Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Defining Main Street: The Clothing Store. September arrives. The school year begins, Where do you go the get back-to-school duds? Main Street of course. That is, until shopping centers offer a wider variety of styles and options, And, until the bonds of geography are cut by automobility. Here's a clothing store that has made the transition to a new market. [2008]

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Churches have a lock on pride-of-place in many cities. That's true for one of the Methodist Church's founding structures. "Old Otterbein" was built in 1771 as a United Brethren Church and the next year became the place where John Wesley's followers organized Baltimore's Lovely Lane Chapel, now known as the 'mother church of American Methodism.' [2021]

Charleston, Illinois, USA

Jimmy John's grew up with the millennial generation, which seems to have become the sandwich generation. JJs was founded in a garage on January 13, 1983, and broke away from the competition when it prioritized delivering to the local college market. Today, it shows up on every list of the 'top 10' sandwich shops in the country. [2017]

Portland, Maine, USA

Thirty years ago the Berlin Wall came down: "Forget not the tyranny of this wall - horrid place. Nor the love of freedom that made it fall - "Laid Waste..." After the fall, pieces of the wall found homes in towns and cities around the world. [1992]

Manor, Texas, USA

Said Neil Armstrong as he became the first to walk on the Moon: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Said a certain eight-year-old as she celebrated her ninth birthday on the 50th anniversary of the moon walk: "That's eight short years behind me, and only one more til tween-hood." [2009]

Greensburg, Indiana, USA

Today is not the 100th anniversary of Geographically Yours, but it is the 100th mensiversary! Can you believe 100 months have passed since the first picture appeared? "Thanks for sharing your journeys with us!" Isn't that what you would like to say to the shadowy figure (see him?) whose camera has been documenting people and places for more than 50 years? [2014]

Norfolk, Virginia, USA

In 1982, Norfolk celebrated its 300th anniversary, and the molasses tank that used to anchor the dockside area adjacent to downtown became a signboard for the birthday party. Molasses was an important part of Norfolk's trade with the Caribbean. Re-photography should answer the question: What happened to that holding tank? [1982]

Cardiff, Wales, UK

If you could turn back the clock 2000 years, Jesus would have been 15 years old. Actually, he might have been 18 years old. What we know is that Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great, who died in what we now call 4 B.C. Either way, as an adolescent, we know nothing about Jesus. He disappears from history at age 12 and reappears at age 30. [2005]

New York, New York, USA

A day after September 11, 2001, a chain-link fence in Greenwich Village became the backdrop for an evolving memorial to New York City's victims of terrorism. Thousands of "Tiles for America" were affixed to the fence over the next eleven years. In 2012, the tiles were removed, but we will NVR FORGET. [2008]

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

It's so nice when somebody remembers your birthday! Five candles on the cake for five years of Geographically Yours, which was born on August 4, 2010. A picture a day for five years has given the world of landscape lovers 1,827 photos, all taken by me, D.J.Z. [2005]

Yerevan, Armenia

In preparation for today, the emblem of the Armenian genocide's centennial began appearing all over Armenia. The flower is a forget-me-not. With five petals representing the five destination continents, it doubles as a map of the Armenian diaspora. The silhouette is the Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, and the slogan reads "I remember and demand." [2015]

Key Largo, Florida, USA

Is that the man in the moon? Yes, it's Henry Flagler, builder of railroads and father or Florida. He dreamed of an overseas railroad from Miami to Key West and lived to see it finished in 1912. The attraction of Key West was its proximity to Havana (and also the aborning Panama Canal). [2014]

Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Much to the dismay of the U.S. (and only the U.S.), the Cuban Revolution has lasted over half a century. Here in West Belfast, 'el Che' has been chosen as the poster boy for celebrating the overthrow of the bourgeoisie. After 1959, he became one of the foundation stones of socialist Cuba. [2009]

Larnaca, Cyprus

The Republic of Cyprus celebrates an important anniversary today. Ten years ago it joined the European Union. Long overdue, said some. As part of the Greek culture realm, Cyprus was there when the very idea of Europe was 'invented' many millennia ago. Yes, Europe is an idea as much as a geographical entity. [2004]