Driving Downtown - Columbia - USA
Driving Downtown - Columbia South Carolina USA - Season 1 Episode 5.
Starting Point: Main St
Highlights include Main St - Sumter St (USC) - Assembly St - Gervais St - Lady St - Washington St - Hampton St - Taylor St - Blanding St.
Columbia is the capital of and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, with a population of 129,272 as of the 2010 United States Census. As of July 1, 2013, the city's population was estimated to be 133,358 (U.S. Census Bureau, July 2014 release). The name Columbia was a poetic term used for the United States, originating from the name of Christopher Columbus. Columbia is home to the University of South Carolina, the state's flagship and largest university, and is also the site of Fort Jackson, the largest United States Army installation for Basic Combat Training. In 1860, the city was the location of the South Carolina Secession Convention, which marked the departure of the first state from the Union in the events leading up to the Civil War.
Downtown revitalization
The city of Columbia has recently accomplished a number of urban redevelopment projects and has several more planned.[27] The historic Congaree Vista, a 1,200-acre (5 km2) district running from the central business district toward the Congaree river, features a number of historic buildings that have been rehabilitated since its revitalization begun in the late 1980s. Of note is the adaptive reuse of the Confederate Printing Plant on Gervais and Huger, used to print Confederate bills during the American Civil War. The city cooperated with Publix grocery stores to preserve the look. This won Columbia an award from the International Downtown Association.[28] The Vista district is also where the region's convention center and anchor Hilton hotel with a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse restaurant are located. Other notable developments under construction and recently completed include high-end condos and townhomes, hotels, and mixed-use structures.
The older buildings lining the Vista's main drag, Gervais, now house art galleries, restaurants, unique shops, and professional office space. Near the end of Gervais is the South Carolina State Museum and the EdVenture Children's Museum. Private student housing and some residential projects are going up nearby; the CanalSide development[29] at the site of the old Central Correctional Institution, is the most high profile. At full build-out, the development will have 750 residential units and provides access to Columbia's waterfront. Lady Street between Huger and Assembly streets in the Vista and the Five Points neighborhood have undergone beautification projects, which mainly consisted of replacing curbs and gutters, and adding brick-paved sidewalks and angled parking.
Economy
Columbia enjoys a diversified economy, with the major employers in the area being South Carolina state government, the Palmetto Health hospital system, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, Palmetto GBA, and the University of South Carolina. The corporate headquarters of Fortune 1000 energy company, SCANA, are located in the Columbia suburb of Cayce. Other major employers in the Columbia area include Computer Sciences Corporation, Fort Jackson, the U.S. Army's largest and most active initial entry training installation,[25] Richland School District One, Humana/TriCare, and the United Parcel Service, which operates its Southeastern Regional Hub at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Major manufacturers such as Square D, CMC Steel, Spirax Sarco, Michelin, International Paper, Pirelli Cables, Honeywell, Westinghouse Electric, Harsco Track Tech, Trane, Intertape Polymer Group, Union Switch & Signal, FN Herstal, Solectron, and Bose Technology have facilities in the Columbia area. There are over 70 foreign affiliated companies and fourteen Fortune 500 companies in the region. The gross domestic product (GDP) of the Columbia metropolitan statistical area as of 2010 was $31.97 billion, the highest among MSAs in the state.[26]
South Carolina
Get to know the part of South Carolina in the Civil War, the beauty of its beaches and the long list of famous people haining from this state. John D'Amicantonio will lead you through his home state. #50states #SC
Driving through McBee, South Carolina
McBee /ˈmækbi/ is a town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States.
n 1900, McBee's first railroad depot was built. About one year later on October 8, 1901, McBee was incorporated. On June 30, 1901, McBee Presbyterian Church was built, the first church in McBee. Six years later in 1907 McBee's second church, McBee Methodist Church, was built.
After the Seaboard's Columbia-to-Cheraw line was completed in 1900, McBee grew so quickly that a new depot became a high priority by the end of the decade. In 1914, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad built a second depot in McBee. This was both a passenger and freight depot until it closed in 1971. Now it is the McBee Depot Library and Railroad Museum. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as the Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in McBee.
Charleston Place Hotel Room Tour
Charleston Place Hotel Room Tour
Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, surpassed only by the state capital of Columbia. Charleston is the county seat of the modern Charleston County.
In 1670, Charleston was originally named Charles Towne. It moved to its present location on Oyster Point in 1680 from a location on the west bank of the Ashley River known as Albemarle Point. Charleston adopted its present name in 1783. In 1690, Charleston was the fifth largest city in North America, and remained among the ten largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census.
Charleston is known as The Holy City perhaps by virtue of the prominence of churches on the low-rise cityscape, perhaps because, like Mecca, its devotees hold it so dear], and perhaps for the fact that Carolina was among the few original thirteen colonies to provide toleration for all Protestant religions, though it was not open to Roman Catholics. Many Huguenots found their way to Charleston. Carolina also allowed Jews to practice their faith without restriction. Current trends put Charleston as the fastest-growing municipality in South Carolina. The city's metropolitan area population was counted by the 2010 census at 664,607 -- the second largest in the state -- and the 75th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
The city of Charleston is located just south of the midpoint of South Carolina's coastline, at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers, which flow together into the Atlantic Ocean. Charleston Harbor lies between downtown Charleston and the Atlantic Ocean. Charleston's name is derived from Charles Towne, named after King Charles II of England.
In 2011, Charleston was named #1 U.S. City by Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards and #2 Best City in the U.S. and Canada by Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards. Also in 2011, Bon Appetit magazine named Husk, located on Queen Street in Charleston, the Best New Restaurant in America. America's most-published etiquette expert, Marjabelle Young Stewart, recognized Charleston 1995 as the best-mannered city in the U.S, a claim lent credibility by the fact that it has the first established Livability Court in the country. In 2011, Travel and Leisure Magazine named Charleston America's Sexiest City, as well as America's Most Friendly. Subsequently, Southern Living Magazine named Charleston the most polite and hospitable city in America. In 2012, Travel and Leisure voted Charleston as the second best-dressed city in America, only behind New York City.
South Carolina's Lowcountry holds a major place of importance in African-American history for many reasons, but perhaps most importantly as a port of entry for people of African descent. According to several historians, anywhere from 40 to 60 percent of the Africans who were brought to America during the slave trade entered through ports in the Lowcountry.
This has given the Lowcountry the designation among some as the Ellis Island for African Americans, although some dispute this term, as the Ellis Island immigrants arrived voluntarily as opposed to the Africans who were captured in the Atlantic slave trade.
According to Peter Wood in his book Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 to the Stono Rebellion, the successful cultivation of rice in the Lowcountry in the 1600s was a major factor in the importation of African labor. Sir Jonathan Atkins was quoted in 1680 as saying, Since people have found out the convenience and cheapness of slave labor they no longer keep white men, who formerly did the work on the Plantations. Joseph Corry, an Englishman who spent some time in what is now the West African nation of Sierra Leone, noted, Rice forms the chief part of the African's sustenance.
When further observation noted the skill of Africans in this region in cultivating rice, Africans from the vicinity of Sierra Leone and Ghana became especially sought-after by slave owners in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
The demand for Africans in the rice-growing regions was such that, By the time the (South Carolina) colony's Proprietors gave way to a royal government in 1720, Africans had outnumbered Europeans for more than a decade.
According to Elaine Nichols of the South Carolina State Museum, Sullivan's Island, an island near Charleston, was a major port of entry for enslaved Africans. Her paper Sullivan's Island Pest Houses: Beginning an Archeological Investigation (1989), detailed the phenomenon of Pest Houses, that were used to quarantine Africans upon their arrival, for fear that the Africans would have contagious diseases. The Africans would often remain confined from 10 to 40 days and 200-300 at a time would sometimes remain in isolation in the pest houses. By 1793, residents of Sullivan's Island demanded that the pest houses be removed from the vicinity.
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Who Burnt Columbia? by Augustine T. SMYTHE read by David Wales | Full Audio Book
Who Burnt Columbia? by Augustine T. SMYTHE (1830 - 1914)
Genre(s): War & Military
Read by: David Wales in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Part 1 Depositions For Claimants
00:39:46 - 02 - Part 2 Deposition Of General Oliver O. Howard, Part 1
01:31:57 - 03 - Part 3 Deposition Of General Oliver O. Howard, Part 2
02:16:32 - 04 - Part 4 Deposition Of General William Tecumseh Sherman, Part 1
02:57:29 - 05 - Part 5 Deposition Of General William Tecumseh Sherman, Part 2
03:36:09 - 06 - Part 6 Deposition Of General William Tecumseh Sherman, Part 3
This Librivox reading consists of selections from depositions in a lawsuit brought after the end of the American Civil War by some businessmen of the former Confederacy. This reading focuses on the sworn statements of General William Tecumseh Sherman who commanded the Carolinas campaign and General Oliver O. Howard who was one of Sherman's subordinate commanders. The subject is the still-controversial burning of Columbia, capital of South Carolina, toward the end of the Civil War.'Official Depositions of Wm, Tecumseh Sherman, 'General of the Army of the United States,' and Gen. O.O. Howard, U.S.A., For The Defence; and Extracts From Some Of The Depositions For The Claimants, Filed in Certain Claims vs. United States, Pending Before 'The Mixed Commission on British and American Claims,' in Washington, D.C.' (Book subtitle)The Carolinas Campaign was the final campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. In January 1865, Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman advanced north from Savannah, Georgia, through the Carolinas, with the intention of linking up with Union forces in Virginia…. [After conquering Atlanta, Sherman] persuaded Grant that he should march north through the Carolinas… destroying everything of military value along the way, similar to his march to the sea through Georgia. Sherman was particularly interested in targeting South Carolina, the first state to secede from the Union, for the effect it would have on Southern morale…. On February 17, Columbia surrendered to Sherman... Union forces were overwhelmed by throngs of liberated Federal prisoners and emancipated African Americans. Many soldiers took advantage of ample supplies of liquor in the city and began to drink. Fires began in the city, and high winds spread the flames across a wide area. Most of the central city was destroyed, and the city's fire companies found it difficult to operate in conjunction with the invading Union army, many of whom were also trying to put out the fire. The burning of Columbia has engendered controversy ever since, with some claiming the fires were accidental, others stating they were a deliberate act of vengeance, and others claiming that the fires were set by retreating Confederate soldiers who lit bales of cotton on their way out of town… On February 18, Sherman's forces destroyed virtually anything of military value in Columbia, including railroad depots, warehouses, arsenals, and machine shops. - Summary by Book's subtitle, Wikipedia, and David Wales
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Mount Pleasent, South Carolina - Patriots Point - USS Yorktown HD (2017)
USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is named after the Battle of Yorktown of the American Revolutionary War, and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while under construction to commemorate USS Yorktown (CV-5), lost at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation.
Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). She was recommissioned too late to participate in the Korean War but served for many years in the Pacific, including duty in the Vietnam War, in which she earned five battle stars. Late in her career, she served as a recovery ship for the Apollo 8 space mission, and was used in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! which recreated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; and in the science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment.
Yorktown was decommissioned in 1970 and in 1975 became a museum ship at Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She is a National Historic Landmark.
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 134,385 in 2016. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 761,155 residents in 2016, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
Charleston was founded as Charles Town—honoring King Charles II of England—in 1670. Its initial location at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) was abandoned in 1680 for its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. Despite its size, it remained unincorporated throughout the colonial period; its government was handled directly by a colonial legislature and a governor sent by London. Election districts were organized according to Anglican parishes, and some social services were managed by Anglican wardens and vestries. Charleston adopted its present spelling with its incorporation as a city in 1783 at the close of the Revolutionary War. Population growth in the interior of South Carolina influenced the removal of the state government to Columbia in 1788, but the port city remained among the ten largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census. The only major American city to have a majority-enslaved population, antebellum Charleston was controlled by an oligarchy of white planters and merchants who successfully forced the federal government to revise its 1828 and 1832 tariffs during the Nullification Crisis and launched the Civil War by seizing the Arsenal, Castle Pinckney, and Fort Sumter from their federal garrisons.
Known for its rich history, well-preserved architecture, distinguished restaurants, and mannerly people, Charleston is a popular tourist destination and has received a large number of accolades, including America's Most Friendly [City] by Travel + Leisure in 2011 and in 2013 and 2014 by Condé Nast Traveler, and also the most polite and hospitable city in America by Southern Living magazine. In 2016, Charleston was ranked the World's Best City by Travel + Leisure.
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ALABAMA: Battleship USS Alabama
ALASKA: Tracy Arm Fjord
ARIZONA: The Grand Canyon
ARKANSAS: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
CALIFORNIA: Alcatraz Island
COLORADO: Garden of the Gods
CONNECTICUT: Yale University Art Gallery
DELAWARE: Air Mobility Command Museum
FLORIDA: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
GEORGIA: Savannah Historic District
HAWAII: USS Arizona Memorial
IDAHO: Boise River Greenbelt
ILLINOIS: The Art Institute of Chicago
INDIANA: Children's Museum of Indianapolis
IOWA: Capitol Building
KENTUCKY: Louisville Mega Cavern
LOUISIANA: The National WWII Museum
MAINE: Marginal Way
MARYLAND: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
MASSACHUSETTS: Fenway Park
MICHIGAN: The Henry Ford
MINNESOTA: Minneapolis Institute of Art
MISSISSIPPI: Vicksburg National Military Park
MISSOURI: Sight & Sound Theatres
MONTANA: Going-to-the-Sun Road at Glacier National Park
NEBRASKA: Henry Doorly Zoo
NEVADA: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Kancamagus Highway
NEW JERSEY: Cape May County Park & Zoo
NEW MEXICO: White Sands National Monument
NEW YORK: Central Park
NORTH CAROLINA: Blue Ridge Parkway
NORTH DAKOTA: Theodore Roosevelt National Park
OHIO: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
OREGON: Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
PENNSYLVANIA: Gettysburg National Military Park
RHODE ISLAND: The Breakers
SOUTH CAROLINA: Falls Park on the Reedy
SOUTH DAKOTA: Custer State Park
TENNESSEE: Sugarlands Distilling Company
TEXAS: San Antonio Riverwalk
UTAH: Bryce Canyon National Park
VERMONT: Stowe Recreation Path
VIRGINIA: Arlington National Cemetery
WASHINGTON: Chihuly Garden and Glass
WASHINGTON, DC: The Lincoln Memorial
WEST VIRGINIA: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
WISCONSIN: Lambeau Field
WYOMING: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
U.S. States That Were Once Independent Countries
Of the 50 states that make up the current Untied States of America, four were once independent nations of their own.
#1 The California Republic (Bear Flag Republic)
#2 The Vermont Republic
#3 The Republic of Texas
#4 The Kingdom of Hawaii
Aside from the four independent countries discussed in this video, that are now states, a number of other governments have established themselves on lands that are now part of the United States. Native American peoples, including the well organized Iroquois Confederacy, and the European colonial empires of Spain, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Russia, and Denmark, all possessed lands at some time that are now part of the United States as well. The Watauga Association, the State of Muskogee, and the Republic of Indian Stream were all small short lived governments established over small portions of U.S. territory during the late eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries. None of these three governments were ever officially recognized, however. During the American Civil War, the Confederate States of America formed in rebellion between 1861-1865. The Confederate states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas all had very short lived republics during the early months of their secession in 1861 before joining together as a single nation as well.
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Fort Bragg, NC – B-roll video of U.S. Army Paratroopers participating in a combatives-focused leaders professional development forum at the 82nd Airborne Division combatives school house on Jan. 23, 2018. The officers of the 82nd ABN DIV chose a different approach to expanding their growth as leaders of Paratroopers, choosing combatives as the subject of their quarterly LPD.
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Rear Admiral Reubin Bookert | SC African American History Calendar
Rear Admiral Reubin B. Bookert is a native of Columbia, S.C. He graduated from C.A. Johnson High School in 1968 and North Carolina A&T State University with a B.S. degree. He also earned degrees in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and a M.S. in Management from Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I. He commissioned in to the United States Navy in February of 1975.
Rear Admiral Bookert reported to his first fleet assignment in March of 1976 as Communications Officer aboard the U.S.S. Truett. Subsequent sea tours include Communications Officer in Destroyer Squadron Twenty-Four, Weapons Officer in U.S.S. Joseph Hewes, Operations Officer in U.S.S. La Moure County and Executive Officer aboard the U.S.S. Blakely. His command-at-sea tours include: Commanding Officer, U.S.S. La Moure County and Commanding Officer of the amphibious assault ship, U.S.S. Kearsarge.
Ashore Bookert served at the Navy Recruiting District in Atlanta, Ga. and at Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base in Fla. In July 1995, Bookert assumed duties as Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel and Director, Professional Relationship Division. In 1996, he was selected as Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. In 2001, he served as Deputy Director of Expeditionary Warfare in the Pentagon. Bookert was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 2002.
In 2004 Bookert assumed duties as Commander of Amphibious Group Two in Norfolk, VA. He commanded all Amphibious Forces on the East Coast. His command included 27 warships, 38 shore commands and 15,000 sailors and Marines. He has been awarded numerous decorations, including three Legion of Merit Medals, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three Meritorious Service Medals, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal, and the Humanitarian Service Medal among others. His last assignment was serving as the Commander of Maritime Forces, which consisted of 45 multinational warships that provided relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, La.
He served on the Board of Directors for the Tidewater Virginia Area Urban League. He is a member of Richland School District One Hall of Fame, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and the Spann Watson Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. He retired from the Navy in 2006.
Admiral Bookert and his wife Marvis reside in Blythewood, S.C. They have two sons, Brian and Russell (wife, Samantha) and a granddaughter, Hannah. He is currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Chief of Support Services in the Columbia Regional office.
George Stinney, 14, Executed In Vile Act Of Injustice, Exonerated 70s Years Late
Calling it a “great and fundamental injustice,” a South Carolina judge on Wednesday vacated the 1944 murder conviction of 14-year-old George J. Stinney Jr., the youngest person executed in the United States in the last century.
Judge Carmen T. Mullen of Circuit Court did not rule that the conviction of Mr. Stinney for the murder of two white girls in the town of Alcolu was wrong on the merits. She did find, however, that the prosecution had failed in numerous ways to safeguard the constitutional rights of Mr. Stinney, who was black, from the time he was taken into custody until his death by electrocution.
The all-white jury could not be considered a jury of the teenager’s peers, Judge Mullen ruled, and his court-appointed attorney did “little to nothing” to defend him. His confession was most likely coerced and unreliable, she added, “due to the power differential between his position as a 14-year-old black male apprehended and questioned by white, uniformed law enforcement in a small, segregated mill town in South Carolina.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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The Ice Cream Castle
Old Cahawba
Spectre Ghost Town
Sloss Furnaces
Leer Tower
The Alabaster Gypsum Plant
Belle Isle Zoo (Detroit)
Squaw Island Lighthouse
Portage Lake Observatory
The Francisco Morazan Shipwreck
Michigan Central Station (Detroit)
Eastown Theater (Detroit)
Prehistoric Forest
Knightridge Observatory (Bloomington)
The Indiana Army Ammunition Plant (Charlestown)
Silverville
City Methodist Church (Gary)
Central State Hospital For The Insane (Indianapolis)
Marble Hill Nuclear Power Facility (Marble Hill)
Union Station (Gary)
Rose Island Amusement Park (Charlestown)
The Abandoned Coach Car (Victor)
Leadville Mines
The Crystal Mill
The Palace Theater (Gary)
Abandoned Midland Railway
Como Roundhouse
Mary Murphy Mine
Nevadaville
Animas Forks
Abandoned Chimney Rock Jail
St. Aloysius Catholic Church (Trinidad)
St. Elmo
Randsburg
The Abandoned Gas Stations of Route 66
Victor Mines
Abandoned Houses of Summitville
The Zzyzx Healing Center
Salton City
East Jesus
Drawbridge
Bombay Beach Ruins
Old L.A. Griffith Park Zoo
Big Horn Mine
Murphy Ranch Nazi Camp
Abandoned Highway 395 Salt Refinery
Summit Tunnel
Linda Vista Hospital
Paramount Ranch
Bodie
Devil’s Slide Bunker
Point Reyes Shipwreck
The SS Monte Carlo
Lana’i Shipwreck
Hawaii
Niagara Scow
New York
Heroine Steamboat
Oklahoma
Mallows Bay Ghost Fleet
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City of Seattle Crab Ship
Alaska
The Sweepstakes
Lake Huron
The Point Reyes
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The Mary D. Hume
Oregon
The USS Phenakite
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The Peter Iredale
Oregon
Milneburg Lighthouse (Louisiana)
Cedar Island Lighthouse (New York)
Cockspur Lighthouse (Georgia)
The Francisco Morazan (Michigan)
Laguna Beach Lighthouse (California)
Sharps Island Light (Maryland)
Culebrita Lighthouse (Puerto Rico)
Grand Island East Channel Lighthouse (Michigan)
Sabine Pass Lighthouse
Louisiana
Turtle Island Lighthouse
Sand Island Light
Alabama
Morris Island Lighthouse
South Carolina
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
Great Isaac Cay Lighthouse
Bahamas
Squaw Island Lighthouse
Waugoshance Light
Michigan
Abandoned Afton Tunnel
Renaissance Faire
Outlaw Gas Station (Glen Rose)
Barboursville Ruins
Augusta Military Academy
Lorton Reformatory
Selma Plantation
Roanoke Train Skeleton
Western State Lunatic Asylum
Virginia State Line Gas Station
Union Level Ghost Town
Sugarland Pump House (South Bay)
Miami Marine Stadium
Carrie Blast Furnace
Eastern State Penitentiary
Presque Isle Park Motel
Centralia
Larimer Elementary
York Country Prison
Abandoned Schoolhouse of Knoxville
Davis Hospital – Statesville
The… Honey Hole?
Stonewall Jackson Reform School – Concord
Abandoned Church of Eden – Eden
Carolyn Court – Selma
Family Inn of America – Rowland
Tugboat Isco on Cape Fear River – Wilmington
Yates Mill – Raleigh
The Pickle Factory – Beaufort
Stumphouse Tunnel – Oconee
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State Hospital
Morris
Island
Lighthouse
Glendale
Mill
Cypress
Gardens
Ruins
Newell Ghost
Town
Abandoned Mansion
South Santee
Weston
State
Hospital
Shiloh School
Hartwell Dam
Thurmond
Smut Eye Grocery
Nuttallburg Coal Mine
Abandoned
Church
Sheperdstown
Tunnel 17
Cairo
Colorado
Crystal Mill
Connecticut
Hearthstone Castle
Delaware
Dead Sentinel Lighthouse
Florida
Dome Houses
Cape Romano
Georgia
Georgia Lunatic Asylum
Hawaii
Bus Swallowed Whole
Idaho
Abandoned Bay Horse
Illinois
Chanute
Air Force Base
Indiana
Palace Theater
Iowa
Keokuk
Railroad Station
Kansas
Joyland
Kentucky
Ghost Ship
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Maryland
Enchanted Forest
Massachusetts
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Old Hamm’s Brewery
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Nitta Yuma
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Nevada City
Nebraska
Devil’s Nest Ski Resort
Nevada
The Neon Graveyard
New Hampshire
Madame Sherri Castle
Pennsylvania
Peter
Paul Church
Rhode Island
Brenton Point
South Carolina
Cypress Gardens
Frankfort
Kentucky Horse Park
Kentucky Railway Museum
One Of The BEST Motors Ever!! Westinghouse Hydraulic Elevator-Embarcadero Center-San Francisco, CA
Holy crap this is one BEASTLY motor! It's one of the best ones I've ever heard period. These were Westinghouse elevators with AE but they've been modded by OTIS with Adams Survivor. YAY. But who cares about the mod?? I could ride this elevator all day!
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National Academy: Wolf Kahn, National Academician
Wolf Kahn speaks about the significance of being a member of the National Academy. Learn more about the history of the National Academy and the esteemed group of artists and architects who are National Academicians:
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, 1927, painter Wolf Kahn emigrated to the United States in 1940 and studied at the High School of Music & Art, Hans Hofmann School, and earned a BA at the University of Chicago. He has taught at Cooper Union, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, and the University of California, Berkeley. He lives and works in New York City and Vermont and is represented by the Ameringer/Yohe Gallery, NY. Recent exhibitions include Museum Fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; Morris Museum of Art, GA; Jerald Melberg Gallery, SC; American Academy of Arts & Letters; Beadleston Gallery; New Britain Museum of Art; Kansas State University; Gerald Peters Gallery, NM; Boca Raton Museum of Art; Grace Borgenicht Gallery; and the Neuberger Museum, Purchase. His work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship; Lifetime Achievement Award, Vermont Council on the Arts; Fulbright Grant; and awards at the American Academy of Arts & Letters and the National Academy. He has received Honorary Doctorates form Union College; and Wheaton College.
700 Pound Snake Pulled out of Lake in North Carolina
Giant 700 pound snake caught in lake in Proctor, North Carolina. The giant man eating python was measured at 98 feet long. Police were contacted to see if there have been any recently filed missing person reports as a snake this big could have surely eaten a human.
This giant snake is massive and just gorgeous, but it didn't take long to find out that the STORY behind it... was fake, just another hoax.
While the image is indeed real, I think the size of the giant snake could have been exaggerated due to the camera angle
Nevertheless, this snake is still huge, but where did it come from? The markings on it's skin looks similar to that of a reticulated python native to Southeast Asia. After playing around with a little Google translate, the mystery was finally solved.
This giant python came from Indonesia and after some rough translating, it turns out that it was discovered this last Thanksgiving near the village of Belinyu City. It was found by accident by a group of construction workers who severely injured the reptile while knocking down a large dead tree in which the python was sleeping inside of. The workers put the dying snake out of it's misery and buried it.
It's sad to see such an incredible animal killed, especially one that could have been a new world record size. I wish there were more pictures so we could get a better idea of just how large it was.
I really enjoyed learning about this amazing snake, if you guys have any cool wildlife stories or interesting animals that you think I might enjoy, tell me about it on Facebook
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Haunted Places in Washington, D.C.
From Georgetown to Dupont Circle, Capitol Hill to Downtown Washington, the Capitol of the United States of America is full of fascinating history and terrifying hauntings! Check out our picks for the most haunted places in Washington, D.C.!
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The 17th Annual Native American Film Festival of the Southeast Hosted in Columbia
The 17th Annual Native American Film Festival of the Southeast was held during the month of November in Columbia, at Tapp's Arts Center.
During 4 day, films by and about Native American and international indigenous people were screened and followed by a questions-and-answer session with filmmakers that were able to be in the event.
The festival aimed to educate the community about contemporary Native American talent and issues, and also to provide a platform for Native Americans to share their stories, culture and traditions.
This year's event featured short films, feature films, student films, documentaries and music videos.
State of the State 2013
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley delivers her third State of the State Address. Governor Haley's speech is followed by the Democratic response read by businesswoman Jill Moylan.