When they scrapped USS South Dakota in 1962, Sioux Falls couldn't get the whole battleship into landlocked South Dakota. So they salvaged what parts they could, poured a foot-high concrete outline onto the ground in Sherman Park along the banks of the Big Sioux River, and combined the pieces into a minimalist pseudo-replica.
The USS South Dakota was in every major battle and the...
Numerous historic bombers, fighters, utility aircraft, and missiles are on display here. The museum is located at the Ellsworth Air Force Base near Box Elder, South Dakota.
Ellsworth AFB is an Air Force installation roughly 11 kilometers northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota.
It is home to the B-1B bomber, and is being upsized due to the 2005 BRAC (Base ReAlignment and Closure) Bill. On a funny note, in 2004, some pilots from Northwest Airlines landed there instead of the Rapid City Airport.
At the time of writing, it is in Low Resolution.
From USGS.gov: Mount Adams, one of the largest volcanoes in the Cascade Range (3,742 meters - 12,276 feet), dominates the Mount Adams volcanic field in Skamania, Yakima, Klickitat, and Lewis counties and the Yakima Indian Reservation of south-central Washington.
Mount Connor (also known as Attila or Artilla), reaching to 859 m (2,500 ft) above sea level and to 300 m (985 ft) above ground level, is located southeast of Lake Amadeus in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory, 88 km east-south-east of Uluru at the border of the vast Curtin Springs cattle station. Mount Conner is a flat-topped and horseshoe-shaped mountain and can easily be confused...
Here was Gutzon Borglums parents born and lived until they immigrated to the USA in the mid 1850th.
Gutzon is famous for have created the Mount Rushmore figures of the 4 presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Rosevelt wich began on in 1916.
He also created the bust of Lincoln on the Lincoln Mausoleum in Springfield, Illinois.
Mount Uludag, located 36 km south of Bursa, is the most fashionable winter sports center of Turkey. Declared National Protected Area in 1961 for the richness of its flora and fauna.