THE WIDER VIEW: Taking shape, the new bridge at the Hoover Dam

Creeping closer inch by inch, 900 feet above the mighty Colorado River, the two side of a
$160 million... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2385 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:16:37 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2381/t/Isle-of-Dead-Hart-Island-off-Long-Island-NY.html The Haunting Chilling Story ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2381 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:23:12 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2380/t/Spruce-Goose-soars-.html

The Spruce Goose.
The world's largest and widest plane ever built -- with a wingspan of 319 feet, 11 inches -- made its only flight on this day in 1947. Its pilot, owner, and designer, Howard Hughes, flew the huge,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2380 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:37:27 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2375/t/Forgotten-Disasters.html The Clevelnad Disaster Website ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2375 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:01:23 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2374/t/The-Sacred-Shrum-Burial-Mound.html Shrum mound ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2374 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:43:41 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2360/t/Victoria-Falls.html It is visited by 500,000 people of year mostly on the Zambian side.
feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2360 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:31:50 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2356/t/Bob-Hope-Memorial-Statue-San-Diego.html Bob Hope Link ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2356 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:40:10 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2355/t/Erie-Canal-opens.html
The Erie Canal opened this day.
After 8 years of digging ... and digging ... and digging, Clinton's Big Ditch was completed. (That's not Bill Clinton, but De Witt Clinton, governor of the state of New York at the time.)

The 363-mile-long inland waterway,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2355 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:28:21 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2299/t/Campobello-Island-Canada.html This is a very pleasant island to visit if you have a passport. The FDR vacation home and estate is here as well as the iconic East... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2299 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:59:56 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2296/t/Easter-Island.html

The mysterious Easter Island is a place I'd like to go to. The huge stone statues have always fascinated me. Here are a couple of links about the statues and the island on which they are located.

feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2296 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:26:30 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2290/t/England-s-Stockton-and-Darlington-Line-opens-.html

Remember the children's story about the train that could? The little choo-choo made it to the top of the hill, pulling its load, by will power, courage, strength and thought, "I think I can, I think I can."

Well, this story is about the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2290 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:04:52 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2287/t/Meteor-Crater-AZ.html feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2287 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:25:44 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2278/t/The-Lena-Pillars-Nature-Park.html
http://www.nhpfund.org/nominations/lena_pillars.html

счастливого пути = Have... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2278 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:50:30 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2246/t/Clingman-39-s-Dome.html Clingman's Dome

Over 6,600 feet tall and the Highest Mounatin in the Smoky Mountains Clingman's Dome is one of the easiest peaks to reach the top. One can drive to within a half mile and then walk that half mile to the top on a nice path. The built a observation tower at the top in 1959 so it is probably the highest point in the Eastern North... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2246 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:39:28 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2219/t/Titanic-being-built-in-Pigeon-Forge-TN.html The new Titanic ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2219 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:44:34 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2213/t/Converted-to-Hotels.html An old mill
Stockport Mill Inn

Grain elevators
Quaker Square hotel ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2213 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:15:05 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2209/t/1846-Smithsonian-Institution-established-.html

The famous Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was established on this day in 1846 by the United States Congress as an institute of learning.

An Englishman, James Smithson, made it possible to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2209 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:47:34 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2208/t/Frankenmuth-MI-American-Kitch-Version-of-Bavaria.html
Frankenmuth website.Frankenmuth Mi is an agreeable tourist trap well north of Detroit which is like walking into a Bavarian-Disney type town. It does feature a huge restaurant featuring German Roasted Chicken which is packed during prime eating times. Also features a huge year round Christmas Store. Even though it is pure kitch is done at a level one can indulge the guilty pleasure from time to time... like an Argentinean... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2208 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:05:11 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2144/t/Wrong-Way.html We've all seen football players running the wrong way on the field, and some announcer will refer to the unfortunate player as feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2144 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:54:47 GMT http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2142/t/The-China-Clipper.html Here is a link to a time line of the great China Clipper.
http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/sfh-cc.html

Some videos of the China Clipper

feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/2142 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:30:10 GMT