Points of Interest Search
About the Points of Interest Search
Sometimes when trying to find the perfect map you don't know the exact place name or address of the area you are researching. In those situations, instead of browsing the collection, try typing in the name of a point of interest near that area. For example, if you knew your grandmother grew up around the corner from a certain church. Type the name of that church into the Points of Interest Search to see the relevant maps that cover that geographic area.
How do I get started?
Choose a state from the drop down.
Then enter the name of whatever point of interest you are looking for.
Some of the more popular searches are for the names of schools, cemeteries, churches, hospitals, military places, streams, summits, airports, harbors, parks, post offices, reservoirs, trails, and valleys.
Though less popular, other valid categories from the database include the names of: archs, arroyos, bars, basins, bays, beachs, benchs, bends, bridges, canals, capes, census, channels, cliffs, craters, crossings, dams, falls, flats, forests, gaps, geysers, glaciers, guts, islands, isthmus, lavas, levees, mines, oilfields, pillars, plains, ranges, rapids, reserves, ridges, seas, slopes, springs, swamps, towers, tunnels, unknown, wells, and woods.
Used in conjunction with the Historic Earth™, Geographic Browse, and Address Lookup, this new tool will help you explore the collection from a different angle.
Historic Photos Search
Choose a state from the drop down.
Then in the search box, enter the name of a city or town. Alternative searches could including searching for a family name, the building name or even a general description of how the building was used - i.e. city hall, church, workshop, hospital, mail, ect.
Search results will appear with clickable thumbnails on the pages that follow.
Used in conjunction with the Historic Earth™, Geographic Browse, Address Lookup, and Points of Interest Search, this new tool will help you explore the collection from a different angle.