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:
The blue plaque scheme is so popular and recognisable that it has spawned parodies, such as this one:
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.
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.
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.
We got a bunch of These Rascals 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!”
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.
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. They bring in replicas of Fat Man and Little Boy, food trucks and souvenir stands. The next open date is Oct. 17 2026.
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.
