<p>Webber Pond is a man-made lake located in Vassalboro, Maine, United States. The water is lowered every October for weed control by the use of a dam; attached to the dam is a fish ladder. The town of Vassalboro maintains a boat launch for public access. The lake also has two islands; the smaller of the two is owned by the town and is open for camping, while the larger is owned privately.</p><br>
<p>The lake is shallow and weedy, which makes it well suited for warm-water game fish. Fishing tournaments are held every year on the lake. Fish found in the lake are mostly smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, yellow perch, white perch, redbreast sunfish, pumpkinseed sunfish, crappie, and brown trout; later in the season the lake is also home to pickerel.</p><br>
<p>Webber Pond has been known as an inferior lake because of algae blooms during hot summer months. This problem has been greatly diminished by the Lakes Association&#39;s letting thousands of alewives come in through the fish ladder to spawn. The alewives stay less than a week, and the young fish develop in the lake, eating lots of surplus algae.</p><br>
<p>Seskar Furö is an uninhabited island in the northeast of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia. It is now part of a national park.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Seskar Furö is the second largest island in the Haparanda Archipelago National Park (Haparanda skärgårds nationalpark), in the Haparanda archipelago, to the west of the Finnish Perämeri National Park.</p><br>
<p>All of the islands in the Harapanda archipelago have emerged in the last 1,500 years or so, as the bed of the bay has risen due to post-glacial rebound following the last ice age.The land continues to rise at about 8.5 mm per year, so the island is steadily expanding.</p><br>
<p>The island is sandy, with large dunes on the western shores. It is mostly covered by relatively undisturbed pine forests.</p><br>
<p>There are remains of a former fishing village, including a turf maze.</p><br>
<p>Virginia Manor, also known as Glengyle, is a historic home located near Natural Bridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1800. The house consists of a two-story center block with a one-story wing on each side and a two-story rear ell. The two-story, five-bay frame central section expanded the original log structure in 1856. Between 1897 and 1920, two one-story, one-room wings with bay windows were added to the east and west sides of the 1850s house. The property also includes a contributing two-story playhouse, a tenants&#39; house, a stable, a spring house, a brick storage building, a smokehouse, a barn, a railroad waiting station, a dam, and a boatlock. The property was the summer home of George Stevens, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from 1900 to 1920.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>Oldedalen is a river valley in Stryn Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 20 km long valley runs north-south and ends at the Nordfjorden at the village of Olden. The south end of the valley reaches up to the great Jostedalsbreen glacier inside Jostedalsbreen National Park. The small Briksdalsbreen is a smaller arm that branches off the main Jostedalsbreen glacier, and it sits at the end of the Oldedalen valley. It is a tourist attraction due to its easy to reach location. The western side of the valley is a fairly steep wall of mountains with the Myklebustbreen glacier at the top.</p><br>
<p>The lake Oldevatnet lies in the center of the valley for most of its length. At the north end of the valley, the lake empties into the river Oldeelva, which flows into the Nordfjorden. Both the Olden Church and the historic Old Olden Church are located near the north end of the valley; the Ljosheim Chapel lies at the valley&#39;s southern end.</p><br>
<p>Limestack Mountain is a 6,250 ft mountain in the USA state of Alaska, located within Gates of the Arctic National Park in the central Brooks Range mountains. The continental divide between the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean runs along the mountain&#39;s northern edge.</p><br>
<h2>Naming and first ascent</h2><br>
<p>Limestack Mountain was named by Bob Marshall, who was among the first European-Americans to explore and map the Brooks Range. In "Alaska Wilderness", Marshall describes his attempt to climb "one of the highest peaks on the Arctic Divide." After scrambling through boulders and steep scree, Marshall reached the top of a steep slope. "Above me rose the last thousand feet of my mountain, just a gray stack of limestone. So I called the peak Limestack Mountain." Marshall continued to the summit, making the first recorded ascent of the peak.</p><br>
<h2>Topography</h2><br>
<p>The distinctive limestone cliffs of Limestack Mountain have been described as "Yosemite-like". Topographically, "Limestack Mountain" is the highest point in a group of rugged peaks covering ten or more square miles, linked by a series of long, steep ridges.</p><br>
<p>The Old Custom House is a historic government building in downtown Cairo, Illinois. Built from 1869 to 1872, the building served as a customs house, post office, and courthouse. Alfred B. Mullett, the USA Supervising Architect at the time, designed the building in the Italianate style, a rarity among federal buildings; his design features a bracketed cornice and rounded windows. When Cairo built a new post office in 1942, the building became the town&#39;s police station. The building is one of the few surviving USA custom houses and one of the largest federal buildings of its era in the Mid-Mississippi Valley region.The site for the custom house was chosen in 1859 by Illinois Senator  Stephen A. Douglas. In 1866, John A. Logan returned to Congress and lobbied successfully for fifty thousand dollars to start construction, with fifty thousand dollars allocated each following year until construction was completed. Construction began in 1867, and the building opened to the public on the evening of June 16, 1872. The original purpose of the Custom House was to house the offices which dealt with collecting duties and tariffs on international imports which had not been offloaded before they reached Cairo on their way up the Mississippi River.</p><br>
<p>The custom house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1973. It now serves as a history museum.</p><br>
<p>Fancy Hill is a historic home located near Glasgow, Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. The house was built in two phases, the first about 1821 and the second about 1831. The result is a two-story, eight-bay, Federal-style brick dwelling. Front and back two-story porches and two small rooms at the back of the house were added about 1840. A 1½-story brick wing was added in 1936, when the house was renovated. The property also includes the contributing large gabled two-story barn, equipment garage, and small shed.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>The home currently hosts a small Santa Claus museum that can be toured during the winter holiday season. It has a wide variety of Saint Nicholas characters from multiple international regions and eras.</p><br>
<p>The Michigan Central Railroad Standish Depot is a railroad depot located at 107 North Main Street in Standish, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1870, the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad constructed a line through this section of Arenac County to connect Bay City with Mackinaw City. The next year, the Michigan Central Railroad leased the line to begin passenger service. The city of Standish was developed on this railroad line. The first depot, located south of the current structure, was built in 1871 of wood. By 1887, the depot was badly deteriorated, and Michigan Central promised to replace it as part of their push to upgrade depots throughout the state. They hired the Detroit architectural firm of Spier & Rohns to design this depot. Adams and Rogers of Detroit constructed the depot, using stones provided by local farmers. Construction began in May 1889 and the depot was completed in October 1889.</p><br>
<p>The area around the depot was made into a park, with a bandstand and weekly concerts. However, by the 1920s, both the park and the depot itself were being used less and less as passenger traffic fell off. It is currently used as a welcome center along US 23.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Michigan Central Railroad depot is a single story Richardsonian Romanesque structure constructed from fieldstone on a fieldstone foundation. Stone slabs are used for the window sills and lintels. The steep roof has a gable at one end and a hip roof at the other. The front facade has a central entrance reached from a broad porch, flanked by building extensions of the freight room and waiting room.</p><br>
<p>The entrance opens into the former waiting room, which takes up the north 2/3 of the structure. The former freight room occupies the south section of the building, with a small ticket office taking up one section of the waiting area. The current configuration maintains the historical floor plan, with the addition of a small bathroom in the former freight room. The interior ceilings are 12 ft high, finished with toungue-and-groove. Similar tongue-and-groove birch wood finished the lower half of the walls, above which is plaster.</p><br>
<p>On the north end of the depot property sits train cars that were donated to portray what it was like in the late 1800s and the transportation system. The sidewalks consist of blocks with names carved in them, those of which who have had an impact. The train depot is now being used for town events such as concerts, markets, car shows, gatherings, and Depot Days which occurs every October. All of these events add more depth to Standish, MI, and brings more tourists in. This contributes to the town&#39;s wealth.</p><br>
<p>Mountain View Farm, also known as Pioneer Farms, is a historic home and farm complex located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The main house was built in 1854, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick dwelling, with a 1 1/2-story gabled kitchen and servant&#39;s wing, and one-story front and back porches. It features a Greek Revival style interior and has a standing seam metal hipped roof. The property includes an additional 13 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures loosely grouped into a domestic complex and two agricultural complexes. They include a two-story, frame spring house / wash house, a frame meathouse, a one-room brick building that probably served as a secondary dwelling, a double-crib log barn, a large multi-use frame barn, a slatted corn crib with side and central wagon bays and a large granary.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>Sunnyside, also known as Sunnyside House, Sunnyside Farm, The Sycamores, and Telford, is a historic home located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. The original section was built about 1790, and is a three-story, five-bay, Federal style brick dwelling. A rear wing was added about 1805, parlor addition in the 1840s, the east end addition in the 1860s, projecting gable windows in the 1880s-1890s, and the north and south porches in the 1940s. Also on the property are the contributing cottage , dairy, machine shed, granary, garage, calving barn, and shed.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
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<p>Lylburn Downing School is a historic school building for African-American children located at Lexington, Virginia. It was built in 1926-1927, and is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building. It has a columned entry porch and pilasters that articulate its walls. A rear addition was constructed in 1939-1940, and a covered walkway in 1948-1949. The City of Lexington converted the original building into a community center in the late 1980s.</p><br>
<p>Lylburn Downing Middle School currently serves as a small, city school located in Lexington, Virginia in the southwest Virginia Appalachian Mountains. The school serves 189 students in grades 6 – 8, with ages ranging from 11 to 15 years old. The majority of the students are Caucasian, with very few minorities enrolled. Lylburn Downing receives strong support from the members of its small, close-knit community. We have multiple parents chaperon field trips and take students to sporting events. Out PTA is very activate in our building supporting teachers and students; hosting a family fun night each year. We have several community activities, including hosting veterans on Veterans Day, working with the local historical society, and students participate in a Junior Police Academy.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>Notable people</h2><br>
<p>Leander J. Shaw, Jr., Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, went to Lylburn Downing School.</p><br>
<p>Tankersley Tavern, also known as Old Bridge, is a historic building located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was built in three sections with the oldest dated to about 1835. It is a two-story, nine-bay, single pile, frame building with an exposed basement and a decorative two-level gallery on the front facade. Also on the property are the contributing washhouse/kitchen, three frame sheds and a stone abutment for a bridge. It was originally built as a toll house  at the county end of the bridge crossing the Maury River from the Valley Turnpike into Lexington. It later housed a tavern, canal ticket office, general store, post office, and dwelling.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>Stor-Brändön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Stor-Brändön is one of the larger islands of the Luleå archipelago, with nine permanent residents as of 2013.</p><br>
<p>It is about 12 km southeast from the city of Luleå.</p><br>
<p>The island lies in shallow water.</p><br>
<p>It has a well-protected harbor, and some visitor accommodation.</p><br>
<p>Small boats can beach at locations in the Brändö sound or at Storsanden on the south coast.</p><br>
<p>In winter the island can be accessed via an ice road, the longest in Sweden at 15 km.</p><br>
<p>It runs from Hindersöstallarna on the mainland to the islands of Hindersön, Stor-Brändön, and Långön.</p><br>
<p>Normally the road is open from January to April. Vehicle weight restrictions apply.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The village of Storbrändön in the north of the island is protected under a program for agricultural landscapes.</p><br>
<p>There is a protected bird area in the west of the island, which cannot be accessed during the summer.</p><br>
<p>The highest point of the island is 30 m above sea level. The island has been considered as a site for wind power generation, as have Vargön and Baggen in Piteå and Rånön in Kalix. However a 2009 report concluded that construction could not be justified given the relatively small potential capacity, the cost and environmental damage.</p><br>
<p>The Larsgrundet lighthouse is located on a shoal in the channel between the islands of Junkön and Storbrändön.</p><br>
<p>It was built in 1965, and was still in operation as of 2013. The focal plane is 18 m.</p><br>
<p>St. Patricks Channel is an arm of the Bras d&#39;Or Lake located on Cape Breton Island, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. St. Patricks Channel lies entirely within Victoria County.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>St. Patricks Channel runs roughly in a northeast to southwest direction from the village of Baddeck to Little Narrows where it joins Whycocomagh Bay. The channels shores are generally heavily wooded and consist mainly of bold & rocky shorelines interspersed with distinctive white gypsum outcrops and barrachois (barrier) points and beaches. As the channel is part of the Bras dOr Lake system and the lake is essentially a fiordal system connected to the North Atlantic via two restricted channels at the Great Bras dOr Channel north of Boularderie Island and the Little Bras dOr Channel to south of Boularderie Island, the waters of St. Patricks Channel are brackish, partially fresh/ salt water.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The Bras d&#39;Or Lakes were occupied by glaciers during the last ice age. When the ice had gone they were freshwater lakes until ca. 6,350 calendar years ago, when rising sea level connected them with the ocean. The rate of sea-level rise at the start of inundation was 79 cm/century, and has declined throughout the past 6000 years. Due to this relatively high rate of inundation by the ocean the lakes contain some of the best-preserved drowned shorelines in Atlantic Canada. These ancient shores lie 25 metres below modern sea level. Submerged river networks occur in St. Patricks Channel and the nearby Denys Basin.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>By 1829 the shores and rivers of St. Patricks Channel were all settled, chiefly by Scottish emigrants, but not much of the back country was occupied. Timber ships from Great Britain visited the channel, loading wood for export.</p><br>
<h2>Boating</h2><br>
<p>The Cruising Club of America recommends the Washabuck River as one of their favored anchorages for cruising pleasure craft.</p><br>
<h2>Industry</h2><br>
<p>CGC Little Narrows. Operated by Little Narrows Gypsum, a division of United States Gypsum, this surface mine near the settlement of Little Narrows exports raw gypsum and anhydrite and has been producing gypsum since 1935, under two different owners. United States Gypsum (USG) has owned the company since 1954. Today, the mine and plant cover an area of approximately 809 ha.</p><br>
<p>From docking facilities on St. Patricks Channel adjacent to the quarry, Little Narrows Gypsum ships approximately one million tonnes of quarried gypsum yearly by vessel to several destinations in the United States, including Baltimore, Maryland and Florida. As the loading facility is closed from January to March, this amounts to roughly 30 vessels per year from April to December.</p><br>
<p>Little Narrows Gypsum Company&#39;s anhydrite quarry produced 71,441 tonnes in 2004. Gypsum production for the same year was 1,105,480 tonnes. The company employs 51 people.</p><br>
<h2>The name</h2><br>
<p>The present day name for the channel, "St. Patricks Channel" (or slight spelling variations), appears in written accounts as early as 1829, and on maps of the area at least as far back as 1855. The present official spelling, "St. Patricks Channel" (without the apostrophe), was officially adopted on August 14, 1962.</p><br>
<p>Marselisborg Forests  or simply Marselisborg Forest, is a 1,300 hectare forest to the south of Aarhus City in the Kingdom of Denmark. Many present day sources now includes the forest of Fløjstrup, as part of the Marselisborg Forests, upping the total area with another 200 hectare. Marselisborg Forests runs along the coastline of the Aarhus Bay in a hilly terrain with steep slopes and deep gullies, especially at the shoreline. There are many traces of prehistoric activities here and the landscape have been covered by woodlands for thousands of years.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Marselisborg Forests is comprised by a collection of small patches of woodland, that have been allowed to merge into a single entity, mainly after 1820. The woodland patches originally belonged to the barony of Marselis, residing at the now gone Marselisborg (meaning "Marselis-castle"), where Marselisborg Gymnasium is located today. Before 1820, there was an extensive forestry in the woods, so most of the trees are no more than 200 years old. Aarhus Municipality took ownership of the land and forests in 1896, when they acquired the Marselis estate.</p><br>
<h3>Cultural importance</h3><br>
<p>Marselisborg Forests have a long cultural history as a recreational area for Aarhus and its citizens and today it is among the most frequented forests in Denmark. The forests are used heavily for a variety of purposes, such as kindergarten excursions, camping, mountainbiking, scouting activities and headquarters, horse trails, running events, celebrations, picnics and more everyday unorganized activities like strolling, mushroom hunting, surf fishing, etc. The forestry business is rather limited today. Marselisborg Forests are home to several important facilities for the citizens of the Aarhus area, such as:</p><br>
<p>An amusement park (Tivoli Friheden)</p><br>
<p>A stadium and sports arena (Atletion)</p><br>
<p>A forestry botanical garden</p><br>
<p>Marselisborg Deer Park.</p><br>
<p>The Varna Palace from 1909. Now Odd Fellow Palace Varna since 1970.</p><br>
<p>A hotel. The Helnan Marselis Hotel.</p><br>
<p>Blommehaven Camping site.</p><br>
<p>Marselisborg Kayak Club (MKC) and headquarters.</p><br>
<p>Frederikshøj Kro. Originally the home of the forest keeper, but also known as a restaurant from around 1800. For many years it offered orchestral concerts in addition to the food and drinks. Now exclusively a highend restaurant, with attached conference halls.</p><br>
<p>3 old watermills:</p><br>
<p>Silistria. First mentioned in written sources in 1661 and with a long history as a grain mill, brewery, restaurant, etc., Silistria is now the headquarters of OK Pan Århus, Denmarks oldest orienteering club founded in 1946.</p><br>
<p>Thors Mølle (Thors Mill) from 1637, as the only remaining stamp mill of the original five at the Varna stream. Initially a powder mill and with a history as a guesthouse and restaurant, tracing back to the 1700s. The modern day restaurant at Thors Mølle, were founded around the year 1900.</p><br>
<p>Skovmøllen (The Mill in the Forest) can be traced back to at least the year 1570, but extensively altered and rebuilt in 1852. Skovmøllen is Denmark’s only functioning undershot millstone (with an overshot water wheel) and it powers both a grain mill and a sawmill. Skovmøllen have worked as a restaurant and housed celebrations since the 1800s. The milling business was restarted in the year 2000, by a team of volunteers and guided tours are arranged regularly.</p><br>
<p>Moesgård Museum with surrounding open-air museums, including the old Moesgård Manor.</p><br>
<p>Ballehage Beach, the oldest of two public municipal beaches in Aarhus with bathing facilities</p><br>
<p>The many sources to the cultural history and recreational use of the Marselisborg Forests through the ages, suggests that the forests were used even more extensively in previous times, than today. In the early 1900s, it even housed a zoo, and two steamboats regularly transported citizens from the Aarhus harbour to various spots, just for recreational purposes. Many of the historic documents of the booming restaurants and scenes, reports dramatic drops in turnovers, when television was introduced in the 1950-60&#39;s.</p><br>
<p>As one of the more popular and noteworthy happenings of our time, the northern parts of Marselisborg Forests housed a Sculpture by the Sea event once every second year in June from 2009 to 2015. The tradition was initiated by crown princess Mary and crown prince Frederik of Denmark, inspired by Australia; Marys country of birth. The event called Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus - Denmark was financially and legally independent of Sculpture by the Sea Incorporated&#39; and it was produced by the city of Aarhus in collaboration with ARoS Aarhus Artmuseum under the patronage of the crown prince couple. The exhibitions attracted an estimated half a million visitors each.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>In spite of the high level of human activity, Marselisborg Forests does have an interesting flora and fauna and it is not impossible to find the peace and tranquillity, that one normally associates with wild nature. It is one of the few big forests in Denmark, that can present larger connected areas of natural beech wood. Most of the forest is a mixed deciduous forest, with species like beech, ash and maple as the most common. There are other areas dominated by conifer, and oak trees are mixed in throughout the forest.</p><br>
<p>At Moesgård Museum, sections of the forest have been raised in the 1970s, to recreate various forest-types associated with different epochs since the last ice age. These sections includes ash, birch and alder swamps, linden, elm and oak woods. Mixed in is also the versatile hazel and forest apple.</p><br>
<p>Marselisborg Forests is home to very rich and varied fungi colonies, with several rare or threatened species. The forests is known for its Mycorrhiza, but also the rare and poisonous Satan&#39;s mushrooms, Amanita strobiliformis and bleeding corals are to be found here. In some years, larger quantities of the edible porcino, trumpet of the dead and charcoal burner can be found, to mention a few examples.</p><br>
<p>The forests supports a population of northern crested newts. They are common in Denmark, preferring the south-eastern parts of the country, and is thus not a Red List species, but their habitats are threatened on an international scale. Based partly on these facts, a larger part of Marselisborg Forests is to be protected under the EU Habitats Directive and have been designated as area H234.</p><br>
<h2>Sources</h2><br>
<p>Bernhardt Jensen og Peder Jensen: Marselisborgskovene Aarhus University publishing house 1974</p><br>
<p>Lars Friis Olsen: Gennem skovene syd for Århus Klim 2011.</p><br>
<p>Bold Peak is a 7,522 ft mountain in the USA state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park in Anchorage Municipality.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Bold Peak sits on the eastern side of the head of Eklutna Lake, about two and a half miles northwest of Bashful Peak, the highest point in the western Chugach Mountains.</p><br>
<h2>Outdoor Recreation and Climbing Routes</h2><br>
<p>Bold Peak is a popular destination for strong, experienced hikers. Conditions on Bold Peak can be challenging and can include high wind, high exposure, cold temperatures, and year-round snow. The standard route up Stiver&#39;s Gully involves a 10.5 mile bike ride in along the dirt road that leads to the head of Eklutna Lake, followed by approximately 6,500 vertical feet of scrambling, climbing, and hiking up loose rock to the summit. There is no trail, maintained or otherwise, to the top of the peak.</p><br>
<p>During winter and into spring, Bold Peaks long, steep slopes and heavy snow loads make it prone to extreme avalanches, which can cross and bury the dirt road that runs along Eklutna Lakes northeastern side. In February 2000, an avalanche on Bold Peak&#39;s southwestern face "snapped thousands of two-foot-thick aspens and cottonwoods and created a mile-long field of debris". The slide "ripped out vegetation, windmilling whole trees so that they shattered and snapped into rails. At the base of the mountain, a tsunami of wind and snow and wood crossed the road, tearing into a forest that had stood for many decades. The slide then fanned out onto the flats, mowing down about 120 acres of mature spruce-birch forest and reaching about a half-mile into the valley. The force dissipated; a cloud of powder must have risen like a thunderhead."</p><br>
<p>Altappen and Likskär are two islands in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago, which have joined due to post-glacial rebound to become a single island.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Altappen lies to the southeast of the city of Luleå, about 1 km from the mainland fishing village of Lövskär.</p><br>
<p>In the winter it can be reached via an ice road.</p><br>
<p>Altappen was once the location of a large sawmill, but a major fire in 1908 destroyed the mills and houses, which were never rebuilt.</p><br>
<p>The only building that has survived is the Byggmästarvillan.</p><br>
<p>With the rising land due to post-glacial rebound, the islands of Altappen and Likskär or Liggskär to the southeast have joined to form a single island.</p><br>
<p>Likskär consists of sand, with long, shallow-water beaches. The local yacht club, Luleå Segelsällskap, has a clubhouse on Likskär.</p><br>
<p>The yacht club facility can accommodate 40 visiting boats, and has a restaurant and sauna that are open to the public.</p><br>
<p>The clubhouse is the base for keel boat racing, and draws sailors from other parts of Sweden and from abroad.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Altappens steam sawmill was built in 1871 with seven cutting frames, operated by the New Gellivara Company under English management.</p><br>
<p>The sawmill became the center of an industrial complex that at times employed up to 1,200 people.</p><br>
<p>In 1879 an iron mill was erected to produce iron bars for export. The power for this operation, including the foundry, machine shop, forge and carpenter&#39;s workshop, was provided by a steam engine fueled with wood chips and sawdust from the sawmill.</p><br>
<p>The wood and iron were both exported to England. The sawmill burned down in 1890 but was quickly rebuilt. However, iron production had been phased out by 1896.</p><br>
<p>The 3 July 1908 fire occurred during a slump, and the owners chose not to rebuild. Almost 600 people were left homeless.</p><br>
<p>Bridgewater Historic District is a national historic district located at Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginia. The district encompasses 127 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of the town of Bridgewater. It includes a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings most of which date from the 19th century and early-20th century. Notable buildings include the Jacob Dinkle House, the St. Claire Kyle House, the J. G. Brown House, Dr. T. H. B. Brown House, the Hite House, Childress House, Whitmore House, the O. W. Miller House, Dr. Strickler House, Masonic Lodge, Methodist Church , Baptist Church , Farmer&#39;s Bank , Berlin Building , Geary Building , and the Lutheran Church . Also included is the oldest portion of the Bridgewater College campus, consisting of five fine brick collegiate buildings constructed before 1911.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>Dayton Historic District is a national historic district located at Dayton, Rockingham County, Virginia. The district encompasses 154 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of the town of Dayton. It includes a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings most of which date from the late-19th century and early-20th century. Notable buildings include the Alberta Coffman Bouse, Layman House, the Samuel Shrum House, the Thomas</p><br>
<p>House, W.J. Franklin House, Bank of Dayton (1911), the Ruebush-Kieffer Printing Company, Dayton Drug Company, Howe Memorial Hall, the Administration Building (1910), the Kieffer Alumni Gymnasium (1930), Carpenter Store (1888), Specialty Harness Company, Ruebush-Kieffer Company, and the Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Brethren churches.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Second Arenac County Courthouse, also known as Ye Olde Courthouse Masonic Hall and the Omer Masonic Hall, is a historic building located on Central Avenue in Omer, Michigan. The building is an outstanding example of a highly detailed vernacular frame building. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Arenac County was organized in 1883 from sections that had been part Bay County. Omer was selected as the county seat and a courthouse was built. In 1889, the courthouse burned down, and the county hired local contractor and sawmill owner Angus McDonnell to construct this building on the same site. In 1891, a county-wide vote selected Standish as the county seat, and the county government was moved. In 1893, the vacated court building was sold to the Omer Lodge of the Free and Acceptable Order of Masons for $500. At various times, the Masonic Lodge allowed the village to use the structure as a village hall, fire station, and jail.</p><br>
<p>Facing heavy repair costs, the Masons moved out of the building for smaller quarters in 1997. The structure was purchased by Carol and Robert Britt, who completed some repairs and restoration work with the intention of converting the structure into a museum. In 2004, the Britts then sold the building to the Arenac County Historical Society. The building currently serves as the Society&#39;s Historical Courthouse Museum, known as "Ye Olde Courthouse Masonic Hall".</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Second Arenac County Courthouse is a rectangular symmetric two-story frame structure covered with clapboard with a hip roof. The entrance is through a porch supported with slender columns with a slightly projecting bay. An elaborate fanlight window sits above the entrance, and gable above features fishscale shingles and sunburst carving. A graceful cupola tops the structure.</p><br>
<p>Daniel Harrison House, also known as Fort Harrison, is a historic home located near Dayton, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built in 1748, and is a two-story, three bay limestone dwelling with a brick extension added in the early 1800s. It has a steep gable roof and wide chimney caps. It was originally surrounded by a palisade and stories of an underground passage to the nearby spring. During the French and Indian War, the legislature of Virginia designed the house "Fort Harrison." The house is one of the oldest in the Shenandoah Valley, and is closely associated with the early history of Rockingham County.</p><br>
<p>Captain Daniel Harrison was one of the first to use the plentiful supply of limestone for building. His stone house is referred to in one of his first deeds dated February 28, 1749 in Rockingham County Deed Book 2, p. 586 - "Daniel Harrison, Gent. to Arthur Johnson, 190 acres; 10 acres; Cooks Creek–Harrisons stonehouse". Captain Harrison was appointed along with brother John and Robert Cravens as overseer by the Court of Orange County in 1745 to lay out and clear the old Indian Road – "The Long Grey Trail" – through what is now Rockingham County. This was destined to be the most traveled highway in the Shenandoah Valley. In 1751 Daniel became Under Sheriff of Augusta County</p><br>
<p>Fort Harrison is open to the public on Friday and Saturday in the summer and by appointment.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery, also known as the Jacob Lincoln House, is a historic home and cemetery located near Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built in two sections. The main section was built about 1800, and is a two-story, five bay, brick structure with a side gable roof. It features an elaborate wooden cornice with Wall-of-Troy moiding, corbels and dentils, and a Federal style doorway. The two-story brick rear ell was built in 1849 and joined to the main house in the early-1900s. Located on the property is the Lincoln family cemetery in which are buried five generations of the family, including "Virginia John" Lincoln, great-grandfather of Abraham Lincoln.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<p>Brändöskär and Uddskär are two islands in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago, joined by an isthmus.</p><br>
<p>In the past there was a large summer fishing village around the bay between the two islands. Many of the buildings remain, and are now used for recreational purposes.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Brändöskär is located in the outer part of the Luleå archipelago, about 20 km east of Lövskär on the mainland.</p><br>
<p>Brändöskär is joined to the island of Uddskär by an isthmus.</p><br>
<p>The cottages and boathouses of a fishing village were built around the bay between Brändöskär and Uddskär when the two islands were separate.</p><br>
<p>The island was named after the fishing village of Brändön on the mainland.</p><br>
<p>Brändöskär may be reached in summer by tour boats from Luleå.</p><br>
<p>In the winter it is accessible on skis, ice skates or snowmobile.</p><br>
<h2>Village</h2><br>
<p>There is a beautiful fishing village on Brändöskär in a sheltered inlet with a public dock, with log fishing huts that have survived from the past.</p><br>
<p>The old chapel, the Brändö-Uddskärs kapell, was built in 1774 by the fishermen of the outer Luleå archipelago.</p><br>
<p>There is also a turf maze on the island.</p><br>
<p>A cottage may be rented in the village.</p><br>
<p>In August 2013 it was reported that new municipal rental cottages were to be built in the fall, ready for the next summer. There would be a service building with toilets and three new cottages. One old cottage would also be rehabilitated. The wall sections and other material were being barged to the harbor, and then lifted to the construction site by helicopter to avoid any damage to the land.</p><br>
<h2>Environment</h2><br>
<p>The islands are often windswept, but have a wild beauty.</p><br>
<p>The severe climate of the outer archipelago gives Brändöskär an unusually barren environment.</p><br>
<p>The terrain consists of rocky outcrops, weathered moraine, rocks and sand.</p><br>
<p>Most outcrops show the effects of glaciation in polishing the rock and creating striations.</p><br>
<p>Haparanda-monzoniten is a common type of rock on the two islands, with large black and white crystals.</p><br>
<p>Vegetation on Brändöskär includes lichen, moss, heath and low, windblown trees.</p><br>
<p>This is similar to that of mountain terrain. However, plants such as lily of the valley, and orchids may be found in sheltered locations.</p><br>
<p>Rare plants include torplås and nordlåsbräken.</p><br>
<p>The vegetation on Uddskär is richer and denser, with large forested areas of pine, spruce, birch and aspen, and with small and large mires.</p><br>
<p>The Brändöskär municipal nature reserve was founded in 2005, covering 212 hectare between the chapel and the southern tip of the island.</p><br>
<p>It also includes Haraskär, Hällgrund island and the Persögrund peninsula.</p><br>
<p>The reserve is an important site for birds, and is off limits between 1 May and 31 July.</p><br>
<p>At other times hiking, fishing and hunting are allowed, as are picking berries and mushrooms, camping and making fires on designated sites.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>When the fishing village was built, Brändöskär and Uddskär were two separate islands.</p><br>
<p>Probably the main part of the original village was on Uddskär.</p><br>
<p>It is said that Queen Christina donated Brändöskär to Norrbrändö, but no records of this transaction have survived.</p><br>
<p>Although now used only for recreation, many of the cottages are still owned by families from Brändön.</p><br>
<p>In 1820 about thirty boats were based at Brändöskär / Uddskär, the largest fishing village in the Luleå Archipelago.</p><br>
<p>The main catch was herring, which was caught in nets, salted and sold in wooden barrels in Luleå, Haparanda, Raahe and Oulu.</p><br>
<p>Whitefish, grayling, salmon, pike, perch and ide were also caught, but mainly consumed locally.</p><br>
<p>A harbor master enforced tight regulations over fishing and enforced the law.</p><br>
<p>No fishing was allowed between 6 pm on Saturday and 6 pm on Sunday, when the fishermen observed a day of rest.</p><br>
<p>The artist Erik Marklund (c. 1909 – 1980) lived and worked on Brändöskär.</p><br>
<p>He mainly worked in oils or pencil drawing, portraying the life of the island and the archipelago.</p><br>
<p>In 1957 he built a statue of Jesus on a small outcrop, Hällgrund, off shore from the island.</p><br>
<p>It is still standing today, and is visible from a distance in clear weather.</p><br>
<p>Marklund also made the altar in the chapel.</p><br>
<p>The altarpiece depicts a rich haul of fish from the surrounding waters.</p><br>
<p>Brzeg Castle is located in Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship, within the Silesia region of Poland. Now a museum, the structures includes the Piast dynasty mausoleum.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Brzeg Castle is located on a cliff to the west of the Oder River, in the city of Brzeg on the border of Lower Silesian Voivodeship and the Opole Voivodeship provinces in southwestern Poland. It is situated near the national road 39 between Namysłów and Strzelin.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Earliest reports of the castles existence describe a small fortress with a moat and fortified walls, built in 1235 during the reign of Henry I the Bearded. A square tower known as "The Tower of Lions" was built adjoining the castle. The Piast family branch, which ruled over Duchy of Brzeg, lived in the castle between 1311 until 1675. In 1342, the castle was made the capital seat of the duchy after which it was refurbished many times. In 1370, Prince Ludwik I extended the castle and constructed its chapel which includes the Piast dynasty mausoleum. During Frederick II of Legnicas reign in 1544, more buildings were added to the castle, with the construction completed in 1560. The additions were in the form of two new buildings, a large courtyard enclosing the buildings and an ambulatory. Additional structures built during this period included a tower gate which was the entrance to the structure. Busts of the Piast princes were part of the gate&#39;s decor. Modifications in design were from the Gothic style fort to the Renaissance type of architecture in Silesia.</p><br>
<p>In 1741, the castle was destroyed by the Prussian forces in the First Silesian War, during which the ruins were used as a warehouse for the Prussian Army. After the war, the town — called Brieg in German — with most of Silesia was annexed from Austria to Prussia. Brieg remained in Prusso-German possession until most of Silesia was transferred to Poland in 1945.</p><br>
<p>During a fire in 1801, there was further damage to the castle. In 1920, reconstruction of the abandoned castle began, but during World War II, damage to the castle was quite extensive. The castle was rebuilt in Renaissance style during 1966–78 and again from 1980–94. It currently serves as the Museum of the Silesian Piasts (Muzeum Piastów Śląskich).</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>The rebuilt castle is also called "The Silesian Wawel". It was rebuilt by Jakub Parr, Franciscus Pahr, and Bernard Niuron from Italy. Its present facade is known as "one of the most magnificent historical monument of the Renaissance period in Central Europe". The courtyard has been restored with triple story galleries. The interior of some rooms in the eastern wing, which are in the Renaissance style on the ground floor, are well preserved.</p><br>
<p>The museum, which is part of the castle, has exhibits which trace the history of the Silesian Piasts. Some of the notable paintings exhibited are from a collection of the National Museum of Wrocław and paintings of Michael Leopold Wilmann, a well known Silesian Baroque painter. The museum also has well-preserved sarcophaguses of the dukes of Legnica and Brzeg. Dating to the 14th century, Polands only "perfectly preserved medieval hunting bow" is an archeological find from excavations at Brzegs Mleczna Street.</p><br>
<p>Småskär and Finnskär are two closely neighboring islands in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Småskär and Finnskär to the east were previously collections of reefs that grew together into islands due to post-glacial rebound.</p><br>
<p>They can be reached in summer by tour boats from Luleå.</p><br>
<p>There are about 120 cottages, but despite this there is still much pristine nature.</p><br>
<p>Småskär has two rental cabins and a sauna located next to the marina.</p><br>
<h2>Environment</h2><br>
<p>On Småskär and the neighboring island of Finnskär there are coniferous forests, deciduous rainforests, old-growth forest, large stands of aspen, wet meadows, wetlands, rocky areas and beaches. The two islands have many excellent habitats for birds, including ponds, shallow bays and old growth forest.</p><br>
<p>There are about 40 nesting bird species, but no rare species are present.</p><br>
<p>Småskär and Finnskär are part of a bird sanctuary where it is prohibited to hunt waterfowl and ducks.</p><br>
<p>The waters to the east of Småskär is the best observation area in the archipelago for seal watching.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The fishing village in Kyrkviken on Småskär probably dates from the 1500s.</p><br>
<p>Luleå was founded in 1621 and Småskär, originally called Rammelholmen, was donated to the people of Luleå by Queen Christina in 1652.</p><br>
<p>The chapel at Småskär, built in the 1720s by the residents of Luleå, is the oldest in the archipelago.</p><br>
<p>It was built in what became known as Chapel Bay. This is probably the location of the original fishing village.</p><br>
<p>Some of the buildings of that period have inscriptions from the 1700s. Today they are some distance from the water.</p><br>
<p>Beside the chapel&#39;s altar there is a "gentry bench" that was only for priests and the elite. Outside the chapel is an old stone circle, once the place where meetings were held to decide on fines and other penalties for those who did not observe the Sabbath or follow the rules of the parish. Well into the 1900s the town was an important working fishing village. Now it is used only for recreation, and is one of the most popular destinations in the outer Luleå archipelago.</p><br>
<p>Joseph Funk House is a historic home located at Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1810, and is a 1 1/2-story, log dwelling with a gable roof and an undercut front gallery. The house is sheathed with weatherboarding. Its builder Joseph Funk , was a leader in the Mennonite faith and an influential musical theorist who was the grandson of a German Palatine settler of Bernese Swiss descent. The second-floor room where the printing press, formerly located in a separate building, was placed was originally a loom room. It was converted to a school room in 1837. The building served as Funk&#39;s publishing house from 1847 until 1878.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>Singers Glen Historic District is a national historic district located at Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia. The district encompasses 65 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the village of Singers Glen. The district retains much of its late 19th-century air and most of its</p><br>
<p>original buildings. Notable buildings include the Glen Farm (John S. Funk House, c. 1889), The Solomon Funk Farm (c. 1857), Edwin E. Funk House (Gray House, 1892), Swank Store and Post Office (c. 1890), T. Funk and Sons Store (1895), The Carriage Works (1826), Singers Glen Baptist Church (1888), United and Methodist Church (1895, 1905). Located in the district is the separately listed Joseph Funk House.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Port Republic Historic District is a national historic district located at Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia. The district encompasses 45 contributing buildings and 62 contributing sites in the village of Port Republic. The district includes a number of archaeological sites that represent a wide diversity in type from residential to institutional, commercial, and industrial sites. They date to the villages years as a river port and industrial complex in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of the buildings remaining now postdate the towns river port days, but many of these are late 19th-or early 20th-century replacements for buildings destroyed in the disastrous floods of the 1870s and 1880s. The village was at the center of the Battle of Port Republic which took place in June 1862.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Columbia House, also known as Gowen Wilson Tavern, is a historic house and hotel on Main Street in Columbia Falls, Maine. Probably built about 1834, it was for many years the town&#39;s only hotel, apparently closing about 1882. It is a locally important example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Columbia House is set on the north side of Main Street, at the junction with Church Circle, in the center of the main village of Columbia Falls. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, twin interior chimneys, and a granite foundation. The main facade faces south, and has a center entry flanked by sidelights and pilasters, and topped by a semi-elliptical fan and cornice. A short single-story ell joins the main block to a wing and carriage barn at the rear. The interior has a center hall plan, with a Federal style carved staircase, and a main parlor space with Greek Revival woodwork.</p><br>
<p>Although the house has long traditionally been ascribed a construction date of 1820, its transitional Federal-Greek Revival style suggests a later date. Gowen (or Gowin) Wilson, Jr., who is generally credited with building the house and later operating a hotel on the premises, was born in 1808 and married in 1833, so it is likely that the houses construction took place near the latter event. Business records of the period indicate that it was operated by Wilson as the communitys only hotel until about 1882, when it is no longer listed in business directories. It was owned for many years thereafter by Wilson&#39;s descendants.</p><br>
<p>Columbia House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 12, 2000.</p><br>
<p>The Hoopes-Cunningham Mansion is a historic home located at 424 E. Penn St. in Hoopeston, Illinois. The brick house was constructed in 1879&ndash;80 for Thomas Hoopes, the founder of Hoopeston, and was originally an Italianate building. In 1894, Hoopes niece and her husband, James A. Cunningham, purchased the house. The couple remodeled the house in the Queen Anne style; the new design included a three-story turret, red shingles siding much of the third story, and decorative masonry or tin work around several sets of windows. While he lived in the house, James Cunningham served as Hoopestons mayor and was a prominent local businessman. The home is now the largest house in Hoopeston.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1985.</p><br>
<p>Muckle Water is a long, narrow fresh water loch on Ward Hill on Rousay, Orkney, Scotland. It is the biggest loch on the island and is popular for fishing. It can be reached by a track from the roadside. The Suso Burn on the north eastern shore drains the loch into the Sound of Rousay.</p><br>
<p>A rare hybrid pondweed (Potamogeton sp.) is found in the loch as a result of its unique nutrient levels.</p><br>
<p>The loch was surveyed in 1906 by James Murray and later charted as part of The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909</p><br>
<h2>The Nuggle</h2><br>
<p>In Orkney folklore it is said that Muckle Water is haunted by a Nuggle, a magical creature usually in the form of horse similar to the Celtic kelpie. The Nuggle waits at the loch side until someone climbs on its back then it plunges into the water drowning its rider. It was said that only Finmen could ride the Nuggle.</p><br>
<p>Larchmound is a house in Olney, Illinois, which was the home of ornithologist and botanist Robert Ridgway from 1913 until his death. The house was built in 1866; while its architecture does not entirely fit a specific style, its steep roofs suggest a Gothic influence. Ridgway moved to the home in 1913; the home was his second in the Olney area, as he had previously spent two summers at Bird Haven north of the city. While living at Larchmound, Ridgway wrote 27 of his published works, including three volumes of his most comprehensive book, The Birds of North and Middle America. Ridgway also conducted botanical research and planted tree specimens at both Larchmound and Bird Haven; while the land surrounded Bird Haven was inundated by a lake in 1970, many of Ridgway&#39;s original plantings survive on the remaining 2.69 acre at Larchmound.</p><br>
<p>The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 3, 1980.</p><br>
<p>Bon Air, also known as the Adam and Susan Bear House and Bear Lithia, is a historic home located near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, central-passage plan brick dwelling with Italianate and Greek Revival style decorative details. It has a metal-sheathed, hip-and-deck roof, a rear two story ell, front and back porches, and two one-story bay windows on the front facade. Also on the property is a contributing two-level meat house/storage building. The house stands next to Bear Lithia Springs, a boldly flowing water source acquired by the Bear family during the colonial period and commercially exploited in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>Mannheim, also known as Koffman House, Kauffman House, and Coffman House, is a historic home located near Linville, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was constructed circa 1788 by David Coffman, a descendant of one of the first German settlers in the Shenandoah Valley. David Coffman named his masterpiece after the German city from which the Coffmans originated. Mannheim is a two-story, three bay, stone Colonial style dwelling. It has a steep side gable roof with overhanging eaves and a central chimney. A two-story, Greek Revival style wood-frame ell with double porches was added to the rear of the dwelling about 1855. Also on the property are the contributing two brick slave quarters, a log smokehouse, an office, a chicken shed, and the ruins of a stone spring house. The house is representative of vernacular German architecture of the mid-to-late 18th century, as constructed in America.</p><br>
<p>Mannheim was occupied by successive generations of the Coffman family until 1880. In the late 1990s Mannheim was purchased by a James Madison University professor who restored it to its 18th century appearance. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.</p><br>
<p>Hindersön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Hindersön is one of the largest of the islands in the Luleå Archipelago.</p><br>
<p>It is about 3 km east of central Luleå.</p><br>
<p>The island includes old farms and fishing ports.</p><br>
<p>The school building and teacher&#39;s residence have been modernized for use for conferences and for rental accommodation.</p><br>
<p>In winter the island can be accessed via an ice road, the longest in Sweden at 15 km.</p><br>
<p>It runs from Hindersöstallarna on the mainland to the islands of Hindersön, Stor-Brändön and Långön.</p><br>
<p>Normally the road is open from January to April. Vehicle weight restrictions apply.</p><br>
<h2>Environment</h2><br>
<p>Hindersön is made up of three smaller islands that have grown together through as the land rose through post-glacial rebound.</p><br>
<p>The island names are preserved in Hindersön for the central part, Björkön for the eastern part and Gräsön for the western part.</p><br>
<p>Hindersön is largely covered by spruce forest. There is also pine forest and open sandy regions.</p><br>
<p>Smaller plants include wild strawberries, brambles and lily of the valley.</p><br>
<p>Arctic raspberries, the rare Siberian primrose and ghost orchid may also be found.</p><br>
<p>There are small sandy beaches on the northern tip of Holmberg and Hanno Bay.</p><br>
<p>The fauna is typical of the Luleå archipelago. Hares are common.</p><br>
<p>Ospreys nest on the island.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The name of the island is from "Hinders", an old form of "Henry". It may be named after Henry, bishop of Finland, the medieval patron saint of Finland.</p><br>
<p>Hindersön has good conditions for agriculture and is surrounded by productive fishing waters.</p><br>
<p>In the past seals were plentiful and were hunted by the first settlers.</p><br>
<p>There are records of occupation on the island from 1543, when four homesteads were recorded. Settlers had probably arrived some time before.</p><br>
<p>A record from 1559 gave 30 people, four horses, 21 cows, six heifers, 25 sheep, eleven goats and two pigs divided between the four homesteads.</p><br>
<p>At the time of the 1851-56 land reform the island had eight homesteads.</p><br>
<p>Iron ore was found in 1842, and was mined at different times thereafter.</p><br>
<p>The iron ore mine was opened in the 1870s by a professor Anders Fornander, who built a stone memorial to himself.</p><br>
<p>Gunpowder was used in mining before dynamite was discovered.</p><br>
<p>The granite powder magazine has been restored and may be seen at Oxgrundet when travelling by boat through "Västisundet".</p><br>
<p>Lime was quarried for local use, and later an industrial lime kiln was built just northeast of Hannosviken.</p><br>
<p>The kiln has been restored.</p><br>
<p>By 1930 the population peaked at 148.</p><br>
<p>After World War II ended in 1945 the population steadily declined, with shops and then the school being closed.</p><br>
<p>Today about thirty full-time residents remain.</p><br>
<p>Contentment, also known as the Grattan House, is a historic home located near Mount Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built in 1823, and is a two-story, five bay, brick Federal style dwelling. It has a pair of slightly-projecting interior end chimneys placed at each end of the standing-seam metal gable roof with a brick parapet between each pair. During the American Civil War, on June 2–3, 1864, the house served as the headquarters of Confederate General John D. Imboden the Battle of Piedmont. It was also the site of one of the major skirmishes before the Confederate defeat at Cedar Creek, near Winchester. That skirmish was initiated by General Jubal Early and began at Contentment on October 4, 1864.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<p>Bogota, also known as Bogota Farm, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia. The main house was built between 1845 and 1847, and is a two-story, five bay, brick Greek Revival style dwelling. It features a brick cornice, stepped-parapet gable end walls, and a low-pitched gable roof. The front facade has a two-story pedimented portico sheltering the center bay. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, two slave dwellings, a garden area, bank barn, log house, and two archaeological sites including a possible slave cemetery. On June 9, 1862, Bogota was the scene of action during the Battle of Port Republic.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.</p><br>
<p>Långön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Långön is a relatively large island in the Luleå archipelago, with an area of 572 hectare. It lies to the north of Stor-Brändön and west of Mjoön.</p><br>
<p>It has a fine sandy beach on the north shore, but the beach is exposed to the weather.</p><br>
<p>The land has gently rolling hills, the highest being Storberget on the north side at 30 m.</p><br>
<p>The island is mostly tree-covered, with some scattered bogs of different sizes and one shallow lake.</p><br>
<p>As of 2008 there were five permanent residents on the island. There were 18 houses, mostly summer cabins.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>Boats can land on the beach. There a private harbor that can be used by visitors to the residents of the island.</p><br>
<p>In winter the island can be accessed via an ice road, the longest in Sweden at 15 km.</p><br>
<p>It runs from Hindersöstallarna on the mainland to the islands of Hindersön, Stor-Brändön and Långön.</p><br>
<p>Normally the road is open from January to April. Vehicle weight restrictions apply.</p><br>
<p>Ploughing of the section leading into Långön is funded privately.</p><br>
<p>In the winter there is a groomed and marked snowmobile trail between Långön and Småskär to the east.</p><br>
<p>The "magic strait" between Långön and Hindersön was dredged to a depth of 3.3 m in 2012 to allow faster access from Luleå to the islands of the outer archipelago for sailboats and large tour boats.</p><br>
<p>Longs Chapel, also known as Old Athens Church and Athens Colored School, is a historic Church of the United Brethren in Christ church and cemetery located at Zenda near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1871, and is a small, one-story, frame structure with a standard gable-fronted nave form with weatherboard siding, metal roofing, stone foundation piers, a small belfry, and an apse added about 1900. It measures approximately 20 feet by 30 feet. The cemetery includes multiple grave depressions, fieldstone tombstones, and a number of professionally carved marble monuments. The church also housed a one-room school for African-American children where Harrisonburg educator Lucy F. Simms first taught beginning in the 1870s. The school at Zenda closed in 1925 and the last services at Longs Chapel were held in the late 1920s. The building was subsequently used as a hay barn. The last burial was in 1935.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<p>Edom Store and Post Office, also known as John Chrisman Store and Myers and Company, is a historic store and post office located at Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1835, and is a two-story, brick commercial building. It features a metal-sheathed gable roof, a five-bay façade with center entries on the first and second stories, and a one-story entry porch and a storefront added in the late-19th century. It has a two-story rear ell. The interior is transitional Federal-Greek Revival. Also on the property is a contributing frame barn dated to about 1900. The Edom Post Office operated out of the store until the late 1930s and the store closed about 1940.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>Rånön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Kalix archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Rånön is the largest island in the Kalix archipelago. It is uninhabited, but is popular with visitors in the summer.</p><br>
<p>Rånö village is a former farming and fishing village at the north end of the island.</p><br>
<p>The old meeting house can still be used, and the farm houses are now used as summer cottages.</p><br>
<p>There is a large marina, and a coastal campground with cabins for rent.</p><br>
<p>There are 11 farm houses on the island. Most have been renovated and are used as summer homes.</p><br>
<p>Old farm equipment and tanks are still to be seen in the forest.</p><br>
<p>Barns and former pasturage and hay fields are still visible in the north of the island.</p><br>
<p>Small farm roads may still be used to walk or bicycle around the island.</p><br>
<h2>Terrain</h2><br>
<p>The highest point is the hill of Bodöberget, about 45 m high.</p><br>
<p>The hill is covered with heather, moss and low pines, and gives a good view.</p><br>
<p>Moose and grouse may be seen.</p><br>
<p>The island has been considered as a site for wind power generation, as have Vargön and Baggen in Piteå and Stor-Brändön in Luleå. However a 2009 report concluded that construction could not be justified given the relatively small potential capacity, the cost and environmental damage.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The fishing village dates to the 1600s. Later the resident population also started farming. In the early 1800s much of the original forest was cleared to meet the demands for fuel of the iron works in Töre and Strömsund.</p><br>
<p>At its peak, the population was as many as eighty people, served by a shop and post office.</p><br>
<p>To meet the needs of a growing population, the first school was established on the island in 1867.</p><br>
<p>A prayer-house, called the Rånögården, was built in 1929 and 1930.</p><br>
<p>In 1939 the school had only eight students. It was closed that year and students had to go to school in Ryssbält.</p><br>
<p>The island lost most of its population to the mainland in the mid-1950s.</p><br>
<p>The tenant farmers sold their farms to the island&#39;s owner, SCA, and in the late 1960s the last residents moved to the mainland.</p><br>
<p>Vargön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Piteå archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Vargön lies in the inner archipelago of Piteå. Since 1977 it has been designated a nature reserve.</p><br>
<p>Camping is allowed, and visitors may fish and hunt, pick berries and mushrooms, make fires in designated areas and camp.</p><br>
<p>An old fisherman&#39;s cottage may be used for overnight stays.</p><br>
<p>In the winter, when the ice is at least 30 cm thick, marked snowmobile trails are set from Svartnäsudden (Bredänget) out to Mellerstön, about 6 km, then to Vargön, about 2 km.</p><br>
<p>The island is mainly covered with coniferous forests, but has open sandy areas.</p><br>
<p>Pines grow near the shore and there are thinner old pine forests farther inland. The forests are rich in plant species.</p><br>
<p>The island also holds wetlands and different shore environments.</p><br>
<p>Raptors that have been seen nesting on the island included osprey, goshawk and hawk.</p><br>
<p>The island has been considered as a site for wind power generation, as have Rånön in Kalix, Baggen in Piteå and Stor-Brändön in Luleå. However a 2009 report concluded that construction could not be justified given the relatively small potential capacity, the cost and environmental damage.</p><br>
<p>Baggen is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Piteå archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Baggen is about 8 km from Renöhamn.</p><br>
<p>The island can be reached by boat from Piteå in 10 to 25 minutes depending on weather conditions. There are rental cabins.</p><br>
<p>The west side of the island has steep rocky cliffs.</p><br>
<p>The name may have Sami origin, from the word "Pakte", meaning "crag".</p><br>
<p>Baggen has an open air chapel, which is often used for marriages.</p><br>
<p>It consists of a wooden cross, a simple altar in the form of a flat stone slab and benches of rough hewn logs.</p><br>
<p>The island has been considered as a site for wind power generation, as have Rånön in Kalix, Vargön in Piteå and Stor-Brändön in Luleå. However a 2009 report concluded that construction could not be justified given the relatively small potential capacity, the cost and environmental damage.</p><br>
<p>The Original Springs Hotel and Bathhouse is a mineral spa located at 506 N. Hanover St. in Okawville, Illinois. The resort was established in 1867, when founder Rudolph Plegge discovered the presence of minerals like magnesium and sulfur in his well water. Plegge and his neighbor C. H. Kelle built a bathhouse on his land; after the bathhouse burned in an 1892 fire, the current hotel and bathhouse were built. During the late 19th century, mineral spring resorts became popular due to their purported health benefits, and several new spas opened alongside the Original Springs in Okawville. The village became a significant resort destination for wealthy St. Louis businessmen, including brewing magnate August Anheuser Busch, Sr. While most of Okawville&#39;s resorts declined after mineral springs fell out of favor, the Original Springs was still a prominent resort as late as 1930. Though the spa declined during the Great Depression and the ensuing decades, it modernized in 1962 and remains open as a hotel and spa. It is now the only operational mineral spa remaining in Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The resort was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.</p><br>
<p>Mikołajskie Lake  is glacial lake in Masurian Lake District in Poland.</p><br>
<p>Mikołajskie Lake covers 5 square km and is 5.8 km long and 1.6 km wide with a maximum depth of 25.9 meters.</p><br>
<p>In the north, Mikołajskie Lake is connected with the Tałty Lake under the road bridge in Mikołajki. To one of the pillars of the bridge, on a spring, is chained the King of Vendaces (Fish King, in Polish: Król Sielaw, Rybi Król, legendary king of Masuria). In the south-east, Mikołajskie Lake is connected with the Śniardwy Lake by the Przeczka strait within Dybowski Róg and Popielski Róg. In the south-west, Mikołajskie Lake is connected with the Bełdany Lake. On the west bank extends the Pisz Forest.</p><br>
<p>On the shore of the lake are the towns: Mikołajki, Dybowo, Kulinowo, Wierzba.</p><br>
<p>Notable wildlife:</p><br>
<p>* Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris)</p><br>
<p>* Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)</p><br>
<p>* Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)</p><br>
<p>* Black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)</p><br>
<p>* Little gull (Larus minutus)</p><br>
<p>Strasburg Stone and Earthenware Manufacturing Company, also known as the Strasburg Museum, Steam Pottery, and Southern Railroad Station, is a historic factory building located at Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built in 1891, and is a two-story, 10 bay brick building originally constructed for the Strasburg Stone and Earthenware Manufacturing Company to make earthenware. It was converted to railroad use in 1913, at which time a one-story pent roof was added. The building is covered with a slate-clad hipped roof surmounted by a hipped monitor. The building served as a station and depot for the Southern Railroad.</p><br>
<p>The Strasburg Museum opened in the building in 1970. Displays include railroad artifacts and a model railroad, Strasburg pottery, Native American artifacts, period rooms, and items from the American Civil War.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Main Duck Island is a Canadian island in the eastern part of Lake Ontario situated next to the smaller Yorkshire Island. It was purchased by Parks Canada in 1977 and has been administered as part of the Thousand Islands National Park since 1998, even though it is not part of the Thousand Islands region.</p><br>
<p>The island is 20 kilometers from the closest mainland.</p><br>
<p>Its area is 230 hectare.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Early history</h3><br>
<p>Archaeological evidence suggests the island was first used by nomadic Point Peninsula Peoples between 450 BC and 450 AD. The island then appears to have been used by the Owasco culture from 850 to 1050 AD. There is evidence that Iroquoian Peoples used the island from 1250 to 1450 AD.</p><br>
<h3>European settlement</h3><br>
<p>European settlers from Prince Edward County began to settle Main Duck Island in the early 19th century, establishing a fishing station.</p><br>
<p>Captain John Walters built a schooner there in 1865 called the Harriet Anne.</p><br>
<h3>20th century</h3><br>
<p>In 1904 the Government of Canada sold the island to Claude W. Cole from Cape Vincent, New York. Cole was, originally, an impresario in the fishing industry. When the prohibition of alcoholic beverages came into effect, in 1917, Cole became a notorious smuggler, with commercial fishermen who rented huts` on the island, during fishing season, smuggling booze with their catches.</p><br>
<p>A seasonal fishing village of 60 residents existed in the early part of the century. In 1941, John Foster Dulles, the future secretary of state for Dwight D. Eisenhower, bought much of the island as a summer place. After his death in 1959, a colleague inherited his land on the island. The Nature Conservancy of Canada purchased this land circa 1976 and then resold it to the Canadian Federal Government. In 1998 it was included in the Thousand Islands National Park of Canada.</p><br>
<p>Many vessels were wrecked on shoals near the island.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings</h2><br>
<p>Besides the lighthouse (c. 1914), a few buildings exists on the island:</p><br>
<p>lighthouse keeper home</p><br>
<p>assistant lightkeeper home c. 1970s</p><br>
<p>schoolhouse</p><br>
<p>ruins of the Foster estate (chimney remains)</p><br>
<p>In the middle of the larger island is a dock servicing small vessels. There are no roads on the island and just foot trails.</p><br>
<h2>Lighthouse keepers</h2><br>
<p>James Clark (1914 – 1915)</p><br>
<p>Fred Bongard (1915 – 1921)</p><br>
<p>Wesley Earl Thomas (1921 – 1953)</p><br>
<p>Harold Dunn (1954 – 1958)</p><br>
<p>Coleman Main (1959 – 1976)</p><br>
<p>Kenneth McConnell (1976 – 1978)</p><br>
<p>Edinburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The district encompasses 292 contributing buildings, 6 contributing sites, 3 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in the town of Edinburg. It includes a variety of commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating primarily from the time of its incorporation in 1852 to the mid-20th century. They are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne. Notable buildings include the Philip Grandstaff House , Edinburg Hotel, St. Johns United Methodist Church , Edinburg High School , Rush House, The Hatch, Piccadilly House , Pres Grandstaff House, Masonic Building , Harshman House , Rest Haven Inn, Edinburg Train Station, Edinburg Village Shops , Wrenn Building , Edinburg Town Hall , St. Pauls United Church of Christ , and the Mantz House . Located in the district is the separately listed Edinburg Mill.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>Mount Jackson Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia.</p><br>
<p>Mount Jackson became relatively wealthy because of its location, at the intersection of a major north-south road across the Shenandoah Valley and an east-west creek, with a mill and later a railroad line fostering development. The town saw significant fighting in the American Civil War, and was occupied by soldiers of both armies at various times. Historic buildings range from the historic nondenominational Union Church (built 1825) and cemetery (which contains the grave of Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Gray and others to modern times), to the site of a former Confederate Hospital north of town (on the historic road to Winchester and later Frederick, Maryland) and Union encampment at Rude&#39;s Hill about three miles south of town.</p><br>
<p>The district encompasses 125 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures in the town of Mount Jackson. It includes a variety of commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating primarily from the late-19th to the early-20th century, the era of the towns greatest prosperity. They are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Gothic Revival, Federal, and Queen Anne. Other notable buildings include the Stoneburner House, Tisinger House, S. P. Lonas House, Brill Building, Lonas Store, former Peoples Bank (c. 1904), Mt. Jackson Volunteer Fire Department (1936), Mt. Jackson Theatre Building (1938), St. Andrews Episcopal Church (1876), Mt. Jackson Methodist Episcopal Church (1884), and Triplett Middle School (1925).</p><br>
<p>The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>The Douglas House, also known as the Douglas Hotel or the North Branch Outing Club, is a sporting lodge located at 6122 East County Road 612 in Lovells Township, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 2000 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Thomas E. Douglas was born and educated in Canada, and moved the Michigan to come to work as a bookkeeper in his uncle&#39;s lumber mill in Saginaw. In 1893, he moved to Grayling to manage the R. Hansen Lumber Company. Riding the wave of the lumber boom, in 1898 Douglas built a sawmill and general store in what was then the small logging community of Lovells. Fire destroyed the general store in 1903, and Douglas built a new store. In 1916, as the lumbering era was winding down, he constructed the Douglas House and established the North Branch Outing Club to draw tourists to the area. He used electricity generated in his mill to power the hotel. With the rise in the popularity of the automobile, Douglas targeted wealthy travelers as club members, and drew members from the new Detroit automobile aristocracy such as Henry Ford and his son Edsel, John and Horace Dodge, and Charles Nash. Douglas had his daughter Margaret manage the hotel, a position which she occupied until it closed in 1971. Margaret continued to live in the hotel until her death. In 1996, the Douglas House reopened as a sporting lodge known as "North Branch Outing Club."</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Douglas House is a two-story, wood frame, hipped-roof structure covered with clapboard. The inside has 20 guest rooms and lavish common spaces which have been altered very little.</p><br>
