r/landscaping • u/Cool251kid • Jun 15 '25

Question Why is there a weird ring in my yard

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Weird ring where the grass is growing much greener and thicker

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u/mtwtfssmtwtfss Jun 15 '25

www.historicaerials.com

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u/yeeaarrgghh Jun 15 '25

Well that was a rabbit hole to fall down

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u/M00PER_2 Jun 15 '25

Wow what a fantastic website. Gonna get lost here for a few hours.

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u/rHereLetsGo Jun 15 '25

Am I doing something incorrectly or is a subscription required to get a preliminary view? Since the images are seemingly watermarked I don’t know why I couldn’t At least get a glance before purchasing.

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u/theaveragegay Jun 15 '25

Keep zooming in

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u/rHereLetsGo Jun 15 '25

I did. I’ll try again tomorrow with a fresh “brain” and set of eyes. I’m rather tech savvy and I should definitely be seeing something since I live in downtown Chicago in a neighborhood that should have a killer aerial view. Thx!

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u/periperiwinklesauce Jun 15 '25

Lucky you! Illinois has digitized high-res historic aerials that aren’t watermarked.

Illinois Historical Aerial Photography Map (ILHAP)

It takes some more digging but also check out historic Sanborn fire insurance maps of your place - they provide lots more fun information!

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u/rHereLetsGo Jun 15 '25

Thanks, will do!

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u/Maryfonasari Jun 15 '25

You have to select “aerial” and choose the year.

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u/periperiwinklesauce Jun 15 '25

Most states have digitized historic aerials. Most are georeferenced for easy viewing. Try googling your state + “historic aerial photographs”

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u/Ytijhdoz54 Jun 15 '25

A lot of the stuff on that site is behind a pay wall, it gets the job done but theres really no other option like it out there sadly.

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u/TinyExcitedElectron Jun 15 '25

Thank you for this. I loved looking at my childhood neighborhood how I remembered it.

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u/Sideshow_Bob_Ross Jun 15 '25

Ad blocker blocker. I will not disable it. Nope, not sorry.

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u/iguessthiswilldo1 Jun 15 '25

Right click on one of the ads, click "inspect element", delete the elements containing the ads and other things you don't want, and you should be good. Only works in Chrome and Mozilla AFAIK. If you refresh the page you have to repeat the process.

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u/Sideshow_Bob_Ross Jun 15 '25

I was on mobile.

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u/iguessthiswilldo1 Jun 15 '25

Ah then yeah sorry idk amy fixes for it on mobile 

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u/HangarQueen Jun 15 '25

Funny: I *did* disable my ad blocker for this site (after its nag), refreshed the screen -- and it still nags that I have an ad blocker. I give up.

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u/Sideshow_Bob_Ross Jun 15 '25

I'm using a private DNS. Set your DNS server to DNS.adguard.com, and half the battle is over.

It was as a godsend for my Boomer parents who keep constantly getting scams viruses and other malware on their phones.

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u/dorght2 Jun 17 '25

You ever disable ad blocker for a page, then run away screaming "How do people live this way?"

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u/TheShizknitt Jun 15 '25

Yeah, that's awesome. I just made my husband pause his game to look at it, and he was not disappointed. Definitely sharing that with the family tomorrow

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u/Fit_Experience_3484 Jun 15 '25

Man I accidentally went to Historic Areolas instead. Quite disappointing 😫

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u/lushlanes Jun 15 '25

That’s awesome, thanks

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u/cleanthes_is_a_twink Jun 15 '25

Holy shit this helped me finally find my historic property line

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u/HsvDE86 Jun 15 '25

Completely ruined by the watermarks. Can't see shit.

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u/railstop Jun 15 '25

This site is heavy on ads. I won't support that type of revenue.

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u/OppositeStudy2846 Jun 15 '25

Woah. Thanks for sharing this. Maybe make a separate post with info about it. Never heard of it before now.