge is a bridge located at Ferry Street over the Thorofare Canal in Grosse Ile, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1947, the Wayne County Road Commission replaced the 85 ft Pratt truss bridge that had previously spanned the Thorofare Canal with the current structure.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Ferry Street Bridge has a main span length of 26 ft, a structure length of 95 ft, a roadway width of 36 ft, and a structure width of 28 ft. The railings are solid concrete, and marble plates mounted at the northeast and southeast corners of the bridge note that the bridge is Job 413 of the Wayne County Road Commission.</p><br>
<p>The Phoenix Mountains Preserve  is a group of parks located among the Phoenix Mountains in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The Phoenix Mountains Park and Recreation Area , the first of these parks to be preserved, has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride.</p><br>
<p>The parks include:</p><br>
<p>Piestewa Peak recreation area (formerly known as Squaw Peak; officially named the Phoenix Mountains Park and Recreation Area )</p><br>
<p>Camelback Mountain Park</p><br>
<p>Papago Park</p><br>
<p>Lookout Mountain Preserve</p><br>
<p>North Mountain and Shaw Butte Preserves</p><br>
<p>Phoenix Sonoran Preserve (under development)</p><br>
<p>Additionally, South Mountain Park is sometimes included in this group.</p><br>
<p>These parks largely consist of small mountains and adjacent foothills that reach about 2,000 feet (roughly 600 meters) above the desert floor. They also interrupt the checkerboard pattern of Phoenix&#39;s built environment and are quite prominent, especially since most of the city is flat and gridded. Since the largest part of the Phoenix metropolitan area sits at just over 1,000 feet (around 300 meters) above sea level, that means most of the peaks reach about 3,000 feet (under 1,000 meters) above sea level.</p><br>
<p>Originally, the park system began with Piestewa Mountain Park and North Mountain Park as county parks. However, most of the existing municipal park system was acquired in the early 1970s when Phoenix&#39;s ever-expanding development threatened to encroach on these mountainous areas. All feature extensive hiking trails and many have public access areas with parking, ramadas (picnic tables) and restrooms. Some offer nearby horse stables where horses can be rented and ridden into the park.</p><br>
<p>Litløya  is a small island in the municipality of Bø in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Vesterålen archipelago, about 6 km southwest of the village of Bø on the coast of Langøya island. The 0.67 km&sup2; island is best known for the Litløy Lighthouse located on the western part of the island. Its highest point is the 103 m tall «Litløytinden».</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>From the Middle Ages until the 20th century the island, together with its neighbour Gaukværøya, was a busy seaport and centre for local fishermen.</p><br>
<p>There were 71 inhabitants registered on Litløya in 1865. Fishing was their main commerce and when the cod arrived in springtime many regional neighbours came flocking to take part. In 1895, there were 875 fishermen registered at Litløya and Gaukværøya, in 1890 there were 880 registered. These numbers probably includes fishermen from other municipalities.</p><br>
<p>Once inhabitants on the "mainland" (the large Langøya island) got electricity, water, and phone connections and boats became motorised, many inhabitants left the islands for a more comfortable life. Those who stayed on the island were offered government support to move to the "mainland" in the 1950s. Since then, the island has been virtually uninhabited and some remains of the houses still exist. Currently, the island&#39;s only permanent inhabitant is the owner of Litløy Lighthouse, though various support staff are often present to help with renovations and daily tasks. The lighthouse currently offers overnight accommodation for visitors as well.</p><br>
<h2>Attractions</h2><br>
<p>There is also a cave at Litløya, called «Trollhola». This means "Cave of the troll". The cave is 40 m deep and can be explored with a flashlight or headlamp. Access to the cave is slightly cumbersome. The cave was formed whilst this part of the island was under water, possibly 100,000 years ago, according to NGU, Norsk Geologisk Undersøkelse.</p><br>
<p>The county archaeologist visited Litløya and Gaukværøya in the spring of 2010. Several sites from the stone age, iron age and Middle Ages were identified, including two farms and a grave that possibly contains a boat. A coastal path is currently being established in order to share the current knowledge of the island with visitors.</p><br>
<h2>Media gallery</h2><br>
<p>The Minne Lusa Pumping Station was located along John J. Pershing Drive in the Florence neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. The station, which was surrounded by settling basins, was the main source for pumping, filtering, and distributing Missouri River water throughout the City of Omaha. The station was the namesake of the Minne Lusa neighborhood located immediately to the south.</p><br>
<h2>About</h2><br>
<p>Designed by notable Omaha architects Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie, the building was constructed at the Florence Water Works between 1888 and 1889. A large public opening was held August 1, 1889.</p><br>
<p>The building was partially demolished and remodeled in the 1960s and is currently undergoing another renovation. The building continues to operate as the pump station for the Florence Water Treatment Plant and also houses the Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD) Heritage Room.</p><br>
<p>Paul Smith&#39;s Electric Light and Power and Railroad Company Complex is a national historic district located at Saranac Lake in Franklin County, New York. It contains two contributing buildings  and two contributing structures . The powerhouse was built in 1908-1909 and is a one story, single room brick building on a stone foundation measuring 40 feet by 55 feet. The office building was built in 1927 and is a three story steel and masonry building with a terra cotta exterior. It is three bays wide by four bays deep. The Main Street Bridge is a concrete slab bridge built between 1924 and 1931. The Lake Flower Dam and Power Flume was built between 1936 and 1938 with Works Progress Administration assistance.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>The Fort is a prominent historic house in the central portion of the USA state of Ohio. Located northeast of the village of North Lewisburg in Union County, Built in 1877, it is a square structure, measuring five bays wide on each of its sides. Its foundation is built of ashlar stone, while the hip roof is constructed of imbricated slates of multiple colors. The houses hilltop location makes it visible from a vast distance in all directions. Many of its impressive Italianate architectural elements, such as the ornamental cornice and carven stone lintels, can be distinguished from far away, especially as the house is surrounded by farmland rather than woods. Porches are located on both sides of the houses front of the house, with a two-story bay window placed in the middle of the facade. Chimneys stand at the tops of both side walls.</p><br>
<p>In 1982, The Fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its well-preserved historic architecture, for it has been rated as one of the best Italianate buildings in rural Union County. It also qualified for its place in local history, for it was home to horse breeder Shepard Clark. The son of one of the earliest settlers in Allen Township, Clark was regarded highly throughout Ohio for his breeding operation.</p><br>
<p>The Afrin River  is a tributary of the Orontes River in Turkey and Syria. It rises in the Kartal Mountains in Gaziantep Province, Turkey, flows south through the city of Afrin in Syria, then reenters Turkey. It joins the Karasu at the site of the former Lake Amik, and its waters flow to the Orontes by a canal.</p><br>
<p>The total length of the river is 131 km, of which 54 km is in Syria.</p><br>
<p>About 250,000,000 m&sup3; of the annual flow of the river comes from the Hatay Province of Turkey, while about 60,000,000 m&sup3; originates in Syria.</p><br>
<p>The river is impounded by the Afrin Dam to the north of the city of Afrin.</p><br>
<p>The Afrin was known as Apre to the Assyrians, Oinoparas in the Seleucid era, and as Ufrenus in the Roman era. Abu&#39;l-Fida mentions it as Nahr Ifrîn.</p><br>
<p>Camp Intermission, also known as William Morris House, is a historic Great Camp located on Lake Colby just outside the village of Saranac Lake in the town of Harrietstown, Franklin County, New York. It was built in 1928 for theatrical agent William Morris, designed by William G. Distin. The property includes the main house and seven contributing outbuildings. The house is a -story, rectangular wood and stone dwelling with a rear kitchen wing. The house features elaborately patterned stone arches and sills and a "cure porch." The outbuildings include a wood shed, machine shed housing a wood cutter, wellhouse, root cellar, ice house, barn, and a caretaker&#39;s house.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Amarortalik Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "the place of wolves" in the Greenlandic language.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<h3>Location within the archipelago</h3><br>
<p>Amarortalik Island is located in the southern part of the Upernavik Archipelago, in the group between Nunavik Peninsula in the south, and Upernavik Icefjord in the north.</p><br>
<p>In the west, the narrow Torsukattak Strait separates Amarortalik from Akuliaruseq Island. In the north, the small Kangerluarsuk Fjord separates it from Kangerluarsup Nunaa Peninsula, a peninsula branching off to the west from Kochs Land on the mainland of Greenland. Kochs land in turn is separated from Amarortalik by a small, unnamed strait. The long Eqalugaarsuit Sulluat Fjord separates the island from the large Kangeq Peninsula in the south.</p><br>
<h3>Topography</h3><br>
<p>Like all larger islands in the neighborhood, Amarortalik Island is very mountainous. The highest point is an unnamed peak of 823 m in the southern part of the island.</p><br>
<h3>Geology</h3><br>
<p>The rocks on the island are of Precambrian origin, with Albian-Campanian sediments.</p><br>
<p>Akuliaruseq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<h3>Location within the archipelago</h3><br>
<p>Akuliaruseq Island is located in the southern part of the Upernavik Archipelago, in the group between Nunavik Peninsula in the south, and Upernavik Icefjord in the north.</p><br>
<p>In the west, Ammarqua Strait separates Akuliaruseq Island from Nutaarmiut Island, the largest island in the archipelago. A small, unnamed channel branching to the east off Ammarqua separates the island from Nako Island in the north. In the east, the narrow Torsukattak Strait separates Akuliaruseq from Amarortalik Island.</p><br>
<p>The long Eqalugaarsuit Sulluat Fjord separates the island from the large Kangeq Peninsula in the south. The southern coastline is indented by a small Puugutaata Ilua bay branching off the fjord. It is the only indentation in the otherwise undeveloped coastline of the island.</p><br>
<h3>Topography</h3><br>
<p>Like all larger islands in the neighborhood, Akuliaruseq Island is very mountainous. The highest point is an unnamed peak of 720 m in the western part of the island. Apart from the coastal lowland isthmus in the southeast, the majority of the island is occupied by a single, flooded mountain. Another previously flooded mountain, Puugutaa, culminating in a 550 m peak is located on the other side of the low isthmus.</p><br>
<h3>Geology</h3><br>
<p>The rocks on the island are of Precambrian origin, with Albian-Campanian sediments.</p><br>
<p>Anarusuk Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Anarusuk Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord, which in the northeast separates it from Giesecke Glacier on the mainland of Greenland.</p><br>
<p>The island is separated from Nuuluk Island in the northwest by a small Ikerasaarsuk channel, from Aappilattoq Island in the west by a small channel of the same name, and by the inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay from Aukarnersuaq Island in the southeast and Qaqaarissorsuaq Island in the south.</p><br>
<h3>Coastline</h3><br>
<p>The coastline of the island is developed, with many inlets indenting the coastline in the west.</p><br>
<h4>Promontories</h4><br>
<p>Amitsorsuaq Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Amitsorsuaq Island is located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, in the group between Kangerlussuaq Icefjord in the south, and Nuussuaq Peninsula in the north.</p><br>
<p>Together with its sibling Nasaussaq Island, Amitsorsuaq Island separates Nasaussap Saqqaa in the south from the inner parts of Sugar Loaf Bay in the north. It is separated from an unnamed nunatak on the mainland of Greenland by the narrow and short Amitsorsuup Sullua strait. the Ussing Glacier drains the Greenland ice sheet immediately to the east of the southeastern cape of the island. The island is separated from Nasaussaq Island in the west by the small Ikerasakassak strait.</p><br>
<p>The highest point on the island is an unnamed, 424 m peak in the western part.</p><br>
<p>Elmwood Place is a historic farmstead in the southwestern corner of Union County, Ohio, United States. Located along State Route 161 near the community of Irwin, the farmstead comprises six different buildings spread out over an area of 9 acre.</p><br>
<p>In 1866, the property where Elmwood Place sits — then open fields — was purchased by James Fullington. One of Union County&#39;s most prominent landholders, Fullington soon began construction of the present farm buildings. First to be completed was the farmhouse, finished in 1868; a carriage house and a large barn were completed in 1870, and the remaining buildings — two small frame sheds and a cottage for tenants, which was moved from its original location — were all erected by 1877.</p><br>
<p>Architecturally, the most impressive building at Elmwood Place is the farmhouse. A large brick building with a porch, it was constructed with many Italianate details, such as the cornices, the arched windows and doors, and many interior elements. Because both the house and the other buildings remain in a fine state of preservation, Elmwood Place has been named one of Union County&#39;s best examples of 19th-century rural architecture. In recognition of its status, the farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in late 1979; it is one of seven places in the county to have been recognized.</p><br>
<p>The Butler-McCook Homestead is a historic house museum at 396 Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1782, it is one of the city&#39;s few surviving 18th-century houses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is now operated as the Butler-McCook House & Garden by Connecticut Landmarks.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Butler-McCook Homestead is located south of downtown Hartford, on the east side of Main Street at the Pulaski Mall. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a side gable roof, clapboarded exterior, and twin interior chimneys. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a shallow projecting portico with round columns, hip roof, and projecting cornice. The front roof face is pierced by three dormers, two small ones flanking a large central one. The houses rear structure contains a colonial kitchen on the first floor, and the structures second floor was added in the 19th century. The house stands on about 2 acre of land, part of which has formal gardens created by landscape architect Jacob Weidenman, the principal designer of Hartford&#39;s Bushnell Park. Attached to the right side of the house is a late 19th-century single-story structure.</p><br>
<p>The main house was built in 1782 for Dr. Daniel Butler, a physician who kept his consulting room here. Another resident of the house was Rev. John James McCook (professor) who was a professor at Trinity College (Connecticut) and the rector at St. Johns Episcopal Church in East Hartford. His son, Dr. John Butler McCook, added the wing to the right to serve as his office in 1897. The house remained in the hands of Butler descendants for about two centuries, prior to its conversion to a museum. Its rooms now include displays of family memorabilia. The house reflects two centuries of ownership by one family, with furnishings and decorative items ranging from the Colonial through the Victorian eras. The house also features the Main Street History Center, with exhibits about Hartfords history.</p><br>
<p>The Big Burro Mountains are a moderate length 35 mi long, mountain range located in central Grant County, New Mexico. The ranges northwest-southeast ridgeline&#39; is located 15 mi southwest of Silver City.</p><br>
<p>The southeast end of the range has the Continental Divide of the Americas crossing the range over Burro Peak and traversing from Silver City, the Pinos Altos Range, and then the adjacent Little Burro Mountains attached to the Big Burro&#39;s on the southeast.</p><br>
<p>The northwest region of the range has the Gila River traversing on a course from the Gila Wilderness, north of Silver City, and the Gila on its excursion towards Arizona, being one of the major regional river basins of the arid Sonoran Desert of central and southern Arizona. On the other hand, the Big Burro Mountains are on the northwest perimeter of the Chihuahuan Desert as it extends into southern New Mexico through the Playas and Animas Valleys.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Big Burro Mountains are 35 mi long with various widths up to 12&ndash;18 mi. The range is in a transitional point between the Gila Wilderness area north of Silver City, and the northern headlands of the two north-south valleys to the southwest, the Animas and Playas Valleys.</p><br>
<p>The adjacent region northwest at the Arizona border is the White Mountains and Mogollon Rim region, and the east of the Arizona transition zone-(Arizona Highlands); the transition zone effectively continues into western New Mexico, and has an eastern perimeter as it borders the western and southwestern area of the Plains of San Agustin, about 70 mi north of the Big Burro Mountains. Many mountain ranges in this region are not easily defined with mountain range perimeters.</p><br>
<h3>Peaks</h3><br>
<p>The highest peak in the Big Burro Mountains is Burro Peak, at 8,035 ft. It is located at 32.590635&deg;N latitude, 108.432827&deg;W longitude. Bullard Peak, 7,064 ft, is the approximate center of the range.</p><br>
<h3>Access</h3><br>
<p>The Big Burro Mountains have easy access being surrounded by various population centers: Cliff&ndash;Gila at the north; Red Rock at the west; Silver City&ndash;Tyrone at the east; and White Signal at the southeast.</p><br>
<h2>Continental Divide</h2><br>
<p>The Continental Divide starts to leave the forested mountain regions as it goes southwest from Silver City. It passes from the southern Little Burro Mountains, crosses the Big Burro&#39;s, then on a circuitous route after skirting the northeast region of the Cedar Mountain Range, it passes across the water divide of the north Playas Valley, west of Hachita. It finally enters a series of north-south ranges, including the Pyramid and Animas Mountains, and traverses south into northwest Chihuahua, Mexico.</p><br>
<p>Zennor Quoit is a ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, located on a moor about a mile  east of the village of Zennor, Cornwall, England, UK. It dates to 2500–1500 BC. Aside from the 12.5 to kg adj=on roof, which collapsed some time between 1770 and 1865, the chamber is in good condition.</p><br>
<h2>Structural description</h2><br>
<p>Zennor Quoit is located on the West Penwith moors about a mile to the east of the village of Zennor (OS coordinate SW468380). It is accessed by the B3306 road about two miles from St. Ives. From the road, the site may be reached via a trail from a spot named "Eagle&#39;s Nest" (OS coordinate SW468387).</p><br>
<p>The quoit measures 12.8 m in total in diameter. Five stones support the roof, a massive slab measuring 18 x and weighing an estimated 12.5 to kg, which has slipped from its original position, with one end resting on the ground. The chamber itself consists of seven upright stones and was originally covered by a cairn. It had a small porch at its entrance for the purpose of entering the chamber and also had an antechamber with an even smaller entrance.</p><br>
<p>300 m to the east is Sperris Quoit, although this is in a considerably less fine state than the Zennor Quoit.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The chamber dates to between 2500–1500 BC and is one of eight remaining quoits on the West Penwith moors. Archaeological evidence unearthed on the site has indicated that the chamber was used for the burial of bodies which at some point would be cremated and removed and replaced with others. The purpose of the exterior stones are believed to have been for resting the dead bodies against for the flesh to be devoured by birds before burial. Excavations at the site have revealed flint and Neolithic style pottery and cremated bones.</p><br>
<p>A local legend is associated with the chamber in that it is said that the quoit possesses mystical powers and that removed stones from the structure would soon mysteriously find their way back in the middle of the night. In 1754 and in 1769, before the roof had fallen, the quoit was analysed by the antiquary Dr. William Borlase (1695–1772), who described and provided detailed drawings of it and published some of his findings in his Antiquities of Cornwall (1769).</p><br>
<p>In 1861, a local farmer proposed to convert the monument into a cattle–shed by removing one of the upright pillars and drilling a hole in the sloping capstone. The vandalism soon reached the disapproving ears of the villagers of Zennor and the local vicar, William Borlase (a great grandson of Dr. William Borlase), intervened and successfully offered a financial incentive of five shillings to the farmer to build it elsewhere, although he had already built stone posts on the site to erect it. Traces of drill–holes can still be seen in the stone</p><br>
<p>In 1882, a member of the Borlase family came to the defence of the quoit again when the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society visited the site. The following account was reported:</p><br>
<p>Every year, the Old Cornwall Society meets behind the chamber on Midsummer&#39;s Eve and lights a ritual bonfire.</p><br>
<h2>Literature</h2><br>
<p>Charles Taylor Stephens (d. 1863 in St Ives) was a shoemaker and the local postman from St Ives to Zennor who wrote a poem about the attempt to convert the quoit into a cattleshed. He was also employed by Robert Hunt to help in the collecting of folk tales from the Zennor area.</p><br>
<p>The William H. Moore House, also known as the Stokes-Moore Mansion and once home to the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, is a historic building located in New York, New York. The building was designed by the noted architecture firm McKim, Mead & White and built between 1898 and 1900. It is a five-story, rectangular stone building in the Renaissance Revival style. It has an English basement and flat roof with balustrade and overhanging cornice. It was commissioned by William Earle Dodge Stokes , and purchased by financier William Henry Moore  before its completion. His wife resided in the house until her death in 1955, after which it housed a succession of commercial and charitable organizations, including the Banco di Napoli.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.</p><br>
<p>The Bear Island State Forest is a state forest in Minnesota bordered by the towns of Ely, Babbitt, and Tower in Lake and Saint Louis counties. It is adjacent to the Burntside State Forest and the federally managed Superior National Forest and Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It is managed primarily by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the counties.</p><br>
<p>Prior to European settlement, the area was dominated by the old-growth Eastern White Pine which was completely harvested around the beginning of the twentieth century. Subsequent wildfires in the area have caused the dominance of primary successional species such as birch, aspen, and Jack pine. Approximately 250 acre of land are harvested each year, of which 170 acre are artificially regenerated through planting and seeding.</p><br>
<p>Outdoor recreation opportunities include cross-country skiing and hiking trails, 27.4 mi of snowmobiling trails, and 10 mi of mountain biking trails. There is boat access to the 2,362 acre Bear Island Lake, 5,628 acre Birch Lake, as well as canoe and boat access to multiple smaller lakes within the forest. The Taconite State Trail runs through the forest, although it can only be accessed through the nearby Bear Head Lake State Park and Soudan Underground Mine State Park.</p><br>
<p>Pampa Alta Pass , also known as Puesto Viejo , is a boundary pass between Argentina and Chile, joining Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region and Chubut Province. The elevation of the pass is 865 metres  above sea level. The pathway in this locality is a gravel road and the traffic is permanent between 8 am and 8 pm in winter and between 8 am and 10 pm in summer. To leave Chile, it is necessary to obtain a pass from the international police in Coihaique. The nearest police assistance is situated 4 km  away from the pass and the closest inhabited places are Balmaceda and Coihaique, in Chile.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<h3>Climate</h3><br>
<p>The climate in Pampa Alta Pass is subarctic (Csc/Dsc, according to the Köppen climate classification), with drier summers than winters and frequent snowfalls.</p><br>
<p>The Vermont Masonic Hall, also known as the Vermont Hardware Store Building, is a historic Masonic Lodge located on North Main Street in Vermont, Illinois. The hall was built in 1891-92 for Vermonts Lodge No. 116 of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, which was formed in 1852. At the time the hall was built, secret societies were enjoying a wave of popularity in America, with the Masons preeminent among them; Vermont was no exception to this trend, and its Masons played an important role in the citys social life. The hall was a two-story commercial building; the Masons leased the second floor, while a hardware store operated on the first. The brick building features an elaborate iron storefront; its design, along with the lodge itself, led it to be considered of the best Masonic lodges in western Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1998.</p><br>
<p>The South School is a historic school building at 362 South Main Street in Torrington, Connecticut. It is a Beaux Arts architecture building, designed by Wilson Potter and completed in 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The building has been renovated for use as residential apartments. In 2010, a sign describes it as "South School Garden View Apartments".</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The South School is located in a mixed residential-commercial area south of downtown Torrington, at the southwest corner of South Main Street and Brooker Street. It is a large two-story brick building, with a flat roof, granite foundation, and terra cotta trim. The basement is elevated, with a stringcourse of trim separating it from the main levels. The main facade is broadly divided into three sections, with a central section with bands of sash windows flanked by a slightly projecting end sections with blank walls adorned by patterned brick and trim. The corners of the end sections have brick quoining, and the building is topped by a low parapet with wide stepped crenellations highlighted by a terra cotta border. The main entrance is set at the center of the basement level, in a richly decorated segmented-arch surround.</p><br>
<p>The school was built in 1915 to a design by Wilson Potter, a prominent New York City architect known for his school designs; Potter was also credited with the design of the 1914 Torrington High School, now much altered and no longer the high school. This building was the first large-scale elementary school for the city, and served as a prototype for schools it built through the 1930s. The building was used as a school until 1981.</p><br>
<p>The Aiguilles du Diable  are a group of five rock needles, all over 4,000 metres high, on the southeast arête (also called the Teufelsgrat or Devils Ridge of the Mont Blanc du Tacul. The pinnacles lies within the French part of the Mont Blanc Massif in the departement of Haute-Savoie. The highest needle is L’Isolée, followed by Pointe Carmen, Pointe Médiane, Pointe Chaubert und Corne du Diable.</p><br>
<p>The first needle to be climbed was Pointe Carmen in 1923 which was conquered by Brégault, Chevalier and De Lépiney. In 1925 the others were first climbed: initially L’Isolée by Antoine Blanchet and Armand Charlet, then Corne du Diable and Pointe Chaubert by Armand Charlet and Jean Chaubert. The last to be ascended was Pointe Médiane by Antoine Blanchet, Jean Chaubert, Armand Charlet and Devouassoud. The first time all the needles were climbed in a single expedition was in 1927 by the Americans, Miriam O’Brien and Robert Underhill with Armand Charlet.</p><br>
<p>Today a crossing of the Aiguilles du Diable is usually done as a rock climbing tour, which, in summer, avoids almost any contact with snow. The overall difficulty is assessed as "difficult" on the SAC scale and climbing grade V+ on the UIAA scale.</p><br>
<p>The Pilgrim Holiness Church, also known as the Baled Hay Church or the Baled Straw Church, is a church built in 1928 in Arthur, Nebraska. At a time and place in which conventional construction materials were expensive or unavailable, it was built out of baled rye straw. For its unique mode of construction, associated with the history of settlement of the Nebraska Sandhills, it is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Settlement of Arthur County</h2><br>
<p>Arthur County lies in the Nebraska Sandhills, a region of grass-stabilized sand dunes.</p><br>
<p>Rainfall percolates readily into the sandy soil, recharging the aquifer and giving rise to hundreds of permanent lakes; but the sandy soil is poorly suited for cultivation, and the area is chiefly used for cattle ranching.</p><br>
<p>Much of eastern Nebraska was settled under the provisions of the 1862 Homestead Act, which allowed settlers to obtain a quarter-section (160 acres, or 65 ha) of government land for a nominal fee. In the Sandhills, this was not enough land to support a family, and the usual pattern of development was one of large cattle ranches on federal land,</p><br>
<p>with the ranchers using the homestead laws to secure lakes and streams for their operations.</p><br>
<p>The 1904 Kinkaid Act allowed homesteaders in 37 western Nebraska counties to claim a full section (640 acres, or 260 ha) of government land.</p><br>
<p>This, combined with the opening of a forest reserve in 1911, led to rapid population growth in what is now Arthur County. The county itself was created by the Nebraska legislature in its 1912-13 session, and the townsite of Arthur was designated the county seat in 1913. By the 1920 census, the county had a population of 1412, compared to an 1890 population of 91 for what is now Logan and Arthur counties.</p><br>
<h2>Straw bale construction</h2><br>
<p>The first settlers on the Nebraska prairies found few trees there, necessitating a search for locally available construction materials. In other parts of the state, the soil proved suitable for dugouts and sod houses.</p><br>
<p>However, in the Sandhills, the soil generally made poor construction sod</p><br>
<p>No railroad lines reached Arthur County, so importing construction materials would have been expensive and difficult.</p><br>
<p>The mechanical hay baler had been invented in the 1850s, and was widespread by the 1890s.</p><br>
<p>The first documented use of hay bales in construction in Nebraska was a schoolhouse built in 1896 or 1897; unfenced and unprotected by stucco or plaster, it was reported in 1902 as having been eaten by cows. Between 1896 and 1945, an estimated 70 straw-bale buildings, including houses, farm buildings, churches, schools, offices, and grocery stores had been built in the Sandhills. In 1990, nine surviving bale buildings were reported in Arthur and Logan Counties.</p><br>
<h2>Pilgrim Holiness Church</h2><br>
<p>In 1927, a group of Congregationalists in Arthur began planning a church. The building, constructed in the following year, was constructed of stacked and baled hay with walls 2 feet (60 cm) thick. The building is now stuccoed on the outside and plastered on the inside, but in the course of renovations in 1976, it was determined that it had originally been plastered on both sides with locally obtained "gumbo mud".</p><br>
<p>Pilgrim Holiness Church is the oldest known straw-bale church in North America, and one of three known to exist today. The others are a church built in 1954 near Sexsmith, Alberta, and St. Francis in the Redwoods, built in 2007 in Willits, California.</p><br>
<p>Regular services are no longer held in the church, which is now owned and operated by the Arthur County Historical Society. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Hornitos Masonic Hall No. 98 is a historic Masonic Hall building in Hornitos, Mariposa County, California.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was built in 1855 by Italian stonemasons who worked in the gold mines of the Mother Lode of the California Gold Rush. It is classified as an unreinforced masonry building because its walls have no metal support. All rock, granite, and brick materials came from local sources.</p><br>
<p>During the first twenty years of its existence, the building served many different purposes, operating as a photography studio, a jewelry and watch store, tailor shop and finally as the Fashion Saloon.</p><br>
<p>It was purchased by Masons in August 1873 for $220, and they renovated it for a Masonic Hall. Sometime in early 1875, the Masonic Hornitos Lodge No. 98 began holding regular meetings in the building and have occupied it ever since.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.</p><br>
<p>The Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55, also known as Stanley Y. Beverley Lodge, is a Masonic Lodge in Suisun City, California. Its historic building was built in 1855. It was designed by Hiram Rush. The building served as a clubhouse and as a business. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as "Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55". The building has also been known locally as the Stanley Beverly Lodge building.</p><br>
<p>The Freemasons occupied the upper floor of the building, with the lower floor rented as retail space. The first commercial tenant of the two-storey brick building was the Moses Dinkelspiel & Co. dry goods store. Over the years, a variety of businesses have come and gone from the commercial space - it has housed a pool hall, an auto parts store, and a hair salon.</p><br>
<p>Suisun Lodge no longer meets in the 623 Main St. building, having sold it in 1965 to Stanley Beverly Lodge No. 108 (a Prince Hall Affiliate Lodge).</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Block in Fargo, North Dakota, also known as Dakota Business College or Watkins Block, is an Early Commercial style building built in 1884. It was designed by Fargo architects Daniels & Proctor.</p><br>
<p>The building gets its name from the fact that one of the original tenants of the building was a local Masonic lodge. The lodge rented the third floor of the building, which it used as a meeting hall (the lodge met in the building for only four years, from 1885 to 1889).</p><br>
<p>Despite the name, the building is better known for its subsequent educational function. It housed Fargo College from 1887 to 1890, and the Dakota Business College from 1891 to 1978.</p><br>
<p>Today it is used as a purely commercial building. It is one of few commercial structures in Fargo that survived a fire in 1893.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The listing included one contributing building, on an area of less than 1 acre.</p><br>
<p>The Times Square Hotel is located in New York, New York. The building was built in 1922 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1995.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>Built by the developer Henry Claman in 1922, as president of the West Forty-eighth Street Realty Company. Claman had purchased from the Charles A. Christmas estate some buildings that had been at the corner of 43rd Street and 8th Avenue and added them to a lot Claman already owned on 43rd. It was originally called the Claman Hotel (catering to single men). The hotel was soon acquired by the Manger Brothers, who changed the name to the Times Square Hotel in 1923, with one floor reserved for women.</p><br>
<p>A partnership headed by Arthur Schwebel ran the building from 1962 to 1981. In 1963, Shwebel changed the name of the hotel to the "Times Square Motor Hotel," adding the word "Motor "because there was a need for moderately priced hotel accommodations with free parking."</p><br>
<p>In the early 1970s, the hotel became home to the mentally ill and troubled Vietnam War veterans, and New York City subsequently placed welfare recipients there After a period of deterioration, Covenant House acquired the building in 1984 as real estate investment.</p><br>
<p>Common Ground, offering affordable housing for working professionals and the formerly homeless, some of whom live with HIV/AIDS, mental illness, or physical disabilities, acquired the building in 1991 as its flagship supportive housing residence.</p><br>
<p>The Slovenski Dom in Rock Springs, Wyoming was built as a community hall for Slovenian fraternal organizations in 1913. The Slovenski Dom, or Slovenian National Home, was one of a number of similar halls built in places with large ethnic Slovenian populations. The organizing charter stipulated that the hall be known as the "Slovenski Dom", its name in Slovenian, rather than by its English translation. It is the only example of its kind in Wyoming and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>Several Slovenian Lodges – formed originally to provide hospital and death benefits to the miners and to provide a social outlet for their families – joined together to contract with the Superior Lumber Company to construct a building for their meetings and social events. The building cost $9,440 and was financed primarily through the sale of building bonds in the community. It was finished in time to hold the New Year&#39;s Eve dance on December 31, 1913. It is the only one in Wyoming and is still owned by the original organizations.</p><br>
<h2>Exterior and interior</h2><br>
<p>The exterior was originally wooden shiplap and was covered by asbestos siding in the 1980s. The original roof was wooden shingles. Today&#39;s interior of the building is much as it was in 1913. There are few original furnishings left in the building. Originally, each lodge had its own desk, but only two remain. There are a number of the green wooden slat benches that provided seating in the main hall. Above the stage is a large screen mounted on a roller with a scene of a Slovenian castle on an island which dates to the 1950s when it was painted to replace an earlier screen listing local businesses.</p><br>
<h2>Use</h2><br>
<p>The Dom immediately became a center of community activity and helped preserve the ethnic identities of those who practiced their religion, music, language, and other customs there. It was the site of ethnic large meetings including Slovenian, Croatian, and Italian lodges as well as the local chapters of the United Mine Workers. Also, it was used for dances, humorous skits in Slovenian, and raffles. Other events at the Dom included fundraisers and benefits for various causes. The Dom was the original location of the Grape Festival or Wine Arbor Festival, a celebration of the harvest. The hall would be decorated with fruit and leaves; there was ethnic dancing and skits. The first Grape Festival was held in 1922 and the last in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>Music in the Dom</h2><br>
<p>The Slovenski Dom helped preserve Slovenian musical traditions. Music for the dances was provided by local bands such as the Willie Yugovich Orchestra in the 1930s and 1940s and Elsie Frolic&#39;s band in the 1950s and 1960s. Made up of button accordions, tubas, clarinets, pianos, and drums, these bands were the forerunners of the bands that now play at the annual polka festival.</p><br>
<h2>Today</h2><br>
<p>Today Slovenski Dom is not used for its original purpose. It is rented to a company selling local artists&#39; products.</p><br>
<p>Kullorsuaq Island  is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "a big thumb" in the Greenlandic language.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Part of the Upernavik Archipelago, Kullorsuaq Island is located in the southern part of Melville Bay, to the north of the much larger Kiatassuaq Island, and to the northwest of the mouth of Saqqarlersuup Sullua strait. A small Ikerasaa strait separates the island from the uninhabited Saqqarlersuaq Island in the east.</p><br>
<h3>Devil's Thumb</h3><br>
<p>The island is rocky throughout, with a large landmark pinnacle occupying its center, the 546 m Devil&#39;s Thumb, from which the island derives its name.</p><br>
<h2>Settlement</h2><br>
<p>Home to the Kullorsuaq settlement, the island is one of the few inhabited islands in the Upernavik Archipelago, and the only such island in its northern part. The closest settlements are Nuussuaq, 53 km to the south, and Savissivik, 274 km to the northwest, on the other end of Melville Bay.</p><br>
<p>The Plaza de España, located in central Hagåtña, the capital of the United States territory of Guam, was the location of the Governors Palace during the island&#39;s long period of Spanish occupation. Most of the palace was destroyed during the shelling of Hagåtña during the reconquest of Guam in World War II. There are three structures still standing including the three-arch gate to Almacen , the azotea or back porch, and the Chocolate House. The plaza was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<h2>Overview</h2><br>
<p>In the middle of Hagåtña, the Plaza de España served as the colonial Spanish Governors Palace from 1734 until the invasion of World War II. The surviving or restored structures include the Azotea, Chocolate House, Tool Shed, Siesta Shed and Spanish Walls. The Governors Palace housed the office and residence of the Spanish Governor. It was destroyed in 1944 during the liberation of Guam, but portions of the foundation may still be seen.</p><br>
<p>The Governor&#39;s Palace, called Casa Gobierno under Spanish rule, was reconstructed in 1885 to replace the original structure built in 1736. The two-story stone building featured a cantilevered balcony and clay tile roofing. Living quarters were upstairs while the first floor spaces were utilized as the office of the Sargento Mayor de la Plaza, weapons storerooms, and clerical offices.</p><br>
<p>American rule brought changes in the Palace, including pouring a cement floor and converting the lower storerooms into administrative office spaces. The second floor contained a reception area, the dining room, galleries, and the private residence of the governor and his family. The kitchen facilities and the servants&#39; quarters were located in the rear of the Palace.</p><br>
<p>The elevated Azotea, also of stone construction, survived World War II. It was originally the Palace&#39;s open-air terrace porch, with a clay tile roof added after the war.</p><br>
<p>Under Spanish rule the Plaza de España served as the center stage for many government and civic activities on Guam. The principal structure in the complex of buildings, gardens, and a park, the Casa Gobierno, or Governor&#39;s Palace, was originally constructed in 1736, and was first occupied by colonial Spanish Governor Francisco Cardenas Pacheco.</p><br>
<p>The complex was originally named the Plaza de Magalahes (Governor&#39;s Plaza), and was later changed to Plaza de España. Its appearance has also changed during the years. In 1885 the original palace was replaced with a larger building by Governor Don Enrique Solano. After the Spanish–American War in 1898, when Guam became an American possession, the Plaza continued as the headquarters of the American administration and official residence of the Naval Governor.</p><br>
<p>Under American administration the plaza was expanded to include a baseball field and badminton court. Today the Kiosko (bandstand) stands in what was once the baseball field. World War II brought more changes to the Plaza. On December 10, 1941 after a brief battle in Agana, the Governor, Captain George J. McMillin, USAN, surrendered the island to the Japanese from the Plaza. Later, while the seat of Japanese occupation, the Plaza was extensively damaged by the July 1944 bombardment of Agana shortly before Guam&#39;s liberation. The existing structures were subsequently repaired but an extensive restoration project was completed only in 1980.</p><br>
<p>The Plaza de España today continues to be the site for numerous social and civic functions, including the inauguration of the Governor of Guam – emphasizing its significance in Guam&#39;s history.</p><br>
<p>Pocomoke Sound is a bay of the Chesapeake Bay that forms part of the boundary between the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia. The Pocomoke River is the largest stream feeding into the Sound, which is bounded by Somerset County, Maryland on the north, Worcester County, Maryland, Accomack County, Virginia, and Beasley Bay on the east, the Chesapeake Bay on the south, and Tangier Sound on the west. Its southwesternmost point may be considered to be Watts Island, Virginia.</p><br>
<p>In addition to the Pocomoke River, several creeks also flow into Pocomoke Sound: Ape Hole Creek, East Creek, and Marumsco Creek in Maryland, and Bullbegger Creek, Messongo Creek, and Guilford Creek in Virginia.</p><br>
<p>The Pocomoke Sound and Maryland Marine Properties Wildlife Management Areas lie on the north side of the Sound; the Saxis Wildlife Management Area on the east.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1635 the Sound was the scene of the first recorded naval battle in North America between Englishmen. The dispute was between the Virginia Company and Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of the Maryland Colony, over the rights to Kent Island. The dispute was eventually resolved with a victory for the Maryland colonists.</p><br>
<p>In 1785, after years of disputes over fishing in the Sound and on the Pocomoke River, Maryland and Virginia entered into an interstate compact that regulated fishing in the area, established a common and free waterway, and covered how criminal trials concerning each other&#39;s citizens should be handled. In Wharton v. Wise, 153 USA 155 (1894), the Supreme Court of the United States determined that Pocomoke Sound was not covered by this famous interstate compact.</p><br>
<p>Manokin River is a river in Somerset County, Maryland, that flows into Tangier Sound, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. The Manokin  rises east of Princess Anne, Maryland, flows through the town, then widens into a tidal estuary. Tributaries along the river&#39;s 17 mi length are Kings Creek, Back Creek, St. Peters Creek, Broad Creek, and Fishing Creek. During the colonial period, the Manokin was navigable as far as Princess Anne.</p><br>
<p>The Manokin Historic District is located on both sides of the river near its mouth.</p><br>
<p>Much of the Deal Island Wildlife Management Area is on the north side of the river; a small section of the Fairmount Wildlife Management Area is on the south.</p><br>
<p>Major General Arnold Elzey (1816-1871) was born on the "Elmwood" plantation along the Manokin River.</p><br>
<p>Tanglewood is a historic house on the western side of Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. Built in 1850, it features a combination of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles of architecture,</p><br>
<p>A Catholic clergyman, John McClean, arranged for the house to be built; however, he sold it to Richard Douglas, a local lawyer, before construction was complete. Douglas owned the property little longer than did McClean, dying soon after it was finished. The house&#39;s most prominent resident was William Edwin Safford, who lived there as a boy; growing to adulthood, he developed a strong reputation as a leading naturalist in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean, and he was later appointed to be the first Vice-Governor of Guam after the United States conquered the island in 1898.</p><br>
<p>Built of brick on a stone foundation, it is covered with a roof of asphalt, and it features various other elements of brick and iron. Tanglewood is an elaborate two-and-one-half-story house with many fine Greek Revival elements. Among its details are multiple pillared porches featuring capitals of the Ionic order, an ornate frieze above the windows, and some elements of the Italianate style that was only just beginning to come into popularity in the middle of the nineteenth century.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, Tanglewood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its well-preserved historic architecture. It is one of at least two Ohio monitor houses that is listed on the Register, along with one in the village of St. Paris that is known simply as the "Monitor House."</p><br>
<p>The Russian Memorial is an obelisk in the churchyard of St John sub Castro in Lewes, the county town of East Sussex, England. It was erected in 1877 at the behest of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, in memory of 28 Finnish soldiers of the Russian Army of the Crimean War who died while prisoners of war in Lewes between 1854 and 1856. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>What became known as the Crimean War was declared in March 1854. In June, concerned at the possible threat posed to Britain by the Russian Baltic Fleet, the Royal Navy attacked the fortress of Bomarsund, in the Åland Islands off the coast of Finland. That attack was repulsed, but a further attack by British and French forces in August proved successful. The fortress was destroyed and prisoners taken to Britain and France. Some 340 members of the Fusilier Grenadiers were taken to Lewes, in Sussex. The officers were Russian, but the men were mostly Finns &ndash; Finland was part of the Russian Empire at the time and many of the defenders of Bomarsund had been Finnish conscripts.</p><br>
<p>The officers, having given their parole, were housed with local families and integrated themselves into local society. After "several of the leading gentlemen of the county been introduced to the officers, and others left their cards", the officers went riding, appearing "delighted with the salubrity of the air", Such freedom of movement left them "frequently subjected to annoyance, insult, and even personal violence from the low characters who loiter in the streets", though the local magistrates dealt severely with such offences.</p><br>
<p>The men were confined in the old County Gaol, which had been given a new lease of life as a naval prison. A workshop was set up so that they could produce wooden toys for sale to the public to earn themselves pocket money. By October 1854, it was reported that: The generous treatment afforded to the Finnish prisoners was not universally popular: a letter to the Times spoke of general disgust that:</p><br>
<p>After a group of men had refused to go out for exercise unless accompanied by three of their number in solitary confinement for misconduct, and their protest had escalated to armed rebellion, 25 of the ringleaders were removed to a prison ship at Sheerness, and the remainder locked in their own cells at night.</p><br>
<p>The prisoners&#39; popularity in Lewes remained undimmed. When peace was concluded between Britain and Russia in 1856, and the time came for their return home, the parting "is said to have been genuinely sorrowful". The commanding officer publicly thanked the people of Lewes and wrote to the Senior Constable on behalf of his fellow officers, expressing gratitude for having "enjoyed the hospitality of many, and urbane treatment from all" and spoke of their pleasure at the prospect of returning home being "much modified by the regret we feel in thus bidding farewell to those who have shown so much kindness". After a civic farewell, the townsfolk lined the streets to watch them leave.</p><br>
<h2>Memorial</h2><br>
<p>At the behest of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, a monument was commissioned to commemorate those 28 Finnish prisoners of war who died during their captivity. Designed by Philip Currey and made by local mason John Strong in a neo-Gothic style, it stands in the churchyard of St John sub Castro, near the site of the naval prison, on the spot where the deceased were buried. The Times reported that on 1 May 1877, the work was inspected and approved by General Alexander Gorloff, the Russian military attaché. Set on a round plinth above an octagonal stone base, the monument takes the form of an octagonal drum with cusped arches separated by granite shafts, above which the stonework tapers in the form of a spire, topped by an octagonal tabernacle and a cross. The whole is 17 ft in height.</p><br>
<p>Each arch surrounds an inscribed panel. That on the east side reads "Sacred to the Memory of the Russian Soldiers who died Prisoners of War in Lewes in the years 1854 1855 1856", and on the west reads "Raised by Order of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia Alexander II 1877", and now carries an addition to show that the Soviet Embassy restored the memorial in 1957. The north panel reproduces the wording from the "simple Head Stone" placed over the original burial by "their Surviving Comrades": "Erected by the Finlanders Russian Prisoners of War as a Memorial of their Countrymen and fellow Prisoners who died During their Captivity in Lewes War Prison". That on the south side has four lines of verse, also transcribed from the first memorial, and the intervening panels are inscribed with the names of the 28 deceased.</p><br>
<p>The memorial was listed at Grade II by English Heritage on 29 October 1985. As of February 2001, it was one of 1,162 Grade II listed buildings, and 1,250 listed buildings of all grades, in the district of Lewes.</p><br>
<h2>List of names</h2><br>
<p>Abraham Lindfors, Erik Kivi, Matts Mort, Adolf Granat, Matts Lilja, Carl Boll, John Kive; Johan Rof, David Kihl, Carl Udd, Matts Hellman, Carl Wec(?h/k)tars, Michel Gronroos, Victor Wass; Johan Mail, Gustaf (?)Husar, Johan Hellen, Gustaf Kyro, Victor Walander, Joel (?Inlo), Matts Lindstrom; Carl Grod Sergeant, Michel Sett, Micha Mild, Johan Oinstrom, Matts Asp, Carl Lind, Joseph Storm.</p><br>
<h2>Legacy</h2><br>
<p>A popular Finnish folk-song, Oolannin sota (Crimean War), evolved from the earlier Ålandin sota laulu (Åland war song) which tells of the prisoners&#39; capture and imprisonment in Lewes and is thought to have been written by one of the Lewes prisoners during his captivity. Stephen Plaice used the story as the inspiration for the libretto of an opera, The Finnish Prisoner, set to music by Orlando Gough and incorporating the song Oolannin sota. The opera received its world premiere in Lewes in 2007 under the direction of Susannah Waters with a cast of professional singers including members of the Finnish National Opera, a locally recruited amateur chorus, and a chorus of children. The production was the subject of a Finnish television programme which included material related to the memorial.</p><br>
<p>Kiataussaq Island  is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Kiataussaq Island is the last island of any size in the northernmost part of Upernavik Archipelago, located approximately 8.5 km to the west of the Nunatarsuaq nunataq on the mainland of Greenland. To the north of the island, only small skerries of diminishing size dot the surface of southern Melville Bay. The island is rocky, culminating in an unnamed 420 m peak in the western part of the island.</p><br>
<h3>Skerries</h3><br>
<p>Kiataussaq Island is surrounded by several skerries in the north and west: collectively known as Kiataussaq Skerries (Kiataussap Qeqertarsue, Bluhme øer):</p><br>
<p>Qaarusulik (Bloch ø)</p><br>
<p>Qeqertannguit</p><br>
<p>Natsiarsiorfik</p><br>
<p>Nanotralikassak</p><br>
<p>Qilalukiarfik</p><br>
<p>Uvingassoq</p><br>
<p>Qamutikassait</p><br>
<p>The Charles Kent House, also known as the Palmer House, is a historic structure in Kent, Ohio, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 23, 1978. An example of Gothic Revival architecture, the house also features elements of the Greek Revival and Carpenter Gothic architectural styles. It is at 125 North Pearl Street in central Kent, immediately north of the West Main Street District. It was built in 1843 as the home of Charles Kent, son of Zenas Kent and brother of Marvin Kent, the namesake of the city of Kent. In 1909 it was moved by owner Henry Green 150 ft north of its original location along West Main Street to the site on North Pearl Street. Martin L. Davey, who would later serve as mayor of Kent, followed by USA Representative, and eventually as Governor of Ohio, persuaded the owner to move the house to avoid demolition.</p><br>
<p>The Harris Dental Museum is a small brick building in the village of Bainbridge in Ross County, Ohio, United States.</p><br>
<p>A native of Pompey, New York, John Harris settled in the Ohio community of Madison in 1819; after practicing medicine with a specialty in dental work, he moved to Bainbridge and soon embarked on training young doctors. Unlike most teachers of medicine at this time, Harris paid great attention to dentistry. In later years, his students continued his enthusiasm for the subject by establishing several more permanent dental schools; among these students was his brother Chapin, who founded the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the first formal dental college in the United States. Today, Harris is recognized as the pioneer of American dental education because of his emphasis on teaching dentistry, and his former dental school is a museum operated by the Ohio Dental Association. Purchased by the association in 1938, it opened as a museum in 1968 as the Dr. John Harris Dental Museum. As such, it has been restored to an almost original condition, and tours are given to members of the public.</p><br>
<p>The museum structure is a small brick building on Bainbridges western side. One story tall with an ell on one side, In recognition of its historic significance, the dental school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 under the name of "Dr. John Harris Dental School." One of four places in or around Bainbridge to be included on the Register, it has been rated as being significant throughout Ohios history.</p><br>
<p>The Kent Jail, also known as the Old Jailhouse, is a historic structure located in Kent, Ohio, in the United States. It was first added to the National Register of Historic Places August 10, 1978, while still located at its original location of 124 West Day Street, near downtown Kent immediately south of Haymaker Parkway. In December 1999 the building was moved to 497 Middlebury Road to make way for a Walgreens drug store, and was subsequently delisted from the register July 20, 2000. It was re-added on August 22, 2001 after undergoing an extensive US$120,000 restoration. It is owned by and adjacent to the offices of the Kent Parks and Recreation Department and is used by the department as a rental location for small gatherings. It was originally built in 1869, just two years after Kent incorporated as a village. It is an example of late Victorian architecture and is one of three known remaining small town jail buildings in eastern Ohio. The jail was used for incarceration until the 1930s and later served as home of the city&#39;s service director and engineer until the 1940s. After a period of vacancy, it was purchased in 1950 and used as a private home by various owners until it was moved in 1999.</p><br>
<p>The Vine–Oakwood–Green Bay Road Historic District is a residential historic district in Lake Forest, Illinois. The district contains twenty houses on Oakwood Ave., Vine Ave., and Green Bay Road.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Patrick Conlin built a house on a well-drained region of what would become Lake Forest, Illinois in 1856. The next year, the eastern portion of the town was platted by Jed Hotchkiss. The Vine–Oakwood–Green Bay Road community was first planned at this point as part of a simple grid system west of the Chicago and North Western Railways tracks. Eastern Lake Forest gradually became known as a retreat for the wealthy citizens of Chicago, who built estates on the curving, tree-lined streets. The Vine–Oakwood–Green Bay Road region, however, was reserved for individuals of more moderate socio-economic statues until at least the 1890s. A business district developed in the 1910s and the Vine–Oakwood–Green Bay Road neighborhood became ideally located.</p><br>
<p>Houses are generally of modest size and are dominated by historical revival styles. An Italianate house at 481 Oakwood Avenue is among the oldest remaining houses in Lake Forest. It was built in the 1860s for Joseph Barnett. Kate McLaughlin, who would be named Lake Forest postmistress in 1887, built a house in 1883. It was later enlarged in 1919. Her successor, High Smith, built a house in 1891. Early settler John J. McIntyre built a house in 1884 after selling his farm and retiring. John Dean is thought to have built three houses in the district in the mid-1890s. Wallis Simpson, the future Duchess of Windsor, rented a house for about a year at 494 Oakwood Avenue. Lars Nielson built a duplex at 469-471 Oakwood Avenue in 1910 and lived in one of the units. The most architecturally notable house in the district is the William E. Clow, Jr. House at 461 North Green Bay Road, designed by David Adler in 1913.</p><br>
<p>The neighborhood was listed by the National Park Service on the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1980 amid concerns that the commercial district would expand south through the neighborhood.</p><br>
<p>Hawk Hill is a 923 ft peak in the Marin Headlands, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge and across the Golden Gate strait from San Francisco, California. The hill is within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.</p><br>
<p>It is the lookout point for the largest known flight of diurnal raptors in the Pacific states. Each autumn, from August into December, tens of thousands of hawks, kites, falcons, eagles, vultures, osprey, and harriers are funneled by the peninsular shape of Marin County into the headlands. Hawks avoid flight over water since warm thermals that provide lift are rare. Abundant populations of small mammals protected by the park are one resource that helps maintain the large number of visiting raptors in the Headlands during the fall, but the strong onshore winds hitting the hills of the Headlands provide cold updrafts and hot late summer days provide warm thermals that allow these birds to fly more efficiently.</p><br>
<p>Volunteers with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory count and track this fall migration using bird-banding and radio-tracking techniques, all in cooperation with the National Park Service.</p><br>
<h2>Raptor observations</h2><br>
<p>The following table lists the annual average number of sightings by the GGRO in the Marin Headlands during autumn, for the years 2001-2009.</p><br>
