Charlotte Genesee Lighthouse The Charlotte–Genesee Lighthouse is an 1822 stone octagonal[5] lighthouse in the Charlotte neighborhood in northern Rochester, New York, United States. The 40 ft tower is located on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Genesee River. It originally had 10 whale oil Argand lamps, which were replaced
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Erie Land Lighthouse The Erie Land Lighthouse, as it is now commonly referred to, was the first commissioned lighthouse along the Great Lakes in the United States. The light was positioned on a cliff overlooking the entrance to Presque Isle Bay, which is now the foot of Lighthouse Street in
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Stonington Lighthouse The Stonington Harbor Light is a historic lighthouse built in 1840 and located on the east side of Stonington Harbor in the Borough of Stonington, Connecticut. It is a well-preserved example of a mid-19th century stone lighthouse. The light was taken out of service in 1889 and the
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Sandstone Falls – New River Gorge National Park The largest waterfall on the New River, Sandstone Falls spans the river where it is 1500 feet wide. Divided by a series of islands, the river drops 10 to 25 feet. Sandstone Falls marks the transition zone of the New River from
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Ponce Inlet Lighthouse The Ponce de Leon Inlet Light is a lighthouse and museum located at Ponce de León Inlet in Central Florida. At 175 feet in height, it is the tallest lighthouse in the state and one of the tallest in the United States. It is located between St.
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Bulow Sugar Plantation Ruins Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park contains the ruins of an ante-bellum plantation and its sugar mill, built of coquina, a fossiliferous sedimentary rock composed of shells. It was the largest plantation in East Florida, and was operated with the forced labor of enslaved Africans and
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Lotus Flower July 2025 Free Wallpaper Resilience, purity, and rebirth are some of the symbolic representations of the lotus flower. For thousands of years, peoples, cultures and religions have identified with the journey a lotus takes over the course of its life. The lotus begins its life cycle underwater,
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Abandoned Longhorn Ammunition Plant The Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, located near Karnack, Texas, was a large-scale producer of munitions during World War II and the Cold War. It primarily manufactured TNT, rocket motors, and pyrotechnic items. The plant operated from 1942 to 1997 and was later designated a Superfund site due to contamination. Today, much of
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Kansas Sunflower June 2025 Free Wallpaper The sunflower is the state flower of Kansas. It is an annual flower that can be grown for the flowers or harvested for seeds used for oil or culinary purposes. The composite flowers have both ray (the showy “petals”) or disk flowers (that mature
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Wilderness Park Bamboo Forest Wilderness Park is a 26-plus acre area located on Upper Kingston Road, within the city limits of Prattville Alabama. Wilderness Park/Bamboo Forest in Prattville, Alabama, is notable for its unexpected and lush bamboo forest. This unique park features towering bamboo stalks that reach heights of
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