History in my back yard.

[diaglo]

http://www.jeffersonvineyards.com/

so he was more than just a drunk complaining of migraines.

he homebrewed.

 

[Steve Jung]

Um... Iowa is really boring.

Doh! Herbert Hoover was born not far from here.

That doesn't exactly raise the excitement levels.

Joseph Swan invented the incandescent light bulb in Newcastle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan

Cheers,
Liam

Rats. How about the phonograph, then.

 

[diaglo]

That doesn't exactly raise the excitement levels.
Rats. How about the phonograph, then.

the election machine.

diaglo "who has family in the Garden State and family near Ft Myers, FLa" Ooi

 

[nerfherder]

Rats. How about the phonograph, then.

Oh go on then, I'll give you that

As MonsterMash said, within 30 miles for most Europeans there's an awful lot of history. Thinking about it, the most famous near me is probably Hadrian's Wall. Seventy three miles of fortified wall built in 122AD to keep the barbarians out of the Roman Empire. It's a World Heritage Site and worth visiting if you ever visit Northumberland.

Cheers,
Liam

 

[IronWolf]

Joseph Swan invented the incandescent light bulb in Newcastle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan

Looks like there were a few people working on incandescent light bulbs even before him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_bulb

With "German inventor Heinrich Göbel developing the first 'modern' light bulb"