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When he was 70 years old, lumber baron Perry Hannah built his retirement home in 1891. As one of the early settlers in this northern Michigan area, he was acclaimed by some as the "Father of Traverse City."
This mansion has four floors, 40 rooms, and 10 fireplaces, with 3500 square feet of living space on every floor. Everything in this Queen Anne/French Chateau style house was hand-crafted as there was no electricity at that time,
Today, Hannah's house is the home of Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
Welcome to the the Town of Middlebury, NY! We are a primarily rural town in Wyoming County, located south between Buffalo and Rochester. With the Oatka Creek bordering the eastern side of the town and the Dale Valley on the west, the town includes the historic "Gaslight Village" of Wyoming on NY Route 19 and the hamlet of Dale on County Road 1. In addition to several large dairy farms, locally-grown grain, fruits, and vegetables can be found here in abundance, as can some of the best maple syrup products in the northeastern US! 110
The only Hurricane from the Battle of Britain still airborne today, Hawker Hurricane Mk1 R4118 is widely regarded as the most historic British aircraft to survive in flying condition from the Second World War.
Credited with flying 49 Battle of Britain sorties and shooting 5 aircraft down.
The only Battle of Britain hurricane Mk1 still flying.
The chapel was built on land gifted to the church by Joshua Harshaw, who was a prominent slaveholder in the area. The chapel was completed May 1, 1869, and is a vernacular Greek Revival style brick church. Cemetery contains graves dated as early as about 1840
This historic house in St. Augustine, Florida, is known for its iconic gated entry. [Flickr Explore #63, June 21, 2021.]
abandoned church of Santa Croce in Pozzuoli,
a historical town close to Naples,
Campania region, Italy
Historic, retro service station ( Old school mechanics )
Steveston Village, Richmond
British Columbia Canada
Marine Garage has been a long time fixture on Moncton Street in Steveston. While the pumps remain, today it is solely a mechanics garage under the name of Seppo's Automotive.
Marine Garage is an Art Deco style building that has a long history in providing fuel and service to Steveston's residents. It originally opened as Walker's Emporium in the early 1900s and was one of the few buildings that survived the fire of 1918 (City of Richmond Archives)
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Webster Wagner Mansion Now Webster Wagner House is a historic home located at Palatine Bridge in Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1876 and designed by noted architect Horatio Nelson White as the home for railroad car magnate Webster Wagner
Million Dollar Staircase
The New York State Capitol is the capitol building of the U.S. state of New York. Housing the New York State Legislature, it is located in the state capital city Albany as part of the Empire State Plaza on State Street in Capitol Park. The building, completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million (worth approximately half a billion current dollars), was the most expensive government building of its time.[citation needed] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, then included as a contributing property when the Lafayette Park Historic District was listed in 1978. The following year it was declared a National Historic Landmark
This is Portencross Castle in North Ayrshire, Scotland. This is the last place on the mainland of Scotland where the deceased Scots Kings would depart on their journey across the sea to Iona where they were then laid to rest.
It's been already a week since my return back and as I have been busy I had no free time to review photos from my recent trip to Greece. So I made a dive into my archives and that photo from Boston's north end caught my attention. A historic alley I would describe it for 2 reasons. First, this alley is part of the famous "Freedom Trail" and second, the wall on the right of the frame is the Old North church, one of Boston's most historic buildings. During the American Revolution, on the steeple of that very church 2 lanterns were carried to warn the American militia that the British chose to advance against Concord by sea.
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Volterra, the historic city in the heart of Tuscany, many known for the Twilight Saga as the home of the Volturi. The movie was shot in Montepulciano, about 120 km from Volterra.
The town of Volterra is situated on a hill. To the north there is an impressive erosion area, the "Le Balze".
The long abandoned monastery on the upper left is dilapidated and threatened by collapse and demolition.
The picture was taken in the late afternoon after a rain shower.
Volterra, die historische Stadt inmitten der Toskana, vielen bekannt durch die Twilight-Saga als Heimat der Volturi. Gedreht wurde allerdings in Montepulciano, ca. 120 km entfernt von Volterra.
Nördlich der auf einem Hügel gelegenen Stadt erstreckt sich die Le Balze, ein beeindruckendes Erosionsgebiet.
Das längst verlassene Kloster oben links ist baufällig und vom Einsturz und Abbruch bedroht.
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Delfshaven is a borough of Rotterdam on the right bank of river Nieuwe Maas, in South Holland, the Netherlands. It was a separate municipality until 1886.
The town of Delfshaven grew around the port of the city of Delft. Delft itself was not located on a major river, so in 1389 a harbour was created about 10 km (6 mi) due south of the city, to be able to receive seafaring vessels and avoid tolls being levied by the neighbouring and competing city of Rotterdam. This settlement was named Delfshaven ("Port of Delft").
On 1 August 1620 the Pilgrim fathers left Delfshaven with the Speedwell. Since then, the town's Oude Kerk has also been known as the Pelgrimskerk, or in English, the "Pilgrim Fathers Church".
Fishing, shipbuilding and the distillery of jenever were the main sources of income. The Dutch East India Company had important wharfs and warehouses in Delfshaven, and one of the Dutch West India Company's most famous commanders, Piet Hein, was born here.
Delfshaven belonged to the city and municipality of Delft until 1811, when it became a separate municipality. Delfshaven was annexed by Rotterdam in 1886 at its own request. The current borough has about 73,000 inhabitants. Its small historic centre has been carefully preserved. It features modest local museums, a brewery and various dining and drinking facilities.
Delfshaven escaped the bombing of Rotterdam by the Luftwaffe on May 14, 1940. Later during the Second World War, the area around the Groot Visserijplein and other parts of the western city of Rotterdam were destroyed by allied bombing on March 31, 1943.
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Veere is a municipality with a population of 22,000 and a town with a population of 1,500 in the southwestern Netherlands, in the region of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland.
The name Veere means "ferry": Wolfert Van Borssele established a ferry and ferry house there in 1281. This ferry he called the "camper-veer" or "Ferry of Campu" by which name Camphire it was known, at least in England, until the seventeenth century. It eventually became known as "de Veer". In the same year 1281 Wolfert also built the castle Sandenburg on one of the dikes he had built. On 12 November 1282, Count Floris V. thereupon issued a charter by which Wolfert received the sovereignty to the land and castle with the ferry and ferry house. From that time on Wolfert was given the title of Lord Van der Veer. Veere received city rights in 1355.
Zons on the Rhine, the medieval customs fortress, founded in the 7th century. Zons is always worth a visit with its completely preserved town wall, towers, gates and other historical buildings
C-FPSM, a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk. I Beaver, rolling out on runway 15 at Downsview Airport in Toronto, Ontario.
That day, it performed the last landing and the final take-off ever made by this iconic type at that historic airfield.
Serial number 677 began its career as 53-8169 with the United States Air Force on July 19, 1954.
The Gooderham and Worts Distillery was founded in 1832.
In 1871, Gooderham and Worts became one of the largest exporters in spirit production, shipping millions of gallons across Canada as well as North and South America – and at one point was the largest distillery in the world. The distillery officially closed its doors in 1990, after 153 years of production.
In the 1990s, The Distillery District was granted new life as it became a popular destination for film – it was the number one film location in Canada and the second outside of Hollywood, with over 1700 movies filmed here.
In 2001 the area underwent a huge project to restore the district in order to turn it into a car-free neighbourhood that would preserve its heritage, ‘entirely dedicated to arts, culture and entertainment.’ It finally opened in May 2003 and is now one of Canada’s top tourist attractions as well as a unique neighbourhood that is a vital part of the city of Toronto.
Toronto’s historic cobble-stoned and pedestrian-only village.
Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress, near the village of Blackness, Scotland, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.
It was built, probably on the site of an earlier fort,[1] by Sir George Crichton in the 1440s. At this time, Blackness was the main port serving the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow, one of the main residences of the Scottish monarch. The castle, together with the Crichton lands, passed to James II of Scotland in 1453, and the castle has been crown property ever since. It served as a state prison, holding such prisoners as Cardinal Beaton and the 6th Earl of Angus.
Strengthened by Sir James Hamilton of Finnart in the mid-16th century, the castle became one of the most advanced artillery fortifications of its time in Scotland. A century later, these defences were not enough to prevent Blackness falling to Oliver Cromwell's army in 1650. Some years after the siege, the castle was repaired, and again served as a prison and a minor garrison. In 1693, the spur protecting the gate was heightened, and the Stern Tower shortened as a base for three heavy guns. Barracks and officers' quarters were added in the 1870s, when the castle was used as an ammunition depot, until 1912. The castle was briefly reused by the army during World War I. It is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument, in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
Because of its site, jutting into the Forth, and its long, narrow shape, the castle has been characterised as "the ship that never sailed". The north and south towers are often named "stem" and "stern", with the central tower called the "main mast"
The Fontaine Saint-Michel is a monumental fountain located in Place Saint-Michel in the 5th arrondissement in Paris. It was constructed in 1858–1860 during the French Second Empire by the architect Gabriel Davioud.
Dragon by Henri Alfred Jacquemart in front of Fontaine Saint-Michel
The Häderlis Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge over the Reuss River in the Schöllenen Gorge near Göschenen, Canton of Uri. The bridge from the 17th century was destroyed by a flood in 1987 and rebuilt true to the original until 1991.
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This is a shot of upper and lower Old Quebec.
Québec was founded by the French explorer Champlain in the early 17th century. It is the only North American city to have preserved its ramparts.
This old hotel was originally built in 1910 in Stevensville, Montana. At that time it served as the Bitterroot Valley's first hospital.
The refurbished 19th century Guildhall, above the Tourist Office is a wonderful Victorian building in the centre of Winchester, just a short stroll from all major tourist attractions. For many years the Guildhall served as an art gallery exhibiting works by local artists, but now it acts as an event venue, with rooms created from the original 19th century chambers made for civic government functions.
To my knowledge, there are 8 EMD SD45s in preservation around the United States. I've been told that only three are operational, two are seen here.
Typically, you can find both of these beautiful beasts in Duluth at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, but for a weekend in June 2022, they were on display at St. Paul Union Depot for Train Days.
Now a treasured tradition, a night shoot kicks off the weekend. Every year there's something in the lineup that's sought after more than the rest. This year it was the SD45s.
With a couple BNSF hoppers displayed in the background, it's an optical illusion that these two are at the head of a freight train. One wonders if these two ever saw service together back in the BN days.
Both locomotives are over 50 years old, NP 3617 built in 1967, and GN 400 built in 1966. But neither look their age, looking fresh out of EMD's shop. That's what happens when organizations take pride in their equipment.
A personal thank you to everyone involved to make Union Depot Train Days 2022 happen. Haven't missed a Train Days yet, hoping the streak will continue. Also thanks to Steve Glischinski & Chris Guss for organizing another phenomenal night photo shoot.