 view gallery |   LARGEST - Segment on the Katy Trail State Park - Treloar, MO
in Superlatives On the Katy Trail if going west from Treloar, this tells you what is coming up. posted by:  YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 5/27/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | OLDEST - Building on Gasparilla Island, Boca Grande, Florida, USA in Superlatives Oldest surviving building on Gasparilla Island. posted by: BoomersOTR location: Florida date approved: 5/26/2020 last visited: 5/27/2020 |
 view gallery | ONLY - Court House in New Brunswick - Saint-John, New Brunswick in Superlatives The St. John County Courthouse is the only court house in New Brunswick constructed of stone before 1900, and, together with the Northumberland County Courthouse in Miramichi, the oldest Courthouses in New Brunswick. posted by: Weathervane location: New Brunswick, Canada date approved: 5/24/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | EARLIEST - Known Canadian example of a fire hall - Saint-John, New Brunswick in Superlatives Built between 1840 and 1841, No. 2 Engine House is recognized for being the earliest known Canadian example of a fire hall designed to house a volunteer brigade using manually drawn and operated pumper fire engines. posted by: Weathervane location: New Brunswick, Canada date approved: 5/24/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | LONGEST -- Siege until World War II - Fort Sumter, South Carolina in Superlatives This incomplete fort was the scene of shelling 12-13 April, 1861. The Confederacy took over the fort immediately and would not surrender it until April 1865. posted by: iconions location: South Carolina date approved: 5/24/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | OLDEST -- Gothic Revival church in South Carolina - Charleston, South Carolina in Superlatives This French Huguenot Church is located at 44 Queen Street in Charleston, South Carolina. posted by: iconions location: South Carolina date approved: 5/23/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | OLDEST - Church in Martin County,Florida,USA in Superlatives Opened in 1898. Church is at N.E. Patrician St and N.E. Seaview Dr. posted by: BONSAIRAD location: Florida date approved: 5/23/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lookout tower at the LOWEST altitude in Czechia - Rozhledna Romanka / Romanka lookout tower - Hrubý Jeseník (Central Bohemia) in Superlatives The Romanka lookout tower, located about 300 m northwest of the village of Hrubý Jeseník in the Nymburk district, was built at an altitude of only 204.5 m above sea level and is a lookout tower at the lowest altitude in the Czechia. posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia date approved: 5/22/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | ONLY - Such memorial to the Crimean War in North America - Halifax, Nova Scotia in Superlatives The Welsford-Parker Monument located in the Old Burial Ground in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is the only such memorial to the Crimean War in North America. posted by: Weathervane location: Nova Scotia, Canada date approved: 5/20/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | FIRST -- Historical Landmark of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - near Talmage, Iowa in Superlatives This 9 acre Iowa State Preserve (this is what Iowa calls a State Historical Park) is located 1.5 miles northeast of Talmage, Iowa, on Mount Pisgah Road. posted by: iconions location: Iowa date approved: 5/16/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | LONGEST - continually operating electrical generation station in the world - Saint-John, New Brunswick in Superlatives The New Brunswick Electric Power Commission’s Dock Street Plant, built on this site in 1889, was the longest continually operating electrical generation station in the world. The plaque is located inside the Market Square-Convention Centre Building. posted by: Weathervane location: New Brunswick, Canada date approved: 5/16/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | TALLEST Lighthouse in Denmark - Bornholm, Danmark in Superlatives Dueodde er det højeste fyrtårn i Danmark...Dueodde is the tallest lighthouse in Denmark posted by: Walking Boots location: Denmark date approved: 5/15/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | SEUL - Acadien à être fait Chevalier - ONLY - Acadian to be knighted - Memramcook, N.B. in Superlatives En juin 1916, Sir Pierre-Amand Landry a été le premier et seul Acadien à être fait chevalier.
(Pierre-Amand) Landry was knighted in June 1916, the first and only Acadian to be so honoured. posted by: Weathervane location: New Brunswick, Canada date approved: 5/15/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | LONGEST Funicular of Europe - Funiculaire Sierre - Crans-Montana - Sierre, VS, Switzerland in Superlatives This funicular, connecting the town of Sierre with the well-known holiday resort of Crans-Montana, is the longest in Europe. posted by: fi67 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 5/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | OLDEST active geocache - Mingo, KS in Superlatives The OLDEST active geocache in the world now has a historical marker. posted by: Max and 99 location: Kansas date approved: 5/13/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Oldest - District in New Orleans. LA in Superlatives The French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carré and Barrio Francés, is the oldest and most famous district in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. posted by:  denben location: Louisiana date approved: 5/13/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | YOUNGEST of the East Frisian Catholic island churches - Spiekeroog, NDS, Germany in Superlatives The St. Peter church is the youngest of the East Frisian Catholic island churches. posted by: kaschper69 location: Niedersachsen, Germany date approved: 5/13/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | DEEPEST - Causeway - Port Hastings, Nova Scotia in Superlatives The foundation of the massive Canso Causeway stone structure rests 66 metres below the Strait of Canso, creating the world's deepest causeway. posted by: Weathervane location: Nova Scotia, Canada date approved: 5/12/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | OLDEST - Lutheran Church in Canada - Halifax, Nova Scotia in Superlatives The conversion of the Little Dutch Church, from Lutheran to Anglican instantly gave St. George's the unusual distinction of being both the oldest Lutheran Church in Canada and the third oldest Anglican Church in Nova Scotia. posted by: Weathervane location: Nova Scotia, Canada date approved: 5/11/2020 last visited: 9/23/2017 |
 view gallery | ONLY scheduled museum horse-drawn railway in Germany - Spiekeroog, NDS, Germany in Superlatives Die Museums-Pferdebahn ist die einzige fahrplanmäßige verkehrende Museumspferdebahn in Deutschland. posted by: kaschper69 location: Niedersachsen, Germany date approved: 5/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | OLDEST house on the island - Spiekeroog, NDS, Germany in Superlatives Das Alte Inselhaus ist das älteste Haus auf der Insel Spiekeroog. posted by: kaschper69 location: Niedersachsen, Germany date approved: 5/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | OLDEST - Stone church in W.A, Busselton, W.A , Australia in Superlatives The oldest stone church in Western Australia posted by: blingg location: Queensland, Australia date approved: 5/10/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | ONLY - Public School Privately Owned - Hermann, MO in Superlatives At the time, Only privately owned Public School in Missouri. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 5/10/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | OLDEST -- Continuously Occupied Church in Emporia in Superlatives This two-story limestone Gothic Revival building is located at 802 N Commercial in Emporia, Kansas. posted by: iconions location: Kansas date approved: 5/8/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | FIRST Utah Law Enforcement Officer to Die in the Line of Duty - Salt Lake City, UT in Superlatives Rodney Badger drowned while trying to rescue a woman and six children from the Weber River in 1853. He is the first Utah law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty, and he is buried in historic Salt Lake City Cemetery. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Utah date approved: 5/7/2020 last visited: never |
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