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Take a virtual history class by scrolling through this gallery of 39 American landmark buildings that are still standing. ventdusud / istockphoto. 1. Empire State Building, New York City.
Rich with Native American, early explorer, and Mormon pioneer history, this site shows Ancestral Puebloans and Kaibab Paiute Indian and pioneer life in the Old West, including the cabin where explorer John Wesley Powell's survey crew stayed in 1871. The water of Pipe Spring, discovered in 1858, made it possible for plants, animals, and people ...
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in U.S. commonwealths and territories, associated states, and foreign states. Included are lists of National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) and of National Park Service administered areas in U.S. Commonwealths and territories, U.S.-associated states, and in the foreign state of Morocco. There are 25 NHLs ...
Click on a state to see a list of the National Historic Landmarks in that state. The United States National Historic Landmark Program is designed to recognize and honor the nation's cultural and historical heritage. The program was formally inaugurated with a series of listings on October 9, 1960; as of August 21, 2020, there are 2,597 ...
The existing structure was constructed over five years (1793–1797) and was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark on April 15, 2021. Molalla Log House Molalla: OR 1799–1813 Residential/military This is the oldest building in Oregon and is believed to have been constructed by fur traders of French Canadian and/or Native American ancestry.
This action was eventually overturned in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision in Bolling v. Sharpe, which made segregated public schools illegal in the District of Columbia. This defeat of the principle of "separate but equal" was a significant landmark in the modern Civil Rights Movement. 60: State, War, And Navy Building: State, War, And ...
This landmark district contains five buildings in Easton designed by architect H. H. Richardson and landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted, primarily through the efforts of the wealthy Ames family: Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, the Ames Free Library, the Old Colony Railroad Station, and two nearby structures on the Langwater estate of Frederick ...
Now Paris’ soaring medieval landmark is ready to serve as a symbol of the French capital. Notre Dame Cathedral Restoration (Geoffroy Van Der Hassely / AFP - Getty Images file)