Up front I apologize to my readers outside of the US, because this app is USA-only. But maybe maybe maybe there is a similar one for near you. I hope so, because this is special.
The app displays a map of where-you-are OR a location-you-choose, and then displays little markers highlighting spots where History occurred.
Awesome! I tried it locally and was amazed to find some places to explore within a few miles from my home. Daniel Boone’s birthplace? Who knew?
Then I typed in a zip code from the Jersey shore and the following screen popped up. All those red markers are places of some historical significance. Wow, right?
Tap on any of those red markers and the history is revealed:
Another tap will describe the site in more detail, and usually gives you a link to the site’s actual webpage.
Developers promise constant updates, adding new points of interest all the time.
History Here is available for both the iPad and the iPhone and is FREE in the iTunes store.
fgassette
/ March 19, 2013WOW! This is great for when I go on photo shoots. This app makes it easy to find subjects to photograph without looking in several different places. You have brighten my day and now I am full of excitement for my spring and summer outings. THANK YOU!
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
sharechair
/ March 20, 2013I think we’ll both enjoy this, Francine. I love discovering new places to go, too!
Gemma
/ March 19, 2013Very cool! My husband will love this. Shhhh. Don’t tell him you found this out.
(kidding. I’ll give you all the credit) THANKS!
sharechair
/ March 20, 2013Please please, take all the credit. Maybe you can parlay it into a nice outing to chase down one of the newly discovered ‘points of interest’.
coastalcrone
/ March 19, 2013Not this would be a useful app if I had an app. You know I am behind! Thanks for stopping by to like one of my recent posts.
sharechair
/ March 20, 2013It’s a great app. But you’re right. A device to use it is rather important.
Long Life Cats and Dogs
/ March 20, 2013My word. That’s a fabulous app. Great when travelling around and wanting to sound like the right “know it all”
sharechair
/ March 20, 2013I love finding little known places. Once when my son was only 8 or 9, we drove WAY out of our way so he could see “Millard Fillmore’s Birthplace”. We found it. A picnic bench and a flag in the middle of no-wheres-ville.
Marsha Ingrao
/ March 20, 2013Wow, that is really interesting! I’ve got to clean out my phone so I have more room. I’m struggling with that right now!
sharechair
/ March 20, 2013I know what you mean. My iPad is running low on space, too.
Alice
/ March 20, 2013Oh, that is really cool. I love history and it would be a wonderful serendipity vacation guide.
sharechair
/ March 20, 2013I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.
carolynpageabc
/ March 20, 2013Woo, that’s really good…. This app could ‘make me turn’; ‘cept it’s not here in Oz…
Kathy, (and I really mean this)…! If this app is available in Oz I’ll ask my partner (K) to download it… He has an android..!
Wow; this is really cool….
sharechair
/ March 20, 2013If it isn’t available now, I’m sure it will be, soon. These apps seem to sprout up all over the place!
jacquiefioramonti
/ March 21, 2013This is awesome! I’m jealous
valeriedavies
/ March 26, 2013How simply fascinating… I could imagine what a challenge it would be to do one for Europe with all their goings-on for centuries while the US was still clean unspoiled and empty!!
sharechair
/ March 26, 2013So very true!!! Some of the “historical” points that are suggested are really “points of interest”. For instance, the Crayola factory is listed near me. I guess you could argue that it is ‘historical’, but certainly not in the same class as a soaring medieval cathedral!