<p>Zion Methodist Church, now known as Norfolk United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was built in 1896-1897, and is a modest one-story brick church topped by a side-gable roof in the Romanesque Revival style. The front façade is three-bays wide, and dominated by a projecting bay flanked by towers of differing heights. The annex was added in 1916 and is accessed by three overhead roll-up doors and consists of an open mezzanine with offices, offices and meeting spaces below, and serves for additional sanctuary space. Zion Methodist Church was founded in 1793, and is one of the first Methodist churches founded in Norfolk, Virginia.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>Breezy Hill is a villa in Staunton, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places  in 1982. It is a three-story, two-bay structure on a sloping, three acre lot, and is constructed of limestone, fieldstone, and patterned shingles, on a foundation of coursed limestone.</p><br>
<p>The south bay is a turret with two Palladian windows on the second floor and includes the main entrance, and the north bay has a projecting gable. The lower story is uncoursed fieldstone, as is the second story of the turret bay. The remainder is fish scale shingles, unpainted and weathered. A one-story verandah with coupled Ionic columns and a balustrade with lattice-style railing wraps three sides of the structure, with a flight of steps in the front-center.</p><br>
<p>Its historical significance is in its unique architecture, as well as its history.</p><br>
<p>Pyrgoi   is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Vermio, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 768 inhabitants in the village.</p><br>
<p>at Pyrgoi (Katranitsa)</p><br>
<p>On April 24, 1944 there was a massacre of civilians by German Nazis and their local accomplices. The events were later the subject of dozens of documentaries and generated wide interest. Among the atrocities that were committed, 368 men women and children were killed and burned alive. Colonel Karl Schümers of 7th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment was responsible for the massacres at Pyrgoi, Kleisoura Kastoria, and Distomo Boeotia which totalled over 1,000 men, women and children. The town was completely destroyed and survivors were forced to walk to Ptolemais. An annual memorial ceremony is held for the victims.</p><br>
<h2>Notable people</h2><br>
<p>Petros Itskos, Ottoman and Serbian diplomat</p><br>
<p>Filippos Kapetanopoulos, pharmacist fighter in the Macedonian Struggle</p><br>
<p>The Augusta County Courthouse is a two-story, red brick, public building in Staunton, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places  in 1982. It is located in the Beverley Historic District. It is the fifth court house constructed on the site, the first having been a log building constructed in 1755.</p><br>
<p>The building has a two-story, four-bay central portico, with one-bay hyphens connecting to one-bay wings on either side, a domed cupola, with extensive ornamentation on the pediments and the capitals of the yellow, pressed brick columns. The entrances are on the hyphens, rather than the central pavilion, with a stone belt course around the entire structure. Design follows the Beaux Arts architectural style.</p><br>
<p>Its historical significance is in its unique architecture, as well as its history and records, some dating back to the Colonial era.</p><br>
<p>The Washington School for the Blind, also known as the Washington State School for the Blind, is a school for visually-impaired, blind, or deaf-blind students, located in Vancouver, Washington in the United States. The school building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1886, the Washington Territory Legislature established the State School for Defective Youth in Vancouver, Washington. The act established a "school for the deaf, mute, blind, and feeble minded". Louis Sohns and Charles Brown raised money from local civic leaders, purchased property, and built buildings for the school. They were also added as trustees for the school.</p><br>
<p>In 1891, School Director James Watson recommended that the "feeble minded" be separated from the blind and deaf students. They were relocated to another facility nearby. In 1906, the "feeble minded" were relocated to a state school at Medical Lake in Eastern Washington (now called Lakeland Village). The Vancouver school&#39;s name was changed to the State School for the Deaf and Blind, with the blind students moved the former facility for the "feeble minded".</p><br>
<p>In 1913, the two schools were officially separated by names, the State School for the Blind, and the State School for the Deaf.</p><br>
<h2>Notable alumni</h2><br>
<p>Jazz singer and pianist Diane Schuur, blind since birth from retinopathy of prematurity, attended the Washington State School for the Blind from ages four to seven, in the late 1950s to early 1960s. She lived in Vancouver at the school but was able to commute home by train to suburban Seattle on her own. In her twenties, her talent was recognized by jazz musicians Dizzie Gillespie and Stan Getz. She has made over 20 albums including the Grammy-winning Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, The White House and the Kennedy Center. Schuur was awarded the Helen Keller Achievement Award in 2000 by the American Foundation for the Blind.</p><br>
<h2>Later history</h2><br>
<p>In 2008, the school hosted a "tactile museum of natural history" experience and fundraiser called Sensory Safari. The event benefitted the Washington School for the Blind Foundation, which supports student activities and funds technology and equipment for the school.</p><br>
<p>The El Pomar Estate was the Penrose House and estate of Spencer and Julie Penrose in the Broadmoor, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Colorado and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.</p><br>
<h2>William F. Dixon</h2><br>
<p>Pioneer William F. Dixon, the first to settle in Cheyenne Canon, claimed the land in 1862 for what would be the Dixon Ranch and orchard. He built irrigation ditches for his farm and orchard and raised cattle. A portion of his property that had been apple orchards became the El Pomar estate.</p><br>
<h2>The Potter estate</h2><br>
<p>In 1909 or 1910, Grace Goodyear Depew built a Spanish style single-story house named El Pomar, Spanish for "the apple orchard". In April 1910, Grace married Captain Howard Ashton Potter. Mr. Potter lived in another house on the estate when the couple&#39;s relationship became strained and he died in 1913. Grace Potter died in 1914. Author Julian Street called it the "house of houses" in Colorado Springs, not knowing one in the country that "fits its setting better than this one, or which is more perfect thing from every point of view."</p><br>
<h2>The Penrose estate</h2><br>
<p>Spencer and Julie Penrose purchased El Pomar, the Potters wine cellar collection, and house furnishings in 1916 for $75,000 near The Broadmoor, a resort that they had built following a European vacation. They added second and third floors to the house. The estate buildings included the main house, gate lodge, carriage house, gardeners cottage, chauffeur&#39;s cottage, and a teahouse. Furnishings purchased for built for the Penroses that remain in El Pomar include Vermont Corona and Belgian black marble, a rare Aeolian organ with ceiling decorations over vents that allowed organ music to drift throughout the house, secret doors that held a wine cellar in the library during Prohibition, and some furnishings.</p><br>
<p>James Bell, who had been president of the National Association of Gardeners, was superintendent of El Pomar until his death in 1920.</p><br>
<h2>Sisters of Charity retreat</h2><br>
<p>In 1944, following her husband&#39;s death in 1939, Julie Penrose moved out of El Pomar and into a penthouse suite at The Broadmoor. She donated the estate to The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, who used it as a spiritual retreat center for almost 50 years. Named the Julie Penrose Center, it was the first Catholic retreat center for women west of the Mississippi. It was administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver.</p><br>
<h2>El Pomar Foundation</h2><br>
<p>In 1992, El Pomar became the headquarters for the El Pomar Foundation, founded by Spencer and Julie Penrose in 1937. The foundation initiated a restoration of the estate in 1992 to be used as a conference center, while preserving the integrity of the original architecture. The estate is now the Penrose House Nonprofit Conference and Education Center for non-profit organizations. It has been visited by Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, and George H. W. Bush, former heads of state.</p><br>
<p>The Architecture and Building Research Institute  a leading national research agency in Taiwan under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China.</p><br>
<h2>Objectives</h2><br>
<p>* Development of intelligent dwelling spaces</p><br>
<p>* Promotion of green building and environmental control technology</p><br>
<p>* Planning for safe housing and disaster prevention</p><br>
<p>* Establishment of fire safety regulation</p><br>
<p>* Development of innovative engineering technology</p><br>
<p>* Vitalization of the building industrial economy</p><br>
<p>* Establishment of holistic life care building spaces</p><br>
<p>* Preservation of historical and cultural buildings</p><br>
<p>* Establishment of building performance certification labels</p><br>
<p>* Improvement of experiment and testing capability</p><br>
<h2>Transportation</h2><br>
<p>The agency is accessible within walking distance from Dapinglin Station of the Taipei Metro.</p><br>
<p>The Art Annex is a historic building on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Built in 1926, it originally served as the university&#39;s library. The building was designed by Trost & Trost and Elson H. Norris and features a Mayan-influenced hybrid form of Pueblo Revival architecture. It was listed in the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1975 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The university&#39;s library collection was originally housed in Hodgin Hall, but had outgrown that space by the 1920s. A new, dedicated library building was constructed on the site of Hadley Hall, an earlier university building that burned down in 1910. The new library was designed by the El Paso firm of Trost & Trost in collaboration with local architect Elson H. Norris and was completed in 1926 at a cost of $42,000. However, the library collection continued to grow rapidly and exceeded the capacity of the building after only a few years. In 1938 the new, much larger Zimmerman Library was completed, and the old library was remodeled into classroom and studio space using Works Progress Administration funding. The building was remodeled again in 1984–5 and is currently used by the art department.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Art Annex is a single story (with basement), flat-roofed building of brick bearing wall construction. Built during a transitional period in UNM&#39;s architectural history, it incorporates elements from a number of different styles including Pueblo Revival, Beaux-Arts, modernist, and Mayan. The building features a symmetrical, classically organized facade with banks of tall hopper windows to supply light to the interior reading areas. The strongly battered exterior walls are stuccoed and decorated with stylized vigas and other simple geometric elements. The original plans also included a curvilinear Mission style parapet which was never built.</p><br>
<p>Praia da Coelha  is a beach close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. This beach is located 3.9 mi by road to the west of Albufeira old town centre and is 31.5 mi west of the region&#39;s capital, Faro. This beach is one of 69e blue flag beaches  in the Algarve</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Praia da Coelha is situated south of the resort village of Sesmarias between Albufeira and Armação de Pêra. To access the beach requires a short walk along a footpath from the car park which passes through Olive trees, ancient Carob trees and Bamboo groves. At the end of the footpath the beach is reached down a paved ramp with wooden steps leading down to the sand. There is also a raised board walk running west towards a small beach bar and restaurant which has toilets and a shower. The cove has fine golden sand and some rock formations. To the back of the beach there are cliffs which a subject to erosion and it is recommended that great care be taken whilst below as there is a possibility of falling rocks and stones.</p><br>
<p>Snyder Memorial Methodist Church, originally known as Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic 1903 church in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 226 North Laura Street in Duval County . The Snyder Memorial Methodist congregation was founded in 1870, and the church was constructed following the loss of a previous church during the 1901 Jacksonville Fire on the same site as its predecessor. J. H. W. Hawkins was the building&#39;s architect. The new church was named Snyder Memorial in honor of former pastor E.B. Snyder whose children contributed to the rebuilding effort. It was moved to its current location after being purchased by a band. It was later sold to the City of Jacksonville. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 2013.</p><br>
<p>Snyder Memorial Church was constructed in a Gothic Revival architecture style for $31,000. It is made of granite and Indiana limestone. It includes a crenelated bell tower and an intricate rose window overlooking Hemming Park. The church played a role in civil rights activities in Jacksonville.</p><br>
<p>Nokomis Beach Pavilion is a historic site in Sarasota County, Florida. It was constructed in 1954 as the county&#39;s first beach pavilion. It was designed by architect Jack West, a member of the Sarasota School of Architecture, and is an example of minimalist architecture associated with mid-century modern architecture. It includes open pavilion connected by a covered walkway to a building for restrooms, changing rooms, and showers. There was also paved plaza, fountain and landscaped area. Design elements include flat thin roofs on multiple planes, ribbon windows, and a blending of interior and exterior spaces. The bathhouse made of Ocala block.</p><br>
<p>During renovation the thin posts were enclosed in concrete and stuccoed. It also suffered a ceiling collapse and is undergoing restoration.</p><br>
<p>Warm Mineral Springs Motel is a historic 1958 motel building near Warm Mineral Springs, Florida in Sarasota County, Florida. It was designed by Victor Lundy, a member of the Sarasota School of Architecture. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The motel is located at 12597 South Tamiami Trail.</p><br>
<p>The motel is known for its mushroom Champagne glass style roof and glass walls, allowing guests to see the stars. It was selected by the American Institute of Architects for the 1958 Special Awards.</p><br>
<p>Lundy wrote in a 1958 issue of The Florida Association of Architects: "I was searching for a form that would somehow symbolize the thought of the Fountain of Youth by a plastic flowing shape, that would also echo the organic growing shape of a tree. The answer came in the adoption of a structural system based on using precast concrete hyperbolic paraboloids, 14ft-5in square (from basic motel unit width-requirement, plus necessary overlap) in two heights arranged in a U-shaped plan (the remaining wing will be added shortly). Three of the so called shells were lifted up on higher columns of varying height to form the sign of the motel, as a free-standing piece of sculpture."</p><br>
<p>The reception desk is original (from 1958). The pool area was added in 1990.</p><br>
<p>Warm Mineral Springs Motel front office view.JPGThe Motel Office</p><br>
<p>Warm Mineral Springs Motel left side view from front to back.JPGThe Parking Lot Side of Motel</p><br>
<p>Warm Mineral Springs Motel sign.JPGThe Current Motel Sign (not original)</p><br>
<p>The Tamms Depot, also known as the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Depot, is a historic railroad station located on Front Street in Tamms, Illinois. Built in 1899, the depot served trains on both the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. In an unusual arrangement, dispatchers for both railways used the same office in the station. The depot served both passenger and freight trains; the freight trains exported the town&#39;s agricultural products, which included livestock, poultry, dairy, and cotton. In addition, the depot functioned as a social center for the town and was the site of numerous business transactions.</p><br>
<p>The depot closed in 1955 when passenger service on the line ended. The village restored the depot using donations from local residents, and after completing the restoration in 1986, the Village Hall was moved to the depot. The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Macellum of Naples was the macellum or market building of the Roman city of Neapolis, now known as Naples. Due to the rise of the ground level the macellum is now located beneath the church of San Lorenzo Maggiore. The first construction dates to 5th or 4th century BC when the area was the location of the agora during the Greek period. When Neapolis became a Roman possession it was eventually transformed into a macellum. This structure was covered by a mudslide in the 5th century AD, probably as a result of flooding.</p><br>
<p>An early Christian basilica was constructed over the remains of the covered macellum. Consequently, this basilica was replaced by new construction over the centuries. As a result, the mud slide preserved the remains of the macellum,</p><br>
<p>The macellum had an entrance to the north, where the Via dei Tribunali runs now. The rectangular building consists of a porticoed area with workshops and an internal open courtyard with mosaic floors. In the middle of the courtyard was a tholos, a circular building used for food selling. Small tabernae, a laundry and the treasury can still be recognized.</p><br>
<p>Today the macellum can be visited as a part of the monumental complex of San Lorenzo Maggiore.</p><br>
<p>The Cureton-Huff House is located in Greenville County near Simpsonville, South Carolina on what is now known as West Georgia Road, or County Road 541. The two-story braced-frame farmhouse on a brick pier foundation was built ca 1820 for John Moon Cureton, a wealthy farmer. It was originally built in the common hall-and-parlor configuration but shortly after its initial construction, the house was altered to a central-hall configuration. Despite more modern additions to the rear of the house including a kitchen, bathrooms, dining room and office, the majority of the house has retained its original, historic Federal-period detailing.</p><br>
<p>The property the house sits on includes several barns and animal pens, corn cribs, a garage, a blacksmith shop and a carriage house. A family cemetery, surrounded by a low stone wall, is also located on the property. The house and property is still owned by descendents of John Moon Cureton.</p><br>
<p>The William Bates House is located on South Carolina Highway 14 in Greenville County near Greenville, South Carolina. The two-story vernacular structure was built ca1835 for William Bates, a pioneer in the textile industry, who founded Batesville Cotton Mill. It is believed that the house is the only remaining structure associated with William Bates.</p><br>
<p>The house, built on fieldstone and granite piers, has one-story shed-roofed porches supported by nine wooden columns along the entire front and rear facade. An exterior chimney is constructed of brick while the interior chimney is made of brick and stone. The house has clapboard siding and a tin gabled roof. The dining room and parlor both have their original, hand-carved mantels.</p><br>
<p>When first built, the house was located on a 300-acre property. The house and 150 acre of property were purchased from Bates in 1868. The house and its renovated barn now sit on a property measuring 10.88 acre.</p><br>
<p>The John H. Goodwin House, also known as the Blythe-Goodwin-Hagood House is a historic structure located on South Carolina Highway 11 in Greenville County near Travelers Rest, South Carolina. The two-story farmhouse and the one-story store building located in front of the house are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>House</h2><br>
<p>The house was built in stages, with the earliest log building portion constructed ca1790 by Robert Cooke. A two-story addition was completed ca1840 which included an entrance hallway. A detached kitchen with a stone chimney was built behind the house at the same time. Additional later alterations created a new room on the northeast side the house by enclosing a porch and connection the kitchen to the main house.</p><br>
<p>From ca1840 to 1899, the house served as a midway stage stop for travelers on the road between Greenville and Asheville, North Carolina.</p><br>
<h2>Store</h2><br>
<p>The one-story, frame store building in the Greek Revival style was constructed ca1870 by John H. Goodwin. It was built on an open pier foundation with weatherboard siding and a gabled roof. It was used as a post office and trading post.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>In 2005, the Greenville Chapter of the non-profit Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Byway Association purchased 11 acres which included the house and store. A conservation easement was created to protect the property from new development and a restoration of the store was undertaken. In 2011, the Highway 11 Welcome Center was opened up in the restored store. The association has completed repairs on the roof and foundation of the house and plans to complete further restoration in the future.</p><br>
<p>Doi Ang Khang  is a mountain in Fang District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. It is part of the Daen Lao Range that straddles both sides of the Burmese-Thai border. It is the site of an agricultural station, the first research station set up by King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1969. The peak of Doi Ang Khang is 1,928 m above sea level, and the agricultural station covers an area of 1,989 rai .</p><br>
<h2>Climate</h2><br>
<p>The temperature average is 17.7 °C. The highest temperatures range from 35-38 °C in April. The lowest temperature recorded is -3 °C in January. The rainfall average is 2,075 mm per year.</p><br>
<h2>Ang Khang Royal Agricultural Station</h2><br>
<p>The agricultural station researches and cultivates temperate climate fruits, flowers, and vegetables. At present, the station has more than 12 species of temperate fruits such as raspberries, peaches, plums, kiwis, and strawberries, and more than 60 species of vegetables such as carrots, Brussels sprouts, and peas, and more than 50 species of temperate flowers such as carnations and roses.</p><br>
<p>The Jared H. Gay House is a log house located Route 2, 128th Avenue, in Crystal Valley, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1987 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Jared H. Gay was born in New York in 1830. He moved west to operate sawmills in Lyons, Michigan and Fulton, Ohio, then in 1857 moved to Muskegon to operate a blacksmith&#39;s shop. In 1861, Gay arrived in Crystal Valley as a government-appointed blacksmith, serving the local Ottawa and Chippewa population in accordance with the recent treaty which had been signed in 1855. There he and his wife Catherine built this house.</p><br>
<p>The Gays were the first European settlers in what is now Crystal Township, and were instrumental in the early development of the area around Crystal Valley (and indeed Catherine Gay christened the area "Crystal Valley"). Jared Gay worked as the government blacksmith until about 1865. After this, he ran a blacksmith shop located across the street from the house until the shop burned in 1877. By that time, the Gays had begun operating a small sawmill, and had platted out the village of Crystal Valley. In 1882, they constructed a frame house (destroyed in 1965) and moved out of this log structure.</p><br>
<p>In 1902, the Gays sold the property on which this house sits. Mark and Calla Krieger purchased the house in 1954, and renovated it as a weekend home. They lived there until at least 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Jared H. Gay House is two-story structure, measuring 20 feet by 30 feet, and built of squared and notched logs on a fieldstone foundation. It is built in an I-shape, with a gable roof covered with asphalt shingles. The gables are timber-framed and covered with clapboard. A single story wing is attached; the original open porch and rear wing have been removed. Additionally, the original front facade with two entrances and two double hung windows was updated to a single entrance with sidelights and a pair of double hung windows.</p><br>
<p>The interior was originally divided up into four approximately equal-sized rooms on the first floor, with a steep narrow staircase leading to the second floor. This has been remodeled into a single large room with a more modern staircase.</p><br>
<p>Cascade Plaza is an open space with plantings and pedestrian walkways in Akron, Ohio. It was developed in the late 1960s as part of an urban renewal project that also included construction of two high rises. As of 2013 plans were going forward for a major overhaul.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The plaza was built on the site of a five-story flour mill built by Dr. Eliakim Crosby in 1831. A diversion dam was built on the Little Cuyahoga River in Middlebury, from which a canal brought water south down the present Main Street, turning right at Mill Street to deliver power to the mill at Lock Five, where the plaza&#39;s hotel is now. The canal also powered other factories. The hamlet of Cascade grew up in the area, with a population of 128 by July 1833, compared to 329 for Akron.</p><br>
<p>The Flatiron Building, a seven-story low rise built in 1907 and demolished in 1967 also stood on the site.</p><br>
<h2>Plaza</h2><br>
<p>The plaza lies on the west side of South Main street, and forms the roof of a five-level underground parking lot.</p><br>
<p>Lawrence Halprin planned the Cascade Plaza. It was a major urban renewal project covering 2 acre and featuring a central skating rink.</p><br>
<p>The plaza has a fountain sculpture designed by Don Drumm and erected in 1968, overleaf, stainless steel rods with anodized, cast aluminum panels.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings</h2><br>
<p>There are four buildings on the site, linked at the ground level by the plaza: Akron City Center Hotel, Cascade I, Cascade III and Huntington Tower.</p><br>
<p>The hotel, (formerly the Radisson Hotel Akron City Centre), is a 19-story modernist high rise complete in 1969.</p><br>
<p>Cascade I, at One Cascade Plaza and 140 South Main Street, is also called the PNC Center.</p><br>
<p>It is a 23-story steel high-rise completed in 1969.</p><br>
<p>Three Cascade Plaza is a seven-story concrete low-rise.</p><br>
<p>Huntington Tower, at 106 South Main Street, is a 27-story steel tower with an art deco brick facade completed in 1931.</p><br>
<h2>Plans</h2><br>
<p>In October 2013 the Akron City Council voted to approve a complete overhaul of the plaza, partly funded by the city and partly by FirstMerit Corporation, a bank. The plan was to demolish the concrete plaza, then reseal the deck and convert it to green space, open to the street. The new space would have plants, benches and tables.</p><br>
<p>The Jungfernsprung, is a precipitous rock formation in the small German town of Dahn in the county of Südwestpfalz. The rocks tower above the town by around 70 metres and are crowned by a type of summit cross at a height of. The rocks is the symbol of the town and the subject of an ancient legend from which it derives its name: Jungfernsprung means "maiden&#39;s leap".</p><br>
<h2>Location and structure</h2><br>
<p>The Jungfernsprung lies in the eastern part of the borough. Its west and north faces rise, steep and ruggedly, from the slopes on the left-hand side of the Wieslauter valley, whilst the residential area of Dahn spreads out southwest of the rocks on both sides of its base.</p><br>
<p>The rocks belong to the many bunter sandstone formations, typical of the Wasgau region, the southern part of the Palatine Forest in Germany and the northern part of the Vosges in France. Because the area around Dahn is especially rich in such rock features it is also called the Dahner Felsenland ("Dahn Rock Country"). The Jungfernsprung – like other rock formations in the region – is a harder rock that has withstood erosion better than the surrounding softer material.</p><br>
<h2>Legend of the Jungfernsprung</h2><br>
<p>The legend, whose most common version comes from local author, August Becker (1857), goes like this:</p><br>
<p>More about the fate of the maiden and villain is not recorded, however this story was sufficient for the time to explain the steepness of the rock and the existence of the spring.</p><br>
<p>Artists have occasionally been inspired to portray the dramatic "maiden&#39;s leap".</p><br>
<p>In doing so they clearly always used the idea of someone parachuting as a model, the outspread skirts of the maiden enabling a visual interpretation of the miracle and at the same time representing an attractive artistic subject.</p><br>
<h2>Hiking destination and climbing rocks</h2><br>
<p>The Jungfernsprung is accessible to hikers from the rear; the access footpath being part of the premier hiking trail, the Felsenland Legend Trail (Felsenland Sagenweg).</p><br>
<p>In summer the rocks are part of the South Palatinate Climbing Area and thus a popular destination for sport climbers. The spectacular Franz Seiler Memorial Route (Franz-Seiler-Gedächtnisweg) rates as climbing grade VII+ (UIAA). it runs up the vertical face of the rock and is visible from the town.</p><br>
<p>The Micajah T. Singleton House is an historic 1891 residence in DeSoto County, Florida. It is located in Arcadia, Florida at 711 West Hickory Street. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 2013.</p><br>
<p>The home is one of the few remaining examples in Arcadia of a large, frame vernacular architecture, pioneer home. It was constructed of heart yellow pine.</p><br>
<p>Micajah T. Singleton (1850-1923) was from a prominent North Georgia family and came to Arcadia in 1888 to operate the Peace River Phosphate Company. When the phosphate boom busted, the Singleton family left Arcadia in 1893.</p><br>
<p>Lillian Whitlock purchased the Singleton House in 1939 and resided there with her husband until 1955, when their daughter Irma took up residence. The home is currently owned by Irma&#39;s son George Whitlock and his wife Patricia.</p><br>
<p>Tullyton, also known as the Bolling-Stewart House, is a historic property located in Greenville County near Fountain Inn, South Carolina. The historic property includes a ca1839 house and the adjacent ruins of a house built ca1821. Both the house and ruins were originally constructed in brick, a feature uncommon in the area during the time they were constructed.</p><br>
<h2>Ruins</h2><br>
<p>The ca1821 two-story brick shell house was built on a stone foundation and served not only as a house but also as the community post office and store. It was built by Tully F. Sullivan, the first postmaster at the location. The post office at the location was closed in 1848. After its closure as a post office, the building served as a detached kitchen and servant quarters for the main house. While the roof and floors were removed and a section of the second story wall collapsed, the chimneys and remaining walls of the building still stand.</p><br>
<h2>House</h2><br>
<p>The ca1839 two-story, load-bearing masonry building designed in the late Federal-early Greek Revival style, was built by Thaddeus Choice Bolling, a business partner of Tully F Sullivan, who was the last postmaster of the Tullyton post office.</p><br>
<p>The brick of the house was laid in a five-course American bond. All of the double-hung sash windows have stuccoed jack arch lintels. Both the north and south facades are identical. The interior design of the house is a central hall plan. The original woodwork, including a pegged mortice-and-tenon-joined staircase handrail, is intact.</p><br>
<p>The house and property remained in the Stewart family until 1942. It then suffered a 40-year period of neglect until it was purchased by a local doctor who restored the home.</p><br>
<p>The first Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house in Eugene, Oregon is a 2.5-story building in the craftsman style completed in 1910. The wood-frame, hip roof building was constructed by Eugene blacksmith George Lill and features seven varieties of decorative cement blocks applied to the exterior surface. Lill manufactured the blocks himself by a process meant to simulate fine ashlar stone masonry.</p><br>
<p>Alpha Tau Omega was the fourth fraternity to open at the University of Oregon. The club occupied the house from 1910 to 1922, when a new fraternity house was constructed closer to the university.</p><br>
<p>The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Alpha Tau Omega chapter at the University of Oregon closed in 2000. The fraternity has since reestablished its presence at the University of Oregon by colonizing on February 6, 2015.</p><br>
<p>The Ballentine Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia. It encompasses 860 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in a cohesive residential neighborhood located near the center of Norfolk. It was platted in 1909, and largely developed between 1915 and 1953. The district includes a park developed in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration . Notable non-residential buildings include the Ballentine School , Trinity Baptist Church , United New Life Church of Christ in Holiness Church , the Emmanuel Holy Temple Church , and the Tabernacle of the Congregation Church of God in Christ .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The Charles Mears Silver Lake Boardinghouse is a boardinghouse located at the outlet of Silver Lake, near Mears, Michigan. It is one of the few remaining structures built to serve the lumbering industry, which was Michigan&#39;s predominant industry in the 19th century. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Charles Mears was born in 1814 in North Billerica, Massachusetts, the son of Nathan and Lucy Mears. In 1836, Charles and his brothers Edwin and Nathan opened a general store in Paw Paw, Michigan. The next year, Charles and another brother, Albert, began considering starting business along the west shore of Lake Michigan. Realizing the potential of the lumber trade, Charles purchased land near White Lake, Michigan, and by early 1838 had opened a sawmill nearby. Mears decided that the then small village of Chicago would be a good market for timber, and he commissioned a lumber sloop to haul lumber from his mill to Chicago.</p><br>
<p>In 1844, Mears established a second sawmill, and soon controlled timberland and owned mills across Michigan. Mears built a number of boardinghouses for his workers, as did other lumbermen. However, other lumbermen tended to build crude boardinghouses strictly for he mill hands. However, Mears&#39;s mills were close to Lake Michigan, and a fair amount of traffic passed. Thus, uniquely, Mears opened his boardinghouses to the general public. To attract public customers, the boardinghouses themselves were also of higher quality construction.</p><br>
<p>This boardinghouse was constructed in 1866. When the lumbering trade declined, Mears continued to operate the boardinghouse to serve the public, with his former mill foreman as the innkeeper. Mears died in 1895, and passed the boardinghouse to his daughter, Carrie Ellen Mears. She closed the boardinghouse, but retained ownership until her own death in 1957. At that time, she bequeathed the boardinghouse and surrounding land to the state of Michigan. Part of the bequest became Mears State Park, and part was added to Silver Lake State Park. Other portions were sold, including the lot on which this boardinghouse sits. The building was renovated and reopened to the public.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Charles Mears Silver Lake Boardinghouse is a two-story, rectangular structure measuring 70 ft by 28 ft, with a one-story wing kitchen measuring 25 ft by 25 ft connected to one side. The exterior is covered with clapboard, and the roof with asphalt shingles. The windows are two-over-two double hung.</p><br>
<p>On the interior, walls are lath and plaster, and the floors are of wood. There are four rooms on the main floor, two of which are large public rooms (one a sitting room and one a dining room). The two smaller rooms were originally used by the innkeeper. There are three more rooms in the kitchen wing: a kitchen, pantry, and storage room. The upper floor contains one large bunkroom for use by the mill hands and six smaller bedrooms for travelers.</p><br>
<p>Little Mahanoy Creek is a 7.5 mi tributary of Mahanoy Creek in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It starts in the borough of Frackville and joins Mahanoy Creek in the borough of Gordon. Its one named tributary is Rattling Run. The creek&#39;s watershed has an area of 11.6 square miles. Its watershed is not affected by mining. Compounds found in the waters of the creek include nitrogen, phosphorus, orthophosphates, phosphates, nitrates, and ammonia.</p><br>
<h2>Course</h2><br>
<p>Little Mahanoy Creek starts in Frackville and heads westward past a pond or small lake. It then drops steeply through a steep narrow valley between Ashland Mountain and Broad Mountain, which abruptly widens out a short distance downstream. The creek then flows on the northern edge of Broad Mountain to the borough of Gordon, where it picks up Rattling Run before flowing into Mahanoy Creek.</p><br>
<h3>Tributaries</h3><br>
<p>Rattling Run flows into Little Mahanoy Creek in Gordon, not far from Little Mahanoy Creek&#39;s mouth. It rises from springs on the slopes of Broad Mountain.</p><br>
<h2>Watershed</h2><br>
<p>The watershed of Little Mahanoy Creek has an area of 11.6 square miles. Areas in the watershed include the southern side of Ashland Mountain between Frackville and the creek&#39;s mouth.</p><br>
<h2>Geography and geology</h2><br>
<p>Little Mahanoy Creek flows through a valley between Ashland Mountain and Broad Mountain. The valley is very steep and narrow near the creek&#39;s headwaters, but becomes broader further downstream, being close to 2.0 mi wide at the mouth. The creek lies over a layer of red shale. Below the shale is a layer of hard and compact sandstone, which has some black, carbon-containing matter in it.</p><br>
<h2>Hydrology</h2><br>
<p>Little Mahanoy Creek is one of the only tributaries of Mahanoy Creek that is not affected by mining in the area. The other is Schwaben Creek.</p><br>
<p>The average discharge of Little Mahanoy Creek, as measured in late 2008 and early 2009 2.3 cubic feet per second and 14.9 cubic feet per second, with an average of 8.02 cubic feet per second. The discharge steadily increased between September 2008 and April 2009. In the same time period, the water temperature ranged between 39.2 &deg;F and 54.3 &deg;F. The average temperature during that time was 46.2 &deg;F. The measurement in September 2008 was the highest and the measurement in March 2009 was the lowest. The electrical conductivity of the creek 0.169 to 0.295 thousandths of a siemens. The average conductivity was 0.238 thousands of a siemens.</p><br>
<p>The concentration of dissolved oxygen in the waters of Little Mahanoy Creek ranged between 9.8 milligrams per liter and 11.8 milligrams per liter in late 2008 and early 2009. The average concentration was 11.2 milligrams per liter. The creek is typically alkaline, with pH levels ranging from 7.4 in late 2008 to 8.1 in March 2009. The average pH level between September 2008 and April 2009 was 7.6. In late 2008 and early 2009, the concentration of suspended sediment ranged from 2 to 9 milligrams per liter, with an average of 4.5 milligrams per liter. The total concentration of suspended solids in the creek was usually less than 5 milligrams per liter, but was 6 milligrams per liter on April 16, 2009.</p><br>
<p>The total concentration of orthophosphates in Mahanoy Creek between September 2008 and April 2009 ranged from 0.029 to 0.112, with an average of 0.055 milligrams per liter. The concentration consistently decreased between late 2008 and early 2009. The concentration of phosphorus ranged between 0.113 milligrams per liter and 0.044 milligrams per liter, with an average of 0.083 milligrams per liter. The concentration of nitrogen ranged from 1.39 milligrams per liter to 2.61 milligrams per liter, with an average of 0.93 milligrams per liter. The concentration of nitrates ranged from 1.13 to 2.14 milligrams per liter, with an average of 0.78 milligrams per liter. The concentration of ammonia was consistently less than 0.02 milligrams per liter between November 2008 and April 2009.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>A sawmill was built on Little Mahanoy Creek in 1814. In 1875, the borough of Ashland purchased a tract of land on the creek in Butler Township, two miles downstream of the creek&#39;s headwaters. In 1882, some people attempted to pump water from Little Mahanoy Creek to create a reservoir and pipe the water to those who needed it. Little Mahanoy Creek was polluted in 1915. Around that time, it was a source of water for the borough of Ashland.</p><br>
<p>In 1936, the Frackville Sewerage Company attempted to create a sewer in Frackville, but after a controversy about paying for the sewer, it was stopped, causing the pumphouse to discharge into Little Mahanoy Creek. A number of local court cases resulted from this. Discharging sewage into the creek was banned by 1938. In 2011, there was an Easter egg drop in Little Mahanoy Creek. There were plans to make it an annual tradition.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Little Mahanoy Creek is a trout stream. It can be fished in year-round. The trout are stocked in the creek. For instance, 600 trout were stocked in 2001. Rainbow trout have also historically been observed in the creek. In 1906, there were 800 fish in the creek, including juvenile fish, yearling fish, and adult fish.</p><br>
<p>The Glen Ellyn Downtown South Historic District is a historic commercial district in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. Most of the district&#39;s growth dates from the 1920s. The architecture reflects several trends in the first half of the 20th century.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Glen Ellyn, Illinois was first settled in the 1830s. Early commercial developments, such as Stacys Tavern, catered to stagecoach lines. The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad opened a station in the undeveloped area in 1849. The Downtown North district began to develop on the north side of the tracks at this time. The earliest non-residential construction south of the tracks began in 1859 with the opening of the Duane Street School. In 1891, the settlement changed its name to Glen Ellyn in response to the development of the Glen Ellyn Hotel & Springs Company resort at a nearby lake. The resort improved the towns reputation as an idyllic suburb and encouraged growth.</p><br>
<p>In the early 20th century, Glen Ellyn expanded quickly and began to expand its commercial district to the south side of the tracks. The Methodist Episcopal Church was completed at the corner of Duane Street and Forest Avenue in 1913; it was replaced in 1957. The first commercial building in the district was completed in 1923 for I. M. Block. In 1928, Piggly Wiggly opened a store at the corner of Main Street and Hillside Avenue in the Rohm Building. The largest development was the three-story Glen Ellyn Junior High School, which replaced the Duane Street School in 1929.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>There are twenty buildings in the district, and all but one contribute to its historical integrity. The lone intrusion is a 1972 commercial block at 421 North Main Street.</p><br>
<p>503-505 Duane Street, 1926, two-part auto show room</p><br>
<p>530-532 Duane Street, 1953 with a c. 1880 house in the rear, one-part commercial block</p><br>
<p>Glen Ellyn Junior High School, 1929, Classical Revival school designed by Norman Brydges</p><br>
<p>First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1957 with 1930 educational building, church in the Late Gothic Revival style</p><br>
<p>520-526 Hillside Avenue, c. 1926-1930, one-part commercial block in the Tudor Revival style</p><br>
<p>Rohm Building, 1928, one-part commercial block in the Tudor Revival style designed by Jean Rohm & Son</p><br>
<p>F. T. Tomlins Building, 1926, two-part commercial block in the Tudor Revival style designed by L. O. Farnsworth</p><br>
<p>Acadia Building, 1926, two-part commercial block in the Tudor Revival style designed by Betts & Holcomb</p><br>
<p>417 North Main Street, 1929 with 1962 alterations, one-part commercial block designed by J. B. Rohm & Sons</p><br>
<p>419 North Main Street, 1929, two-part commercial block in the Classical Revival style, designed by Houlihan, Hauser & Marks</p><br>
<p>423-425 North Main Street, 1954, one-part commercial block</p><br>
<p>426 North Main Street, 1929, one-part commercial block designed by Walker & Angel</p><br>
<p>427 North Main Street, c. 1926 with a c. 1880 house in the rear, one-part commercial block in the Spanish Revival style</p><br>
<p>428 North Main Street, 1959, one-part commercial block designed by Perkins, Norris & Molley</p><br>
<p>429-433 North Main Street, c. 1920, one-part commercial block in the Chicago School style</p><br>
<p>430 North Main Street, 1929, one-part commercial block</p><br>
<p>434-440 North Main Street, 1926, two-part commercial block in the Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival styles, designed by Charles H. Lenske</p><br>
<p>443-449 North Main Street, 1923, one-part commercial block in the Chicago School style</p><br>
<p>444 North Main Street, 1962, freestanding commercial building in the Colonial Revival style, designed by John F. Carson</p><br>
<p>The Womans Christian Temperance Union Administration Building is a historic building in Evanston, Illinois, United States. It has served as the publishing house and national headquarters of the Womans Christian Temperance Union since its construction in 1910. The organization had an important role in the national discussion on prohibition and women&#39;s suffrage.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Womans Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded in Ohio in November 1874. It became the largest womens organization in the United States. Under president Annie Turner Wittenmyer, the WCTU organized national campaigns to advocate for temperance. These steps focused on literature publication, including a weekly newspaper dedicated to the cause.</p><br>
<p>Evanston, Illinois resident Frances Willard became the organizations second president in 1879. Willard used her home in Evanston as an informal headquarters for the organization. Many of its rooms were converted into office and dormitory space for WCTU officials. Here, the WCTU began to expand to other causes, including child welfare, labor reform, prison reform, womens suffrage, age of consent laws, and absinence. The ECTU moved into an official headquarters building in Chicago, designed by Burnham & Root, in 1890.</p><br>
<p>Evanston had a lengthy history with temperance. The town was founded by Methodists seeking to build a university; Northwestern University opened in 1855. When Evanston was incorporated in 1863, its first act was to create an ordinance banning alcohol within a 4 mi radius around the school. Because so many Evanston residents worked at the university, the act was popular. As Evanston grew to be considered an idyllic suburb in the 1870s, residents supported alcohol control as a way to preserve the residential climate. The first temperance organization in town, the Temperance Alliance, was founded around 1872. After Frances Willard returned from an east coast trip to meet with temperance leaders, she became a local leader in the movement.</p><br>
<p>Willard died in 1898 and left her house to the WCTU in her will. In 1900, the WCTU left Chicago and officially moved to Evanston. An addition was constructed on Willards former house in 1904 to print The Union Signal and The Young Crusader. After almost a decade in Willards former house, the organization decided that it needed a new building to suit its needs. The WCTU Printing House, also known as the Literature Building, was built in the rear of the Willard property. The new printing capabilities allowed the WCTU to increase their efforts. In 1913, the WCTU teamed up with the Anti-Saloon League and the Prohibition Party to focus their efforts on legislative prohibition. A 1915 fundraiser raised enough money to create an addition to the building, allowing it to hold more administrative offices. As a result, the building was renamed the Woman&#39;s Christian Temperance Union Administration Building.</p><br>
<p>In 1919, the WCTUs efforts came to fruition with the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution establishing prohibition. The Nineteenth Amendment followed the next year, approving womens suffrage. During prohibition, the WCTU harshly criticized the government for lax enforcement of the Volstead Act. Although prohibition was repealed in 1933, the WCTU continued to prosper. They continued to encourage individuals to abstain from alcohol and promoted local prohibition ordinances. A memorial library addition commemorated to Willard was constructed in 1938. By 1943, the WCTU was the largest temperance organization in the nation; by 1951, it had over a quarter of a million members. The WCTU continues to use the administration building as its national headquarters.</p><br>
<p>The Kolmer Site is an archaeological site in the far southwest of the USA state of Illinois. Located near Kaskaskia and Prairie du Rocher in western Randolph County, it lies at the site of an early historic Indian village from the French period. Because it occupies a critical chronological and cultural position, it has been given national recognition as a historic site.</p><br>
<h2>Historical events</h2><br>
<p>Under René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers were discovered and explored for the first time, and claimed as part of New France. The earliest explorers were soon followed by Catholic Christian missionaries led by Jacques Gravier, who soon won converts among the Illini, and some of these praying Indians founded riverside villages at Cahokia, Kaskaskia, and Peoria. These villages were small by modern standards, although they remained comparable in size to European settlements in the area; according to letters by one missionary written in 1750, three Illini villages in the American Bottom together numbered fewer than eight hundred inhabitants, while the five French villages in the same region comprised eleven hundred Frenchmen and three hundred blacks.</p><br>
<p>Established in 1720, the village at the present Kolmer Site was inhabited by a subgroup of the Illini known also as the Michigamea. Here the flickering light of civilization grew for little more than thirty years before it was unexpectedly snuffed out: in 1752, a confederation of the Fox, Sioux, and Cherokees came up against the village suddenly, and although it had been fortified with a stockade, the inhabitants were unable to hold off the invaders. Many were savagely killed and numerous others captured, and the survivors fled to Kaskaskia. The invaders withdrew, but only after burning the abandoned village; instead of rebuilding their destroyed homes, the Michigamea established a new village nearby at a location known to modern archaeologists as the Waterman Site.</p><br>
<p>French dominion in the American Bottom ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, by which all lands east of the Mississippi were ceded to the Kingdom of Great Britain. British dominion, in turn, was ended by the American Revolution: while the French settlers and local Indians were originally favorable toward the British, skillful manoeuvering by George Rogers Clark won the support of both populations for the Americans. The influence of the Catholic faith may have waned by this time, as Clark addressed the inhabitants of Kaskaskia and Cahokia using traditional religious terms instead of Christian words, Mass is still celebrated at the church weekly.</p><br>
<h2>Archaeological significance</h2><br>
<p>When the Michigamea lived at the Kolmer Site, it sat on the riverbank along the Mississippi, but subsequent course changes have stranded the site from the river: it now lies a full mile (more than 1.5 km) away from the shoreline, Because of the suddenness of the attack that destroyed the village in 1752, the Michigamea are believed to have abandoned most of their possessions, and because they established a new village rather than restoring the old, it is likely that most artifacts that survived the villages burning yet remain in situ. For these reasons, Kolmer is significant for its potential to yield information about the late Illini period, but its importance is greatly expanded because of its inhabitants relationship with the French. As original artifacts from the site must be dated within a third of a century, comparisons of Kolmer artifacts with artifacts from other French-influenced sites would enable archaeologists to gain a far clearer understanding of previously undated sites, while the significant changes inherent in the transition from a nomadic lifestyle to European-influenced civilization are also likely to appear in the site&#39;s artifacts. Finally, as the Kolmer Site was intimately connected to the most prominent French settlements in the upper Mississippi valley, it is a critical component of a region without parallel in the United States for its preservation of colonial France, especially as the larger village of old Kaskaskia has lain under the Mississippi River since its course changed.</p><br>
<h2>Historic designation</h2><br>
<p>In the spring of 1974, the Kolmer Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in two different ways. It was individually added to the Register in early May, qualifying because of its archaeological significance, while one month previously it had been added as part of a large historic district. This district, the French Colonial Historic District, preserves 22 square miles of land connected to early French settlement in the region, and the Kolmer Site was named one of its most significant contributing properties. Among the other contributing properties are truly ancient sites such as the Modoc Rock Shelter and important French or French-influenced structures such as the Creole House, the Pierre Menard House, Fort de Chartres, and the site of Fort Kaskaskia, as well as the Waterman Site where the Michigamea lived after their first village was razed.</p><br>
<p>Praia de São Rafael is a beach on the Atlantic south coast of the Algarve, close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, Portugal. This beach is located 2.5 mi by road to the west of Albufeira old town centre and is 29.7 mi west of the regions capital of Faro. This beach is one of sixty nine blue flag beaches  in the Algarve and is accredited with good facilities for the disabled.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>This small beach has fine gold sand and crystal clear water and is backed by golden limestone cliffs. On the beach itself there are many limestone rock formations which have been eroded over a long period of time to form interesting formations and shapes many of which have names such as Ninho das Andorinhas or the Swallow’s Nest and Ponte Pequena or the Small Bridge. The main beach can get very crowded during the peak summer period but there are some quieter spots around the beach amongst the rock formations a short distance from the main sandy areas. The beach has good facilities with toilets and public showers. During the summer season the beach is patrolled by lifeguards. There are Loungers, parasols and Pedalo&#39;s which can be hired. The beach has good access for the disabled having boardwalks and paved slopes running down to the beach from the car park to the rear of the beach.</p><br>
<h3>Car Park</h3><br>
<p>To the back of the beach there is a car park of which some places there are allocated parking bays for disabled drivers displaying a European blue badge. Parking can prove very difficult during the busy summer months as numbers are restricted so as not to weaken the cliffs. From the car park there are paths and boardwalk down to, and along the beach which provides easy access for wheelchair users.</p><br>
<p>Praia dos Arrifes is a beach on the Atlantic south coast of the Algarve, close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, Portugal. This beach is located 2.4 mi by road to the west of Albufeira old town centre and is 29.6 mi west of the regions capital of Faro. This beach is one of sixty nine blue flag beaches  in the Algarve</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The beach is also sometimes referred to locally as Praia dos Três Penecos (beach of triple rocks). This because of the location of three large isolated rock formations which dominate the line of the horizon from the beach. The tops of the formations are dotted with plants resistant to salt spray, such as Wormleaf Saltwort and Rock Samphire, which survive and grow on the rocks because the tops are well above the high tide level. Above the small beach, the cliff tops are populated by pine trees and examples of the Dwarf Fan Palms, the only palm native to Europe.</p><br>
<h3>Access and Facilities</h3><br>
<p>To reach the sands there are a set of wooden steps from the parking area making access to this beach difficult for the disabled. The beach facilities include a bar and restaurant although this is closed in the winter. There are toilets and a shower. During the summer season the beach is patrolled by lifeguards. Also in the summer season there are Loungers, and parasols which can be hired.</p><br>
<p>At the back of the beach there is a large informal parking area although in the summer parking is strictly controlled in order to minimise destabilization of the cliffs. Whilst on this beach it is advised to take caution when near the base of the cliffs as there is a danger of falling rocks and stones from above.</p><br>
<p>At the eastern end of the main beach there is a small satellite beach which has difficult access across the rocky foreshore but is characterised with many interesting rock formations and fossilised bedrock.</p><br>
<p>Lake St. George is a kettle lake in Richmond Hill, Ontario and now located in the conservation area managed by the Toronto Region Conservation Authority .</p><br>
<p>The lake is named for Henri St. George, French-born son of French Royalist and one time settler in Upper Canada Laurent Quetton St. George.</p><br>
<p>Henri St. George settled in Upper Canada in 1847 and established his Glen Lonely estate in Richmond Hill which contained the lake that bears his name.</p><br>
<h2>Lake St. George Conservation Field Centre</h2><br>
<p>St. George died in 1896 and the property went to various owners over the following decades. Robert Davies, the son of William Davies (founder of Canada Packers) purchased the property in 1906 and built the large estate house now known as Davies Hall. After Davies death, the Glen Lonely lands were bought by Schuyler Snively, a World War 1 veteran, who transformed the property into a successful dairy farm, and model country estate. In 1965 the Snively family negotiated the sale of the property to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, with a proviso that they be allowed to reside there until their deaths. With Marjory&#39;s passing in 1968 and Schuyler in 1971, the sale of the land was complete.</p><br>
<p>In 1979 the Glen Lonely Farm and Estate was reborn as the Lake St. George Conservation Field Centre, an outdoor education facility that serves many school boards in Toronto and York Region as well as serving as a research and training resource for schools and universities throughout Ontario. Lake St. George&#39;s quiet, expansive forests and meadows, and its pristine kettle lake have become the basis for thousands of students introduction to experiential learning through a variety Ontario curriculum based programs. The lake ecology programming is centred on the Osprey, the largest, solar-powered, passenger craft in North America.</p><br>
<p>Praia do Túnel is a beach on the Atlantic south coast of the Algarve, in the town of Albufeira which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, Portugal. The beach is also known as Praia do Peneco and is one of the two beaches which front the town of Albufeira with Praia do Túnel at the western end and Praia dos Pescadores lying to the eastern end of the towns seafront. The town and its beaches are located west 23.9 mi by road of the regions capital of Faro.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The beach gets its name from a 20 meter long tunnel next to the tourist office in the middle of Albufeira which cuts through the cliffs linking the towns square to the beach. At the western end of the beach there is a promenade which ends at the cave known as the Xorino Grotto. According to 13th-century legend, the cave was used as shelter by the Moors after the Christian conquest of Albufeira. As well as the tunnel there are several other points of access to the beach including a lift, ramps and steps</p><br>
<h3>Facilities</h3><br>
<p>During the summer season the beach is patrolled by lifeguards. There are Loungers, parasols and Pedalo&#39;s which can be hired. The beach has good access for the disabled.</p><br>
<p>Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber is a Neolithic dolmen located northeast of the village of Llanfaelog on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. It is located near Tŷ Newydd farm, and is in the care of Cadw.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Tŷ Newydd burial chamber is a ruined megalithic dolmen set up on a natural outcrop and would originally have been covered with a mound or cairn. The capstone measures 4.0 metres by 1.8 metres and is up to 1.2 metres thick. The capstone is cracked and rests on three of the four remaining uprights.</p><br>
<h2>Excavations</h2><br>
<p>The chamber was excavated in August 1935 by Charles Phillips. The chamber was found to be about 2.8 metres by 1.2 metres, and its area was defined by a spread of charcoal with a hearth at the eastern end, where there was thought to have been a second chamber or passage. The finds included five flint flakes, a burnt flint arrowhead, a small chip from a polished flint axe, and nine small fragments of pottery. Phillips believed that the pottery fragments were from the Beaker culture, and thus might represent Bronze Age reuse of an earlier Neolithic monument.</p><br>
<p>The Kable House is an Italianate building from 1873 on the Mary Baldwin University campus. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1979. It is a two-story, five-bay brick house on a raised basement.</p><br>
<p>Construction started in 1873, and was completed in 1874, for John W. Alby. In 1884, Captain William Hartman Kable purchased the house and opened the Staunton Male Academy (which was renamed again in 1886 to Staunton Military Academy, at the same location) in the building.</p><br>
<p>The house was remodeled in 1917 by T.J. Collins architectural firm, and added indoor plumbing and a kitchen, as well as some modifications to the exterior.</p><br>
<p>Staunton Military Academy continued to operate until 1976, at which time the building was purchased by Mary Baldwin College.</p><br>
<p>The Brisbane Synagogue is a heritage-listed synagogue at 98 Margaret Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Arthur Morry and built from 1885 to 1886 by Arthur Midson. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Jewish families who settled in Queensland from the time of Separation formed the nucleus of the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation founded in Brisbane in 1865. The congregation used a number of venues as temporary places of worship, including a building in the grounds of Samuel Daviss home at North Quay (later known as Aubigny), while raising money through various land speculations to purchase a site and build a Synagogue. The present site was purchased by R B Lewin and sold to the congregation for £200. In 1885 designs for a Synagogue were sought from architects and plans submitted by Arthur Morry, who worked in the Queensland Colonial Architects office, were chosen. The foundation stone was laid on 7 July 1885 and a bottle containing coins, newspapers and documents was embedded beneath it. The foundation stone is no longer visible following the raising of the level of Margaret Street, and it is believed that the courtyard of the Synagogue was raised at the same time. This is supported by the fact that ventilated arches for the basement are now located well below ground level.</p><br>
<p>Arthur Midson, a prominent building contractor, built the Synagogue for the sum of £6450. It was finally consecrated on 18 July 1886 in a ceremony of "the most imposing and interesting character" which was "crowded to excess" by people of all faiths. The building features a large circular geometric tracery window of Oamaru stone above the Margaret Street arched doorway. The stained glass lead lighting was obtained from Messrs Lyon, Cottier & Co of Sydney. The window is flanked on either side by a minaret turret which rose to a height of 90 feet (27 metres) from the original ground level. The rendered brick structure, constructed on concrete foundations, contains a basement, a nave and side aisles on the ground floor with a ministers retiring or robe room at the rear. In accordance with traditional Jewish religious practices the sexes are separated during worship, with a gallery level for females only. It contains 140 seats and two womens retiring rooms.</p><br>
<p>The Synagogue remained largely unaltered over the years. Prior to the centenary celebrations of the Brisbane Jewish community in 1965, considerable renovations were carried out, including the installation of additional stained glass windows. Many of these were donated by congregation members whose families died in the Holocaust (World War II). The words "The Brisbane Synagogue" and the congregations spiritual name "Kehilla Kedosha Shaari Emuna" (The Holy Congregation of the Gates of Faith) were added over the arched entry during 1967-1968.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The building is constructed of stuccoed brickwork on a concrete foundation. The principal feature of the Margaret Street frontage is a doorway surmounted by a massive arch above which is a large circular tracery window of Oamaru stone. The window carries the circular motif through to the geometry of the tracery, and features leadlight panels. The front is flanked on either side by a minaret turret that becomes octagonal in its upper portion with narrow slit openings, and is topped by an octagonal cupola. The end gable above the entry has a central circular ventilator below which is a frieze also including a circular motif. The portions of the building recessed to either side of the entry also have circular tracery windows in recessed arched openings at the upper level. Below these openings on each side are a pair of Romanesque arched windows.</p><br>
<p>The main stepped broad arch of the entry is supported on small Corinthian columns with the front section at the top of the arch inscribed with the words "THE BRISBANE SYNAGOGUE". Above this is an ornamental row of dentils, and to either side geometrical rosettes. The back wall of the building also has a large circular tracery window of Oamaru stone. The side walls have large swinging windows to provide cross ventilation.</p><br>
<p>The building was designed to accommodate 400 people, 260 of them on the ground floor and the remainder on the upper level women&#39;s gallery which extends over the entry and down both sides. The interior is divided into a nave and side aisles by large octagonal columns with moulded caps and cement bases. Broad semi-circular arches span between the capitals. The ceiling consists of timber boarding with circular fretwork ventilators evenly spaced down the centre. The gallery is supported on small trusses and is approached by two flights of stairs, one at the front and the other at the rear. The seating on both levels is stepped and faces the centre where there is a carved timber platform. An arched recess approached by stone steps is located in the end wall. This has a circular tracery window above it, and is flanked on either side by marble plaques. Brightly coloured stained glass is situated in the circular windows on the gallery level and also the arched lower openings.</p><br>
<h2>Heritage listing</h2><br>
<p>The Brisbane Synagogue was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.</p><br>
<p>The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland&#39;s history.</p><br>
<p>The Brisbane Synagogue is Brisbane&#39;s first purpose built Synagogue, and is significant as an important development in nineteenth century Jewish worship in the city. The building reflects the development of Jewish settlement in the city during the 1880s.</p><br>
<p>The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland&#39;s cultural heritage.</p><br>
<p>The addition of windows are a rare Brisbane memorial to Jewish people who died in the Second World War.</p><br>
<p>The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland&#39;s history.</p><br>
<p>Located within the foundation stone cavity are artefacts and memorabilia which have the potential for yielding information about the Jewish community in the 1880s.</p><br>
<p>The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.</p><br>
<p>The Brisbane Synagogue is significant as an example of the design work of Arthur Morry, prominent Brisbane architect, and of Arthur Midson, local building contractor. As an example of Australian-Jewish places of worship, the Brisbane Synagogue typifies the customs and liturgical practices of the Hebrew community.</p><br>
<p>The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.</p><br>
<p>As a free-standing element with an entry porch, the building contributes to the streetscape of Margaret Street.</p><br>
<p>The place is important in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period.</p><br>
<p>The adaption in its design of both circular and octagonal elements to a traditional plan form to create a style suitable for an inner-city Synagogue.</p><br>
<p>The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.</p><br>
<p>The building also has special significance to Brisbane&#39;s Hebrew community.</p><br>
<p>Isola di San Clemente  is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon in Italy. For centuries it housed a monastic settlement, and more recently an asylum. It is now the site of a luxury hotel.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>San Clemente Island lies in the Venetian Lagoon between Giudecca and the Lido. The island covers 6 hectares (15 acres), of which 1.34 is edified.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The island was first settled in 1131, when Venetian merchant Pietro Gattilesso funded the construction of the church of San Clemente and a hospice for pilgrims and soldiers destined for the Holy Land. The name is dedicated to Pope Clement I, who died as a martyr according to legend and who is patron of seamen. The complex was run by Augustine canons, while the entire island was under the jurisdiction of the patriarch of Grado Enrico Dandolo. In 1288 the relics of Saint Anianus - the first successors of St. Mark as Patriarch of Alexandria - were brought to the San Clemente church.</p><br>
<p>After experiencing a slow decline in the course of the 14th century, San Clemente gained fresh life in 1432, when Pope Eugene IV moved the order of Lateran canons - also known as the Charity (Carità) - to the island. Thanks to donations provided by wealthy Venetian families, the canons began work on the restoration of the church and enlargement of the monastery.</p><br>
<p>In 1643, to fulfil a vow made during the plague epidemic that struck the city in 1630, Venetians funded the building of a new chapel, modelled on the Holy House of Loreto, inside the San Clemente church. This “church in a church” is still a main feature of the construction.</p><br>
<p>Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona purchased the island in 1645. The Venetian nobility provided them with financial assistance to restore the church and monastery, and expand the island to add additional houses to the complex. In 1652 the Morosini family sponsored the restoration of the church façade by Andrea Cominelli, in order to pay tribute to the family’s members Francesco and Tommaso, who died in the War of Candia.</p><br>
<p>The fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797 impacted San Clemente. Also, owing to the suppression of religious orders by Napoleon, in 1810 the Camaldolese monks left the island, which became a military garrison.</p><br>
<p>From 1844 the island housed a mental hospital, an example of confinement of the mad and their exclusion from society common to the period. This female asylum housed women of Venice who were considered insane, earning a reputation amongst Venetians who came to equate going to San Clemente with going mad, much in the way Bedlam has been referred to within England. According to acclaimed historian of madness Andrew Scull, Mussolini sent his mistress Ida Dalser to San Clemente, effectively incarcerating her. The asylum was abandoned in 1992 before being bought and developed into the hotel complex it houses today.</p><br>
<h2>Gateway to Venice</h2><br>
<p>Between the XV and XVI centuries, San Clemente became known as the “gateway to Venice”. It became standard practice to take the Bucentaur (Bucintoro), the Doge’s ceremonial barge, to the island to meet distinguished visitors. On the return journey to the Grand Canal, the guests were entertained by a variety of spectacles and performances.</p><br>
<p>Writing of Venice in 1493, Marino Sanudo described the Bucentaur as “a marvel, in which the Prince and Senate go to any great lord visiting the city; they go to San Clemente or elsewhere, depending on the direction from which the visitor is coming”.</p><br>
<h2>Hotel</h2><br>
<p>The buildings on the private island were renovated in 2003 and converted into a luxury hotel. In September 2013 it was announced that a subsidiary of the Permak construction group of Turkey had bought the property. Permak launched further renovations between 2013 and 2014, while retaining the historic character. The property is currently managed by Kempinski Group, which reopened the hotel as San Clemente Palace Kempinski in March 2016. The hotel has 190 rooms and suites, three restaurants and three bars, an outdoor swimming pool and a tennis court as well as a golf pitching course.</p><br>
<p>Lake Jessie, with somewhat of an oval shape, has a surface area of 189 acre. This lake is on the northwest side of Winter Haven, Florida, and is just east of Auburndale, Florida. Residential areas border this lake from the northwest shore all the way south along the west shore, ending where the south shore of the lake meets the east shore of the lake. At this point a canal separates the residences from some woods on the southeast shore of Lake Jessie. These woods are on the edge of Winter Haven Municipal Airport. Airport property occupies the entire east and northeast shores of the lake. Jack Brown&#39;s Seaplane Base, on the northeast shore and a part of the airport uses the northeast shore of Lake Jessie for seaplane takeoffs and landings. Most of the north shore of the lake is bordered by more woods.</p><br>
<p>Lake Jessie has public access at the public boat ramp on the west side of the lake, where Morton Road ends at the ramp. Boats may access Lake Jessie via a canal connecting this lake to Lake Idylwild on the southeast corner of the lake. Another canal near Jack Brown&#39;s Seaplane Base provides access to Lake Mariana to the north. However, this canal is very small and not always navigable. Lake Jessie is part of the south part of the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes system, so boats may travel some distance to reach this lake. This lake has no public swimming areas. The Take Me Fishing website says Lake Jessie contains largemouth bass and bluegill.</p><br>
<p>Fort Norfolk is a historic fort and national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia. With the original buildings having been built between 1795 and 1809, the fort encompasses 11 contributing buildings which include: main gate, guardhouse, officers quarters, powder magazine, and carpenters shop. Fort Norfolk is the last remaining fortification of President George Washington’s 18th Century harbor defenses. It has served as the district office for the U. S. Army Engineer District, Norfolk since 1923.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Later it became a Virginia Landmark in 2013. Now it is preserved as a historic fort and is open to the public during the summer.</p><br>
<h2>Origin</h2><br>
<p>Although private property at the time, the site of Fort Norfolk was first fortified by citizens of Norfolk during the USA Revolutionary War in order provide harbor defense. The fort is located at a point where the Elizabeth River narrows and was used in conjunction with Fort Nelson on the opposite bank of the river in Portsmouth. This was done with the aims to provide a cross fire for any ships that would attempt to bombard and/or conduct an amphibious assault on Norfolk or Portsmouth. Ultimately this failed as these positions were too weak to prevent a naval bombardment on Norfolk, later known as the Burning of Norfolk, by Lord Dunmore on January 1, 1776.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>Congress authorized President George Washington to build defensive fortifications along what they determined the "Maritime Frontier" in order to defend American harbors. In 1795, construction began on Fort Norfolk. It was originally built with earthen walls and utilized either wooden or brick supports. The northern, eastern, and southern facing sides are designed after a Vauban style star fort. The western side resembles a half moon shape and is called a semicircular bastion. This was an experimental design and the purpose was to maximize the number of cannon overlooking the river. While the design of a semicircular bastion is vulnerable to a land assault, this section of the fort is on the eastern bank of the Elizabeth River; therefore, it is not susceptible to a land assault.</p><br>
<h2>War of 1812</h2><br>
<p>During 1810, in anticipation for another war with Britain, the defensive sea wall was reinforced to reach 12 feet high and 20 feet thick. All exterior walls that were not originally built of brick and masonry were then replaced with brick and masonry. The eastern and northern inland facing sides continued to mimick a star fort. A ravelin was added on the east side of the fort to further reinforce the fort in preparation of a land assault. Additionally, this provided needed protection to the Officers&#39; Quarters building, (used as the Shell House during the Civil War) which also served as the center part the eastern perimeter wall. The armament composed of nine eighteen pound cannons with large quantities of gunpowder, shot, and shell. Although Fort Norfolk itself never saw conflict, it was in operation during the War of 1812. An elongated chain was stretched from Fort Norfolk to Fort Nelson in order to prevent the British Fleet from attacking Gosport Shipyard, Norfolk, and/or Portsmouth. During the War of 1812, soldiers stationed at Fort Norfolk were sent to reinforce the defense at Craney Island and took part in the Battle of Craney Island.</p><br>
<p>Following the war, the construction of Fort Monroe made Fort Norfolk obsolete. Located outside of what was then city limits, the fort remained standing but it ceased to be occupied.</p><br>
<h2>Civil War</h2><br>
<p>Prior to the USA Civil War, a powder magazine was added and used to assemble, store, and load munitions for ships built or repaired at what was then Gosport Shipyard, now known as Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Later steps were taken to defend Norfolk from seceding armies. Fort Norfolk was again operational and a battery was assigned to Fort Norfolk.</p><br>
<p>When Virginia seceded in 1861, the Union Army was forced to abandon both Norfolk and Fort Norfolk. The Confederate Army occupied Norfolk and Portsmouth; therefore, occupying both the fort and Gosport Shipyard. Fort Norfolk was then used to by the Confederate Army to defend Gosport Shipyard. The fort’s newly added powder magazine also supplied Confederate ships who tried to break the Union blockade on Hampton Roads. The most famous of these encounters, being the Battle of Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, often referred to as the Merrimac(k) because it was previously the USS Merrimack.</p><br>
<p>The Union Army reoccupied Fort Norfolk in 1862 after General John E. Wool landed at Willoughby and marched on the city Norfolk. This caused the Confederates to evacuate both the fort and the city resulting in Norfolk’s surrender. For the remainder of the Civil War, under Union occupation, Fort Norfolk was used to imprison captured Confederate blockade runners.</p><br>
<h2>Army Corps of Engineers</h2><br>
<p>The Army Corps of Engineers occupied Fort Norfolk in 1923 and used the Fort as offices to plan engineering works for the east coast. During World War II, the fort continued to be used as offices for the Army Corps of Engineers, existing brick structures were renovated, and an additional structure for office use was built. In 1983, the new Army Corps of Engineers building was constructed next to Fort Norfolk but they still retain the fort today. However, in collaboration with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Norfolk Historical Society began making restorations and giving tours of the fort in 1991.</p><br>
<h2>Timeline</h2><br>
<p>1776 Commonwealth of Virginia establishes Fort Norfolk</p><br>
<p>1794 Congress authorizes President George Washington to construct a number of forts to protect USA harbors, including Fort Norfolk.</p><br>
<p>1810 Brick perimeter walls and most structures were built.</p><br>
<p>1813 22 June, Soldiers take part in the battle of Craney Island.</p><br>
<p>1834 Construction of Fort Monroe is completed and Government abandons Fort Norfolk.</p><br>
<p>1850 USA Navy converts Fort into ammunition depot.</p><br>
<p>1856 The large magazine is completed.</p><br>
<p>1861 Confederate General Taliaferro takes command of the fort and sets up a battery as the Civil War is declared.</p><br>
<p>1862 General Wool landed at Willoughby after the Confederate evacuation of Norfolk. Union army occupies Fort Norfolk and uses it as a Federal prison.</p><br>
<p>1863 Returned to USA Navy for ammunition storage.</p><br>
<p>1880 Navy vacates the fort.</p><br>
<p>1921 Army Corps of Engineers occupies the fort.</p><br>
<p>1983 Army Corps of Engineers moves to new building.</p><br>
<p>1992 Fort Norfolk opens to the public.</p><br>
<p>(Dates for timeline found at https://archive.org/stream/fortnorfolknorfo00norf#page/n1/mode/2up)</p><br>
<p>The Not-A-Pe-Ka-Gon Site or Notipekago Site, also known as the Quick Site, is a multi-component archaeological site located near where South Custer Road crosses the Pere Marquette River in Mason County, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1993 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The oral tradition of the Odawa people holds that the Not-A-Pe-Ka-Gon Site was the site of an important 17th century battle between the Odawa and Mascouten peoples. Many men from both sides of the conflict died in the battle, and their skulls were placed on sticks along the riverbank; the site became known as "Notipekago" or "Notipekagon" - literally, "heads on sticks."</p><br>
<p>Years later, erosion exposed the previously buried remains of the warriors, leading to the modern archaeological discovery of the site.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Not-A-Pe-Ka-Gon Site is located on two river terraces along the Pere Marquette River. The site contains three small mounds, and pottery and French trade goods were found.</p><br>
<p>Far Rockaway Beach Bungalow Historic District is a historic area in Far Rockaway, Queens County, New York. It includes summer beach bungalows near the oceanfront of Far Rockaway. They are smaller than the usual domestic bungalows of the 1920s. They were built in 1921 using pattern book designs incorporating uniform facades, compact interiors, integrated porches and exposed rafters. Their architect, Henry Hohauser, became better known in the 1930s as a designer of Art Deco hotels in Miami Beach. The district was hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but survived without major damage. The district is located along Beach 24th, 25th, and 26th Streets. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The neighborhood&#39;s heyday as a resort community ended about 1950. The families that used the nearby Long Island Rail Road to get to the area each summer began to vacation elsewhere as travel by automobile became more accessible to many people. The popularity of the area also suffered after the railroad abandoned the Rockaway Beach Branch in 1950, making travel to the Rockaway Peninsula far less convenient to people from other parts of New York City. Much of the housing in the area was converted into year-round housing for low-income residents, and some of the bungalows were used as public housing.</p><br>
<p>The urban renewal programs instituted by Robert Moses in the 1950s and &#39;60s contributed to the year round residency and eventual decline of Far Rockaway. The closing of the primary rail bridge after a fire in 1950, and the migration of families to other beaches also contributed to changes in the community. The urban renewal also saw the rise of condos and housing projects in the area, and many low income residents of Manhattan were re-located to Far Rockaway, with some going to the poorly maintained bungalows, which were not built for winters. Years of neglect and disinvestment gave way to decline causing many bungalows to be designated slums. By the 1980s, many of the bungalows had been razed, and crime and poverty were on the rise. Only about 100 bungalows remain.</p><br>
<p>The Beachside Bungalow Preservation Association (BBPA) was formed in September 1984 by Betzie Parker White, Roger White, and Carole Lewis. Betzie White was the head, or chairman, of the BBPA and established it as a non-profit 501(c)3 in June 1986. Richard George became a board member in 1985, and chairman around 1990.</p><br>
<p>In 1990, the association set up an office and hired a staff to organize community programs. Another grant enabled the planting of beach grass, shrubs, and other salt-tolerant plants along the boardwalk from Beach 24th-Beach 27th Streets in 1992. As a result of the plantings, a double-dune system developed that acts as a barrier against erosion and storm damage.</p><br>
<p>The association’s work resulted in the rezoning of the neighborhood. The rezoning protects the low-scale housing stock, including the bungalows and one- and two-family homes. It also secures the bungalows&#39; ocean views and public access to the beach.</p><br>
<p>There has been a renewed interest in the area in recent years, as many creative types from Manhattan have flocked to the Rockaways.</p><br>
<h2>In popular culture</h2><br>
<p>The HBO series Boardwalk Empire shot scenes in the bungalow community in 2009 for the first episode. Bootleg Productions, the production company behind the series, sent a check for $10,000 after receiving a letter from Carmela George. Joseph Iberti explained, "As a period show set in the 1920s, we appreciate the importance of preserving what is left of period architecture and felt that our contribution could have an impact in this regard."</p><br>
<p>Groucho Marx invested in 24 bungalows in the 1920s.</p><br>
<p>The Libby, McNeil and Libby Fruit and Vegetable Cannery was a cannery operated in Sacramento, California by Libby, McNeil, and Libby. The building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Libby, McNeil and Libby built nine brick structures near the corner of Stockton Boulevard and 31st Street (now Alhambra Boulevard) in 1912. The undertaking was the grand sum of $1 million.</p><br>
<p>The building was strategically located to provide access to two separate railways and employed around 1,000 workers.</p><br>
<p>Corresponding with a decline in canned food sales in the US, Libby shut down operations in the early 1980s. A developer purchased the building soon after for $2.5 million and remodeled it into an office complex, some of which was used by state offices, departments of UC Davis Medical Center, and a fitness center. In 1991, it was valued at $30 million.</p><br>
<p>West Point Cemetery, also known as Potters Field and Calvary Cemetery, is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia. It encompasses three contributing sites, one contributing structure, and one contributing object in an African American graveyard in downtown Norfolk. The cemetery was established in 1873, and includes a grouping of headstones marking the remains of 58 black soldiers and sailors who served in the American Civil War, and a monument honoring these veterans stands over their graves. Other notable elements include the Potters Field, O’Rourke Mausoleum, and the West Point Cemetery entry sign.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It is contiguous with Elmwood Cemetery, listed in 2013.</p><br>
<h2>West Point Monument</h2><br>
<p>Dedicated in 1906, the monument was built as a tribute to African American veterans of both the Civil War and Spanish American War. The Civil War soldier depicted on the top of the West Point Monument is Norfolk native Sergeant William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment.</p><br>
<p>James Fuller (1846-1909) was the primary force behind the monument’s installation. Fuller was a former slave and a Civil War Veteran quartermaster in the First United States Colored Cavalry, and was later elected as the first black Norfolk City Councilman.</p><br>
<p>St. Peter&#39;s Episcopal Church, now known as The New Saint James Holiness Church of Christ Disciples, is a historic Episcopal church in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It is a frame, gable-roofed building with two contiguous sections: 1) the sanctuary built in 1886; 2) and the fellowship hall  built in 1912. The church building is in the Gothic Revival style. The building features a small gable-roofed arched entrance door and large and small arched stained-glass windows. St.</p><br>
<p>Peter’s is one of six mission churches that descended from St. Paul’s. St. Peter&#39;s Episcopal Church operated at this location until 1959, when it was transferred to the African-American trustees of Garretts Independent Community Church. In 1967, St. Peter’s was transferred to the trustees of what come to be known as Saint James Holiness Church of Christ Disciples.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.</p><br>
<p>Blodgett Peak is a mountain summit in El Paso County, Colorado. Blodgett Peak is located in Pike National Forest. and at its base is Blodgett Peak Open Space of Colorado Springs.</p><br>
<h2>Overview</h2><br>
<p>The peak is located in the 167 acre Blodgett Peak Open Space along Rampart Range of the Rocky Mountains, which is a wildlife habitat, including the peregrine falcons, and trails for hiking. The terrain contains Pierre Shale, Fountain Formation, and Manitou Limetone. Flora includes scub oak, Douglas fir, and ponderosa pine.</p><br>
<p>The peak is accessed from Woodmen Road in Colorado Springs. It is 16.3 km northwest by west (bearing 309°) of downtown Colorado Springs.</p><br>
<h2>Mountain</h2><br>
<p>Blodgett Peak was named for a family that settled in an area now part of the Air Force Academy in the 19th century.</p><br>
<p>It was the 1959 runner-up site for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Hardened Combat Operations Center to the command center built in Cheyenne Mountain. NORAD was particularly interested in a Colorado Springs location, and the Corp of Engineers recommended the selection of Cheyenne Mountain in March 1959.</p><br>
<p>The Blodgett Peak was burned during the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire. After the fire, the Blodgett Peak Restoration Project was initiated to develop soil and erosion control measures, remove dead trees along trails, plant trees, and reseed vegetation. There was a combined effort of USA Forest Service crews, the Rocky Mountain Field Institute, Air Force Academy cadets, and the Mile High Youth Corp to restore the trails, remove hazardous trees, install log erosion barriers and other erosion minimization approaches, and plant trees and seeds. Funding was provided by Pikes Peak Community Foundation and Great Outdoors Colorado totaling $75,000 and additional monies raised by McCloskey Motors. A tour of the open space, including the undamaged areas, was conducted by the City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services on August 29, 2013 and the open space area was reopened. The open space was one of the first areas affected by the fire to reopen.</p><br>
<h2>Hiking</h2><br>
<p>The main route, and the most accessible, starts in the Blodgett Peak Open Space and is approximately 4 miles round trip. The hike gains more than 2,000ft in elevation, with the trailhead starting at 7,158ft.</p><br>
<p>In March of 2015, a man attempting to hike to the top of the peak was reported missing by relatives. After search teams were sent out, the man&#39;s body was found off of the trail among a boulder field. The trail is noted to be hard to navigate, especially since the Waldo Canyon Fire has changed the landscape and notable landmarks for hikers.</p><br>
<p>The Ludington United States Coast Guard Station is a Coast Guard facility located at 101 South Lakeshore Drive in Ludington, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The building is planned to be used as a maritime museum slated to open in early 2017</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The town of Ludington (originally known as "Pere Marquette") was first platted in 1867. Population almost immediately boomed, in large part due to the planned construction of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad, which was completed in 1874. Ludington had over 2500 residents by that time, and the completion of the railroad spurred both passenger travel and freight shipment out of the harbor.</p><br>
<p>In 1878, as shipping increased, Congress authorized four Lake Michigan life-saving stations, including one at Ludington. A station was built on the peninsula south of the harbor in 1879. The first crew came to the station in 1880. In 1884, the station was moved to the present site on the north side of the harbor, and a new structure built. However, by the 1930s, the station had outgrown the 1884 building.</p><br>
<p>Plans for a new building were drawn up in 1932, and in 1933 the original station was moved to become a private residence. Although the station declined in importance, tits mission was re-evaluated in the wake of 9/11, and plans were made for a new station building.</p><br>
<p>In 2003, ground was broken on a new station nearby, In 2007, the City of Ludington and the Mason County Historical Society agreed to create and operate a maritime</p><br>
<p>museum in the 1933 building. The General Services Administration deeded the station to the city in 2010, and the future design began. Exterior renovations were made, and the 1933 station reopened as a maritime museum on Saturday, June 10, 2017.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Ludington Coast Guard Station is a large two to three-story wooden craftsman style structure, consisting of a broad hip-roof main block with a lower flat-roof rear extension; the entire structure measures 82 feet by 60 feet. The lower level is a concrete basement, serving as the first floor, while the upper levels are of wood construction and clad with wooden shingles. Broad hip-roof dormers project from each face of the hip roof. Fronting the water, two long flights of stairs lead to hip-roof entry porches on each corner of the second level. A low pent roof between the entrances marks the top of the three former boat bays. Windows are primarily single square-head window openings, with double wide ones above the doorways.</p><br>
<p>On the rear (land facing) side, the extension has two wide entrances to the boathouse, with a smaller pedestrian door between. Round windows are inset above each door. A small addition fills the interior corner between the extension and the main structure.</p><br>
<p>On the interior, the three-bay boathouse extends two stories in height, and runs through the center of the building. The remainder of the lower basement level contained a carpenter shop and storage areas. The second floor contained offices on one side of the boathouse and a galley and mess on the other. The third floor contained nine bunk rooms, two bathrooms, a TV/recreation room, and a large closet.</p><br>
<p>Praia do Castelo is a beach close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, in the Algarve, Portugal. This beach is located 4.0 mi by road to the west of Albufeira old town centre and is 31.9 mi west of the regions capital of Faro. This beach is one of sixty nine blue flag beaches  in the Algarve.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Praia do Castelo or Castle Beach is in fact made up of one main beach and several small satellite beaches and coves. The main beach is small and made up of gold sand and is 200.00 m long and is sheltered by 30 ft high jagged cliffs. Spreading in each direction from the main beach are several small coves, interspersed by rocky outcrops. The beach gets its name from the Watchtower which once stood here. The watchtower was built in the mid-16th century to monitor this stretch of the coast for attacks by Barbary pirates coming from North Africa. The remains of this watchtower can be found close to the access point to the beach.</p><br>
<h3>Access</h3><br>
<p>On the cliff top there is a small car park which is reached from the resort village of Sesmarias along a small lane which is signposted Praia do Castelo with a brown Tourist sign (Rua da Torre Velha). From the car park the beach is reached by descending a set of wooden steps which also gives access to the beach bar and restaurant. The cliffs which back the beach are subject to erosion and it is recommended that great care be taken whilst below as there is a possibility of falling rocks and stones.</p><br>
<h3>Facilities</h3><br>
<p>There are toilets and a shower. During the summer season the beach is patrolled by lifeguards who also man a medical post. Also in the summer season there are Loungers, and parasols which can be hired. There is also a public telephone.</p><br>
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<p>Guaniguanico, also known as Cordillera de Guaniguanico, is a mountain range of western Cuba that spans from the centre-west of Pinar del Río Province to the western area of Artemisa Province. It is formed by the subranges of Sierra del Rosario and Sierra de los Órganos.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The cordillera spans for a length of circa 160 km, from the town Guane, in the west of Pinar del Río Province, to the Alturas de Mariel, near Mariel, Artemisa Province. The two subranges composing it, Sierra de los Órganos (west) and Sierra del Rosario (east), are divided in the middle by the San Diego River (Río San Diego). The highest peak is the Pan de Guajaibón (699 m), located between the municipalities of Bahía Honda and La Palma. It represents a symbol of western Cuba.</p><br>
<h2>Landmarks</h2><br>
<p>The Guaniguanico includes the Viñales Valley, a natural reserve and World Heritage Site, and other landmarks as the waterfalls of Salto de Soroa and the nature reserve of Las Terrazas.</p><br>
<p>Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa, also known as Macizo Nipe Sagua Baracoa , is a mountain range of eastern Cuba.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The range is located in Holguín Province and Guantánamo Province, and slightly into Santiago de Cuba Province.</p><br>
<p>Extended for a length of 187 km and a width of 50, the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa spans from the central-eastern part of the Province of Holguín (near Nipe Bay, Mayarí) to the eastern corner of the one of Guantánamo, up to Maisí. It borders with the mountain range of Sierra Maestra and counts the Pico Cristal that, with an elevation of 1,231 m, is the second Cuban peak after the Pico Turquino (1,974 m).</p><br>
<p>The range is crossed by the rivers Toa, Mayarí and Sagua de Tánamo.</p><br>
<h3>Composition</h3><br>
<p>The range is composed by several subgroups:</p><br>
<p>Sierra del Nipe, with the highest peak at the Loma de la Mensura (994 m)</p><br>
<p>Sierra Cristal, with the highest peak at the Pico Cristal (1,231 m)</p><br>
<p>Cuchillas de Moa, surrounding the homonym city, with the highest peak at the Pico del Toldo (1,175 m)</p><br>
<p>Cuchillas de Baracoa, near the homonym city, with a maximum elevation of 788 m</p><br>
<p>Cuchillas del Toa, with the highest peak at the Pico Galán (974 m)</p><br>
<p>Sierra del Purial, with a maximum elevation of 1,059 m</p><br>
<p>Sierra de Imías, near the homonym town, with the highest peak at the Pico el Gato (1,176 m)</p><br>
<h2>Environment</h2><br>
<p>Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa is known for its biodiversity and counts the national parks of Sierra Cristal and Alejandro de Humboldt, and the biosphere reserve of Cuchillas del Toa.</p><br>
