What landmark is your town or city most famous for? Images if possible.
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ChelseaMark
ANSWERS: 73
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My town is famous for having the Queen Mary.
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My town is famous for having a battlefield that was in the Civil War.
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My town is not famous for a landmark, but our rodeo has been rated best small rodeo in Colorado for several years in a row...
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Probably the 43 arch viaduct, built in 1849 with seven million bricks. It passes through the back of the High Street, which itself was voted best high street in the UK, for its shops and many pubs and cafes/restaurants. The George and Dragon pub was the location for the meeting to build the world's first ever railway. The Town Hall in the High Street has various plaques displaying the height of the River Tees which was notoriously prone to flooding in Yarm until the recent barrage. The lower square white plaque in the middle and the higher square white plaque above the right hand door are the worst floods in 1771 and 1881. Considering the river normally is about 8 feet below the level of the High Street, and the marker for 1771 is 7 feet above the High Street, the rise in the water level was staggering.
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I'm not sure if it's famous other than here in our state. At one time Tulsa, OK was the oil capital of the world. The Tulsa Driller was erected in honor of our cities history.
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The 'Falkirk wheel' - the only rotating boat lift in the world. It is quite amazing actually www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk
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I don't know how famous it is, but this is the Sandia Tramway on the edge of Albuquerque, the longest tram in North America (about 2 miles). It goes from the base of the Sandia Mountains to the crest at 10,600 feet above sea level, over craggy canyons and providing breathtaking vistas as well as the occasional glimpse of mountain goats, bears and eagles. I hope I uploaded properly - I don't do it very often!
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I live in Guatemala City. There are several, but I guess one of the most unusual would be a Relief map of the whole country, possibly one of the largest of its kind in the world. http://www.ticotimes.net/archive/03_15_02_8.htm
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It's not actually a land mark, but my town is most famous for being the birthplace of the co-operative movement. This is a photo of the Pioneers museum. More interestingly though, the white building next to it is my favourite pub : D Adolf Hitler apparently wanted to take our Townhall and rebuild it, brick for brick, in Germany. I'm not sure why, but he never got it anyway. Here it is.
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My town? Well, Joseph Smith stayed here for awhile. A town near here is famous as the Carousel capital. And another town is famous as the home of Elmer's Glue. The fact and it has poisoned the water source and some land seems to be forgotten, however. Further up the road is the home of Boy Scout Troop #1.
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the Humber bridge and the new aquarium pictured below shaped like the front of a boat.
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the Humber bridge and the new aquarium pictured below shaped like the front of a boat.
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Wembley stadium Click here for the images: http://www.wembleystadium.com/pressbox/presspack/images/default.htm
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We don't have a landmark, but we do have a mythical creature sort of like Loch Ness, he is called Ogopogo and he is rumoured to be a prehistoric lake monster that lives in the Okanagan Lake, which is in British Columbia, Vernon and Kelowna.
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My town has the big merino in it. http://www.travelmate.com.au/BigThings/BigThings.asp?Type=Show&ToDoId=167861
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We have these big signs that say "Crossroads of Delmarva" on them. Our geographical location is really all we have going for us in the landmark department. There is that damn baseball stadium, but I don't have a picture....
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Montreal has about 3 million people. We are the world's largest French 'first' speaking city outside of France. We had the Olympics here in 1967, when Canada turned 100 years old. here are a few links and pics of Montreal ... http://static.iftk.com.br/mt/2007/02/what_did_the_architect_smoke.html http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_Quebec/Montreal-906413/Things_To_Do-Montreal-Olympic_Village-BR-2.html http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_Quebec/Montreal-906413/Things_To_Do-Montreal-Mont_Royal-BR-2.html
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The town next to mine has Blackpool Tower. The town I live in is the only town in the UK to have 3 lighthouses, one of which is in-land. I'm not sure that counts as a landmark though, lol. The pictures are; 1. Blackpool Tower 2. Wyre Light 3. Lower Lighthouse 4. Pharos Lighthouse The three lighthouses line up and guide ships through the channel into Fleetwood. They've been replaced with modern lighting now, but the Lower and Pharos lighthouses both still work.
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guees!!?? lol
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I live in a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana which is best known for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Soldiers and Sailor's Monument in the center of the city. http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/kade/soldiers.html Indianapolis is knows as "The Circle City" and "The Crossroads of America".
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Beacon Hill. The legend of my town's name is from a story about the chief of the local Native American Indian tribe fell from Beacon Hill. The headline in the next day's newspaper said 'Chief Beacon Falls'. This part of the town was renamed 'Beacon Falls'.
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I would say Fort McHenry, whose defense against British attack (1814) inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner". Image: Fort McHenry, Baltimore Maryland -
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The town I live in has a land mark which is famous for housing the most evil sexual predators that walked the face of this earth.
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They're not landmarks, but we are the "Telephone City" and we have Wayne Gretzky.
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There are a lot of interesting places where I live. The most famous places where I live might be Parliament Hill or the Rideau Canal Skateway. Parliament Hill http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/hillcam_e.html The Rideau Canal Skateway http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-16299-10080&lang=1 We also have: The Tulip Festival http://www.tulipfestival.ca/ Winterlude http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-16298-22877&lang=1 and much, much more.
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Waterfire www.waterfire.org
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Hash Bash and the Art Fair :)
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The White House and Capitol Hill
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Crabs
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Cambridge University.
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It's probably famous for it's railyard, but more importantly noted for being 1 of the top 5 places to be bombed if a major war broke out.
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Savannah is a city located in the state of Georgia, United States. It is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia.[3] Savannah attracts millions of visitors, who enjoy the city's architecture and historic buildings: the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America), the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (one of the South's first public museums), the First African Baptist Church (one of the oldest African American Baptist congregations in the United States), Temple Mickve Israel (the third-oldest synagogue in America), and the Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex (the oldest standing antebellum rail facility in America). [3][4] Today, Savannah's downtown area, the Savannah Historic District, is one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States (designated by the U.S. government in 1966).[3][A]
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…being on the other side of the river from Purdue University. It’s also home to Eli Lilly (the pharmaceutical company) and Wabash National (the tractor-trailer manufacturer), but who cares about those? Purdue has basketball. ;-)
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A bit of the War of 1812 was fought here.
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Lovers... :-)
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The town I live in now is considered the "Rhododendron Capital" of the United States. We also have the most awesome sand dunes in North America.
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Our hockey team, the Edmonton Oilers. Aside from that, not much else. Some people deride our city and call it "Deadmonton", because it's so damn boring here. :(
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Where I am now..hmm..I don't know that it is famous for anything..it is a college town miami university..about all that is here
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LA, which is famous for "blond" celebrities DUI. ;) BTW keith, I'm OOPFY. :(
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Maybe its name......BOURBON
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I live in Johnstown PA (aka. Flood City) we're known mostly for the big 1889 flood but there were two other big ones too (1936 and 1977) *also, the movie "slap shot" was filmed here
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Yup, the smelter. This little town in SE BC, Canada has a really bad rep. Everything in and around the town is supposed to be contaminated with lead. But since science now knows about such things as leaching/contamination/environmental protection, the company REALLY cleaned up it's act. (Like lots of other polluters who didn't know any better at the time). The children regularly get tested for the various contaminants that might come from the smelter and their results are lower than the national average. I consider this little town to be a jewel! It is very green all summer, the residents take a lot of pride in their homes. Most of the yards have fabulous flower and vegetable gardens. And the area as a whole is very clean and very beautiful.
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We have an arsenal here. We are called the Arsenal City. Ha! Also, we used to have a huge bell making factory here, but of course that's not as important as the good ole arsenal that makes cannons. Our High School sports teams are called the Cannoneers.
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Jelly Belly Factory
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mak,ing, movies...
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Philly, the city of brotherly love. You can see it best displayed by our loyal sports fans. Cheese Steaks Soft Pretzels Tastykakes (local Hostess rival)
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The view, mostly red cliffs which are deeply colored at sunrise and sunset. The blue and pink sunsets are very popular too. I will try to upload a couple pictures.
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I recently moved to Thunder Bay Ontario and we have many here. The Sleeping Giant, Terry Fox monument that marks where he stopped are but a few!
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The Las Vegas Strip.
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The Holocaust Memorial is fairly popular
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i'm in dc sooo i guess there's a lot haha. white house, washington monument, smithsonian.... the list goes on and on
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Table Mountain, Cape point.
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Las Vegas strip.
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mine suck compared to the others on here lol The Angel of the North and Penshaw monument
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the bull ring and cadburys world are the most famous in Birmingham, England
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The cathedral which was partly destroyed in an arson attack in the fourteenth century by an Earl with the nickname of "the Wolf" due to his cruelty.
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The Tower of London, I guess. I went once and was very disappointed!
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The Nation's Capitol!
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The Ralph Engelstad Arena. The most touristic place in the state. Beautiful arcitecture.
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the magic roundabout
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The entire Las Vegas Strip.
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The Atlantic ocean.
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The Parliament Buildings.
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Probably the National Marine Aquarium (Britains biggest, Europe's deepest you know!) or Plymouth Hoe/Barbican.
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Golden Gate Bridge, baby!
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The whores on Independence Avenue.
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Jelly Belly Factory
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Kansas city: the WWI memorial, fountains,
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The State Capitol Building and Old Town
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National Infantry Museum
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Every second weekend in May, Owensboro, Kentucky springs to life with the wonderful smells and sounds of the International Bar-B-Q Festival. Smoke from hickory-stoked fires blends with the aromas of sizzling chicken, bubbling burgoo and roasting mutton to complete the festival atmosphere. +4
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just come to jersey.. we got everything =]
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The pizza shop? The gun and gift shop (yes its one store)... I dunno, its a pretty lame town
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