National Register Photostream — Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the
U.S. National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture.
posted by netbros
on Dec 23, 2011 -
6 comments
A mining town in Kentucky hoping to build a different kind of future. One of the last three Negro League stadiums. A 34-acre ranch owned and run one of California's earliest entreprenuers and rare early female landowners. The "cathedral of African Methodism" which saw the funerals of Frederick Douglass and Rosa Parks. Otherwordly sand dunes in Michigan, mysterious freshwater caves in Guam, the Wilderness Battlefield...and the Merritt Parkway. These and more sites are on the (US) NAtional Trust's 2010 roster of the
11 Most Endangered Places.
posted by Miko
on May 19, 2010 -
14 comments
When thousands of people depart, leaving an entire city dead that’s a real tragedy. There are mainly two reasons why people leave the place where they used to live for years or even generations: danger, and economic factors.
Abandoned Places In The World. ( previously
1,
2)
posted by netbros
on Jun 21, 2009 -
29 comments
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So I found out yesterday that the soundstage for "The Wire" still existed. I wasted no time in visiting it and was there almost less than 24 hours [sic].
It's one of my favorite TV shows ever and I had to see this before everyone ruined it. The building is also scheduled for demolition and they are going to build a super market on it." NOTE: LINK CONTAINS SPOILERS
[more inside]
posted by dersins
on Jan 7, 2009 -
79 comments
Illicit Ohio has a wide range of photos and essays of
abandoned places in Ohio, from the
Cincinnati subway system (yes, there really
is was one, and it's been
discussed here before), to
various and
sundry prisons,
government installations,
hotels,
hosiptals,
houses and more. And don't miss the
old vs. new galleries, either.
posted by dersins
on Aug 29, 2007 -
20 comments
If you like looking at maps of imaginary places, you should take a peek at the
Fantasy Atlas, a German-language collection of maps of literary fantasy and sci-fi worlds. For a more obsessive (but just as interesting) take on maps of imaginary places, you can check out
the work of Adrian Leskiw, who's been creating road maps of non-existent places since the age of 3.
(Previously on Metafilter.)
posted by dersins
on Aug 1, 2007 -
31 comments
Gay? Looking for a place to Live?
The Advocate has just published their first-ever list of "
Best Places to Live for Gays and Lesbians.”
Columbus, OH;
Dallas, TX;
Ferndale, MI;
Ithaca, NY;
Lexington, KY;
Missoula, MT;
Portland, OR;
San Diego, CA;
Santa Fe, NM; and
Tuscon, AZ. Pack your bags!
posted by ikahime
on Mar 26, 2007 -
35 comments
Planning a vacation or going on a business trip this summer? Why not try one of the world's
most dangerous destinations for the trip of a lifetime? Just make sure you have
Worldcue® PRO loaded on your laptop and fill out some
forms and you'll be ready for
death departure.
posted by Guerilla
on May 13, 2005 -
2 comments
Rude place names. If you're in England then this is for you. Please bare with us rest of the world, this is what we really like in our humour (at least it in Kilburn). If you're not in England then feel free to use my postcode, NW2. Ooooo,
titter ye not (and who will be the first wag to post "not"?)
posted by ciderwoman
on Jun 28, 2004 -
30 comments
Something nice. In a refreshingly simple and visually appealing presentation, "Places" explores the synergy between artists and the locations that inspire them. From a virtual landscape created from the surface of an agate, to a 1787 map of Mecca included in the Dala'il al-Khayrat ("Guides to Good Things"), to an 1885 photograph of a single moment captured in the reflection of a gazing ball, these eight fascinating examples seem to suggest that places are nothing so much as what our own observation reveals of them at any given time.
posted by taz
on Mar 22, 2003 -
4 comments
Abandoned places and abandoned spaces hold all sorts of mystery for the curious sort, and Zone-Tour takes you along to view some fantastic urban wastelands with pictures and movies. Inspired to do some investigation of your own? Then check out
Infiltration -
"The 'Zine about Going Places You're Not Supposed to Go"
posted by headspace
on Jul 19, 2002 -
10 comments
