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1: Cadillac Ranch
by WanderingRaleighite
5/31/2007
Amarillo (vicinity) Potter USA
2: Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
by WanderingRaleighite
5/27/2007
St. Louis St. Louis Independent City USA
Caught on St. Louis leg of Route 66 snarfari with Scribe.
3: Jane Austen's House
by MissEfficiency
February 10, 2007
Chawton Hampshire British Isles
4: Eilean Donan Castle
by TCM
1990s
Unknown Unknown British Isles
Mam's favouritest castle in the whole wide world. It's a little one and quite distinctive; in fact BBC America uses it as its symbol.
5: The West Montrose Covered Bridge
by Onyerbike
25 June 2006
Unknown Canada
Many people were at the bridge the day I snarfed this with my brother. There was a group of motorcyclists taking pictures, and planning a video shot of them roaring out of the bridge, and a nice couple who asked me to take their picture at "The Kissing Bridge" (as it's known locally). I assume the nickname came from the fact that the bridge is covered, so back in "the old days", it was a perfect place to steal a kiss without other folks seeing. Tsk tsk.
6: Phillips 66 Service Station
by Scribe
05/31/07
McLean Gray USA
Snarfed with Wandering Raleighite while traveling Route 66 in Texas. This was another of my favorite snarfs on the trip. They don't make gas stations like they used to. This was the first Phillips 66 station in Texas. Fortunately a local group is working to restore the building to make it more of a tourist attraction.
7: Flinders Street Railway Station Complex
by cathyinoz
05-MAY-2007
Melbourne City of Melbourne Australia
Flinders Street Railway Station occupies a site that has been the central point of Melbourne's rail system since 1854. By the 1880s the original buildings were considered inadequate and finally in 1899, after various plans lapsed, a competition was held for the design of Station buildings and approaches. The competition was won by James Fawcett and HPC Ashworth of the Railways Department. Their winning plans consisted of three floor plans and a roof plan covering the same area as the existing building along Flinders Street and substantial buildings along Swanston Street. Work commenced in 1900 by P. Rodger but was later taken over by the Railways and completed in 1910. The five storey Station complex extends for more than the length of a city block and includes offices, station facilities and platforms. The main entrance, angled across the intersection of Swanston and Flinders Streets, features a large arch and the original timetable clocks, and is surmounted by a large dome flanked by smaller cupolas. At the intersection of Elizabeth and Flinders Streets, a large clock tower rises above the building. The building was constructed of red brick with cement decoration and liberal use was made of pressed metal decoration.
8: London Wall
by TCM
29 September 2006
London Greater London British Isles
An English Heritage sign states that this is one of the most imposing chunks of remaining London Wall.
9: WonderWorks
by guinaveve
12-28-06
Pigeon Forge Unknown USA
I had driven by this once and thought it was the coolest looking place. I am a full grown adult and was desperate to go inside, it looked so neat. There wasn't time for it on that trip, so when we were in Pigeon Forge on another trip, I had to take my family there. We had a blast. The idea behind it is that a science experiment went awry and carried this house away where it landed upside down at it's current location. The lobby looks as though the ceiling is the floor and the floor is the ceiling. The rest has lots of fun scientific activities that are very hands on. I had as good a time there as my kids.
10: Kansas Route 66 Historic District--East Galena
by Scribe
05/29/07
Galena Cherokee USA
Snarfed with Wandering Raleighite while traveling Route 66. The cool thing was getting the Route 66 logo in the picture.
11: Leaning Water Tower
by Scribe
05/31/07
Groom Carson USA
Snarfed with Wandering Raleighite while traveling Route 66 in Texas. They say the leaning water tower is a big tourist draw. They were right.
12: Welcome to Glenfinnan
by TCM
25 September 2006
Glenfinnan Highland British Isles
Another Welcome to Glenfinnan sign from the National Trust. This area is famous for the raising of the standard where Bonnie Prince Charlie vowed to take back his throne.
The sign is boring. I give you...Glenfinnan.
13: Philadelphia Museum of Art
by guinaveve
12-6-07
Philadelphia Philadelphia USA
We visited this museum and also saw the steps that Rocky ran up in the movies. This is a big deal talked about with much reverence in the group I was with, so it was pretty cool to see though I haven't seen all of the movies
14: Lotta Crabtree Fountain
by WanderingRaleighite
4/12/2008
San Francisco San Francisco USA
Caught while snarfing around San Francisco during my California Train Snarfari.
15: Jack London
by WanderingRaleighite
4/13/2008
Oakland Alameda USA
Caught while snarfing around Oakland on second day of my California Train Snarfari.
16: Hibernia Bank
by WanderingRaleighite
4/14/2008
San Francisco San Francisco USA
Caught on third day of my California Train Snarfari.
17: Harry Caray
by Scribe
04/24/08
Chicago Cook USA
Snarfed while in Chicago on a business trip. Considering Harry Caray's long broadcasting career with the Chicago Cubs, it's not a shock that he's one of only two statues outside Wrigley Field.
18: John Steinbeck House
by WanderingRaleighite
4/16/2008
Salinas Monterey USA
Train was delayed leaving Salinas, so I was able to snarf this one.
19: Colonel (USAF) Ellison Shoji Onizuka
by WanderingRaleighite
4/18/2008
Los Angeles Los Angeles USA
Caught while snarfing around L.A. on eighth day of my California Train Snarfari.
20: William E. Smith House
by WanderingRaleighite
1/21/2008
Selma Johnston USA
Caught while snarfing around Johnston County with Scribe.
21: Harry S Truman Birthplace
by flingo98
Jan 26, 2008
Lamar Barton USA
Visit the birthplace home of the only Missourian ever elected President of the United States - Harry S Truman. Born May 8, 1884, in a downstairs bedroom of a small frame house in Lamar, Harry Truman was the son of John Anderson and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman.
The Truman birthplace, which the family occupied until Harry was 11 months old, was built between 1880 and 1882. The Trumans purchased the 20- by 28-foot house as newlyweds in 1882 for $685. Visitors today can view its four downstairs rooms and two upstairs rooms, as well as the smokehouse, well and outhouse located in the back. The modest furnishings inside the house and the surrounding landscaping accurately represent a typical home of its style during the time the Trumans resided in Lamar. It has neither electricity nor indoor plumbing.
The United Auto Workers donated the home to the state in 1959 for preservation as a state historic site. President Truman himself attended the dedication on April 19, 1959. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
22: Dog Soldiers in Vietnam
by WanderingRaleighite
9/01/2007
Durham Durham USA
Caught while snarfing around Durham County with Scribe.
23: Sir Alexander Fleming
by MissEfficiency
March 3, 2007
London Greater London British Isles
24: Big Brutus Mine Shovel
by flingo98
May 2007
West Mineral (near) Cherokee USA
This gigantic steam shovel was constructed between 1962 and 1963, taking eleven months and costing approximately 6.5 million dollars to construct. Working twenty-four hours a day and only moving two-tenths of a mile per hour, it took Big Brutus fifty-four seconds to scoop up a load of dirt, dump it, and return. Big Brutus was forced to shut down in 1974 due to economic problems and stricter EPA regulations. With no buyers on the market for a gigantic steam shovel; and being too costly to take apart for scrap, it was decided that Big Brutus would be given away. How then, was it, that Big Brutus' final resting place was in West Mineral?
"It was basically too big to move"
(7 miles north of Columbus, Kansas)
Roadside America has a cute little article about Big Brutus:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/KSWESbrutus.html
25: The Glenfinnan Monument
by TCM
25 September 2006
Glenfinnan Highland British Isles
The monument is very famous, and if you don't arrive 10 minutes too late, like we did, you can climb to the top and enjoy a dizzying view or a spectacular view, depending on whether you look down or out to the loch.
I think there is a plaque, but I didn't apparently take a photograph of it.
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