Tag: history
group name: travel
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November 10, 2006 09:51 AM EST --
The Islamic world is filled with magnificent cities. Samarkand, Bukhara, Damascus, Cairo, Istanbul and Mecca are all at the top of any top ten list, but Isfahan is in a class of its own. A city where the . . .
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August 06, 2008 07:24 PM EDT --
Not far from the Seneca Rock is the Champe Rocks. As you can see - the Champe Rocks are two separate rocks often called a mountain pillar. These rocks are made up of large complex faces and double fin . . .
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January 15, 2009 06:17 PM EST --
I've read some posts here recently that have been about places or about history. Generally I'm in to asking questions when I'm interacting on Gather, but it has struck my fancy to engage . . .
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June 26, 2009 01:46 AM EDT --
Traditional California State Foods
California's lovely San Fransico was once a small town village named Yerba Buena , which translates " good herb . . .
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June 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT --
Summertime Blues - 'Blueberries'
This past saturday morning, June 27, 2009. my husband & I were bursting with blueberry enthusiasm; so we decided to visit Whitesbog . . .
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September 16, 2007 08:02 PM EDT --
Spookville, Mo. May 6 1963
This town is marked by a small store, a deadend intersection and a "spook light" across the state line in Oklahoma.
Population varies from one . . .
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September 03, 2007 11:17 PM EDT --
This carousel was built in 1906 and was beautifully restored in the 1990's. It is housed in an ornate building with an elaborate interior.
Unlike most carousels, the horses are oriented perpindicular, . . .
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April 15, 2008 11:40 AM EDT --
On our second full day in Savannah, we decided to visit Bonaventure Cemetery, and then go spend some time on the beach on Tybee Island (just a few miles from Savannah).
Make . . .
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May 17, 2008 12:40 AM EDT --
The closest town of any consequence is 15 miles from me. A small town by most standards with about 7000 population. It has my family doctor, several gas stations,a couple of decent . . .
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May 27, 2008 02:08 PM EDT --
University Avenue physically runs through St. Paul and Minneapolis as much as it travels through the cities' history. It reportedly has one of the busiest intersections in Minnesota (at Snelling, of . . .
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September 07, 2006 08:56 PM EDT --
I find myself with a dilemma, albeit a fortunate one. I am traveling to Iran to further research on a book and to accrue more personal experience with the people of the old Inner Asian trade routes. That . . .
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April 04, 2006 12:13 PM EDT --
Pensacola, Florida is known for quite a few things. It is called the City of Five Flags, because of its many and varied custodians: Spain, England, France, The Confederate States of America, and the United . . .
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August 23, 2007 02:17 AM EDT --
Good Early Morning Gather,
It is nearly 1:00am on 8/23/07. I should be sleeping but I am not and in three hours I will be making the commute to the south side of San Antonio to meet with 300 yards . . .
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April 15, 2008 08:35 AM EDT --
Savannah was established in 1733 by James Oglethorpe and a group of English settlers. It was set up in city squares, which are like small parks that are scattered in what is known . . .
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June 23, 2008 12:35 AM EDT --
Part 1 An Insider's Guide to Montreal: East End - 2008
The 16th and 17th Centuries
Before Montreal was a city, it was Hochelaga , a village the Iroquois had established . . .
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March 29, 2007 01:13 PM EDT --
In part one of this series, I followed the Mekong River as it flowed from Tibet through China's Yunnan province, Myanmar, and . . .
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June 19, 2007 08:53 PM EDT --
I'm temporarily interrupting my very infrequent recounting of my 2006 roller coaster adventures for something more recent. This past Memorial Day weekend some friends and I visited Coney Island. . . .
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September 17, 2008 11:47 AM EDT --
Hawthorne Heights seems to have mixed up the slogan of the state I'm in today, thinking it belonged to another one. Today I'll be exploring the military history, by visiting exhibits on major . . .
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November 12, 2007 08:18 PM EST --
On Sunday, we took the kids out to Joshua Tree National Park to enjoy a cool fall day hiking among the twisted trees and crazy rock formations.
Joshua Tree is full of fun activities for people . . .
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November 10, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
Tradition has it that Isfahan's Friday mosque sits on what was once a Zoroastrian Fire Temple. Now, I have been inside mosques that used to be Fire Temples, most notably the Maggak-i-Attari in Bukhara . . .
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