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Luna Park operated in Seattle from 1907 until 1913. It was designed by Charles I.D. Loof, who built the first carousel at Coney Island in New York City.

In April of 1971, real estate agents Bob McDonald and Jim Youngren erected a billboard just outside of Seattle-Tacoma International Aiport during a breif economic downturn for the area. It read, "will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights." Though it was...

The world famous Pike Place Market overlooks the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle. It opened in 1907 and is one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States.

The Seattle Metropolitans played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. In 1917 they became the first American team to win the Stanley Cup before that trophy became exclusively associated with the National Hockey League in 1926.

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour is an American ice cream parlor chain founded in Portland in 1963 by Bob Farrell and Ken McCarthy. The chain grew to 120 locations, but as of 2018 there were only 2 locations remaining, both in California.

The Hippodrome Roller Rink was loacted in Nashville's West End across from Centennial Park. In addition to being roller rink, it served as a venue for music concerts, professional wrestling matches, and more.

Cheiftain Manufacturing Company made Coal Black Stove Polish in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues from 1920 to 1950. In their final season, they played in the Negro National League with the crosstown rival Baltimore Black Sox.

Stewart's was a Baltimore department store chain that was founded in 1901. Its parent company, ADG, converted the chain's locations to sibling brand Caldor stores in 1978.

Carlin's Park was founded in 1918 by John C. Carling. The park featured a roller coaster, circus acts, and rollerskating. It also had activities during the winter months. After a fire in 1956, it became a drive-in movie theater which lasted until 1977.

The Baltimore Terrapins??were one of the most successful teams in the short-lived Federal League??of professional baseball which operated in 1914 and 1915. It competed with the American and National League as a third major league.

The Baltimore Tribe was a member of the short-lived American Lacrosse League, a professional lacrosse league in 1988, that was based in Catonsville, Maryland. The Tribe played their home games at the University of Maryland.

The Baltimore Blast were members of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1980 to 1992. The team was founded as the Houston Summit, charter members of the MISL in 1978.?? The made the playoffs in 11 of their 12 seasons, winning the championship...

Cutty's Boxing Gym in Baltimore, Maryland become internationally famous after being a feature in HBO's show The Wire.

Read's Drug Store was a chain based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded by William Read. He sold it to the Nattans family in 1899, who held on to it until 1983 when they sold the operation to Rite Aid.

The Texas Arrowheads were a cricket team that played for the United States Pro Cricket League in 2004, the circuit's lone season.

The Houston Outlaws were a part of the Regional Football League. The league played one season in the spring of 1999 before folding.??

The Bohannon Brewing Company was founded in 1988 and is recognized as Tennessee's original micro/pub brewery.

Nashville's Sulphur Dell, in 1870, was the area was referred to as Athletic Park, and in 1885 it became the home of Nashville's first professional baseball team, the Americans, in the newly-formed Southern League. Grantland Rice re-named the ballpark "Sulphur Dell" in 1908 while...

Come summertime in Indiana, Cocktail Cove, located on the Geist Reservoir, is the place to party and get some sun.

The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,...

Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, was NOT from Cleveland, he was from New Jersey. However, he was distantly related to Moses Cleaveland (yes, spelled differently) the man for whom the city is named.

The Prize Movie??was a fixture on Cleveland TV for close to two decades. Hosted by popular radio personality John Lanigan, it ran weekday afternoons on Channel 43. During breaks in the afternoon movie, Lanigan would draw a name to find a contestant whom he...

The Cleveland Press??was the city's afternoon and published from 1878 to 1982.

Webster Slaughter, number 84, was a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns from 1986 to 1991. A favorite target of quarterback Bernie Kosar, his car had this unique license plate (though it was registered in his native California).

Cleveland's first independent TV station was WKBF, Channel 61, which began broadcasting on January 19, 1968. Competition from Cleveland's second independent TV station, WUAB Channel 43, combined with a soft economy, set the stage for a merger of the two stations with the channel...

The Exotic Birds was a synth-pop band formed in 1982 by Andy Kubiszewski??along with fellow Cleveland Institute of Music students Tom Freer and Tim Adams. In 1985, Trent Reznor joined the band but left a few years later to concentrate on developing Nine Inch...

Geauga Lake is a former theme park in Aurora, Ohio that was established in 1887 in what had been a local recreation area adjacent to the lake of the same name. The first amusement ride was added in 1889, and the park's first roller...

The Lumberjacks moved to Cleveland in 1992 from Muskegon, MI as the Internationl Hockey League (IHL) sought to place teams in bigger markets. The Jacks, as they were also known, began play in 1960 as the Zephyrs, then became the Mohawks in 1965. From...