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  • Roseville, California

    Roseville (formerly, Roseville Junction, Junction, and Grider's) is the largest city in Placer County, California, United States, located in the Sacramento metropolitan area.

  • Queensboro Bridge

    The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge – because its Manhattan end is located between 59th and 60th Streets – and officially titled the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City that …

  • Moscow, Idaho

    Moscow (/ˈmɒsk/ MOSS-koh) is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border, with a population of 23,800 at the 2010 census.

  • Marlins Park

    Marlins Park is a baseball park located in Miami, Florida. It is the current home of the Miami Marlins, the city's Major League Baseball franchise. It is located on 17 acres of the former Miami Orange Bowl site in Little Havana, about 2 miles (3 km)…

  • Loretto Chapel

    The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA is a former Roman Catholic church that is now used as a museum and wedding chapel. It is known for its unusual helix-shaped spiral staircase (the "Miraculous Stair"), the name and origin of the builder…

  • La Salle University

    La Salle University is a private, co-educational, Roman Catholic university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Named for St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, the university was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Sch…

  • Kalispell, Montana

    Kalispell (Ktunaxa: kqaya·qawa·kǂuʔnam, Salish: qlispél) is a city in, and the county seat of, Flathead County, Montana. The 2013 Census estimates put Kalispell's population at 20,972. The Kalispell Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of …

  • Forks, Washington

    Forks is a city in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,532 at the 2010 census. The population was 3,545 at 2012 Estimate from Office of Financial Management.

  • Creation Museum

    The Creation Museum, located in Petersburg, Kentucky, is operated by the Christian Creationist apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis (AiG) to promote a Young Earth creationist explanation of the origins of the universe based on a literal interpret…

  • Coit Tower

    Coit Tower, also known as the Lillian Coit Memorial Tower, is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built in 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to …

  • American Airlines Flight 1420

    American Airlines Flight 1420 was a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Little Rock National Airport in the USA. On June 1, 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (registration number N215AA) operating for Flight 1420 overran the runwa…

  • Southern Airways Flight 242

    Southern Airways Flight 242 was a DC-9-31 jet, registered N1335U, that executed a forced landing on a highway in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm…

  • San Ramon, California

    San Ramon (Spanish: San Ramón; meaning Saint Raymond) is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is a suburban city of the San Francisco Bay Area, and lies in the San Ramon Valley. San Ramon's population was 72,148 as of the 201…

  • Saint Joseph's University

    Saint Joseph's University (also referred to as SJU or St. Joe's) is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic Jesuit university located at the intersection of the Wynnefield neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, and the…

  • Port Chicago disaster

    The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States. Munitions detonated while being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacifi…

  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania

    Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a public university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA. Indiana University of Pennsylvania is the Flagship University within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Along with West Chester Uni…

  • Haleakalā

    Haleakalā (/ˌhɑːlˌɑːkəˈlɑː/; Hawaiian: [ˈhɐleˈjɐkəˈlaː]), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui.

  • Danbury, Connecticut

    Danbury is a city in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, approximately 70 miles from New York City. Danbury's population at the 2010 census was 80,893. Danbury is the fourth most-populous city in Fairfield County, and seventh amon…

  • Cascadia subduction zone

    The Cascadia subduction zone (also referred to as the Cascadia fault) is a convergent plate boundary that stretches from northern Vancouver Island to northern California. It is a very long sloping subduction zone fault that separates the Juan de Fuc…

  • Busch Gardens Williamsburg

    Busch Gardens Williamsburg (formerly known as Busch Gardens Europe and Busch Gardens: The Old Country) is a 383-acre (155 ha) theme park located in James City County, Virginia, about 60.40 miles (97.20 km) northwest of Virginia Beach, originally dev…

  • Bristol Motor Speedway

    Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, …

  • Willamette Valley

    The Willamette Valley (/wɨˈlæmɨt/) is a 150-mile long valley in the U.S. state of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The valley forms the cultural and political heart of Oregon and is home to 70% of its population including…

  • Schaumburg, Illinois

    Schaumburg /ˈʃɔːmbərɡ/ is a city located in Cook County in northeastern Illinois, United States. The city is a northwestern suburb of Chicago and is part of the Golden Corridor. Schaumburg is located roughly 28 miles (45 km) northwest of the Chicago…

  • KENO

    KENO is a sports/talk AM radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada owned by Lotus Broadcasting and featuring programming from the ESPN Deportes Radio network. On March 3, 2008, the station changed its format to ESPN Deportes Radio, and the previous program…

  • Ithaca College

    Ithaca College is a coeducational, nonsectarian private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York, United States. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, bu…

  • Griffith Park

    Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,310 acres (1,740 ha) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North Amer…

  • General Atomics

    General Atomics is a defense contractor headquartered in San Diego, California, specializing in nuclear physics. General Atomics' research into nuclear fission and nuclear fusion has also had bearing on related technologies, allowing the company to …

  • New York City Department of Education

    The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is that part of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The City School District of the City of New York (New York City public schools) is the largest school sy…

  • Sprint Center

    Sprint Center is a large, multi-use indoor arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The building is located at 14th Street and Grand Boulevard, on the east side of the Power & Light District.