VirtualGlobetrotting: Maps Submitted On: 2011-07-02

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Artist Robert "Wyland" Wyland's Hawaii home
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Robert Wyland aka "Wyland", known for his marine themed paintings and sculptures, lives here. He also has homes in Islamorada, Florida and Capistrano Beach, California.
http://www.wyland.com/

David Bromstad's House
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David Bromstad is an American designer and television personality. In 2006, he became the winner of the debut season of HGTV Design Star. He is the host of his own television show, Color Splash with David Bromstad, which debuted in March 2007 on HGTV as well as Color Splash Miami on HGTV which debuted in 2010.

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's House
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He died here at his home called, Isington Mill, in 1976.

Memorial to Air France Flight 4590 crash
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Air France Flight 4590 was a Concorde flight operated by Air France which was scheduled to run from Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris, to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. On 25 July 2000, it crashed in Gonesse, France. All one hundred passengers and nine crew members on board the flight died. On the ground, four people were killed with one left injured.

Guy with a body board
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Passage du Gois
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Le Passage de Gois ou Gôa is a natural, periodically flooded passage leading to the island of Noirmoutier in France. It is located between Île de Noirmoutier and Beauvoir-sur-Mer, in the department of Vendée. It is flooded twice a day by the high tide.
Every year, a foot race – the Foulées du Gois– is held across it, starting at the onset of the high tide.
This is similar to Laaningsvejen in Denmark, except you can park along this road what you can't in Denmark.
Laaningsvejen in Denmark:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/passage-du-gois/

Site of the Battle of the Crater
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The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege of Petersburg. It took place on July 30, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George G. Meade (under the direct supervision of the general-in-chief, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant).
The plan called for the mine to be detonated between 3:30 and 3:45am on the morning of July 30.
The explosion immediately killed 278 Confederate soldiers, and stunned Confederate troops did not direct any significant musket or artillery fire at the enemy for at least 15 minutes. However, Ledlie's untrained division was not prepared for the explosion, and reports indicate they waited ten minutes before leaving their own entrenchments.

Nathan Bedford Forrest monument
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Site of the Theodore Roosevelt assassination attempt
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At this site on October 14, 1912, John Schrank shot former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in the chest with a .38 revolver.
Roosevelt was on the campaign trail seeking a third term as President. He ran under a new party he created called the Progressive Party - nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party". After having dinner at the Hotel Gilpatrick, Roosevelt climbed into a car for the short ride to the nearby Milwaukee Auditorium to give a speech. As Roosevelt paused to wave to the crowd, Schrank found an opportunity to get a close-range shot at Roosevelt.
The bullet struck a folded 50 page speech and a steel eyeglasses case before entering his chest. Schrank was quickly apprehended, and Roosevelt insisted on carrying on with his scheduled speech. He told his audience that he had been shot and exclaimed, "It takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose!".
After his 90 minute speech, he reluctantly visited a hospital, where X-Rays revealed that the bullet did not threaten any organs. It remained in his chest for the rest of his life.
Schrank, a saloon-keeper from New York, claimed that the ghost of President William McKinley urged him to kill Roosevelt. He was ruled to be insane and spent the rest of his life at a mental hospital in Waupun, Wisconsin.
The Hotel Gilpatrick stood here until 1941. Today, a new hotel stands in the same location and operates as a Hyatt Regency.

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The Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa (1870). There was a significant branch to Omaha, Nebraska (1899) west of Fort Dodge, Iowa and another branch reaching Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1877) starting from Cherokee, Iowa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad

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The M&B Railroad (reporting mark MNBR), formerly the Meridian and Bigbee Railroad, is a Class III railroad that operates 189 miles of railroad from Meridian, Mississippi eastward to Burkeville, Alabama. Additionally, the M&B has trackage rights over CSX from Burkeville to Montgomery, Alabama.
The M&B is owned by Genesee and Wyoming Inc. After Hurricane Katrina, it served as a run-through bridge route for CSX to connect with the Kansas City Southern at Meridian, thereby avoiding interchange at New Orleans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26B_Railroad

General Robert E. Lee's Boyhood Home
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Elbridge Gerry House
Elbridge Gerry House is a historic house at 44 Washington Street in Marblehead, Massachusetts that was home to statesman Elbridge Gerry.
The house was built in 1730 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum
The Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum was the birthplace and childhood home of Whitney M. Young, Jr., an American civil rights leader. The simple wooden house in Shelby County, Kentucky, near Louisville, is on the campus of the former Lincoln Institute, an all-black high school that Young attended and Young's father led.
Young was born in the house in 1921 and lived there through his high school years. After Young's death in 1971, the house was dedicated as shrine to his memory. Today, numerous photographs, articles, and other items related to Young and the Lincoln Institute are on display inside the house.
The house appears on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1984.

Whitecliff Bay
Site of the first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight in 1545.

The Lion of Judah of Emperor Haile Selasesie
This black-stone carved monument is erected near the National Theater on the western sid at the Unity Square and it commemorates the Silver Jubilee of Emperor Haile Selassie, celebrated in 1955.
The monument is the work of a French sculptor Morris Calka, the winner of grand prix of Rome. Henry Shomet the Architect of the Addis Ababa City Hall selected him to be engaged in this task. The symbol of the monument served as a logo to the former Ethiopian Tourism Commission and is still serving the present Ministry of Culture and Tourism, depicting the country’s tourism promotion slogan ‘thirteen months of sunshine’.

Plane landing in Las Vegas
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Admiral David G. Farragut monument
Admiral David G. Farragut, crafted in 1881 from the propeller of his flagship, stands in Farragut Square.
David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered in popular culture for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" by U.S. Navy tradition.

Benetti superyachts "Silver Angel" and "Bistango"
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The 62 meter (203 ft) Bistango and the 64.5 meter (212 ft) Silver Angel berthed at Benetti shipyard in Livorno.

Flood warning at Passage du Gois
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Pregnant Guppy
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Juárez Massacre 22 October 2010
On Friday, 22 October 2010 gunmen stormed two homes opening fire on young people who were attending a party, killing 13. This crime was similar to the massacre of 30 January 2010 and not very far away:

Elias Howe monument
Elias Howe, Jr. (July 9, 1819 – October 3, 1867) was an American inventor and sewing machine pioneer.

International Monument to the Reformation (Reformation Wall)
The International Monument to the Reformation, usually known as the Reformation Wall, is a monument in Geneva, Switzerland. It honours many of the main individuals, events, and documents of the Protestant Reformation by depicting them in statues and bas-reliefs.
At the centre of the Wall are statues to William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox.

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At the vintage flying museum in Ft. Worth

Heber Valley Railroad Locomotive
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Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Locomotive 2913
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The Maine Central Railroad Company (reporting mark MEC) was a railroad in central and southern Maine. It was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. It operated a mainline between South Portland, Maine, east to the Canada-U.S. border with New Brunswick, and a Mountain Division west to Vermont and north to Quebec.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Central_Railroad_Company

Elephant Statue

Gugor Fort
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Joseph Marie Jacquard monument
Joseph Marie Charles dit (called or nicknamed) Jacquard (7 July 1752 (Lyon, France) – 7 August 1834 (Oullins, France)) played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom (the "Jacquard loom"), which in turn played an important role in the development of other programmable machines, such as computers.
The statue was erected to him on the site where his 1801 exhibit loom was destroyed.

Tromsø Bridge

Rod Stewart - April 20, 2011

Huge Perini Navi sailing yacht
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Still in build at the Perini Navi yard in Viareggio.

Double-stack train at a crossing
Move forward into the train for an interesting experience.

UPS plane

Airplane fuselage
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Skydive San Marcos

The Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico (Chihuahua-Pacific Railway), also known as El Chepe from its reporting mark CHP, or Ferrocarril Chihuahua-Pacífico is a major rail line in northwest Mexico, linking the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, to the city of Los Mochis, Sinaloa and its port Topolobampo. It runs 673 km (418 mi), traversing the Copper Canyon, a beautiful and rugged series of canyons that have led some to call this the most scenic railroad trip on the continent. It is both an important transportation system for locals and a draw for tourists.

Grumman HU-16C Albatross

1st Infantry Division Insignia
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At Omaha Beach.

The SP (T&NO) 895
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Texas and New Orleans Railroad locomotive

Vultee BT-13 Valiant

FCM #5

NdeM #625
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, (better known as N de M) was Mexico's state owned railroad company from 1938 to 1998, and prior to 1938 (dating from the regime of Porfirio Díaz) a major railroad controlled by the government that linked Mexico City to the major cities of Nuevo Laredo and Ciudad Juárez on the U.S. border. The first trains to Nuevo Laredo from Mexico City began operating in 1903.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NdeM

The Ferrocarril del Sureste (reporting mark FSRR), commonly known as Ferrosur, is a railroad that serves the south-eastern regions of Mexico.
The company was formed by the granting of two concessions as part of the privatization of Mexico's railways in 1998 and the subsequent merger of those two concessions in 2000. The company operates the vital rail line between Mexico City and Mexico's busiest Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic port at Veracruz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrosur

Steam Locomotive #104
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Mine Locomotive #5

Atlant Hotel & Resort
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Porter Air Locomotive
This is a Porter Air Locomotive, used by Kennecott Copper Corporation in the original underground Ray Copper Mine. It was used to transport men, ore, and supplies underground. It was operated on compressed air, supplied from lines within the mine. It was retired in 1955. The locomotive was originally placed in Hercules Park, Ray, Arizona, and later moved to Kearny, Arizona.

Flag of Mexico

NdeM #900

Small jet