<p>Garbi is a mountain in the western part of the Tadjourah Region in Djibouti. It is located about 102 km east of Djibouti City. With a mean height of 1680 metres , is the third highest point in Djibouti.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>On 03 February 1982, an aircraft Nord 2501 Noratlas occupied by the 2nd Platoon of the 4th Company of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), collided into Mont Garbi (Mount Garbi) and exploded. 36 men died, including that 27 from the Foreign Legion’s 2e REP. Nobody survived. The official explanation – bad weather and incorrect barometric setting of the aircraft’s altimeter.</p><br>
<p>The 4th Company of 2e REP was in Djibouti for the so-called short-duration mission, which commonly lasted 6 months at that time, to fulfil its duties in this African country as a French operational unit and to co-operate with the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE), being placed there at that time.</p><br>
<h2>Climate</h2><br>
<p>Elevation is the major factor in temperature levels.</p><br>
<p>Ravenswood is a property in Brentwood, Tennessee, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places  in 1983. It dates from 1825 and is named for Sam Houston, known as "the Raven" to the Cherokee. Sam Houston attended the 1821 wedding of James Hazard Wilson II and his bride Emeline. Wilson built the house in 1821.</p><br>
<p>It was the manor house of one of the three largest plantations in Williamson County, prior to the American Civil War, having more than 1,000 acre in area and having many slaves. Other contenders for the largest plantation are the plantations of Beechwood Hall (the H. G. W. Mayberry House) and of Pleasant View (the Samuel F. Glass House), which are also NRHP-listed.</p><br>
<p>As of 2010, the city of Brentwood was anticipating a purchase of the property with 325 acres, from the family owners at a below-market price, to form a city park to be known as the Marcella Vivrette Smith Park.</p><br>
<p>The property includes Greek Revival and Federal architecture. When listed on the NRHP the property included five contributing buildings and three non-contributing buildings on an area of 52 acre.</p><br>
<p>The Flynn Farm, Mansion, and Barn, also known as the Flynn Farm, Walnut Hill Farm, Clive Honor Farm, comprise a historic district located near Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>Farm</h2><br>
<p>The farm was originally 600 acres and grew to be 1,300 acres. The portion of the farm in this historic district has been reduced to 350 acres. It includes the original brick farmhouse and barn. Martin Flynn bought the land in 1867. Flynn was a livestock judge, cattle breeder, businessman, and railroad contractor. He was prominent from 1870 to 1906. From 1914 to 1967 the farm was owned by the state of Iowa and was part of the Clive Honor Prison Farm. After that, it became part of an agricultural museum, Living History Farms.</p><br>
<h2>Flynn Mansion</h2><br>
<p>The house was built from 1867 to 1871 in the Italianate style for Martin and Ellen Flynn. They named their home Walnut Hill. The two-story brick house was built for $20,000. It has a hipped roof, cupola, wide bracketed eaves, narrow double-paned windows with hoods, a porch, and heavily molded double doors. Originally, the exterior was not painted. There is a small wing on the back of the house with a side porch and simple roof brackets. A pre-cast cement addition was built onto the rear wing in the 19th century. The mansion sits on top a hill that overlooks the surrounding farmland and a stream.</p><br>
<h2>Barn</h2><br>
<p>The gable-roofed barn that was built by Flynn has board-and-batten siding, a cupola for ventilation, numerous small window openings, and a large main door. The large structure provided shelter, grain and hay storage, and space for equipment for the large number of horses that were needed on the farm.</p><br>
<p>The Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building, also known as the Witwer Building, is an historic building located in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 2015 it was included as a contributing property in the Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was completed in 1908 and served as a post office and federal building. The federal government sold the building to Weaver Witwer in 1932 after the new federal courthouse was built on First Street. The first floor housed Witwer’s Farm Market and the Me Too Grocery Store and the upper floors housed offices for Witwer&#39;s various operations. The store closed in the mid 1960s and Witwer bequeathed the building to Linn County in 1970. It was renovated several times between 1972 and 1989. Before the Cedar River flood in 2008 the building housed several county offices, including Linn County Community Services, Mental Health and Developmental Disability, General Assistance, Protective Payee and State of Iowa juvenile probation offices.</p><br>
<p>The Dow Academy is a historic school building located on Academy Street in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States. The Georgian Revival wood frame building was built in 1903 in a public-private partnership between the towns school district and the trustees of the Dow Academy, which was established in 1884 and whose previous building had been destroyed by fire. The building served as Franconias high school until 1958.</p><br>
<p>Between 1963 and 1977 Dow Academy was a part of Franconia College and anchored the college&#39;s Lower Campus. Dow served as the primary facility for the Theater, Dance, and Ceramics departments, and housed the Sculpture Department until the fall of 1975. Throughout most its existence, Franconia College was the leading institution for progressive, alternative higher education in the United States.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It has been converted into residential use, but the building&#39;s signature clock and bell belong to the children of Franconia.</p><br>
<h2>Notable alumni</h2><br>
<p>Jessica Garretson Finch (1893), author, suffragette, founding president of Finch College</p><br>
<p>The Stuart Randall and Pricilla Kellogg Carswell House is a historic house in Newark, Delaware. Built in 1948, it is an unusual example of International style architecture in Delaware.</p><br>
<p>The house was built by Stuart Carswell (1891–1949) and his wife Priscilla (1907–1991). Carswell, a Delaware native, was a career Army officer who fought in France during World War I. After seeing plans for an International style house in a 1936 issue of Colliers, the Carswells eventually decided they wanted to build a similar house for themselves. They commissioned an updated set of plans from Edward Durell Stone, the architect responsible for the design featured in Colliers, after Carswell&#39;s retirement from the military at the end of World War II. The house was completed in December 1948. Stuart Carswell died just six months later, and his widow sold the house in 1956.</p><br>
<p>Starting in 1999, the Carswell House was restored to its original appearance by its owners, both professors at the University of Delaware. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 and the restoration project was completed the following year.</p><br>
<p>The Colfax Municipal Building is a historic building in Colfax, Wisconsin. The building was constructed from 1915 to 1916 by Carl Volkman, incorporating elements of the Beaux-Arts and Late Gothic Revival styles. It was built using local "Colfax sandstone", the sandstone industry having been important to the region at the time. The building served many purposes during its existence; at various points, it housed a police station, a fire station, the village council, an auditorium, and a banquet hall, and the village library still uses the building. Multipurpose buildings of this nature were common in Wisconsin, and the building serves as an example of the role municipal governments played in communities. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 2004.</p><br>
<p>The Louis Smith Tainter House is a historic building in Menomonie, Wisconsin, United States. The building was built in 1889 by architect Harvey Ellis; it was funded by Andrew Tainter, a partner in Knapp, Stout & Co., as a home and wedding gift for his son Louis Smith Tainter. The building was built out of locally quarried sandstone in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Paul Wilson, the son of lumberman William Wilson, owned the house after Tainter; in 1940, Dunn County repossessed the property for back taxes. The Stout Institute bought the property from the county and converted it to a women&#39;s dormitory named Eichelberger Hall for the University of Wisconsin&ndash;Stout in 1945. The house was later converted to offices for the university and now houses the Stout University Foundation and the Stout Alumni Association. On July 18, 1974, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Russian geoglyph refers to a geoglyph on slopes of the Zyuratkul Mountains in the Chelyabinsk region in Russia.</p><br>
<h2>Description and discovery</h2><br>
<p>The geoglyph depicts accurate contours of an animal similar to an elk or moose, with four legs, two antlers and a long snout. It may also have had a tail, however this has now been obscured. It was first detected in 2011 by Alexander Shestakov using satellite imagery. He notified researchers who surveyed the outline using a paraglider and seaplane. Research has continued into the site under Stanislav Grigoriev from the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of History and Archaeology. Grigoriev published an article with Nikolai Menshenin from the State Centre for Monument Protection about the discovery in the Antiquity journal in spring 2011.</p><br>
<h2>Excavation</h2><br>
<p>Excavations have unearthed stones laying 4.5 m wide, precisely under the contour at a depth of 30 cm to 40 cm. The borders consist of large stones with a center filled with smaller ones. Builders of the object cut off a soil layer down to virgin clay and placed stones into this trench.</p><br>
<p>The stones are now covered by a layer of patina with a dark shade. Earlier they were lighter and were perfectly visible from the ridge because the huge size of the drawing. It has a width of 195 m, length of 218 m, and a diagonal of 275 m. Excavations in the summer of 2012 have revealed small walls and remains of what are thought to be passageways on the areas around the hoof and snout of the animal. Grigoriev remarked that "the hoof is made of small crushed stones and clay. It seems to me there were very low walls and narrow passages among them. The same situation in the area of a muzzle: crushed stones and clay, four small broad walls and three passages." The geolyph is thought to have been created by a "megalithic culture" operating in the area during the past and connected with other Megaliths in the Urals and on Vera Island. In the period of its creation the soil layer was only 10 cm, and today it is 40 cm to 50 cm.</p><br>
<h2>Dating</h2><br>
<p>Grigoriev has found over forty stone tools resembling pickaxes during recent excavations that Grigoriev suggests show a style of Lithic reduction dating to the Neolithic or Chalcolithic periods between 4000 and 2000 BCE. Further accuracy regarding the dating of the geoglyph is hoped to be obtained from an ongoing study using pollen core analysis. This suggested dating would place the construction of the 900 ft geoglyph many centuries before that of the Nazca lines in Peru, the Blythe geoglyphs in California and several in England, making it one of the oldest examples of land art in the world.</p><br>
<p>The Arthur Barnwell House, which is also known as the Barnwell-DeCamps House, is a Queen Anne house in Greer, South Carolina that was built in the period 1880-1900. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on 1992.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built for the first president of Pelham Manufacturing Company, Arthur Barnwell, on the banks of the Enoree River. The ruins of Pelham Mill and the Pelham mill village are on the opposite side of the river. It was believed to be built some time between 1880 and 1900.</p><br>
<p>It has been disassembled in ca 2015 and the parts are now forgotten and rotting on a location at Abner Creek Road. The original location is now a leveled and barren lot.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is a wood frame, two and one-half story Queene Anne house. Its irregular plan has bays projecting toward the southwest and northeast sides. The kitchen is a one-story ell on the northwest side. The residence has ship-lap siding. The steep, gabled roof has composition shingles over the original metal roof.</p><br>
<p>The Johann and Anna Heidgen House is located in the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the USA state of Texas. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas. The structure was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2003. It is also known as the Heidgen-Zilker House. The house was built circa 1882 and has been used for a variety of purposes, including as a residence, as a youth organization facility, and at one time as a restaurant. It currently serves as the office of a San Antonio attorney.</p><br>
<h2>House details</h2><br>
<p>The two-story rock house is constructed of 16-inch thick native limestone and local caliche blocks. The original structure was painted with a lime wash. A gabled roof and covered porches are two additional features. One perpendicular wall connects to a section of the 18th century Acequia Madre de Valero. That 1718 initial phase of a 45-mile acequia irrigation system was laid out among the early missions by the Spanish Franciscan priests and the Payaya Indians. This feature was a contributing factor in this house being placed on the National Register of Historic Place Listings.</p><br>
<h2>Ownership history</h2><br>
<p>German immigrant Johann Heidgen, a stonemason, built this house at 121 Star Street, three blocks northeast of the Alamo, circa 1882. He and his wife Anna Barbara moved to San Antonio in 1852. The couple had thirteen children, eight of whom lived to adulthood. The Heidgen family sold the house to Meta and F.A.Folkman in 1907, who in turn sold it to John Francis Krauser. Two years later, Krauser sold it to San Antonio businessman Charles A. Zilker and his wife Pearl Zilker. Because of the Zilker ownership, the house is sometimes known as the Heidgen-Zilker House. It was inherited by their children as part of a family trust. The Zilker heirs used it as rental property, rather than live in it themselves. The heirs donated the property to the San Antonio Conservation Society (SACS) in 1968.</p><br>
<p>SACS deeded the property and its preservation easement two years later to the Alamo Council of Camp Fire Girls and Boys in 1970. SACS supplemented the gift with a $7,000 restoration grant. That grant was in turn supplemented by an additional $35,000 grant from the non-profit Ewing Halsell Foundation. The architectural firm of Peterson and Williams designed the improvements, and the Mexico-based contractor was Mr. Lerma. The work included a new stairway and a new right-side front landing. A southern half brick wall was included in the restoration. Doors and windows were replaced, and mortar and stone work were repaired. A new chimney was built, and the interior of the house was completely redone.</p><br>
<p>That particular Camp Fire council disbanded in 1987 and deeded the property back to SACS, who in turn sold it. After a succession of subsequent owners and a stint as a restaurant, the structure was bought by attorney T. Russell Noe in 2002, and is currently in use as his San Antonio office.</p><br>
<p>Anderson House is the former residence of John Gary Anderson, who was president of the Anderson Motor Company in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>History of John Gary Anderson</h2><br>
<p>John Gary Anderson (1861-1937) married Alice Louetta Holler of Rock Hill in 1884. He then entered into business with his father-in-law to found the Holler and Anderson Buggy Company. By 1905 he was the sole owner of the company, and its name had been changed to Anderson Motor Company. By 1916 the company offered its first car for sale, a luxury coupe costing $1,500. By 1924 the company had ceased production and officially closed its doors in 1925.</p><br>
<p>Anderson was a key figure in developing Rock Hill. He founded the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce and served as its first president. He installed the areas first telephone exchange, which morphed into the Rock Hill Telephone Company. He initiated plans for paving the citys streets and sidewalks. He lobbied for a US Post Office in the city; it became a reality in the late 1890s. He also lobbied for establishment of a US District Court in the city; that effort was also ultimately successful. He was a member of the Winthrop Board of Trustees, a position he maintained until his death.</p><br>
<p>In 1911 Anderson formulated a plan to reduce the amount of acreage being planted in cotton in the South, and he traveled widely to encourage adoption of the plan. His efforts were recognized as successfully maintaining the price of cotton during the 1910s.</p><br>
<h2>The House</h2><br>
<p>Anderson had the house built in 1898 by A. D. Holler, a local contractor, using published plans of George Franklin Barber, a nationally known architect. He and his family occupied it thereafter; its application for Historic Status was signed by Alice Anderson Gill, a daughter of the family.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house has two and one-half stories. The architecture is Queen Anne, based on a published plan of George Franklin Barber, a Tennessee architect. It incorporates a three-story turret with a conical roof on the north corner of the façade. A one-story porch wraps around the turret and spans the façade, with an attached gazebo at the south end. The walls are framed; the roof covering is slate, with metal crestings. It includes two brick chimneys with corbelled caps.</p><br>
<p>Griffy Reservoir, commonly known as Griffy Lake is a water reservoir in the city of Bloomington, Indiana. Created by a dam on Griffy Creek in the 1920s, the reservoir used to serve as the main source of drinking water for Bloomington for several decades, until that role was taken over by the larger Lake Lemon and Lake Monroe in the 1950s.</p><br>
<p>A large part of the lakes forested watershed is designated as the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve (GLNP). Another part of the watershed is included into Indiana Universitys</p><br>
<p>Research and Teaching Preserve as its Griffy Woods section. Griffy Woods includes a smaller reservoir, known as the University Lake, which in a sense was a predecessor of Griffy Lake, and is part of the latter&#39;s watershed.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Bloomington's early water projects</h3><br>
<p>In the early 20th century, to satisfy the needs of the growing city and Indiana University, the city of Bloomington constructed a number of dams on various tributaries of Clear Creek southwest of town, creating a number of reservoirs: the Leonard Springs Reservoir, Wapehani Lake, Twin Lakes. However, due to the Mitchell Limestone subsoils in the area, these reservoirs continuously leaked water, making it impossible to reliably supply the city, and in particular the university, with the water they needed.</p><br>
<h3>University Lake</h3><br>
<p>Unable to receive the necessary amount of water from the citys leaky reservoirs, Indiana Universitys Board of Trustees in 1909 decided to undertake its own reservoir construction. University President William Lowe Bryan formed a committee led by geology professor E.R. Cumings, which on March 8, 1910, recommended a site for the new reservoir, which is now known as the University Lake. The E.R. Cumings recommendation, the dam for the new reservoir was constructed over impervious Knobstone formations, blocking a ravine of a small tributary of Griffy Creek northeast of the IU campus. Griffy Creek is a tributary of Beanblossom Creek, which in its turn flows into the West Fork of Indianas White River.</p><br>
<p>The 40&#39; tall concrete arched dam of University Lake was constructed in several stages between 1910 and 1914.</p><br>
<h3>Griffy Lake</h3><br>
<p>In 1923, a few years after the university had itself with water from the Griffy Creek basin, Bloomington Water Company was created to construct a larger dam on Griffy Creek itself, downstream from the small University Lake. The Griffy Dam was constructed in 1924, forming the Griffy Reservoir (Griffy Lake).</p><br>
<p>The 40&#39; tall concrete arched dam</p><br>
<p>In 1934 Griffy Lakes water treatment plant and much of the adjacent territory passed into the citys ownership; the dam was expanded, now standing 44 tall (644 above the mean sea level). The dam is 900&#39; long. Griffy Lake occupies 109 acres, and holds 1280 acre-feet of water.</p><br>
<p>As of 1984, the water treatment plant processed 7.5 million gallons of water per day.</p><br>
<p>Although since the 1950s the city receives drinking water from the larger two larger reservoirs, Lake Lemon and (later) Lake Monroe, elsewhere in Monroe County, Griffy Lake is still considered as the potential "emergency" water supply source for the city. The water pumping station near the dam of Griffy Lake, decommissioned in 1995, still exists, and the authorities ensure that all activities permitted within the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve are consistent with the potential use of the lake as a drinking water source.</p><br>
<p>In the summer of 2012 the lake was almost completely drained, in preparation for repairs to the dam.</p><br>
<p>The repairs were finished on Nov 27, 2013, and the lake started refilling. A plan to restock the refilled lake with fish was announced in the early 2014.</p><br>
<h2>Griffy Lake Nature Preserve and Griffy Woods</h2><br>
<p>To protect Griffy Lake&#39;s water sources, over 45 separate parcels of property have been acquired over the years, creating the present-day 1,180 acre Griffy Lake Nature Preserve surrounding the lake.</p><br>
<p>An adjacent area to the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve is the 185-acre Griffy Woods section of Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve. Created in 2001, Griffy Woods occupies parts of the Griffy Lake watershed to the southeast of the lake, and includes University Lake.</p><br>
<p>Unlike Griffy Lake Nature Preserve, which is open to the public in its entirety, a large section of the Griffy Woods is presently closed to general public, and is supposed to be accessed only by the staff and students conducting environmental research in the area.</p><br>
<h2>Recreational use</h2><br>
<p>The Griffy Lake Nature Preserve is one of the most popular nature areas within easy access from Bloomington and IU campus. There are hiking trails, boating facilities, and fishing.</p><br>
<p>The Lexington Historic District is a national historic district located at Lexington, Virginia. It includes 11 contributing buildings on 600 acre and dates from 1823. It incluces Greek Revival, Queen Anne, "Picturesque Cottage", and other architecture. Notable buildings include Washington Hall located on the campus of Washington and Lee University, the Virginia Military Institute, Court House, Presbyterian Manse, Halestones, and The Castle. Located in the district are the separately listed Alexander-Withrow House, Barracks, Virginia Military Institute, the Stonewall Jackson House, Lee Chapel, Lexington Presbyterian Church, Reid-White-Philbin House, and Stono.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<p>Laurel Mountain is the fourth highest peak in Oregon&#39;s Central Coast Range with an elevation of 3,592 ft. The peak is located in Polk County west of the city of Dallas. In 1997 it was labeled the wettest place in Oregon, and in 1996 it set an all-time calendar year rainfall record for the contiguous United States with 204.04 in.</p><br>
<h2>Climate</h2><br>
<p>Laurel Mountain has a hyperhumid maritime climate, on the border between Mediterranean (Csb), oceanic (Cfb) and subpolar oceanic (Cfc/Csc). Rainfall is extremely heavy between October and April, and even in the dry months of July and August fog is very frequent and prevents soils and vegetation from drying out appreciably. In November 2006 the mountain received over 49.59 in of rain – six days were lost due to gauge overflows – and in the record wet December 1996 throughout the Pacific Northwest 49.57 in.</p><br>
<p>Despite winter temperatures being above freezing on an average 72 of 89 afternoons – and minima above 32 &deg;F on 31 mornings during a typical winter – precipitation is so heavy that snow cover in an average January reaches 9 in, whilst the record seasonal snowfall is 323.50 in between July 1998 and June 1999. Since 1978 extreme temperatures have ranged from &minus;11 &deg;F on December 24, 1983 to 94 &deg;F on July 22 of 2005, though in the thirty-five years of record only fourteen minima below 0 &deg;F have been recorded.</p><br>
<p>The James Johnston House is a property in Brentwood, Tennessee that dates from c.1840 and that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It has also been known as Isola Bella.</p><br>
<p>It includes Greek Revival and Georgian architecture.</p><br>
<p>When listed, the property included three contributing buildings on an area of 6 acre.</p><br>
<p>According to a 1988 study of historic resources in Williamson County, the house was one of about thirty surviving "significant brick and frame residences" that had been "the center of large plantations and they display some of the finest construction of the ante-bellum era." It is among houses in the county having "two-story porticos with large square two-story columns with Doric motif capitals."</p><br>
<p>The Buildings at 1644–1666 Park Road NW are twelve semi-detached row houses in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. They are typical of speculative row house development in the neighborhood. The houses were designed in the Colonial Revival style by Washington architect Appleton P. Clark Jr., and completed in 1906. They are a few of such houses that he designed and exemplify his facility for eclectic design and sophistication. The houses are three stories in height and the exteriors are covered in brick. They feature slate Mansard roofs and wooden front porches. The styles of the main facades alternate and contain shallow oriel windows, prominent dormers and curved pediments. They were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Monastery of Saint Maron , also called the Cave of the monks, is an ancient cavern carved out of solid rock in the side of a cliff, located around 200 m from Ain ez Zarqa, the source of the Orontes river, south of Hermel in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, northern Lebanon.</p><br>
<p>The cavern is situated 90 m above the river. It consists of three levels with rock stairways, numerous altars, and small cells, suggested to have been the residence of Saint Maron and his early followers in the fourth century CE, during the foundation of the Maronite Church. It is suggested that Maron worked and even died in the monastery. Later occupation in Mamluk and Ottoman empire periods is attested by loopholes cut into the walls. The monastery is commonly thought to have been constructed by Romans, however the date, builders and origins of the structure are not certain.</p><br>
<p>The structure has fallen into disrepair, having been used as shelter for sheep, goats, and the occasional shepherd over the years. The cavern is located on land owned by the Ministry of Energy and Water (Lebanon), but has been the subject of an ongoing dispute between the Maronite Archdiocese and the Dandash family, who stakes an old claim on the land. The Maronite Archdiocese has retained rights to renovate the landmark and has stated intentions to begin a restoration project. The site has only reported to have been cleaned and no work has started on the monument, suggested to be of "national" importance.</p><br>
<p>The Eighteen Hundred Block Park Road, NW is a collection of ten suburban residences and five carriage houses in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The houses form an historic district and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Built around the turn of the 20th century, the houses occupy terraces above Park Road, which is a curving cross-town street. They are unique in that they are large, custom-designed house in an area of the city that is primarily made up of row houses. The people who built the houses were businessmen, bankers and other professionals. They employed several prominent local architects who designed the houses in a variety of styles, especially Colonial Revival. The architects include Frederick B. Pyle, Harding & Upman, Appleton P. Clark, Jr., and C.A. Didden & Son.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Most of the houses are two stories and include both frame and brick structures, some of which are monumental in scale. The styles employed provided various textures and materials, including clapboard, shingles and stucco. They feature multiple roof forms, bays and dormers. The houses have large front porches and porticoes that feature ample window openings, columns and balustrades. Fanlight entrances are characteristic on the street.</p><br>
<p>The Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington is a retirement home for retirees of the United States Armed Forces located in the Park View neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The complex forms an historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Armed Forces Retirement Home was established as the northern branch of the United States Military Asylum in 1851. The property was originally the country estate of Washington banker George Washington Riggs. The government purchased the estate&#39;s 197 acre and an additional 58 acre using an endowment collected by General Winfield Scott. He had received $150,000 in lieu of pillaging during his occupation of Mexico City in 1847. The facility was known as the USA Soldier’s Home from 1859 to 1972 and as the USA Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home from 1972 to 2001. It has been known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington since 2001.</p><br>
<p>Four American Presidents, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes and Chester A. Arthur, summered at the home. Lincoln spent a quarter of his presidency in residence. It was here that he worked on the final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. While no fighting took place on the site during the American Civil War it was used as a signal post. Given the elevation Lincoln was able to view various skirmishes that arose nearby. Military officers that are associated with the home&#39;s operation include Generals Winfield Scott, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Sheridan and Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The historic district includes a collection of 19th and early 20th century buildings and extensive historic landscapes. There are 39</p><br>
<p>contributing buildings and a total of 140 contributing properties that date from 1842 to 1951. The Lincoln Cottage is the centerpiece of the property. It is the original Gothic Revival-style cottage known as Corn Rigs. It was built from 1842-1843 as the home for George Riggs. Development of the asylum began in 1852 when the Riggs home was enlarged and the placement of a flagstaff, which marks the establishment of a military installation. The next three masonry buildings were completed by 1857. Other buildings were constructed over next century. The grounds also include recreational areas, statuary, war relics, and other features.</p><br>
<p>The Bayfield Fish Hatchery is a historic fish hatchery in Salmo, Wisconsin, located 2.3 mi southwest of Bayfield. The hatchery was built in 1897 in the Queen Anne style and Shingle style using local brownstone and played a historically significant role in the fishing industry on Lake Superior. On July 22, 1981, the hatchery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Elisha and R.D. Pike owned a private fish hatchery in Bayfield County from the 1860s to 1895. The Wisconsin State Legislature mandated the construction of a fish hatchery in northern Wisconsin in 1895, so R.D. Pike donated 405 acre from his hatchery to serve as the state hatchery. The state built the main hatchery building in 1897 using brownstone from nearby Pikes Quarry. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway built a siding to the hatchery, and a special railcar known as The Badger brought fish from the hatchery to Wisconsin waterbodies. In 1974, new buildings and wells were constructed to modernize the hatchery. The hatchery was renamed in honor of longtime Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources secretary Les Voigt in 2006, and the main building was named for R.D. Pike in 2011. The hatchery currently spawns five types of trout and salmon and also includes a visitors center and aquarium.</p><br>
<p>Eau Claire Town Hall and Survey Publishing Company Building is a building that was built for the Survey Publishing Company. Later it was the Eau Claire Town Hall. In 1979, it was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was started in 1912 and completed in 1914. It was first occupied by the Survey Publishing Company that published the American Lutheran Survey. The editor was Walton H. Greever, who was also a faculty member at the nearby Lutheran seminary. After the Survey folded, the building became the Eau Claire Town Hall from 1928 to 1955. In 1955, Eau Claire merged with the City of Columbia. At th</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The building was designed by J. Carroll Johnson of Urquhart and Johnson in Columbia. The building is a two-story brick building with asymmetrical plan. It is decorated with tile and decorative concrete. It features a four-story tower on the southeast corner. The building has five arched bays on the east and west sides and two on the south side. There is also a one-story, brick building that was used for the printing plant.</p><br>
<p>Sarakki lake , also called Jaraganahalli lake, is a lake in the southern part of Bangalore, India, in the suburb of the J. P. Nagar. It is one of the largest lakes in Bangalore and located on Puttenahalli main road. Sarakki is an abbreviation of "Saavira Hakki" which translates to "a thousand birds" in the native Kannada language.</p><br>
<p>The lake formerly covered an area of 84 acre, 34 acre of which had been encroached by private builders and other establishments as of 2013. According to a survey conducted by the tehsildar of Bangalore South, 135 encroachments were made into the lake area, following which the High Court of Karnataka ordered for clearing the encroached area in August 2014. A 10-day eviction drive began in April 2015 after having issued notices to encroachers. The land reclaimed put estimates at.</p><br>
<p>The Evans-Russell House is a Neo-Classical Revival house in Spartanburg, South Carolina that was built for Governor John Gary Evans in 1901. Later, it was the home of Senator Donald S. Russell. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built in 1901 for former Governor Evans. It remained his home until his death in 1942. It was purchased by a Spartanburg judge, Jennings L. Thompson. He sold the house to Donald Russell, who was governor of South Carolina from 1963 to 1965 and USA senator from 1965 to 1966. It remained his home until his death in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The 6,000 ft2, two and one-half story house is also significant for its early Neo-Classical architecture in Upstate South Carolina. It has a side gable roof associated with Dutch Colonial architecture. The residence has a two-story portico with Corinthian columns. The structure is ornamented with dentil work and modillions. The windows are double-hung sash windows.</p><br>
<p>The Fountain Fox Beattie House, the home of Greenville Woman&#39;s Club from 1950 to 2014, is a historic house in Greenville, South Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built c. 1834 on East North Street by merchant and banker Fountain Fox Beattie for his bride, Emily Edgeworth. Originally the house had a simple design, two rooms on each floor with a separate kitchen behind the house. Beattie prospered even during Reconstruction, and generations of his family continued to live in the house well into the 20th century. Probably in the 1880s, the Beatties added one-story wings and an elaborately columned porch with Italianate brackets. After the death of Mrs. John Beattie in 1938, the family rented out the house. In 1946, when the house stood in the way of street widening and was slated for demolition, Greenville club women asked the city to buy and preserve the house as their meeting place. The house was moved to a new street, named Beattie Place, and rented to the Woman&#39;s Club for a dollar a year. When Beattie Place also became a busy thoroughfare, the house was moved once again in 1983 to a site off Bennett Street.</p><br>
<p>In 2014, citing declining membership, the Greenville Woman&#39;s Club disbanded, and ownership of the historic house reverted to the city of Greenville. The city negotiated with Black Knight International, a development group owned by Marc Player, son of professional golfer Gary Player, which planned to repurpose the building into office space. After Black Knight declined to buy the house, the city agreed to sell the house (with a preservation easement) to Greenvillians Ryan and Jori Magg, who intended to reconvert meeting and event space back into living area.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The two-story structure has one-story wings. The roof on the central portion is flat except for a small central gable. The wings have a flat, balustraded roof. There is a one-story piazza supported by six pairs of columns. These form three large and two smaller arches. The main entrance is a set of double doors.</p><br>
<p>The Eddleman-McFarland House, sometimes known as the Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House or just the McFarland House, is a historic residence built in 1899 in the Quality Hill section of Fort Worth, Texas.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house on the bluff above the Trinity River was built in 1899 in the area then known as Quality Hill. This neighborhood contained many of the large Victorian homes of the "Cattle Baron Families", few of which are still standing. Howard Messer designed the house for Sarah Ball, who died within five years of the houses construction. William Eddleman, founder of the Western National Bank, then bought the house. His daughter, Carrie McFarland, lived in the house until her death in 1978. Eddlemans bank was founded in 1906 and failed in 1913.</p><br>
<p>The Junior League of Fort Worth bought the house in 1979 and it was later acquired by Historic Fort Worth, Inc. It is open for tours and available for rentals.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The exterior of the house is constructed of brick, sandstone, and marble in the Victorian and Queen Anne styles. In the interior are mainly mahogany and oak mantles, cornices, coffered ceilings, paneling and parquet floors.</p><br>
<p>The San Miguel Chapel Site is an archeological site in Ventura, California, United States, at the location of the first outpost and center of operations that was established while the first Mission San Buenaventura was being constructed. The San Miguel Chapel was located just outside the southwest corner of the walled garden that was constructed as part of the ultimate layout of the mission complex. The open space park is located at southwest corner of the intersection of Thompson Boulevard and Palm Street in downtown Ventura. Interpretative signs and public art have been added to the site that is protected and managed as a natural environment by the city parks department.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The site was excavated, beginning in 1974, by students from Moorpark College who uncovered rock foundations, the aqueduct that served the mission compound, and portions of a painted wall. As the city began to acquire the site in 1975, the City Council endorsed the application for the site to be placed on the national register and designated this site "Historic Point of Interest Number 16." The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>A nearby archaeological dig, uncovered a portion of the wall foundation as expected from historical surveys and maps. The mission orchard wall was built with large stones, some 40 to 50 pounds. The dig, performed before new apartments were built, found artifacts from many periods including Ventura County&#39;s first courthouse and jail, and its first hospital. The dig also revealed signs of the long history of human settlement in the area around the mission such as beads made of shells harvested from the nearby ocean.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Archaeological discoveries in the area suggest that humans have populated the region for at least 10,000-12,000 years. Nearby Shisholop Village was the site of a Chumash village believed to have been a provincial capital. Archaeological records show that the village was settled sometime around 1000 A.D. They launched plank-built boats called Tomols that sailed to the Channel Islands. The village site, located where Figueroa Street meets the ocean at Seaside Park, was designated Historic Point of Interest #18 by the city.</p><br>
<p>"Coast Live Oak Tree, Historic Landmark Number 96," is a mature Quercus agrifolia designated by City Council resolution on March 27, 2006. Located at the southwest corner of the chapel site, the tree is the largest of its species within the City of Ventura and estimated to be 160 to 200 years old. Lying along the historic road connecting the California missions, El Camino Real, a Mission Bell Marker has been erected here.</p><br>
<p>Hagood Mill is an operational water-powered gristmill built  in 1845 by James Hagood near Pickens, South Carolina. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Hagood Mill is located on Hagood Branch, earlier known as Jennings Creek, a tributary of the Twelve Mile River. Although mills had existed on the site as early as the 1790s, the current mill was built in 1845 by James Hagood; and it remained in the Hagood family and continued to operate until 1966 when federal regulations requiring the testing of corn before grinding effectively ended the operations of commercial grist mills in Pickens County. During the historic period the mill and the neighboring (non-extant) store were a gathering place for county residents.</p><br>
<p>The mill and surrounding property were donated to the Pickens Country Museum in 1973. The water wheel and mechanical components of the mill were rebuilt in the mid-1970s using much of the surviving fabric, and they were restored again by local historian and miller Alan Warner in the 1990s.</p><br>
<p>The 1845 mill is an unpainted, two-story building constructed of hand hewn logs and covered with clapboard siding. Its original dam site is 1,650 feet above it, where water from the creek was diverted to an earthen headrace (essentially a ditch). Today, water is pumped underground from the creek to the headrace, the last 80 feet of which is wooden. The overshot wooden water wheel, which produces 22 horsepower, is 20 ft in diameter and 4 feet wide. The ring gear is 18 feet in diameter, and the two granite millstones weigh approximately 1,600 pounds each.</p><br>
<h2>Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center</h2><br>
<p>The mill is the centerpiece of the Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center, which also includes two historic cabins, a blacksmith shop, a moonshine still, and a cotton gin. The site also includes the Hagood Creek Petroglyph Site, which preserves significant Native American rock carvings, and the 64-foot (20 m) steel Prater&#39;s Creek Bridge, built by the Greenville Steel and Foundry Company in 1930 and brought to the site in 2007.</p><br>
<p>Calabogie Lake is a reservoir lake in the municipality of Greater Madawaska, Renfrew County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the Madawaska River system, is part of the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin, and is located in the geographic townships of Bagot Township and Blythfield Township.</p><br>
<p>The original natural lake expanded to its current dimensions upon the completion of the Calabogie Station dam and generating station (now owned and operated by Ontario Power Generation) during World War I.</p><br>
<p>The communities of Calabogie, Grassy Bay and Barryvale are on the lake. Renfrew County Road 511 crosses the lake in Calabogie near the river mouth, and Renfrew County Road 508 runs along the northwest shore.</p><br>
<h2>Tributaries</h2><br>
<p>Stoughtons Creek</p><br>
<p>Madawaska River</p><br>
<p>Constant Creek</p><br>
<p>The Antigo Public Library and Deleglise Cabin comprise a historic site in Antigo, Wisconsin. The library building is a Carnegie library built in 1904. In 1997, the Antigo Public Library left the building; it is now a museum and the headquarters of the Langlade County Historical Society. The Deleglise Cabin, the first home in Antigo, was constructed by George Eckart in 1878 on the Springbrook and inhabited by Francis A. Deleglise. The cabin was moved near the library in 1916. Both buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1978.</p><br>
<p>F. A. Deleglise, a man of vision and courage, came to the area in 1877 when Langlade County was still a part of Oconto. His was the first house, a log cabin. Our forefathers had the foresight to preserve this first home and had it moved to the site of the public library, now the home of the Langlade County Historical Society Museum.</p><br>
<p>The Deleglise Cabin was completely restored with the surveyor&#39;s office and kitchen lean-tos added on. It is available for viewing on the museum grounds.</p><br>
<p>The Adriatic Abyssal Plain, more commonly referred to as the Adriatic Basin, is an oceanic basin under the Adriatic Sea. The Adriatic Sea&#39;s average depth is 252.5 m, and its maximum depth is 1,233 m; however, the North Adriatic basin rarely exceeds a depth of 100 m.</p><br>
<h2>Expanse</h2><br>
<p>The North Adriatic basin, extending between Venice and Trieste towards a line connecting Ancona and Zadar, is only 15 m deep at its northwestern end; it gradually deepens towards the southeast. It is the largest Mediterranean shelf and is simultaneously a dilution basin and a site of bottom water formation. The Middle Adriatic basin is south of the Ancona–Zadar line, with the 270 m deep Middle Adriatic Pit (also called the Pomo Depression or the Jabuka Pit). The 170 m deep Palagruža Sill is south of the Middle Adriatic Pit, separating it from the 1,200 m deep South Adriatic Pit and the Middle Adriatic basin from the South Adriatic Basin. Further on to the south, the sea floor rises to 780 m to form the Otranto Sill at the boundary to the Ionian Sea.</p><br>
<p>The South Adriatic Basin is similar in many respects to the Northern Ionian Sea, to which it is connected.</p><br>
<p>Praia da Rocha Baixinha or Praia dos Tomates  is a beach within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. The beach is 13 km east of the town of Albufeira and is 31.7 km west of the regions capital of Faro. In 2012 Praia da Rocha Baixinha was designated a blue Flag beach.</p><br>
<p>Praia da Rocha Baixinha is the beach at the eastern end of Falesia Beach (Praia da Falésia) and is close to the marina and resort of Vilamoura. The beach is split into two areas, Rocha Baixinha Oeste (East) and Rocha Baixinha-Leste (West). Both beaches have been awarded blue flags. Rocha Baixinha Oeste is next to the mouth of the Quarteira River and the resort of Vilamoura is on the other side. The beach is wide with fine golden sand and stretches away westwards towards Praia da Falésia.</p><br>
<p>The Four Gates Farm, also known as Oak Hill Farm, is a historic home and national historic district located at 13001 Little Blue Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri. The district encompasses two contributing buildings and four contributing structures. The main house was designed by architect Mary Rockwell Hook in 1925, and is a three-story brick and rubble masonry dwelling. It consists of a rectangular main section with flanking wings and features decks, balconies, projecting one-story porches, and an engaged conical roof over a doorway. Other contributing resources are a small stone farmhouse, a free standing conical roofed stone tower, and three stone outbuildings.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>The Monterozzi necropolis is an Etruscan necropolis on a hill east of Tarquinia in Lazio, Italy. The necropolis has about 6,000 graves, the oldest of which dates to the 7th century BC. About 200 of the gravestones are decorated with frescos. Monterozzi was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, notable as the depiction of daily life in the frescoed tombs, many of which are replicas of Etruscan houses, is a unique testimony to this vanished culture.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The burial ground dates from the Iron Age, or Villanovan period (9th century BC), up to Roman times.</p><br>
<p>From the Villanovan period simple round tombs carved from rock for cremation burials can be seen at the site.</p><br>
<p>Towards the end of the 8th c. BC, the first funerary chambers appeared as family tombs due to the rise to power of an aristocracy. These appeared on the surface as tumuli, sometimes assuming impressive proportions to enhance the power and prestige of the nobles, as can be seen especially in the so-called King and Queen tombs. There were about 600 tumuli still visible in the 19th century, following which many were razed after excavation.</p><br>
<p>The tumuli usually covered subterranean chambers carved into the rock, containing sarcophagi and personal possessions of the deceased, and many of which have wall paintings.</p><br>
<p>The earliest sarcophagi are carved with the image of the deceased supine on the lid. The later and more numerous types show him or her reclining on the left side, facing the spectator and frequently holding a libation vessel; occasionally a man displays an inscribed scroll listing his ancestry and the magisterial offices he occupied. During the second half of the 4th century BC sculpted and painted sarcophagi of nenfro, marble and alabaster came into use. They were deposited on rock-carved benches or against the walls in the now very large underground chambers.</p><br>
<p>Sarcophagi were also decorated with reliefs of symbolic or mythological content, often derived from Tarentine models. Sarcophagi of this type, which continue until the second century, are found in such numbers at Tarquinia that they must have been manufactured locally. The walls of the tomb-chambers of the late period are painted with underworld demons escorting the dead on their journey to the beyond, scenes in the nether world, processions of magistrates and other symbols of the rank of the eminent members of the families buried there.</p><br>
<p>Among the most notable painted tombs famous for the artistic quality of their frescoes are:</p><br>
<p>the Tomb of the Leopards has some of the best preserved frescoes</p><br>
<p>the Tomb of the Augurs</p><br>
<p>the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing</p><br>
<p>the Tomb of the Triclinium</p><br>
<p>the Tomb of the Blue Demons</p><br>
<p>the Tomb of the Bulls, the earliest tomb decorated with complex frescoes dated to either 540–530 BC or 530–520 BC. It is one of the rare Etruscan tombs which have erotic frescoes</p><br>
<p>the Tomb of the Whipping. It is also one of the rare Etruscan tombs which have erotic frescoes.</p><br>
<p>the Tomb of Orcus is notable for having the only known pictorial depiction of the Etruscan daemon Tuchulcha</p><br>
<p>the Tomb of the Bigas</p><br>
<p>Jivdhan  is a hill fortress situated 1 km near the modern day town of Ghatghar in Junnar Taluka of Pune district in Maharashtra, India. The fort, which rises 1,145 m above sea level, is located in the Sahyadri mountain range. The fort was looted and destroyed by the British upon siege between 1815 -1818 Jivdhan is a part of the Famous 5 trekking destinations among trekking enthusiasts. Chavaand, Hadsar, Shivneri, and Naneghat are the other destinations in the Famous 5 trek. This is a high difficulty grade trek due to the misleading jungle tracks and the necessity and knowledge of using climbing equipment. The rock cut steps are wonderfully carved, which lead to the kalyan gate. There are hooks attached on the walls of the rock cut steps near kalyan gate, which makes it easy for regular climber.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Forts originated during the Satavahan era. Every entry point on the forts built by Shivaji have a Kalas and Lord Ganesh carved on it. The nearby Naneghat (Toll collection booth) was used for commercial purpose by traders to help in easy movements of goods. As this was an important pass joining the seas to the mainland, it was heavily guarded from enemies. The Jivdhan fort stood as an important guard fort to protect the interests of various kingdoms. The last emperor of Adilshahi of Ahmednagar was little Murtaza. He was kept as a prisoner by Mughal at Jivdhan fort. In 1635 the father of Chatrapati Shivaji Mararaj, Shahaji maharaj released him from the prison and declared him as a King of Ahmednagar. Jivdhan to Naneghat has an open field of 2–3 km, which gives any clear indication of enemy approach. The British captured this fort in 1818 and destroyed all approaches. This fort was captured by Col. Prother of the East India company and later destroyed.</p><br>
<h2>Major Features</h2><br>
<h3>Storehouses</h3><br>
<p>There are some unexplored storehouse atop the fort which can explored with proper precautions. There is a temple of Goddess at the top. The Main Gate and Kalyan gate are in good condition.</p><br>
<h3>Water Tanks</h3><br>
<p>There are a few water tanks atop the fort, water from the tanks near Store house is not portable as they are open all the year round. The water from the rock cut cistern near the Kalyan Gate is potable.One should use caution while using this water for cooking food or drinking.The entire fort is covered with Prickly shrubs of Lepidagathis cuspidata or called as Kate adulsa in Marathi. The Malabar Giant squirrel or " Shekhru" is found in the forest at the foot hills.</p><br>
<h3>Pinnacle near the fort</h3><br>
<p>This is about 385 feet high. When you approach the fort it looks smaller in size but as you move closer to the fort you can actually get a feel of how high the pinnacle is. This pinnacle is known as Vanderlingi. This is surmountable with use of proper rock climbing equipment. It may take a day or 2 to climb the pinnacle. One needs to scout the area for beehives in order to climb with complete control.</p><br>
<h3>North front</h3><br>
<p>Once you are at the top of the fort you can view various hilltops and forts nearby. You will clearly see forts like Harishchandragad, Chavaand, Ratangad, Naneghat,Hadsar fort,Nimgiri fort, Manikdoh Dam and the entire Junnar plateau.</p><br>
<p>Queenstown Hill, also known by its Māori name of Te Tapu-nui , is a small 907 m mountain near Queenstown, New Zealand in the South Island.</p><br>
<p>The lower levels of the hill contain housing especially near Queenstown, Frankton Road and Marina Heights. Midway up the hill is a large forest of mainly douglas fir and larch, while the top is largely clear and the ground cover is that of tussock and native vegetation.</p><br>
<p>Queenstown Hill is also home to a farm consisting of 1800 sheep which is owned and operated by the Middletons who purchased the lease in 1963 and freeholded the land in 1978. The Queenstown Hill Time Walk is part of the land owned by the Middletons.</p><br>
<h2>Queenstown Hill Time Walk</h2><br>
<p>The Time Walk is a walk on the Queenstown Hill that was created to mark the Millennium in the year 2000.</p><br>
<p>The entrance to the trail is on Belfast Terrace. At the start of the walk is a wrought iron gate which shows symbols of the local area.</p><br>
<p>There are many panels along the walk describing the history of the area.</p><br>
<p>The walk takes about three hours return, but can be shortened by not walking the full loop.</p><br>
<p>This walking track is not allowed to be used by bikes. Dogs are allowed, but must be leashed at all times.</p><br>
<h2>Basket of Dreams</h2><br>
<p>Not far from the top is a sculpture called the Basket of Dreams by Caroline Robinson. There are expansive views from this point of the whole basin including Lake Wakatipu, Cecil Peak and The Remarkables.</p><br>
<p>Bennington No. 4, also known as the Bennington School, is a one-room schoolhouse near Waterloo, Iowa. Built in 1911, it served four sections which provided as many as thirty or more students for first through eighth grades. Students in higher grades attended East Waterloo High School. The school served the predominantly German-American community until 1955 when it was closed. While it was open, the school also served as a community center. In 1958 the vacant building was sold to the local Sage family, whose members had attended and taught at the school. Restoration work took place through the 1990s.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The 1911 school replaced an earlier school that had existed on the site since the 1880s. By the early 20th century local farmers were prospering, and chose to build a high-quality replacement school. The school features a large belfry with a 30-gallon cast iron bell on a higher-than-usual roof. The one-story wood frame school measures about 34.5 ft deep and 22.5 ft wide on a shaped stone foundation. The sole door is centered on the gabled front facade with the belfry above, flanked by two two-over-two sash windows. A cloakroom vestibule spans the front of the school on the west side, opening into the classroom. There are no windows on the north side, a concession to winter winds. Two windows on the east side and four on the south side light the room, which features a pressed tin ceiling. Walls were plastered and had beaded wood wainscoting. The plaster has been replaced by drywalll and the wainscot has been preserved. The wood strip floor has been preserved.</p><br>
<p>The roof and belfry are covered with wood shingles. The belfry roof is curved, rising to a simple pinnacle, with arched brackets between the supporting columns, on a shingled platform. The west gable has a small window into the attic. Both gables have small shingled pent roofs between the eaves. A brick chimney is centered on the gable at the east end, exposed on the interior.</p><br>
<p>The Bennington scbool was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 16, 2001.</p><br>
<p>Springfield Plantation House is the oldest wood-frame house in Fort Mill, South Carolina and was the site of one of the last meetings of the Confederate cabinet. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was originally constructed between 1790 and 1806 by John Springs III and his wife first occupied the house. At one time, the plantation was 3,200 acre. In the 1850s, the house was extensively remodeled by Andrew Baxter Springs and his architect, Jacob Graves of Columbia. In 1946, Elliot White Springs put on an addition toward the rear, and modernized the house with electricity, plumbing and central heat.</p><br>
<p>The house and plantation was the site of one of the last meetings of the Confederate cabinet. President Jefferson Davis and several of his cabinet officers spent the night of April 26, 1865 at the plantation. The next day, they held a meeting to plan their further retreat. The owner of the plantation, Andrew Baxter Springs, recommended that they travel separately to avoid capture.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is a two-story, white weatherboard house with a gable roof and pedimented gable ends. There are two one-story wings on either side with gable roofs. There is a one-story porch with hipped roof supported by eight Ionic columns. There are five windows across the second story and four windows and a double entrance door across the first story. Each wing has two windows on the front side of the house. The main block as brick corbeled chimneys on both ends. There is a two-story addition toward the rear. The house has a composition roof.</p><br>
<p>South Bastion Mountain is a 2,664 m peak in British Columbia, Canada.</p><br>
<p>Its line parent is Develin Peak, 1 km away.</p><br>
<p>It is part of the Tower of London Range of the Muskwa Ranges in the Canadian Rockies.</p><br>
<p>South Bastion Mountain is named after the South Bastion of the Tower of London.</p><br>
<p>Other mountains in the area are also named after the tower, including North Bastion Mountain, The White Tower and Tower Mountain, which overlooks the south end of Wokkpash Lake. These names were given by the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Canadian Rocky Mountains Expedition 1960, a small expedition with members from a regiment based in the Tower of London.</p><br>
<p>Other nearby peaks include Angle Peak, Mount Peck, Devereux Peak, and Icecap Peak.</p><br>
<p>Great Goat Island  is a cay located less than a mile off the coast of Jamaica, southwest of the Hellshire Hills. It is part of Saint Catherine Parish. Along with Little Goat Island located northwest of it, these two cays make up the Goat Islands, which are within the Portland Bight Protected Area.</p><br>
<p>These cays were previously home to the Jamaican Iguana until the 1940s, when the population was thought to have become extinct, mainly due to predation by introduced small Indian mongooses and habitat alteration by feral goats.</p><br>
<p>The island, as of September 2013, is being considered as the base for a Chinese funded transhipment hub.</p><br>
<p>9/27/2016 The Goat Islands are saved from development! http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20160923/transshipment-project-under-consideration-not-goat-islands-pm</p><br>
<p>Piatra Roşie, which means Red Rock, was a Dacian hill fort two days march to the west from Costeşti-Cetăţuie fortress, at Luncani in Boşorod municipality. It was built in two phases. In the first phase a long  rectangular main citadel was built at the height of land with watch towers on each end and two outlying watch towers. Later the larger area inside the watch towers was enclosed with walls. It appears that the hilltop was flattened in the process in order to produce a usable space.</p><br>
<p>Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 056.jpgPanoramic view from the fortress</p><br>
<p>Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 029.jpgPaved road</p><br>
<p>Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 065.jpgTower</p><br>
<p>Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 071.jpgRoots</p><br>
<p>Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 098.jpgFallen blocks</p><br>
<p>Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 133.jpgRed rock</p><br>
<p>Plan pIatra Rosie daicoviciu.svgFortress plan</p><br>
<h2>Artefacts</h2><br>
<p>Wetwang Slack is an Iron Age archaeological site containing remains of the Arras culture and chariot burial tradition of East Yorkshire.</p><br>
<p>The site is in a dry valley on the north side of the village of Wetwang. The archaeological remains consist of three chariot burial inhumations, each containing skeletal remains above the remains of a dismantled cart or chariot. All the skeletal remains from the three inhumations were aligned on a north-south axis, with the head pointing north. Many of the finds excavated from the site are now preserved in the British Museum.</p><br>
<h2>Burial 1</h2><br>
<p>The grave lay within a triangular ditched enclosure c 6.5–7 m wide, but the northern and eastern ditches have been removed by machine. The remains were of a young male adult lying on his right side with his knees drawn up to his body. Pig bones had been placed on top of the body. The iron tyres and nave hoops of both wheels survived, as did several spokes from the wheel. The axle of the chariot was 1.81 m in length.</p><br>
<h2>Burial 2</h2><br>
<p>The second burial was contained within a square-ditched enclosure, or square barrow 9.6m wide. The skeletal remains were in the centre of the barrow and were of a young adult female, facing right with her legs bent and her arms extended. Pig bones were also deposited on top of the skeleton. A soilmark shows the position of the complete dismantled chariot, beneath the individual, including its extended pole to which the yoke would have attached. Other chariot fittings include iron tyres and bronze nave hoops, four spokes and terret rings. Behind the head and shoulders of the skeleton, were two horse-bits, a bronze case with a chain attached (diameter about 90mm), a pin and a bronze mirror.</p><br>
<h2>Burial 3</h2><br>
<p>Quarrying on the site has removed the northern edge of the enclosure, and the upper part of the cranial remains. As in the other burials, the body was placed on top of a dismantled chariot and was of a young adult, facing right with the thighs drawn up at right angles to the torso. Iron tyres and nave hoops survive along with other chariot fittings. The axle measured 1.83m in length. An iron sword, in its scabbard, with bronze decoration lay diagonally across the body and two rings with central studs of coral may have fitted onto the sword belt. Coral was also used in several items of jewellery from the Queen&#39;s Barrow inhumation at Arras.</p><br>
<p>Little Goat Island along with Great Goat Island are the cays that make up the Goat Islands, located less than a mile off the coast of Jamaica, southwest of the Hellshire Hills. It is part of Saint Catherine Parish. Little Goat Island is adjacent to the northwest portion of Great Goat Island, and both are within the Portland Bight Protected Area.</p><br>
<p>Until the 1940s, these cays were home to a population of Jamaican Iguana. However, as with most mainland populations, the Little Goat Island population was thought to have become extinct, mainly due to predation by introduced small Indian mongooses and habitat alteration by feral goats.</p><br>
<p>On 2 September 1940, the United States obtained a 99-year lease on Little Goat Island under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement with the United Kingdom. This agreement was ratified on 27 March 1941 after which the United States built a seaplane base on the island.</p><br>
<p>A total of 2,800,000 cubic yards of dredging was necessary to remove shoals from the seaplane runway and to deepen the anchorages and channel approaches to the piers. Gasoline storage, totaling 75,000 gallons, was provided in eleven underground steel tanks.</p><br>
<p>Shortly after the war the base was abandoned by the United States, which nonetheless retained a lease on the island.</p><br>
<p>At independence in 1962, Jamaica replaced Britain as party to the agreement. The United States Department of State website states:</p><br>
<p>By an exchange of notes on August 7, 1962, between the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Jamaica and the Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs and Defence of Jamaica, the Government of Jamaica agreed to assume, from August 6, 1962, all obligations and responsibilities of the United Kingdom which arise from any valid instrument (including any instrument made by the Government of the Federation of The West Indies by virtue of the authority entrusted by the Government of the United Kingdom). The rights and benefits heretofore enjoyed by the Government of the United Kingdom by virtue of application of any such international instrument to Jamaica are from August 6, 1962, enjoyed by the Government of Jamaica.</p><br>
<p>Bru is an island in Rennesøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 3 km&sup2; island lies south of the Boknafjorden, just off the coast of the Stavanger peninsula, along the Byfjorden. The highest point on the island is the 92 m tall mountain, Brufjellet. The island sits in a group of islands with Sokn and Mosterøy to the north and Åmøy to the east.</p><br>
<p>The island has a road connection to the mainland. There is a bridge on the northeast side of Bru connecting it to the island of Sokn, to the north. Sokn is connected to the mainland by the Byfjord Tunnel, part of the European route E39 highway. The tunnel actually passes below the island of Bru on its way to Stavanger.</p><br>
<p>The island is populated, mostly on the eastern side in what is referred to as the village of Bru. There is a growing population of commuters who live on the island and work in the nearby city of Stavanger. The soil is cultivated on the eastern part of the island, while the western part is mainly moorland. Most farmers on the island keep sheep.</p><br>
<p>Sunanda Devi  previously known as Nanda Devi East is the lower of the two adjacent peaks of the highest mountain in Uttarakhand and second highest mountain in India; Nanda Devi is its higher twin peak. Nanda Devi and Sunanda Devi are part of the Garhwal Himalayas, and are located in the state of Uttarakhand. The graceful peaks of twin mountains are visible from almost everywhere in Kumaon. The first ascent to the Sunanda Devi peak in recorded history appears to be in 1939 by Jakub Bujak and Janusz Klarner. The elevation of Sunanda Devi is 7,434 m and its prominence is 260 m.</p><br>
<h2>Religious Significance</h2><br>
<p>Sunanda Devi is the lower eastern summit of the twin peaks of Nanda Devi a two-peaked massif, forming a 2 kilometres long ridge, oriented east-west. The western summit is higher, and the eastern summit earlier called Nanda Devi East is now also referred to as Sunanda Devi. Together the peaks may be referred to as the peaks of the goddesses Nanda and Sunanda. These goddesses have occurred together in ancient Sanskrit literature, or Bhagavata Purana (Gita Press has a two-volume English and Hindi translation) and are frequently worshipped together in the Kumaon and Garhwal as well as elsewhere in India. Regarding certain mountains as sacred and associating them with specific Gods and Goddesses is a practice prevalent in other parts of Asia as well e.g. the volcanic Mount Fuji in Japan appears to have been named after the. The first published reference to Nanda Devi East as Sunanda Devi appears to be in a recent novel (Malhotra 2011) that has the Kumaon region as backdrop. An annual Nanda Devi Raj Jat festival celebrating the two is popular in Uttarakhand.</p><br>
<p>The Himalaya have also been personified as the Lord Himavata, the God of snow, who is mentioned in the Mahabharata. He is father of Ganga and Saraswati, that became rivers, and Parvati an avatar of the great Mother Goddess Durga, who married Shiva and the goddesses Nanda and Sunanda who too are avatars or close spiritual associates of the goddess Durga.</p><br>
<h2>Climbing History</h2><br>
<p>A four-member led by Adam Karpiński climbed the Sunanda Devi peak in 1939 from Longstaff Col which is the standard route on the peak. The summit party was Jakub Bujak and Janusz Klarner. Another attempt to reach the Sunanda Devi peak in 1951 resulted in the death of two members of a French expedition in 1951. Tenzing Norgay who first climbed Mount Everest was a part of the support team. He and Louis Dubost climbed Sunanda Devi to look for the missing pair. Tenzing Norgay later stated that it was the most difficult climb of his life, even more difficult than Everest. Since then the peak has been reached by an Indo-French group in 1975 and perhaps also an Indian Army expedition in 1981 but the mountaineers in this last case did not survive to tell the story. The standard approach to the south ridge route is from the Milam Valley to the east, that passes through Lawan Glacier and onwards to Longstaff Col. The trek goes through the picturesque villages of Munsyari and Bhadeligwar.</p><br>
<h2>Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers National Parks</h2><br>
<p>Nanda Devi National Park along with the Valley of Flowers National Park are some of the most spectacular wilderness areas in the Himalayas. It is dominated by the peaks of Nanda Devi and Sunanda Devi of India’s second highest mountain which is approached through the Rishiganga gorge, one of the deepest in the world. No humans live in the Park which has remained more or less intact because of its rugged inaccessibility. It has a very diverse flora and is the habitat of several endangered mammals, among them the snow leopard, serow, himalayan musk deer and bharal. Nanda Devi National Park lies in eastern Uttarakhand, near the Tibetan border in the Garhwal Himalaya, 300 km northeast of Delhi.</p><br>
<h2>Books</h2><br>
<p>. (reprinted 1994). The Nanda Devi Affair, Penguin Books India.</p><br>
<p>(2011) Nude Besides the Lake, Createspace</p><br>
<p>Kirkeøy is the largest island in the Norwegian municipality of Hvaler. Its name means "church island" and is derived from Hvaler Church which is on the island and is also the main church of the municipality. The island is 29,6 km2 and has 1098 inhabitants as of 2001. The island&#39;s topography is distinguished by outcrops and forests. To the south of the island lies the village of Skjærhalden, which is also the administrative centre of the municipality. There are a lot of holiday cottages on the island, which is a popular destination for tourists in the summer. The island is since 1989 connected with the mainland through an underwater tunnel to Asmaløy. From Asmaløy there are bridges to Fredrikstad.</p><br>
<p>Hvaler Church (Hvaler Kirke) is a medieval era church, probably begun about 1000-1100; it is the main church of the archipelago. It is a stone church with a rectangular nave and narrow choir and apse. The pulpit is from the 1600s. In 1750 the church received a new altar which in 1759 was supplemented with an altarpiece mounted on the altar. Between 1953 and 1955 the church went through a thorough restoration led by antiquarian Håkon Christie in connection with the church&#39;s restoration. The J. H. Jorgensen organ is from 1955.</p><br>
<p>The Indian Creek Bridge is a wrought iron bridge, built about 1880 to the east of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The bridge crosses a tributary of the Cedar River in Linn County. It was designed and built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company  of Canton, Ohio as an eight-panel pin-connected through truss in an unusual double-intersection Pratt design.</p><br>
<p>The overall span measures 115 ft, carrying a 15.58 ft wide roadway. In cluding the approach spans, the bridge has a total length of 191 ft. The bridge rests on stone piers and abutments, with timber pile piers and abutments supporting the timber stringer approach spans. The bridge deck is timber, laid perpendicular to the span. The bridge features decorative cresting and lattice lateral bracing. The truss uses rigid horizontal and vertical members and rod bracing for the diagonals.</p><br>
<p>The Indian Creek Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1998.</p><br>
<p>Lake Suigetsu is a lake in Japan, which is one of located in Mihama and Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture , close to the coast of the Wakasa Bay in the Sea of Japan. Since 1993, it has been attracting the attention of scientists because of the undisturbed nature of the water for many thousands of years. It is possible to identify the annual deposits of silt in a similar manner that tree rings are identified.</p><br>
<p>The area of the lakes is now part of the Wakasa Bay National Park.</p><br>
<h2>Mikata five lakes</h2><br>
<p>All five lakes have different concentrations of salt. Lake Mikata is a fresh water lake, and Lake Hiruga contains ocean water. Lake Kugushi and Lake Hiruga are connected with Wakasa Bay.</p><br>
<p>The primary inflow of fresh water is from the Hasu River to Lake Mikata.</p><br>
<p>The size and the depth of the lakes are as follows,</p><br>
<p>Lake Mikata: fresh water lake; area of 3.56 km, 5.8 m deep</p><br>
<p>Lake Suigetsu: brackish water lake; area of 4.16 km, 34.0 m deep</p><br>
<p>Lake Suga: brackish water lake; area of 0.91 km, 13.0 m deep</p><br>
<p>Lake Kugushi: brackish water lake; area of 1.40 km, 2.5 m deep</p><br>
<p>Lake Hiruga: ocean water lake; area of 0.92 km, 38.5 m deep</p><br>
<p>The lakes are all connected with channels or canals.</p><br>
<p>"Because Lake Kugushi opens into Wakasa Bay through a narrow and shallow river (Hayase River), seawater enters Lake Suigetsu periodically via Lake Kugushi during high tide."</p><br>
<p>Lake Suga may be seen as the eastern part of Lake Suigetsu, since the two are joined by a wide channel.</p><br>
<h2>Radiocarbon dating</h2><br>
<p>The varves of Lake Suigetsu allow a chronology to be established, because of the leaf fragments embedded in them, which have been used to calibrate the Carbon-14 time scale beyond the range of the absolute tree-ring calibration.</p><br>
<p>In late 2009, the journal Radiocarbon announced agreement on the INTCAL09 standard, which extends a more accurate calibration curve to 50,000 years. The results of research on varves in Lake Suigetsu, Japan announced in 2012 realised this aim. "In most cases the radiocarbon levels deduced from marine and other records have not been too far wrong. However, having a truly terrestrial record gives us better resolution and confidence in radiocarbon dating," said Christopher Bronk Ramsey. "It also allows us to look at the differences between the atmosphere and oceans and study the implications for our understanding of the marine environment as part of the global carbon cycle."</p><br>
<p>Results were published in 2012 in the journal Science increasing the calibration from 12,593 to 52,800 years.</p><br>
<p>The only inflow to Lake Suigetsu is through a shallow channel from the neighbouring Lake Mikata and there is little outflow. Consequently, only the finest sediment comes into the lake.</p><br>
<p>The water is anoxic (deoxygenated) preventing the growth of organisms and due to seasonal variations it is usually but not always possible to distinguish the annual deposits visually. It has taken almost twenty years to overcome the consequent problems, using multiple cores and new detection techniques to complete the sequence.</p><br>
<p>MV Plover is an 11-ton, 17-passenger ferry in Whatcom County, Washington, built in 1944, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. She is owned by the City of Blaine, Washington and operated by the nonprofit Drayton Harbor Maritime. She originally ferried workers from Blaine to the Alaska Packers Association cannery at Semiahmoo Spit , and now carries passengers during the summer months from the Blaine harbor dock across Drayton Harbor to the resort dock. At approximately 1 kilometer, this is claimed to be the shortest ferry run in Washington. She is the second oldest operating foot passenger ferry in Washington, next to Kitsap Transits Carlisle II which was built in Bellingham 27 years earlier, in 1917.</p><br>
<p>In 1998, the Plover restoration was recognized by the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation as demonstrating "the best of preservation practice" with a Valerie Sivinski Award for Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation Rehabilitation Projects.</p><br>
<p>The Baker Building, also known as Baker&#39;s Opera House, in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, is a historic theater built of brick in the mid-1880s. Built in the Eclectic style, it has three stories plus a tower. On the north side facing Blackwell Street, there are recessed brick panels, granite lintels and window sills, and a granite panel readinmg "Baker Building." A Mail Pouch Tobacco sign covers the south side of the building.</p><br>
<p>The "Opera House" was built by William Henry Baker as a vaudeville theater. The grand opening was on April 5, 1886 with the Alfa Norman English Opera Company performing The Bobetuian Girl. On April 6 the same company performed The Mikado. Tickets cost $1.00 to $1.50. Later fare included other Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, magic shows and minstrel shows featuring Arthur Deming. In 1906 the theater was thoroughly reconstructed and started showing silent films along with vaudeville performances after it reopened on December 5, 1906.</p><br>
<p>The renovation cost $75,000 and included many plaster ornaments and friezes. Movies started at 7 P.M. with five vaudeville acts started at 8 P.M. with both shows accompanied by a seven piece orchestra. After W. H. Baker died in 1910 his son Henry O. Baker took over the business closing it for another reconstruction and fireproofing in 1924. It reopened with 1,600 seats on December 22, 1924. Stanley Fabian later took over the theater, which showed its first talking picture, On Trial on March 18, 1929.</p><br>
<p>Stars who have visited the theater or appeared on the stage include Al St. John, Buster Keaton, Pearl White, DeWolf Hopper, Helen Hayes, Lillian Russell, Ethel Barrymore and Abbott and Costello.</p><br>
<p>The building was nearly demolished in 1977 before its purchase by the Morris County Trust for Historic Preservation. It was then listed on the New Jersey registry of historic sites and in 1981 on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
