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January 15, 2009 10:21 AM EST --
The Jackson Burial Plot
Today (December 30, 2008), was another meeting of the Mantua Cemetery Walkers and boy did we visit an incredibly odd cemetery. The Jackson Burial Plot in Pepper Pike, Ohio. . . .
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June 25, 2009 10:25 AM EDT --
This is the first pet cemetery I have ever been to and it was quite large. It has 10 acres and 10, 000 burials.
Veterinarian Dr. C. W. Woodruff started Animal Kingdom in1918 on a five acre plot . . .
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November 15, 2009 11:24 AM EST --
1 Approach Road Asheville, North Carolina 28806 (828) 274-6333
Biltmore is the largest private residence in the US, I've been told. It's a castle, based on French chateaux. It was built by . . .
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June 21, 2009 10:46 AM EDT --
907 Whitehead Street Key West, Florida 33040 (305) 294-1136
This was a fun tour and my husband and I really enjoyed looking at the house and gardens. The house and grounds are interesting for their . . .
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August 20, 2009 10:55 AM EDT --
Kalahari Resort & Spa
7000 Kalahari Drive
Sandusky, Ohio
Kalahari Resort is an African themed resort and water park. It features spacious rooms and condos, restaurants, snack bars, . . .
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September 03, 2009 08:04 PM EDT --
The James A. Garfield Monument is the final resting place of the 20 th President of the United States of America and his family. This is one of Lake View’s most famous monuments and was . . .
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January 21, 2009 07:02 PM EST --
Today was the perfect day for a meeting of the Mantua Cemetery Walkers. It was brisk, cloudy and slightly overcast, but not too cold for a walk around the gravestones and to learn a little about . . .
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June 18, 2009 01:04 PM EDT --
After driving to Savannah, Georgia from Ashville we are a little tired but not to tired to explore Savannah in the sinking sunset. Historical River Street was busy with bustling with shoppers and people . . .
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May 25, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
Marblehead Lighthouse is the oldest, continuously operational lighthouse on the Great Lakes. It has been featured on a U.S. postage stamp, has appeared on the license plates of Ohio's drivers, and was . . .
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October 02, 2008 06:26 PM EDT --
In 1913, Hull House, now a museum, was thought to be the home of a ‘Devil Baby'. Even today visitors are still reporting feeling uncomfortable when touring the museum and the story . . .
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January 15, 2009 11:11 AM EST --
The Gamble Plantation is the only surviving antebellum mansion in south Florida. It recalls a way of life in the south before the Civil War. The mansion was home to Major Robert Gamble and the headquarters . . .
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January 31, 2009 10:46 AM EST --
Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown make up Virginia's Historic Triangle. Known as Colonial Williamsburg, the area is the world's largest, and possibly greatest, living history museum. . . .
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January 31, 2009 12:49 PM EST --
Today (November 30, 2008) my husband and I took a drive down to Homestead, Florida. Home of the magnificent and mysterious Coral Castle. The history of this awesome tourist attraction is sad, yet . . .
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June 18, 2009 01:24 PM EDT --
The Pirates' House Restaurant is the most genuinely historic, atmospheric and touristy restaurant to eat at in Savannah. And it is haunted. This house was once the home of the infamous pirate, Jean Lafitte, . . .
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June 20, 2009 11:48 AM EDT --
Breitenbach Wine Cellars is one of the wineries in Amish country we visited, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Breitenbach Wine Cellars has forty different wines made in their state of the . . .
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June 21, 2009 09:27 AM EDT --
201 W Oglethorpe Ave Savannah, Georgia 31401 (912) 651-6843
This is the oldest cemetery on Savannah (1750) and is filled with beautiful magnolia trees and was turned into a park in 1986. The cemetery . . .
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August 23, 2009 10:03 AM EDT --
East Lawn Cemetery encompasses about .25 acres and has about 200 burials. The oldest is 1815. The land for the cemetery was donated by Hezekiah Nooney Sr. to bury the first child who died in Mantua . . .
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August 23, 2009 10:30 AM EDT --
West Lawn Cemetery is five acres and has about 5385 burials. It was laid out in 1854, the same year it was purchased by Mantua township trustees from Doctor A.J. Squire. In 1874 the area to the . . .
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October 22, 2009 10:53 AM EDT --
Downtown Disney is a major treat for people looking to find expensive Disney shopping and eating experiences, but many people save for years to take their families to Disney. So, why not break the . . .
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October 22, 2009 11:38 AM EDT --
Fulton's Crab House is situated on Pleasure Island in Downtown Disney and if you are looking for a boatload of seafood, served in a replica of a riverboat (sans paddlewheel), you have come to the right . . .
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