What Cool Historical Sites Have You Been To??? - Page 2

**Easy 6** · 02-12-2007, 01:53 PM

Being that i am a serious history buff, i thought it would be interesting to hear about the travels of you Planeteers.

With such a diverse cross-section of people here, there should be a very wide variety of great places.

Civil War battlefields???

The Great Pyramids of Egypt???

Maybe the wonders of Greece or Rome???

South American ruins of the Aztecs & Maya etc.???

My best 2 would have to be the Custer National Battlefield & the Old State Capitol here in Springfield.

On the drive up to live in Montana we went way out of the way to stop at the Custer site, i as a 9 year old boy only had a passing, 9 year olds knowledge of the event yet i was totally blown away by the vibe of that place. Even as a young boy i could feel the "heaviness" in the air on that barren, desolate plain. You almost felt as if it just happened. I have never been to a place that affected me more deeply. I have read a lot of books on it since. The on-site museum is killer as well.

At the Capitol building, it was very interesting to stand in the very spot that Lincoln stood, to look down & think that someone as important as Abe stood right where you are. There are actually a ton of places like that here in Springfield, Lincolns New Salem outside of town in Petersburg, Ill is a great place & still looks just like it did in the old days. They have festivals where actors dress up in period costume & give demonstrations on everything from how to make homemade butter to how to fish using old time technology. If you ever come to this area i recommend it. A very cool place for a romantic date.

So anyway, thats the best i've got, where have you been???

**BigRedChief** · 02-12-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by scott free

Your travels are well documented & i must say i'm quite jealous. I absolutely have to see Israel before i die.

This one almost got me killed.
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More of Jerusalem in the old City
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Redrum_69 · 02-12-2007, 02:12 PM

Africa..

Costa Rica

Brazil

the amazon

Russia

Australia

Japan

greenland

Burchesgarten

austria

Holland

Spain

Italy

France

Canaduh

and about 13 hours north of Anchorage

I've been to all these places...in the videogames I played.

The most exotic place I visited would have to be Azeroth....

**Nzoner** · 02-12-2007, 02:13 PM

Don't know how cool but here's a few

Jesse James home he was shot in and the home that the Pinkerton agents blew up(at least what was left of it)
Pony Express Stables
Plymouth Rock
Salem Massachusetts(toured a very cool village that was set-up as it was in the witch hunt days)
NFL Hall Of Fame(I would qualify this as historical and very very cool)

**Nzoner** · 02-12-2007, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

We need to head up to St. Joe sometime and see what kind of James history they have up there.

Some very cool stuff here,give me a shout if you come.

ndbbm · 02-12-2007, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by seclark

i've got a cannonball i found in pilot knob, mo. in the early '70s. there was a fort and a civil war battle fought there. now it's a historic site.

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Sec has old balls. Awesome find though!

siberian khatru · 02-12-2007, 02:17 PM

I love CW battlefields, been to many.

I've been to Gettysburg twice, but not since they built the new visitor center. I'd like to see that.

Chickamauga around Chattanooga, TN, is a neat battlefield. Antietam was nice, too. And The Crater at Petersburg was cool.

I think Williamsburg is a neat place to visit. The Castillo de San Marcos, an oooooold Spanish fort in St. Augustine, FL, is interesting.

The church I got married in and used to attend in Savannah, GA, was the headquarters for Gen. Sherman during the Civil War.

**Easy 6** · 02-12-2007, 02:18 PM

Some very cool stuff so far, thanks guys.

BRC, i really love that 1st pic, if you take out the guy in shorts & put a different shirt on the old man it could totally be a scene from ancient history.

wutamess · 02-12-2007, 02:19 PM

Buffalo Bills grave: Colorado, Old West town & Eissenhower's museum Salina, KS.

Oddly enough I haven't bee to Truman's old house or the library for that matter.

siberian khatru · 02-12-2007, 02:21 PM

Geo. Washington's home at Mount Vernon is also neat-o.

A couple of summers ago, I finally got to the National Archives to see the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It was quite a moving experience to see those actual documents.

Redrum_69 · 02-12-2007, 02:24 PM

Anchorage...was a bad mistake and I wish I wouldnt have gone.

Plane problems, landed on a different fly-in lake that wasnt on the map...which was bad. Theres five of us. We ran out of matches on the 11th day. Bob slipped on the rocks and fell off a ravine, getting a concussion and breaking his leg. We had to carry him out by making a stretcher out of limbs and an old pile of lumber we came across. The four of us took turns dragging him. THree days after his fall, we awoke to the muffled sounds of chewing. Bob had made friends with a local bear. We ran down the hillslide and left Bob there, not sure what happened to him. Skip, Coulier, Lonemyer and myself must have walked over 40 miles, or at least it seemed that way. Minutes and seconds can turn into an eternity when lost in the wilderness. Nine months later we made it out of that God-forsaken place.

I then hit the reset button on my xbox and tore that Cabelas big game hunter to pieces...

**BigRedChief** · 02-12-2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by scott free

Some very cool stuff so far, thanks guys.

BRC, i really love that 1st pic, if you take out the guy in shorts & put a different shirt on the old man it could totally be a scene from ancient history.

Yeah he's pointing a finger at me because I'm taking his picture and stealing his soul. After this pic was snapped he got really loud and a crowd gathered I thought ooohh chit but I gave him some money and he seemed happy and that made the crowd happy.

**Bugeater** · 02-12-2007, 02:27 PM

If you want to go way back, we visited these cliff dwellings outside Colorado Springs a couple years ago.

Another interesting place was Deadwood, South Dakota. That's a good place to get a taste of the wild west. They'd have re-enactments of shoot-outs in the streets every evening (see attached photo), and we also saw a re-enactment of the trial of Jack McCall, the man who shot "Wild Bill" Hickock.

**BigRedChief** · 02-12-2007, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by seclark

i've got a cannonball i found in pilot knob, mo. in the early '70s. there was a fort and a civil war battle fought there. now it's a historic site.

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I have lots of mosiac pieces that I found in my travels from different countries and spots.

ndbbm · 02-12-2007, 02:31 PM

I've been encouraged to share more descriptively.

In Pennsylvania:

Gettysburg PA Battlefields
Fredricksburg VA Battlefields
Liberty Bell
Independence Hall
Valley Forge
Cornwall Iron Furnace
Fallingwater (by far the most awesome house ever)
John Harris Mansion
The Capitol Building (Harrisburg)
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Milton S Hershey Mansion

Wow....this would take forever....Im going to hault here for now.

**Easy 6** · 02-12-2007, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

If you want to go way back, we visited these cliff dwellings outside Colorado Springs a couple years ago.

Another interesting place was Deadwood, South Dakota. That's a good place to get a taste of the wild west. They'd have re-enactments of shoot-outs in the streets every evening (see attached photo), and we also saw a re-enactment of the trial of Jack McCall, the man who shot "Wild Bill" Hickock.

Very nice, pics are always welcome.

02-12-2007, 01:53 PM
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3367775	What Cool Historical Sites Have You Been To??? Being that i am a serious history buff, i thought it would be interesting to hear about the travels of you Planeteers. With such a diverse cross-section of people here, there should be a very wide variety of great places. Civil War battlefields??? The Great Pyramids of Egypt??? Maybe the wonders of Greece or Rome??? South American ruins of the Aztecs & Maya etc.??? My best 2 would have to be the Custer National Battlefield & the Old State Capitol here in Springfield. On the drive up to live in Montana we went way out of the way to stop at the Custer site, i as a 9 year old boy only had a passing, 9 year olds knowledge of the event yet i was totally blown away by the vibe of that place. Even as a young boy i could feel the "heaviness" in the air on that barren, desolate plain. You almost felt as if it just happened. I have never been to a place that affected me more deeply. I have read a lot of books on it since. The on-site museum is killer as well. At the Capitol building, it was very interesting to stand in the very spot that Lincoln stood, to look down & think that someone as important as Abe stood right where you are. There are actually a ton of places like that here in Springfield, Lincolns New Salem outside of town in Petersburg, Ill is a great place & still looks just like it did in the old days. They have festivals where actors dress up in period costume & give demonstrations on everything from how to make homemade butter to how to fish using old time technology. If you ever come to this area i recommend it. A very cool place for a romantic date. So anyway, thats the best i've got, where have you been???
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02-12-2007, 02:12 PM	#17
Redrum_69 Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: your nightmares Casino cash: $10004900	Africa.. Costa Rica Brazil the amazon Russia Australia Japan greenland Burchesgarten austria Holland Spain Italy France Canaduh and about 13 hours north of Anchorage I've been to all these places...in the videogames I played. The most exotic place I visited would have to be Azeroth.... Last edited by Redrum_69; 02-12-2007 at 02:26 PM..
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02-12-2007, 02:13 PM	#18
Nzoner a haw haw haw Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MIZZOU Casino cash: $26365802	Don't know how cool but here's a few Jesse James home he was shot in and the home that the Pinkerton agents blew up(at least what was left of it) Pony Express Stables Plymouth Rock Salem Massachusetts(toured a very cool village that was set-up as it was in the witch hunt days) NFL Hall Of Fame(I would qualify this as historical and very very cool) __________________ *Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.*
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02-12-2007, 02:17 PM	#21
siberian khatru 21st Century Schizoid Fan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Gates of Delirium Casino cash: $2184950	I love CW battlefields, been to many. I've been to Gettysburg twice, but not since they built the new visitor center. I'd like to see that. Chickamauga around Chattanooga, TN, is a neat battlefield. Antietam was nice, too. And The Crater at Petersburg was cool. I think Williamsburg is a neat place to visit. The Castillo de San Marcos, an oooooold Spanish fort in St. Augustine, FL, is interesting. The church I got married in and used to attend in Savannah, GA, was the headquarters for Gen. Sherman during the Civil War.
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02-12-2007, 02:18 PM	#22
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3367775	Some very cool stuff so far, thanks guys. BRC, i really love that 1st pic, if you take out the guy in shorts & put a different shirt on the old man it could totally be a scene from ancient history.
Posts: 92,096

02-12-2007, 02:19 PM	#23
wutamess MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lee's Summit Casino cash: $5241637	Buffalo Bills grave: Colorado, Old West town & Eissenhower's museum Salina, KS. Oddly enough I haven't bee to Truman's old house or the library for that matter.
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02-12-2007, 02:21 PM	#24
siberian khatru 21st Century Schizoid Fan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Gates of Delirium Casino cash: $2184950	Geo. Washington's home at Mount Vernon is also neat-o. A couple of summers ago, I finally got to the National Archives to see the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It was quite a moving experience to see those actual documents.
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02-12-2007, 02:24 PM	#25
Redrum_69 Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: your nightmares Casino cash: $10004900	Anchorage...was a bad mistake and I wish I wouldnt have gone. Plane problems, landed on a different fly-in lake that wasnt on the map...which was bad. Theres five of us. We ran out of matches on the 11th day. Bob slipped on the rocks and fell off a ravine, getting a concussion and breaking his leg. We had to carry him out by making a stretcher out of limbs and an old pile of lumber we came across. The four of us took turns dragging him. THree days after his fall, we awoke to the muffled sounds of chewing. Bob had made friends with a local bear. We ran down the hillslide and left Bob there, not sure what happened to him. Skip, Coulier, Lonemyer and myself must have walked over 40 miles, or at least it seemed that way. Minutes and seconds can turn into an eternity when lost in the wilderness. Nine months later we made it out of that God-forsaken place. I then hit the reset button on my xbox and tore that Cabelas big game hunter to pieces...
Posts: 6,358

02-12-2007, 02:27 PM	#27
Bugeater The Maintenance Guy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Renovated Bugeater Estate Casino cash: $6232680	If you want to go way back, we visited these cliff dwellings outside Colorado Springs a couple years ago. Another interesting place was Deadwood, South Dakota. That's a good place to get a taste of the wild west. They'd have re-enactments of shoot-outs in the streets every evening (see attached photo), and we also saw a re-enactment of the trial of Jack McCall, the man who shot "Wild Bill" Hickock. Attached Thumbnails
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02-12-2007, 02:31 PM	#29
ndbbm No mas Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Amish Country. Casino cash: $10004900	I've been encouraged to share more descriptively. In Pennsylvania: Gettysburg PA Battlefields Fredricksburg VA Battlefields Liberty Bell Independence Hall Valley Forge Cornwall Iron Furnace Fallingwater (by far the most awesome house ever) John Harris Mansion The Capitol Building (Harrisburg) Johnstown Flood National Memorial Milton S Hershey Mansion Wow....this would take forever....Im going to hault here for now.
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