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Just off the north end of the launching bay, at the opposite side from the flame pit is a tunnel made of a combination of steel and concrete. The tunnel is about 120-feet-long and leads to what used to be the mission control center, the part of this complex that Mr. Peden and his wife …
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The birth of Saba island was surely a tumultuous one. It is estimated that around 500,000 years BC, Saba was formed at the top of a soon-to-be-active volcano. Today, the volcano is dormant, having not erupted more nearly 5,000 years. The first settlers on Saba are considered to be the Ciboney peoples around 1175 BC. …
After stepping through the screen door into Munchkin Land, many people are blown away as to how a movie from 1939 could have such an extensive list of memorabilia. What many people don’t realize is that The Wizard of Oz was actually a book long before it was a movie. It has been said that …
One of the world’s most beloved and popular movies, The Wizard of Oz, illustrates a young girl and her band of misfits and they traverse the Yellow Brick Road in search of assistance from a great and powerful wizard. In the end, this young girl, Dorothy, decides to return to her home rather than stay …
Towns sometimes go to great lengths to immortalize people, places, or things that are somehow connected to them. Sometimes, they even build memorial sculptures or monuments. But there is no building in the world as unforgettable as, yep – the Pickens County Courthouse. The Pickens County Courthouse has no monuments. Instead, there is a photo …
In downtown Chinatown, Sri Mariamman Temple beckons with its towering, ornamental entrance, a staple in the lives of Hindus and native Singaporeans alike. Mr. Pillai, a British East India Company clerk, originally thought of the idea to build a temple in what would become Chinatown. He accompanied Singapore’s founder, Sir Raffles, on what was Sir …
