Historical Sites

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  Vikingsholm Castle

  Historical Sites - South Lake Tahoe (Emerald Bay ) - January 26, 2015 Check with seller

  Vikingsholm is a 38-room mansion on the shore of Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California, U.S., and on the National Register of Historic Places. The Vikingsholm foundation was laid in 1928, but the building was constructed in 1929 ...

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  Virginia City National Historic Landmark

  Historical Sites - Virginia City (Nevada) - January 29, 2015 Check with seller

  Ten years after the mad rush for California gold, nuggets were found at the head of Nevada’s Six-Mile Canyon by two miners. A fellow miner, James Finney, nicknamed "Old Virginny" from his birthplace, is reported to have dropped a bottle of whiskey on...