Viewpoints – Placecloud (English)

Ealing Broadway, United Kingdom. Louis Mordish, a self-taught musical prodigy, embarked on a remarkable journey in the world of music that would earn him the title of the "English Gershwin."

California City, United States. Like a bigger Alcatraz, Angel Island is an away place for the city, now as a park but formerly as a site for activities undesirable in the midst of the city. Since the first use of the island as an artillery station in the 1860s, it has hosted many generations of gun batteries, up until 1962. Meanwhile it served as the Bay Area's primary quarantine and disinfection station, as the immigrant processing and detention center known as the Ellis Island of the West, and as a prisoner of war camp during World Wars. Now it is operated as a State Park, though the ruins of the former uses of the island dominate the atmosphere. The most built-up portion of the island is the former East Garrison of Fort McDowell, where numerous empty buildings lurk, including the 1,000 man barracks, one of the earliest examples of tilt-up architectural construction. The Immigration Station on the north end of the island was a processing and detention center for new immigrants from 1910 to 1940, and a POW and internment camp during WWII. Many of the original structures remain in a state of arrested decay, and a museum and memorial are open to the public. Point Blunt, the southeastern tip of Angel Island, is still closed to the public. A coast guard station outfitted with four family units occupies the lower levels, while a Nike missile battery, abandoned in 1962, is above it.

Raleigh, United States. Andrew Johnson, who became the 17th president, was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a small outbuilding, located behind the roadside inn and tavern where his parents worked.

Greeneville, United States. Andrew Johnson lived in Greeneville for most of his life, and the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site preserves many of the buildings significant to the 17th president.

Curetons (historical), United States. Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the USA, was the first president to be born in a log cabin, in 1767, and two locations claim to be the site of that cabin.

Conroe, United States. Anadarko Petroleum was an independent oil exploration and production company, based in the Woodlands, north of Houston.

Anaconda, United States. Anaconda formed when a smelter was built here in 1883, to process copper from the mines in Butte, a few miles away.

Sargent (historical), United States. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company grew into the largest cotton textile mill in the world here in Manchester, a town aptly named after the famous British mill town it would surpass in output.

Del Rio, United States. Lake Amistad is the largest body of water in West Texas, though it is not entirely in Texas, as it is shared by Mexico. The lake formed when the Rio Grand was blocked by the Amistad Dam, which was completed in 1969.

Laramie, United States. In the southeast corner of the state, commemorating the railroad era, is the Ames Pyramid, a sixty foot tall stone block monolith. It was constructed in 1882 to commemorate Union Pacific railroad businessmen/politicians/brothers Oakes and Oliver Ames, as well as to restore the reputation of Union Pacific, which was tarnished when the Ames brothers were found to have been involved in several financial scandals related to the building of the railroad almost a decade prior.