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The Great Serpent Mound's head showing the oval that is either an egg being eaten, the sun, or just the foundation for a platform (there is no way to know for certain). The Serpent Mound and associated burial mounds are built inside a 9-mile wile crater left from an asteroid impact 256 million years ago. The Serpent Mound is the oldest effigy in North America, having been built about 1,000 years ago. Peebles, Ohio. (Nathanael Miller, 3 Jan. 2018)
FDR's "Little White House." FDR came to Warm Springs in 1924 seeking therapy in the natural warm springs as he worked to recover from polio. His "Little White House" was built in 1932 and he used it as a retreat while president, and died in the house in April 1945. Warm Springs, Georgia. (Nathanael Miller, 17 March 2018)
Self-portrait at the McLean House. The home of Wilmer McLean was the site of Grant and Lee's meeting on April 9, 1865. The house was dismantled in the late 19th century with intent to move it to Washington, D.C., but the effort failed. Most of the house of was lost, but the bricks around the front door and a few other architectural pieces are original to the house when it was reconstrcuted in 1949. Established in 1935, the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park preserves the site of the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865. Appomattox, Virginia. (Nathanael Miller, 01 Feb. 2018)
Quarterdeck flags and well deck fragments from USS Ponce (LPD 15) with the bell from the destroyer USS Breese (DD 122 / DM 18) at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Breese was a Wickes-class destroyer later converted to a minelayer. Breese was moored in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941, and i - s credited with hits on several Japanese aircraft and damaging one midget submarine. Breese was in service from 1918 - 1946. USS Ponce was in commission from 1971 - 2017. Norfolk, Virginia. (Nathanael Miller, 26 Jan 2018)
The Union Depot is a two-story Richardsonian Romanesque railroad station that opened in 1895 to orginally serve the Chicago and West Michigan railway. It was the scene of a speech by three-time presidential contender William Jenning Bryan in 1896 during his first shot at the White House. Former President Harry S. Truman also spoke here in in 1952 on behalf of Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson (running against Eisenhower) while the Republican nominess for Vice President that year, Rhichard Nixon, also spoke here. Today it is a vistors center and museum. Muskegon, Michigan. (Nathanael Miller, 18 Dec. 2017)
Mount St. Helens (foerground), and Mount Adams. Two of the five Cascade volcanoes in Washington State. Mount St. Helens is the only Cascade volcano to have a major eruption in the last 200 years, having erupted in 1980. Mount Adams is the second highest peak in the Cascade arc at 12,281 feet has not erupted for about 1,000 years. The two volcanoes are about 35 miles apart. Washington State. (9 July 2019; Nathanael Miller)
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 23 April 2018)
Ponce shipmates together! The Quarterdeck flags and well deck fragment from USS Ponce (LPD 15) at Lambeau Field with former SM3 George Wehausen (aboard 1994 - 1998) and MCC (Retired) Sparky Miller (aboard 2010 - 2012). Ponce was in commission from 1971 - 2017. The ship was visited in early 2011 by the 2010 Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers while on deployment in the Arabian Sea. Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Nathanael Miller, 07 Aug. 2018)
Elkhorn is a real-live dead Old West mining ghost town. Established in 1872, the town boomed during the 1890s and died when the mine played out and the railroad left in the 20th century. Two structures, Gillian and Fraternity Halls, are maintained as part of Elkhorn State Park (both built in the 1890s). Many of the graves in the cemetery are of children killed by a late 19th century diptheria outbreak. There are about a dozen people still living there today. Elkhorn, Montana. (Nathanael Miller, 21 August 2018)
Quarterdeck flags and well deck fragments from USS Ponce (LPD 15) with the Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB 64), on permamnent display at the Nauticus National Maritime Center. Wisconsin was in service from 1944 - 1991 and launched the first strikes of the Jan. 1991 Gulf War. USS Ponce was in commission from 1971 - 2017. Norfolk, Virginia. (Nathanael Miller, 26 Jan 2018)
USS Missouri (BB 63). Third of the Iowa-class battleships, she was commissioned in 1944 and decommsioned for the final time in 1992. Now permanently berthed as a musuem in the spot where USS Oklahoma was tied up when Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, the Japanese surrender ending World War II was signed aboard her in 1945..
Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 20 April 2018)
I got LUCKY! A second sighting of the elusive teddius bearicus (North American teddy bear) in the wild! Ranging from 2 inches to six feet in height, teddius bearicus can be found in forests, grasslands, toy stores, and bedrooms -- but only if one treads softly. One must be careful; these bears are known to stalk an unwary person, hiding in beds or sleeping bags until they can pounce and happily snuggle the target. Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872 and is the oldest national park in the world. Over 90% of the park is in Wyoming, but parks of it cover land in Idaho and Montana. The park covers 3,468.4 square miles and encompasses the Yellowstone caldera, the largest supervolcano in North America. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Nathanael Miller, 24 August 2018)
The San Antonio River Walk winds along the San Antonio River, one level before the main street. This creates a cool, quieter pedestrian area of shops and restaurants. San Antonio, Texas. (Nathanael Miller, 29 Oct. 2018)
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Fort Jefferson on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas. Fort Jefferson is the largest, most powerful masonry fort in the entire United States and was designed to maintain control of the entry way (and some nearby deep water anchorages) to the Gulf of Mexico. Built from 1846 - 1975 out of more than 16 million bricks, it was never finished. Dr. Samuel Mudd was held here for nearly four years after setting the broken legg of John Wilkes Boothe following the assasination of President Lincoln. Nearly 70 miles west of Key West, the Dry Tortugas mark the end of the third largest barrier reef in the world. (Nathanael Miller, 26 July 2017)
A simple cutout figure marks the site of the first of three American lines of defense at Cowpens. Established in 1929, Cowpens National Battlefield preserves the land American Brig. General Daniel Morgan clocked the daylights out of a superior British force under Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton Jan. 17, 1781, during the British' Southern Campaign. The battle was a signficant American victory and helped put British General Lord Cornwalllis on the path that eventually led to Yorktown The battle was named for the field which farmers used to pen cattle while fattening them up prior to sending them to market in Charleston. Gaffney, South Carolina. (Nathanael Miller, 13 Feb. 2018)
Van Trump Creek Valley, Mount Rainier National Park. Mount Rainier the highest peak of the Cascade volcanoes, rising 14,411 feet above sea level. It is also considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in North America. Mount Rainier National Park Washington. (05 Oct. 2019; Nathanael Miller)
Quarterdeck flags and well deck fragments from USS Ponce (LPD 15) with a control wheel from the cruiser USS Augusta (CA 31) at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Augusta carried President Roosevelt to Newfoundland to meet with Winston Churchill in August 1941 for talks that would be the foundation for the Atlantic Charter laying out Allied goals for the post-war world. Augusta would later operate as a flagship during Operation Torch and Operation Overlord. Augusta was in service from 1931 - 1946. USS Ponce was in commission from 1971 - 2017. Norfolk, Virginia. (Nathanael Miller, 26 Jan 2018)
Freemont Street was the original Las Vegas Strip. Partially turned into a pedestrian forum now, it includes numerous historic neon signs from long-gone hotels. Las Vegas, Nevada. (Nathanael Miller, 16 Oct. 2018)
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The Quarterdeck flags and well deck fragments from USS Ponce (LPD 15) with the sail from USS Lewis and Clark (SSBN 644), in commission from 1965 - 1992. The Lewis and Clark sail has been incorporated into the Cold War Submarine Memorial at Patriot's Point. Ponce was in commission from 1971 - 2017. Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. (Nathanael Miller, 14 Feb. 2018)
Mount Adams From Takhlakh Lake. Mount Adams is 12,281 feet above sea level, making it the second highest peak in Washington State after Mount Rainier. Mount Adams is one of the oldest of the Cascade volcanoes. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. (02 Sept. 2019; Nathanael Miller)
Governors Bridge over the Patuxent River in Bowie, Maryland. Built in 1907, the bridge is known as "Crybaby Bridge" due to stories the ghostly wails of an infant killed in the river here back in the 1950s. This bridge is one of Maryland's more famous haunted sites. Bowie, Maryland (Nathanael Miller, 19 January 2018)