The Markeroni Blog

Welcome to the Markeroni Blog (0)

8/13/10 •

Welcome! Markeroni (www.markeroni.com) is a light-hearted online community about historical markers, history plaques and historic landmarks, including monuments. This is our blog.

Recent Posts

Idaho travels (0)

10/17/11 •

Idaho Travels is, as the name suggests, a blog about traveling in Idaho…but the owner loves to photograph and record historical markers. Some while ago now, Larry kindly reviewed Markeroni, so now it’s my turn to return the favor. This well-written blog shows you some of the hidden nooks of Idaho that you wouldn’t necessarily [...]

President Clinton gets new historic site for Christmas (0)

12/25/10 •

On December 14, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that President Clinton’s birthplace in Hope, Arkansas is to become a National Historic Site. Collectors of National Parks pass stamps can get a new stamp; collectors of historic landmarks can, virtually-speaking, collect a new landmark. The status will be formally assigned in January, with an [...]

Now, about that 777th Markeroon. And “cake.” (0)

8/13/10 •

We have 776 members. Let’s see if we can hit 777 today, August 13. Carrot #1: I will give a year’s premium membership (Stardom) to the 777th person to sign up at Markeroni, SO LONG AS YOU DO SO ON AUGUST 13 2010, Universal Time. Carrot #2: If you refer someone to the site, and [...]

State of the Penguin Year 7 (0)

8/13/10 •

Today, August 13, Markeroni, the Gentle Art of Landmark-snarfing is seven years old. Since we began, on August 13, 2003: We have 776 members. No, I am not making this up. We have had over 72,000 visits. There are 138,831 landmarks in the database waiting for you to find We have collectively found 23,803 landmarks [...]