# Interesting Historical Markers you've visited **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741 "2026-07-17T12:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/41 "2026-07-31T12:47:43Z")
Lots of towns and cities in Europe, also middle-sized ones, have a building with a plaque on it saying that Napoleon stayed there for a while. He zig-zagged the continent a lot during his year-long campaigns. London is famous for its large number of “blue plaque” markers that indicate a place associated, in one way or another, with historical events. Here’s one of my favourites: [![](https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/blue-plaques/find-a-plaque/blue-plaques-f-j/lukehoward_plaque.jpg) ](https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/blue-plaques/find-a-plaque/blue-plaques-f-j/lukehoward_plaque.jpg) The blue plaque scheme is so popular and recognisable that it has spawned parodies, such as this one: [![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgznK4YMK3Qu9TwlSF4p2-xYjcrJftsRLG18j7r3wrria9aKKEBHaxsJhjjyOpoO0U4FgOwD7Ov07tYDGO8-wtJPXe725jr_GEI-VIdsGby7VZMsYGT7f7qDMKJrDYx6gioBYguvp-oUmM/s400/Screen+shot+2011-10-06+at+18.28.10.jpg) ](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgznK4YMK3Qu9TwlSF4p2-xYjcrJftsRLG18j7r3wrria9aKKEBHaxsJhjjyOpoO0U4FgOwD7Ov07tYDGO8-wtJPXe725jr_GEI-VIdsGby7VZMsYGT7f7qDMKJrDYx6gioBYguvp-oUmM/s400/Screen+shot+2011-10-06+at+18.28.10.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/42 "2026-07-31T13:05:01Z")
I’ll try again later ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/43 "2026-07-31T16:06:40Z")
I used to live a mile or two away from the Martin Brothers Monument near Doniphan, Nebraska. Two young brothers pinned together by a Sioux arrow. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xj1TptL8yWg/maxresdefault.jpg "The Martin Brothers “A Narrow Escape”") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj1TptL8yWg) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/44 "2026-07-31T22:58:08Z")
Last weekend I paid a visit to the [grave of Richard Bertram Barrett’s Arm](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-of-bert-barretts-left-arm). [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPVsx7ocuPleKfzsd93ZzW7BTjSYt_c-qRc5UITIzBt3dJ6hwUXVDnZcBYHrLIFVHCjttPuH7UIIN7OyXiZ6MwyHiG5_H5RxRovt5apqeR3jqqbam-4AO4vla4DuwFNMbuoB2bbvaoE5v-jnwatDK8FMA=w1274-h795-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPVsx7ocuPleKfzsd93ZzW7BTjSYt_c-qRc5UITIzBt3dJ6hwUXVDnZcBYHrLIFVHCjttPuH7UIIN7OyXiZ6MwyHiG5_H5RxRovt5apqeR3jqqbam-4AO4vla4DuwFNMbuoB2bbvaoE5v-jnwatDK8FMA=w1274-h795-s-no?authuser=0) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/45 "2026-08-01T00:59:44Z")
We were going to a show at Madison Square Garden and my wife booked us a room at the New Yorker Hotel. I knew Tesla lived there but while we were in our room I looked it up and found out he lived on the same floor as our room (33rd floor). There is a plaque outside of the room. > **[Plaque erected on Nikola Tesla's Room 3327 in Hotel New Yorker, Manhattan](https://www.teslasociety.com/hotelnewyorkerroom.htm)** I’ve been to the spot where the U.S. involvement in WWI formally came to an end. It’s a plaque in a parking lot between PC Richards and a Burger King. > **[The War to End All Wars Ends at Somerville Circle](https://weirdnj.com/stories/roadside-oddities/war-to-end-all-wars-ends-at-somerville-circle/)** ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/46 "2026-08-02T11:49:53Z")
I’m just standing, somewhat coincidentally, in front of the house where the captain who was in command of the Hindenburg was living. It’s in Frankfurt, Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/47 "2026-08-02T23:47:57Z")
Slight Hijack- We got a bunch of [These Rascals](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Z7qv3NRv&id=EDA7A077CE84D017033DD08A7AEDC835A5D416D0&thid=OIP.Z7qv3NRvwoMX2JjZN6YOYwHaFj&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmdb.org%2FPhotos5%2F536%2FPhoto536005.jpg&cdnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fth.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FR.67baafdcd46fc28317d898d937a60e63%3Frik%3D0BbUpTXI7XqK0A%26pid%3DImgRaw%26r%3D0&exph=1350&expw=1800&q=nevada+historical+markers+central+overland&FORM=IRPRST&ck=526D339EE9524596B6501C3CBCA8E704&selectedIndex=5&itb=0&cw=1222&ch=589&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0) all over the desert in my area. Notice the construction and lack of marking. Those are about Crotch-High for a huge slice of the population, hard, pointy and secure. I’ve often thought _“I’d hate to ride my bicycle into that in the middle of the night!”_ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/48 "2026-08-03T00:48:19Z")
That’d foul up a Jeep or truck pretty good too. Not nice play there, NPS. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/49 "2026-08-13T04:37:17Z")
> [@Schnitte](#): > > I’m just standing, somewhat coincidentally, in front of the house where the captain who was in command of the Hindenburg was living. It’s in Frankfurt, Germany. I’ve been to the site of the Hindenburg crash several time and I’ve seen the memorial marker. I’ve gotten on base with my military ID. I don’t know how possible it is for a civilian to visit. > **[Hindenburg Crash Site in Lakehurst](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hindenburg-crash-site)** > > The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/50 "2026-08-16T05:27:33Z")
There is a memorial marker to Tom Mix along State Route 79 in Arizona. I have seen that. I.know there is some sort of historical marker of Trinity off the highway (25?) in New Mexico. We found that by accident ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/51 "2026-08-16T15:46:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’ve been to the site of the Hindenburg crash several time and I’ve seen the memorial marker. I’ve gotten on base with my military ID. I don’t know how possible it is for a civilian to visit. I’ve been. As I recall, the guard at the gate just needed to see my driver’s license. It’s interesting to go to a place where something so famous happened, and there’s so little there. Just a concrete pad with a small post. No gift shop or interpretive center, and I was the only person there. That was pre 9/11, so security may have gotten stricter in the decades since. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/52 "2026-08-26T22:37:00Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55489519731_cb93568a46_b.jpg "Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi. May 2025") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/raccoondog/55489519731/) Saw this plaque last year on the main boulevard in Tbilisi, Georgia. At first, I assumed the protesters had been campaigning against Stalinism and for democratic reforms. They were actually protesting de-Stalinization. They supported Stalin because he was Georgian. > **[1956 Georgian demonstrations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Georgian_demonstrations)** > > Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev Vasil Mzhavanadze The 1956 Georgian demonstrations (Georgian: 1956 წლის საპროტესტო გამოსვლები) were a series of protests against Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy that took place in Tbilisi, capital of the Georgian SSR, Soviet Union, and other cities in the republic from 4 to 10 March 1956. The immediate trigger was the publication of Khrushchev's "Secret Speech", which criticized Joseph Stalin, the former Soviet leader born in Georgia. The demonstratio... ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/53 "2026-08-26T23:15:41Z")
At the [Liberty Sculpture Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Sculpture_Park) in Yermo CA, “Tank Man” [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczN8E-L4_3TJIGzoY7we_tgZLKBFQQDafXX1j7Vvjx62Qns9GDI7xFXOKT4v0RhE_0lIKKlMPOaYWSCFcX3PBVjbwM3U7kiEf3VnAYUNW7r-JgEnQ64R8DtjPfAL5gxN7A7GSA5QX-qMfloyKZ9ENaUHyg=w1061-h795-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczN8E-L4_3TJIGzoY7we_tgZLKBFQQDafXX1j7Vvjx62Qns9GDI7xFXOKT4v0RhE_0lIKKlMPOaYWSCFcX3PBVjbwM3U7kiEf3VnAYUNW7r-JgEnQ64R8DtjPfAL5gxN7A7GSA5QX-qMfloyKZ9ENaUHyg=w1061-h795-s-no?authuser=0) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/54 "2026-08-26T23:44:25Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I.know there is some sort of historical marker of Trinity off the highway (25?) in New Mexico. We found that by accident The Trinity site is in the White Sands Missile Range (not White Sands National Park). It was open twice a year, I think it’s only once a year now. It is accessible through the Stallion Gate, off of Hwy. 380 which heads east from I-25 in San Antonio NM. there’s not much out there besides a [stone obelisk](https://www.atomicarchive.com/history/trinity/img/monument.jpg). They bring in replicas of Fat Man and Little Boy, food trucks and souvenir stands. The next open date is Oct. 17 2026. ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/55 "2026-08-27T04:42:38Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > It is accessible through the Stallion Gate, off of Hwy. 380 which heads east from I-25 in San Antonio NM. I did some work at the Stallion Site. If you’re in the area, stop by the Owl Tavern and get a green chili burger. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/56 "2026-08-27T04:49:48Z")
> **[Farnsworth's Green Street Lab Historical Marker](https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=20900)** > > In a simple laboratory on this site, 202 Green Street, Philo Taylor Farnsworth, USA pioneer in electronics,invented and patented the first operational all-electronic 'television system' on September 7, 1927. (A historical marker located in San... The man who invented Television. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/57 "2026-08-27T12:06:42Z")
Don’t upset the Scots! Ok, Baird used a mechanical system, but it was demonstrated 18 months earlier. > **[Bar Italia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Italia#/media/File:John_Logie_Baird_Blue_Plaque.jpg)** > > Bar Italia is an Italian café located on Frith Street in the Soho district of London. On 26 January 1926, John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television at 22 Frith Street, the building where Bar Italia is located. The blue plaque above the front door commemorates this event. Bar Italia in its present form was opened as a café in 1949 by the Polledri family, and is still owned by Veronica and Anthony Polledri today. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/58 "2026-08-27T13:04:56Z")
If you cross the street and go one block west\* you’ll come to the Buckhorn Tavern which also serves an excellent green chile cheeseburger. They’ve had a rivalry for years. \*Don’t go two blocks west or you’ll be out in the desert- San Antonio is tiny. ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/59 "2026-08-28T00:53:37Z")
We preferred the Owl Tavern burger to the Buckhorn burger. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741/60 "2026-08-28T20:52:27Z")
I’m kind of amazed that no one has opened a distillery nearby to capitalize on the history. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/a5Ecq6n.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a5Ecq6n) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-historical-markers-youve-visited/1031741.md?page=4)