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Nominated

 * 1 ... that Manhattan's Rose Hill neighborhood was the original site of Madison Square Garden, where millionaire Harry K. Thaw killed architect Stanford White over Evelyn Nesbit?


 * 2 ... that tennis player Julie Coin, ranked 188th, defeated the #1 woman player Ana Ivanović in the second round of the 2008 US Open?


 * 3 ....that the National Cartoon Museum wandered between four homes before its acquisition by Ohio State University?


 * 4 ... that Nicholas Benson is a third-generation stone carver and a 2010 MacArthur Fellow?

Created

 * 1 ...that the Decker building (pictured), an 1892 Moorish-influenced design, is where Andy Warhol had his Factory from 1967 to 1973, and was shot in 1968?


 * 2 ... that the North Baltimore Aquatic Club has produced seven Olympians, including Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff?


 * 3 ... that the Henry DeLand House has served as a private house, an inn, a speakeasy, a bar, a restaurant and most recently, a catering hall?


 * 4 ... that the beech-maple forest is a climax plant community in the eastern United States and Canada?


 * 5 ... that the Mianus River Gorge in Westchester County, New York, was the first land preservation purchase by the Nature Conservancy?


 * 6 ... that Thompson Pond and nearby Stissing Mountain were inspiration for the New York State Environment exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History?


 * 7 ... that the 4400 acres McLean Game Refuge was privately created by George P. McLean, a Senator and Governor of Connecticut?


 * 8 ... that the Thomas Paine Cottage (|pictured) is where the Revolutionary War hero and author of Common Sense lived from 1802 to 1806, was buried in 1809, and was disinterred in 1819 by William Cobbett?


 * 9 ... that the non-profit SAME Cafe in Denver, Colorado, serves food for either an hour of work or whatever you can pay?


 * 10 ... that Moggy Hollow Natural Area was where Glacial Lake Passaic overflowed as the Wisconsin Glacier expanded in New Jersey?


 * 11 ... that New Jersey's Pigeon Swamp State Park, named for 18th-century landowner Ann Pidgeon, was a nesting place for passenger pigeons before they became extinct in the early 20th century?


 * 12 ... that the Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary, known for annually returning egrets and herons, has not had any return since 2000?


 * 13 ... that Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas mentioned the National Natural Landmarked Sunfish Pond (pictured) in his dissenting opinion in the Sierra Club v. Morton case?


 * 14 ... that Gustavo Brambila, portrayed in the 2008 movie Bottle Shock,  was one of the first Latin Americans to graduate from the UC Davis wine program?


 * 15/16 ... that the Harrell Prairie Botanical Area is one of the last undisturbed portions of the Jackson Prairie in the U.S. state of Mississippi?


 * 17 ... that the Empire Building in Manhattan is one of the oldest steel framed skyscrapers built on pneumatic caissons?


 * 18 ... that the Sterling Hill Mining Museum (pictured) and the nearby Franklin Mine together have over 345 minerals, including 90 that fluoresce and 35 that are found nowhere else?


 * 19 ... that Poricy Park in New Jersey is known for allowing limited collecting at its Cretaceous-era fossil shell beds?


 * 20 ... that the Hallein Salt Mine is known for its long wooden slides for miners and tourists to descend into the mine?


 * 21 ... that Old Bethpage Village Restoration on Long Island, New York, has been preserving historic buildings as a living museum since 1970?


 * 22 ... that Alan Garnett Davenport, a Member of the Order of Canada, was the wind engineer on the World Trade Center, the Sears Tower, and the Tsing Ma Bridge?


 * 23 ... that Truman C. Everts was lost for 37 days while exploring what would become Yellowstone National Park?


 * 24 ... that Patricia Travers was a child prodigy with the violin but withdrew from public performances at age 23?


 * 25 ... that Cameron's Line is a suture fault in the Northeast United States formed by the Taconic orogeny around 450 mya?


 * 26 ... that Elizabeth Turk was a Washington, D.C., lobbyist before she became a sculptor and was named a 2010 MacArthur Fellow?


 * 27  ... that geochemist Terry Plank, awarded a 2012 MacArthur genius grant, grew up in a schist quarry and in third grade was the youngest member of the Delaware Mineralogical Society?


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— Maile (talk) 12:01, 24 February 2019 (UTC)


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--valereee (talk) 00:01, 17 December 2019 (UTC)