Nan Madol, PohnpeiPohnpei is a much larger island, with mountains and streams in the interior. They also have some very interesting ruins of an ancient city called Nan Madol. The city was built right on the reef using very large stones, and nobody knows for sure how they did it. It ta...
In 1929—the year of the stock market crash, which seemingly increased the country’s desire for illegal liquor—Eliot Ness was hired as a special agent of the U.S. Department of Justice to head the Prohibition bureau in Chicago, with the express purpose of investigating and harassing Capone...
Richardson has raised over $25,000 for the Battleship Texas Foundation so far. Part of the proceeds also goes to the Wounded Warriors Project. About Me I am originally from New York, but my parents moved to Texas when I was young. Growing up in the state of Texas one of the things ...
He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms Ghosts of Mars (2001) More like this >> Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) is a hard nosed police chief in the year 2025. She and a police snatch squad are sent to Mars to apprehend a dangerous...
There was no shortage of causes or candidates on this year’s list, with 211 individuals and 107 organizations nominated ahead of the Feb. 1 deadline. However, the Norwegian Nobel Committee maintains absolute secrecy about whom it favors for arguably the world’s most prestigious prize. ...
The Menger Hotel Google Maps The Menger Hotel Located in San Antonio. Before the land on which elegant Menger Hotel sits became a hotel, it was the scene of perhaps the most remembered fight for Texas Independence. The Battle of the Alamo. ...
I will be attending Squadron's EagleQuest show in Texas at the end of the week, where I will be speaking at a couple of presentations - " 'Welcome to EagleQuest', State of the Hobby & Q&A" on Friday at 1pm, and "Late War Luftwaffe Camouflage" on Saturday at 1pm. I will look ...
Notes on the History of Randolph County, NC Random Topics Researched and Written by L. McKay Whatley The Conjurer June 20, 2023 June 19, 1865, “Juneteenth,” was the day freedom finally came to the enslaved people of Texas, and is now celebrated as our second American independence day...
“We were aware of a new scent in the air of the cabin that clearly came from all the lunar material that had accumulated on and in our clothes.” To him, it was “the scent of wet ashes.” To his Apollo 11 crewmate Buzz Aldrin, it was “the smell in the air aft...
shortly before you reach Archibald's Auto lot, you will see the massive concrete grain elevator.It's located alongside the railroad tracks, but it's been years since it has seen any grain. A search shows there is not a lot of information about when it was built, how long it operated,...