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Historic bird’s eye view of Warren, Ohio in 1870

Beautifully restored map of Jackson, Tennessee from 1870

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This historic map of Jackson, Tennessee was created in 1870 by Albert Ruger, a prominent 19th...

Beautifully restored map of Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1871

Kentucky

Historic bird’s eye view of Bowling Green, Kentucky in the late 19th century.

Beautifully restored map of Champaign, Illinois from 1869

This historic map of Champaign, Illinois was created in 1869 by Albert Ruger, a prominent 19th...

Beautifully restored map of Huntsville, Alabama from 1871

Alabama

Historic bird’s eye view of Huntsville, Alabama in 1871

Beautifully restored map of Nebraska City, Nebraska in 1868

Nebraska

Historic old map of Nebraska City, Nebraska in 1868

Beautifully restored map of Mattapan, MA from 1890

Historic bird’s eye view of Mattapan, MA in 1890

Beautifully detailed map of San Antonio, Texas from 1873

Historic bird’s eye view of San Antonio, Texas from 1873

Historic old map of Bristol, Rhode Island from 1891

Rhode Island

Historic bird’s eye view of Bristol, Rhode Island from 1891

Beautifully restored map of Austin, Minnesota from 1870

Minnesota

Historic bird’s eye view of Austin, Minnesota from 1870.

Beautifully restored map of Omaha, Nebraska from 1868

Nebraska

Historic old map of Omaha, Nebraska from 1868

Beautifully restored map of Urbana, Illinois from 1869

Historic old map of Urbana, Illinois from 1869

How an 11 year old girl convinced Abe Lincoln to grow his beard

American History

Abraham Lincoln was clean shaven his entire life until he received a letter from 11 year old…

Beautifully restored map of Sandusky, Ohio from 1870

Historic map of Sandusky, Ohio from 1870

Beautifully restored map of Marlborough, MA from 1878

Detailed bird’s eye view of Marlborough, Massachusetts in 1878

Beautifully restored map of Natick, Massachusetts from 1877

Detailed bird’s eye view of Natick, Massachusetts in 1877

Vintage hand-colored map of Connecticut from 1857

Connecticut

This beautiful hand drawn map of Connecticut was created in 1857 by Laura Roys, a student who attended Hartford Female Seminary, an all-female academy in Hartford, Connecticut. The map is beautifully colored, with shades of blue, orange, red, pink, yellow, and violet adorning the border of each city and town.

Beautifully restored map of Midland, Michigan from 1884

Michigan

Historic old map shows a bird’s eye view of Midland City, Michigan in 1884

Beautiful old map of Waltham, Massachusetts from 1877

Detailed bird’s eye view of Waltham, Massachusetts in 1877

Have Faith in Your Future

Be done with the past, except where it inspires you to greater and nobler effort.

The Key That Opens All Doors

– Arthur Hugh Clough quote

The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of charity

“The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a...

Waste no tears upon the blotted record of lost years

Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem

Historic map of Washington D.C.’s proposed World’s Fair of 1892

District of Columbia

Detailed bird’s eye view of the proposed World’s Fair in Washington D.C.

Beautifully restored map of Neenah, WI from 1879

Wisconsin

Detailed bird’s eye view of Neenah, WI from 1879

Beautifully detailed map of the Tennessee World’s Fair, 1897

Tennessee

Bird’s eye view of the Tennessee World’s Fair of 1897 in Nashville, TN

Beautifully restored map of Belvidere, New Jersey from 1883

Detailed bird’s eye view of Belvidere, New Jersey in 1883

Beautifully detailed map of Whitinsville, Massachusetts from 1879

Detailed bird’s eye view of Whitinsville, Massachusetts in 1879

Historic view of Westwood, NJ: Restored map shows city in 1924

Beautifully detailed map of Westwood, NJ from 1924

Historic old map of Whitewright, Texas from 1891

Detailed bird’s eye view of Whitewright, Texas in 1891

Beautifully restored map of Townsend Center, MA from 1889

Detailed bird’s eye view of Townsend Center, MA in 1889

Beautifully restored map of Absecon, New Jersey in 1924

Detailed bird’s eye view of Absecon, New Jersey in 1924

Beautifully restored map of Mount Vernon, Ohio from 1870

Historic bird’s eye view of Mount Vernon, Ohio in 1870

Beautifully restored map of Newton, Iowa from 1868

Iowa

Beautifully restored map of Newton, Iowa from 1868

Historic bird’s eye view of the Philadelphia World’s Fair of 1876

Detailed bird’s eye view of Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition of 1876

Beautifully restored map of Mannington, WV from 1897

West Virginia

Detailed bird’s eye view of Mannington, West Virginia in 1897

Map of the History and Romance of Wyoming, 1928

Wyoming

This beautifully detailed map of Wyoming features historical facts and trivia from around the state. It was created by renowned Wyoming historian Grace Raymond Hebard in 1928.

Beautifully restored map of Uxbridge, Massachusetts from 1880

Detailed bird’s eye view of Uxbridge, Massachusetts in 1880

Beautifully restored map of Waukesha, Wisconsin from 1874

Wisconsin

Detailed bird’s eye view of Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1874

Beautifully restored map of Brodhead, Wisconsin from 1871

Wisconsin

Detailed bird’s eye view of Brodhead, Wisconsin from 1871.

Beautifully restored map of Methuen, MA from 1882

Detailed bird’s eye view of Methuen, Massachusetts from 1882

Beautifully restored map of Golden, Colorado from 1873

Colorado

Detailed bird’s eye view of Golden, Colorado from 1873

Beautifully restored map of Colorado Springs, CO in 1882

Colorado

Detailed bird’s eye view of Colorado Springs from 1882

Beautifully restored map of Lowell, Massachusetts from 1876

Detailed bird’s eye view of Lowell, Massachusetts from 1876

Beautifully restored map of Nashua, New Hampshire from 1875

New Hampshire

Detailed bird’s eye view of Nashua, New Hampshire from 1875

Historic Bird’s Eye View of Winona, Minnesota in 1874

Minnesota

Detailed bird’s eye view of Winona, Minnesota from 1874

Historic old map of Winchester, MA from 1886

Detailed bird’s eye view of Winchester, Massachusetts from 1886

50 stunning pictures of sunrise, one from each of the United States

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Have you ever wondered what different parts of the country look like? Well, click here to find out

Plan of the Town of St. Augustine, Florida from 1769

Florida

Historic map showing the layout of St. Augustine, Florida in 1769

Historic map of Middleboro, MA from 1881

Detailed bird’s eye view of Middleboro, Massachusetts from 1881

Beautifully restored map of Wrentham, MA from 1888

Detailed bird’s eye view of Wrentham, Massachusetts from 1888

Beautifully restored map of Lancaster, Ohio from 1885

Detailed bird’s eye view of Lancaster, Ohio from 1885

Old map shows bird’s eye view of Clayton, Delaware in 1885

Delaware

Detailed bird’s eye view of Clayton, Delaware from 1885

Beautifully restored view of Lawrence, MA from 1854

Detailed bird’s eye view of Lawrence, Massachusetts from 1855

Beautifully restored map of Pascoag, Rhode Island from 1895

Rhode Island

Bird’s eye view of Pascoag, RI in 1895

Historic old map shows bird’s eye view of Brenham, Texas in 1881

Historic bird’s eye view of Brenham, Texas from 1881

Atlantic City, America’s Great All Year Resort

Beautiful vintage poster of Atlantic City from the 1950’s

Historic map of Lee, Massachusetts from 1878

Bird’s eye view of Lee, Massachusetts

Historic bird’s eye view of Fostoria, Ohio from 1872

Historic bird’s eye view of Fostoria, OH from 1872

Beautifully restored map of Guttenberg, Iowa from 1869

Iowa

Historic bird’s eye view of Guttenberg, Iowa in the 19th century.

Beautifully restored map of Monmouth, Illinois from 1869

Historic bird’s eye view of Monmouth, Illinois

Historic bird’s eye view of Annapolis, Maryland from 1864

Maryland

Historic bird’s eye view of Annapolis, Maryland from 1864

Beautifully restored map of Foxborough, MA from 1888

Historic bird’s eye view of Foxboro, Mass

Beautifully restored map of Fitchburg, MA from 1875

Historic old map of Fitchburg, Massachusetts from 1875

Historic bird’s eye view of Westborough, MA in 1880

Bird’s eye view of Westboro, MA in 1880

Beautifully restored map of Decatur, Illinois from 1878

Historic bird’s eye view of Decatur, Illinois in 1878

Beautifully restored map of Colorado Springs, CO from 1874

Colorado

Historic bird’s eye view of Colorado City, Manatou, and Colorado Springs from 1874

Beautifully restored map of Louisville, Kentucky from 1876

Kentucky

Historic bird’s eye view of Louisville, Kentucky in 1876

Beautifully restored map of Minneapolis, MN from 1891

Minnesota

Historic bird’s eye view of Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1891

Beautifully restored map of Milford, Mass from 1876

Bird’s eye view of Milford, MA in the late 19th century.

Historic old map of Slatington, Pennsylvania from 1883

Vintage bird’s eye view of Slatington in the late 19th century.

Beautifully restored map of Southbridge, MA from 1878

Bird’s eye view of Southbridge, Massachusetts in the 19th century.

Historic old map shows Chicago, Illinois as it looked in 1833

Amazing old map showing Chicago when it was first incorporated as a town in 1833

Retro map of the 1940 New York World’s Fair

New York

Map of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park during the 1939 – 1940 World’s Fair

Exploring the ruins of Roosevelt Stadium before its demolition in 1985

Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City was a significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the...

Beautifully detailed map of Wallingford, CT from 1905

Connecticut

Wallingford, Connecticut in the 19th century.

Historical map of Charleroi, Pennsylvania from 1897

Historic bird’s eye view of Charleroi, Pennsylvania in the late 19th century.

Historic Bird’s Eye View of Austin, Texas in 1887

Historic bird’s eye view of Austin, Texas in 1887

Beautifully restored map of Spring City, PA from 1893

Bird’s eye view of Spring City, PA in 1893

13 stunning photos taken by a teenage Stanley Kubrick

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Stanley Kubrick took these pictures when he was a staff photographer for LOOK…

The solution to all of life’s problems

When you are in right relationship to God, all else will adjust itself correctly and…

Map of the Maine Coast from York Harbor to Saco Bay, 1929

Maine

This historic map of the Maine Coast was created in 1929 by Albert Prentice Button, an American...

Vintage Montana travel poster by the Northern Pacific Railway

Montana

This vintage Montana Travel Poster was created in the early 1930’s by Gustav Krollman, an...

Stunning old map of New Bedford, MA from 1876

Bird’s eye view of New Bedford, MA in 1876

Beautifully restored map of Merrimac, MA from 1889

Historic bird’s eye view of Merrimac, Massachusetts in 1889

Bird’s eye view of Margate City, New Jersey in 1925