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the house on the rock
from american gods, neil gaiman posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
"So when we get to Madison, what then?"
"Take Highway 14 west to Spring Green. We'll be meeting everyone at a place called the House on the Rock. You been there?"
"No," said Shadow. "But I've seen the signs."
– American Gods, Neil Gaiman
view full location details...mark twain’s grave
from mark twain posted in literature by donkeyoti
Mark Twain is buried, along with his family, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, NY.
Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910 at the age of 74.
The family plot has a plaque that is hung 2 fathoms (12 feet) high, the same distance that gave the writer his pen name.
view full location details...the last spike
from transcontinental railroad posted in history by pete_nice
Before Silicon Valley was a mecca of wealth and technology, Leland Stanford arranged for this area to be the final stop on the transcontinental railroad.
You can view the final spike in the famous achievement on display the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford.
view full location details...plaza de españa
from star wars, the phantom menace posted in movies by donkeyoti
One of the few scenes that was not filmed on a green screen in The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones were the exteriors for the Naboo city of Theed, filmed at the Plaza de España in Seville.
view full location details...argonne national laboratory
from energy, battery, energy storage posted in technology by pete_nice
Initially created to carry out the work of Enrico Fermi on nuclear reactors as part of the Manhattan Project, Argonne National Laboratory (named for the surrounding woods at the time) became the first national laboratory on July 1, 1946.
Much of the early work at the lab produced breakthroughs in nuclear technology. Since then, the lab has expanded to include a number of areas including energy storage and renewable energy, environmental sustainability, supercomputing, and national security.
Several key components of battery storage technology in hybrid and electric cars have been made at Argonne (source: The Powerhouse by Steve Levine).
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