Share A Historical Landmark In Your City

[Katerina Val-Kyrie]

Would anyone care to share one or two special landmarks in their city? Just a thought.

I live about twenty miles outside of Thunder Bay as I am a country girl and love it. To me, country living is the best! I still enjoy my excursions to town though, but enjoy my return home even more. I love the peace and the solitude country living gives me. I have lived in the city a total of 6 months in my lifetime, so I guess you could call me a country gal at heart. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Where is Thunder Bay?

Thunder Bay, "Superior by Nature", is a Canadian city of beauty situated on the northern shores of Lake Superior. Our city is about 1000 miles(1600 km) west of Toronto, and about 400 miles (640 km) northeast of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Thunder Bay is a fair city of around 120,000 in population. While that might be small to some, it is just right for me. There is lots to see here and do, so please come and visit sometime. *Winks* One of our greatest, natural landmarks is the "Sleeping Giant"

Legend Of The Sleeping Giant

Sleeping Giant

Sleeping Giant


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Kakabeka Falls is another beautiful sight for Thunder Bay Ontario. I myself, only live 9 miles away from the falls and have enjoyed visting them many times over.

Legend & Pictures Of The Falls

Kakabeka Falls

The spectacular water fall drops 39 metres over sheer cliffs. Kakabeka is an aboriginal word meaning "steep cliffs". Below the falls is a dramatic gorge carved out of the Precambrian Shield by the meltwater from the last glaciers. The ancient, volcanic rock over which the water tumbles holds many secrets. From beneath its layers, 1.6-billion-year-old fossils have been unearthed. Since 1904, the river has been tapped to produce a steady flow of hydroelectric power.

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Old Fort William is a very important part of our Thunder Bay heritage. See below links for more...

Old Fort William

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More Of Thunder Bay Ontario

Map Location & More

Things To See & Do

Arts and Entertainment

Was fun sharing!

Hugs KitKat

[Edited by Katerina Val-Kyrie on 01-21-2001 at 12:54 PM]

 

[Sammyjo]

Mall of America

http://www.mallofamerica.com/moa/servlet/SMTMall?mid=369&pn=HOME&rs=0

Well, I live near the Mall of America. For those of you interested, it's huge, but I don't bother going there for anything. Shopping should be fun, not a chore...and that place makes me cringe. It's become this monstrous tourist attraction, but the most interesting place is a few miles away. Don't know if it's a "landmark", but it's there.

Fort Snelling

http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/hfs/

Check out the virtual tour, way cool!! If you are interested in history, especially Civil War era, you would enjoy this place. We used to hike the paths, have picnics, swim, etc. You can also visit the cemetery, in which many Civil War heroes have been buried; as well as...Halsey Hall, John Mariucci, and many other sports "greats" from Minnesota...And WOW!! If you know anyone buried there, you can find their plot number and get a map to the area (ok, so that's a bit morbid, but it's interesting to me).

Minnesota State Capitol

http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/msc/index.html

Not a chance you'll run into Jesse here...

Walnut Grove

http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/walnutgrove.html

Yes, Little House on the Prairie. Very interesting reading.

Split Rock Lighthouse

http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/srl/

Actually not close to here, but still a landmark in Minnesota. And since I love lighthouses, I had to mention it.

 

[teresafannin]

My fvaorite place to go is the Water Gardens or Zoo. Our zoo is considered one of the best in the country. The Water Garden was used in the film "Logan's Run."Probably the most popular landmark is Dealey Plaza & The Texas Book Depository. People are still fascinated by what happened to President Kennedy. I went over there when I first moved here & it is kind of eerie. It felt like it was still happening, very hard to explain.

 

[WriterDom]

We had a statue of a chicken. No shit. The poultry capital of the world. It's a life-size chicken on top of a 30 foot tall granite pole. Once they tried to replace it with a new age artistic larger replica and there was almost riots in the street. "That aint no damn chicken" But then again, this is the same town where no store will sell a playboy. Not because it is against the law, but because it is understood if you sell them, the church people will boycott your store.

you gotta love the south

 

[TonyG]

Here are some of the main buildings but there are many more and also non-building areas that
are beautiful and historic.


LIBERTY BELL-Used as a symbol of US freedom from British rule
http://www.nps.gov/inde/bell.gif

INDEPENDENCE HALL-Birthplace of the United States
http://www.nps.gov/inde/indep-hall2.jpg

CONGRESS HALL-used for inauguration of George Washington (2nd time) and John Adams
http://www.nps.gov/inde/congress-hall.gif

GRAFF HOUSE-Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence here
http://www.ushistory.org/districts/historicdistrict/pictures/b132.jpg

BETSY ROSS HOUSE-Where first US flag was made
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/house/jpegs/0003.jpg

[Edited by tony_gam on 01-21-2001 at 08:22 AM]

 

[CRaZy]

We have beaches...beaches...and well...more beaches - look at the link on tony-gam's weather thread if you want to see one. The beaches are historical because so many bloody explorers got wrecked on reefs whilst trying to map them.

Now, just a little north of me, we have some competition for WriterDom's chicken. It's the Big Pineapple. You can climb up inside it and look out over the view of well...all the pineapples. Then, just in case you need a closer view the Pineapple Express is a train which will take you around the farm and show you the er...well, the pineapples. After that, the restaurant has such succulent refreshments as pineapple juice, pineapple sorbet, pineapple and rum cocktails. You can sit on the verandah and look out at the...dammit...it's a major tourist attraction...it's a bloody exciting day. OK? And after you've had your prickly tropical fruit thrills you can always drive to the beach.

 

[Miss Demeanor]

WriterDom, I totally agree. "you gotta love the south"

My favorite landmark in the sunny state I live in is the Villa Viscaya. It has beautiful gardens, all kinds of statues and gazebos and whatnot. The house has got "rich capitalist with WAY too much money" written all over it . The first time you see it you usually go into sensory overload.

http://www.flheritage.com/magazine/spring99/miamivilla.html

http://community.webshots.com/album/3590144TAoOVglFnz

http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/parks/mpattra2.htm

The most awesome part is the back of the house where the coral steps take you into the ocean. The view from viscaya, with the ocean breezes blowing over you... ::sigh::

 

[Cheyenne]

How about from my state?

http://www.freshwater-fishing.org/museum.html

National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. Largest Muskie model in the world- you can walk through it. Have to have your picture taken with it, of course.

 

[Katerina Val-Kyrie]

From the creator of this thread: Awesome Responses guys/gals! Great pics too, for those of you who have shared. I just thought it would be so interesting to delve into this subject. Since not everyone has the chance to travel, what better way to see abit of the world...Keep em coming, I wanna know more...

Hugs KitKat

 

[jcgirl]

What Tony said, but lets not forget Longwood gardens!


http://www.longwoodgardens.org/

 

[Stormystarr]

To tell you the truth, there are absolutely no landmarks here whatsoever! But if you don't believe me, take a look for yourself

http://www.keyserweb.com/

Sad isn't it? Now you can see why I have no life at all.

 

[Katerina Val-Kyrie]

This is great guys/gals, major info happening here...

Thanks Kat

[Edited by Katerina Val-Kyrie on 01-21-2001 at 10:30 AM]

 

[Madame Pandora]

The first time you see it you usually go into sensory overload.

The most awesome part is the back of the house where the coral steps take you into the ocean. The view from viscaya, with the ocean breezes blowing over you... ::sigh::

:::sigh::: I miss the gazebo...GOD do I miss it ;-)

Another great Miami Landmark would be Lugo Point, but some other capiltaist pigs have decided you can't get there anymore.

Coral Castle, on the edge of Miami/Homestead is also fabulous. A man who built a tribute out of coral rock for the love of a woman who jilted him. WHERE are those guys nowadays?

My favorite is the "heart table." I can't help it, I'm a sucker.

http://www.coralcastle.com/Pictures/pictures.html

I have to show you landmarks from where I USED to live as the town I'm in now has none ;-)

MP

 

[Andra_Jenny]

Landmark 1 - Wheat

Landmark 2 - Soybeans

 

[Darowyn]

Long before the contretemps between the states, we had a civil war here.
The first battle took place within sight of where I live. The final massacre happened five minutes walk from where I work.
They are Powick Bridge and The Commandery in Worcester.
It was not just the Americans who had to fight to overcome tyranny- we and the French did it first!

 

[April]

Let's see, we have the only functioning diamond mine in the U.S. I don't know the link, if it even has one.

Oh, we also have the Clinton Library. (which is not finished)

 

[Angel]

Uh

The George Eastman House

A coulple of old Underground Railroad stops that have been turned into museums.

The Susan B. Anthony house.

A statue of Frederick Douglass (The first statue in america to honor an African American)

Mt Hope Cemetary, which houses the bodies of Susan B. Anthony as well as Frederick Douglas and many more people I can't think of at the moment.

Some more intersting junk:
http://www.visitrochester.com/grouptours/notes.htm

 

[Guest]

Edinburgh Castle...

http://www.efr.hw.ac.uk/EDC/guide/edincas.html

It's seemingly the second most visited ancient monument in the UK after the Tower of London. A million visitors every year - most of them probably during the Edinburgh Festival, one of the biggest Arts festivals in the world.

 

[Myrrdin]

Well we're a bit short of cities around here.

But, we do have plenty of this kind of landmark.

http://www.castlewales.com/stokesay.html

 

[DarkAngel]

haha

Those dam things should be burned to the ground... there a waste of good space

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Mustang Sally]

I couldn't think of any landmarks in hometown London, Ontario (population approx 320,000) offhand. So I went surfin' and was reminded of such exciting things as the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, Banting House (birthplace of insulin), Storybook Gardens, and the Pioneer Village (where the building below is located).

http://www.pioneer.wwdc.com/vtour/images/brew1a.jpg
"This building is a replica of the London
1828 Pioneer Brewery purchased by John
Labatt in 1847 - a critical time in the long
history of the Labatt Brewing Company."

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I'm moving in Toronto in two weeks! That one's easy - the CN Tower, the Skydome, Ontario Place, the CNE...

http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/toronto_images/images/skyline_night_thumb.jpg http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/toronto_images/images/skydome2_thumb.jpg
City skyline at night, CN Tower & Skydome

http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/toronto_images/images/queenpark2_thumb.jpg
Queen's Park, Ontario's provincial government buildings.

[Edited by Mustang Sally on 01-21-2001 at 07:15 PM]

 

[SeXy ReDHeD]

Umm, there are several.

-White Sands Missile Range
-The Trinity Site
-the real Route 66
-Carlsbad Caverns
-the whole city of Santa Fe
-Acoma Pueblo (as well as numerous other ones)
-Hot Springs
-Georgia O'Keefe museum
-Billy the Kid's grave

and many, mamy more!

[Edited by SeXy ReDHeD on 01-22-2001 at 06:51 PM]

 

[Katerina Val-Kyrie]

I am sure there are many more amazing landmarks to be added on this thread. Come on, guys/gals, add your input...please? Thanks to those of you who have added so far!

Hugs KitKat

 

[Grrrn38]

Though I live in NJ, it's really considered a suburb of Philadelphia. And, of course, to many NJ is really the Exit State anyway. ("I live in New Jersey." "Really? What exit?") But there are 2 wonderful landmarks in Camden, one of the poorest cities in the state:

* The Nipper Building - the only remaining building of the old RCA mfg plant, this tall structure has a stained glass window featuring the Jack Russell terrier, Nipper, listening to the old RCA victrola, if anyone remembers those ads. The window can be seen from one of the bridges coming in from Philadelphia. They're trying to put together a deal to turn the building into luxury apts, retaining the window.

* Harleigh Cemetary - Walt Whitman is buried here in a weird mausoleum. It's in a terrible part of town (few parts of Camden aren't terrible) but a great place to visit nonetheless.