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Recent Activity
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September 23, 2010
JSAA
has been to Comanche, Survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved
On June 25, 1876 the five companies of the US 7th Cavalry under the command of Gen. George Armstrong Custer were annihilated by a force of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne at the Battle of the Little... »
Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by afgustaf, Kalia_K and others
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September 23, 2010
JSAA
has been to The Senator, Bald Cypress
3,500 year old tree was the second oldest in the United States, burned down by drug user who stated, "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."
Update: On 2/29/12, Seminole County police arrested a woman who confessed to causing the fire that destroyed the Senator. Sarah Barnes and a friend were smoking meth inside the tree, and using an... »
Horticultural Marvels | Edited by ronin, Dylan and 2 others
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September 23, 2010
JSAA
has been to John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment
The artist Rubens and the elephant Dumbo may not have much in common on the surface, but John Ringling, the entrepreneur and circus magnate, unites them.
During his lifetime, John Ringling,... »
Unique Collections, Eccentric Homes | Edited by M Rebekah Otto
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September 23, 2010
JSAA
has been to Vehicle Assembly Building
A building so large that it has its own weather
The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is the world's fourth largest building by volume. Completed in 1966, the VAB also holds the record of the largest... »
Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science | Edited by Trevor
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September 23, 2010
JSAA
has been to The Great Serpent Mound
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September 23, 2010
JSAA
has been to Kelley's Island Glacial Grooves
Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age
The Glacial Grooves on the north side of Kelleys Island are the largest and most easily accessible glacial grooves in the world. They were scoured into solid limestone bedrock about 18,000 years... »
Intriguing Environs | Edited by Runnerofbears and michelle
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September 22, 2010
JSAA
has been to Edisons Last Breath at the Henry Ford Museum
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September 22, 2010
JSAA
has been to Warther Museum
The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers
When Ernest "Mooney" Warther was a boy growing up in Ohio, he met a hobo who taught him how to carve a pair of pliers out of wood. Little did the hobo know, in that simple act he had started... »
Outsider Art, Unique Collections | Edited by Susannah Brooks, Dylan and 2 others
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September 22, 2010
JSAA
has been to Skara Brae
