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ernest hemingway museum (oak park)

from ernest hemingway posted in literature by pete_nice

Located on the first floor of the Oak Park Arts Center, the Ernest Hemingway Museum has been in operation since 1991.

A short walk from the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace, this museum contains several kiosks, videos, photos and artifacts from the writer's life, including Hemingway's childhood diary and the famous letter from nurse Agnes von Kurowsky-later portrayed in A Farewell to Arms-terminating their engagement.

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ernest hemingway elementary school

from ernest hemingway posted in literature by pete_nice

Located amid the pristine mountains of the historic Wood River Valley, Ernest Hemingway Elementary is named after the writer who made his home in the area.

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alpine club (former)

from ernest hemingway posted in literature by pete_nice

Now called Whiskey Jacques, this bar was formerly a quasi-legal casino known as the Alpine Club. Ernest Hemingway used to visit the location to drink and gamble while he lived in Idaho. Mary Hemingway described the place as "very gay and fun."

About seven blocks from here is a school named after Hemingway, the Ernest Hemingway Elementary School.

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where cliff burton died

from metallica posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

Metallica bassist Cliff Burton died here in Sweden during a European tour in 1986. Burton was asleep in his bunk when the tour bus driver lost control. Burton was flung through the window and crushed under the flipped bus. The driver claimed to have hit a patch of black ice and didn't have any charges brought against him for the accident.

In 2006, on the twentieth anniversary of his death, a memorial stone in rural Sweden near Ljungby was erected near a roadside cafe across the street from the site of the accident.

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buffy’s house

from buffy the vampire slayer posted in television by chewing_the_scenery

The Sunnydale home (1630 Revello Drive) of Buffy, Joyce and Dawn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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