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Medjugorje
(Encyclopedia) Medjugorje, town (2010 est. pop. 4,000), Herzegovina region, Bosnia and Herzegovina, about 16 mi (25 km) SW of Mostar. In 1981 six children claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin…Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Martin Van Buren National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Montauk Point
(Encyclopedia) Montauk PointMontauk Pointmŏnˈtôkˌ [key], eastern extremity of the south peninsula of Long Island, SE N.Y. Approximately 115 mi (190 km) E of Manhattan, it is the easternmost point of…Conway, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Conway, city (2020 pop. 43,167), seat of Faulkner co., central Ark., in a farm and cotton area; inc. 1873. It is a trade and industrial…Chirchik
(Encyclopedia) ChirchikChirchikchĭrchēkˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 156,654), suburb of Tashkent, E Uzbekistan. It is an industrial center with large fertilizer plants and machinery factories. There is a…Aldershot
(Encyclopedia) Aldershot Aldershot ôlˈdərshôt [key], town, Hampshire, S central England. It is the site of the largest military training center (est. 1854) in Great Britain…Diamond Head
(Encyclopedia) Diamond Head, peak, 761 ft (232 m) high, along the rim of an extinct volcano, SE Oahu island, Hawaii. A prominent point in the Honolulu skyline, Diamond Head was designated a national…Cheboksary
(Encyclopedia) CheboksaryCheboksarychĕbəksäˈrē [key], city (1989 pop. 420,000), capital of Chuvash Republic, NW European Russia, a port on the Volga River. Both a heavy industrial and an agricultural…Chusovaya
(Encyclopedia) ChusovayaChusovayach&oomacr;səvīˈə [key], river, c.460 mi (740 km) long, E European Russia. It rises in the central Urals and flows northwest through a major industrial region to…Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).