Tag: north america
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June 21, 2009 09:27 AM EDT --
201 W Oglethorpe Ave Savannah, Georgia 31401 (912) 651-6843
This is the oldest cemetery on Savannah (1750) and is filled with beautiful magnolia trees and was turned into a park in 1986. The cemetery . . .
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January 21, 2009 07:02 PM EST --
Today was the perfect day for a meeting of the Mantua Cemetery Walkers. It was brisk, cloudy and slightly overcast, but not too cold for a walk around the gravestones and to learn a little about . . .
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June 10, 2008 03:08 PM EDT --
Amtrak's Empire Service provides convenient service throughout the Empire State.
With frequent daily trains between NYC and Albany (and others that continue to Buffalo and Niagara Falls), business . . .
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May 25, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
Marblehead Lighthouse is the oldest, continuously operational lighthouse on the Great Lakes. It has been featured on a U.S. postage stamp, has appeared on the license plates of Ohio's drivers, and was . . .
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January 15, 2009 11:11 AM EST --
The Gamble Plantation is the only surviving antebellum mansion in south Florida. It recalls a way of life in the south before the Civil War. The mansion was home to Major Robert Gamble and the headquarters . . .
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January 31, 2009 12:49 PM EST --
Today (November 30, 2008) my husband and I took a drive down to Homestead, Florida. Home of the magnificent and mysterious Coral Castle. The history of this awesome tourist attraction is sad, yet . . .
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June 21, 2009 10:46 AM EDT --
907 Whitehead Street Key West, Florida 33040 (305) 294-1136
This was a fun tour and my husband and I really enjoyed looking at the house and gardens. The house and grounds are interesting for their . . .
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November 15, 2009 11:24 AM EST --
1 Approach Road Asheville, North Carolina 28806 (828) 274-6333
Biltmore is the largest private residence in the US, I've been told. It's a castle, based on French chateaux. It was built by . . .
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June 18, 2009 01:24 PM EDT --
The Pirates' House Restaurant is the most genuinely historic, atmospheric and touristy restaurant to eat at in Savannah. And it is haunted. This house was once the home of the infamous pirate, Jean Lafitte, . . .
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October 03, 2007 12:05 PM EDT --
Amtrak is looking for local writers to share advice about their hometown for the "Next Stop..." series, hosted at the All Aboard! group on Gather!
What are the best sights, activities, restaurants . . .
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January 15, 2009 09:42 PM EST --
Castillo de San Marcos
1 South Castillo Drive
St. Augustine, Florida
Castillo de San Marcos took 23 years to finish is the largest and most complete Spanish fort in the US. . . .
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January 31, 2009 10:46 AM EST --
Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown make up Virginia's Historic Triangle. Known as Colonial Williamsburg, the area is the world's largest, and possibly greatest, living history museum. . . .
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August 20, 2009 10:55 AM EDT --
Kalahari Resort & Spa
7000 Kalahari Drive
Sandusky, Ohio
Kalahari Resort is an African themed resort and water park. It features spacious rooms and condos, restaurants, snack bars, . . .
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September 03, 2009 08:04 PM EDT --
The James A. Garfield Monument is the final resting place of the 20 th President of the United States of America and his family. This is one of Lake View’s most famous monuments and was . . .
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October 31, 2009 11:10 AM EDT --
Saint Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine
41 Saint George Street
Saint Augustine, Florida
St. Photois National Shrine in St. Augustine, Florida on 41 Saint George Street, . . .
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August 23, 2009 10:30 AM EDT --
West Lawn Cemetery is five acres and has about 5385 burials. It was laid out in 1854, the same year it was purchased by Mantua township trustees from Doctor A.J. Squire. In 1874 the area to the . . .
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June 18, 2009 01:04 PM EDT --
After driving to Savannah, Georgia from Ashville we are a little tired but not to tired to explore Savannah in the sinking sunset. Historical River Street was busy with bustling with shoppers and people . . .
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June 23, 2009 08:36 PM EDT --
The National Museum of the American Museum was an awesome museum. Wandering around the halls of this museum was not only an educational experience but it was also a visual feast. It is the only national . . .
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August 23, 2009 10:03 AM EDT --
East Lawn Cemetery encompasses about .25 acres and has about 200 burials. The oldest is 1815. The land for the cemetery was donated by Hezekiah Nooney Sr. to bury the first child who died in Mantua . . .
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September 03, 2009 07:40 PM EDT --
The Jeptha Wade Memorial Chapel is the greatest architectural treasure at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. The peaceful elegance of the building belies the glittering grandeur of the interior, . . .
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