#historic landmark

[mothmiso]

Rhodes 2024 (2) (3) (4) by Arnold van Wijk

[williammarksommer]

Route 66 Begin

Over this summer, I had the opportunity to take part in two residences that brought me hundreds of miles across the US and back to Route 66.

66 series 

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Ektar 100iso

[helena-bottom-farter]

The oldest door in the UK. This oak door belongs to Westminster Abbey and is the oldest and only Anglo-Saxon door in Great Britain. The door has been standing for over 950 years, dating back to the reign of Edward the Confessor during the 1050s. The door was made from a single oak tree from the east of England in medieval times. The oak piece has 5 main boards, connected by iron strips and wooden beams, and is approximately two meters high. There are rumors that traces of human skin remain on the door, but it has been proven to be bovine leather: (it happens that many wooden artifacts were covered with leather to preserve the quality of the wood and to decorate the environment).

The door opens into the large octagonal room, where monks gathered daily for prayers in the 13th century and today serves as a storage place for important religious documents.

[chaoticdesertdweller]

President Woodrow Wilson Home Press Photo

1912 Staunton, Virginia

[kv-actual]

A usual Saturday where armour and HEMA collide.

[circuitmouse]

Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, the one of a kind mid century hotel

[maekar76]

the Bradbury Building

Los Angeles, CA

[maltascapes]

The Lone Guardian - St Mary's Battery - Comino

[faithandarisadventures]

The Witch House January 14, 2024 Salem, Massachusetts

[pixel-alchemy]

Martha-Mary Chapel, Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA

[mothmiso]

Gyeongju, South Korea (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) by Caspar Tromp

Via Flickr:

(1) In the distance is Cheomseongdae, a 7th century astronomical observatory whose construction was ordered by queen Seondeok. It features 365 stone blocks representing each day in the year. It is the oldest remaining astronomical observatory of East Asia. (4) An old (Silla period?) stele encapsulated in a traditional sacred kiosk or shrine, inside the Gyerim forest in the middle of the historical sites of Gyeongju. Both shrine and forest have a very mystical atmosphere. (5) (6) Wolji Pond. Remains of a 7th century palace dating to the Silla dynasty.     

[williammarksommer]

Sea Swings

Santa Cruz, California

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Ektar 100iso

[helena-bottom-farter]

The Carson Mansion, Eureka, CA in 1902

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Marysville, Kansas c.1872

[swforester]

A glimpse into the history of old Deerfield. In March of 1704 the town was attacked by the French and indians in the predawn hours. The town was burned down and 47 men, women and children were killed and 112 were captured and forced on a march to Canada. The top grave is that of Eunice. She was captured in the raid. But when she stumbled fell into a river on the way, she was killed by a single blow from a tomahawk. The indians were told to kill anyone who slowed them down. She was killed in front of her children and her husband, who was the 1st minister in Deerfield. A bridge over the river was named in her honor but it is said to be haunted by her ghost because she met with such a violent end. The inscription on her grave says she "fell by the rage of ye Barbarous Enemy.” The second picture shows a historic plaque with a brief sketch about Deerfield’s founding. The 3rd picture is a memorial for the family of James Corse. James died in 1696, 8 years before the raid took place. But his wife Elizabeth was captured and died on the march to Canada aged 34. Their children are listed, Ebenezer, James and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was carried captive to Canada and never came back. The last parts of the inscription gets a little tough to understand. But at the bottom it says someone was “mother to 15 children, the last were twins born on April 12th, 1737.” Bottom pic is one of the historic homes found in Old Deerfield. 

Deerfield MA 3/12/23