Opened in 1981, this is the state’s premier theater venue. The performance venues are named after three U.S. Presidents who hailed from TN: Jackson, Polk & Johnson.
Mickey’s Diner has been serving breakfast for more than 60 years. It's the only known dining car of its type to survive in Minnesota (it is one of only a few left in the US).
In one of the largest barter transactions in recorded history, the builders of the capitol were paid with over three-million acres of public land in the Texas Panhandle.
This building was finished in Jan 2000 as part of a larger project to redevelop 42nd St. It is the 12th tallest building in New York City and the 41st tallest in the United States.
This 12 acre zoo opened on July 3, 1935 as a part of a larger revitalization program of city parks, playgrounds and zoos. The zoo presents three themed exhibition venues.
The zoo was not part of the original design for Central Park but spontaneously evolved in 1859 from gifts of exotic pets and other animals informally given to the Park.
Dating back to the late 1770s, over the years the Inn has served as a ship chandlery, a theater, a boarding house for sailors and later, a Seaman’s YMCA.
Opened in 1876, this is generally considered to be the third oldest zoological park in the U.S. This zoo breeds the greatest number of African black footed penguins.
The Pfister is rumored to be visited often by the spirit of Charles Pfister, who founded the hotel in 1893.
In the 1840s, Dutch and German immigrants farmed this land. In 1887, it became the Nine Mile Farm, named for its distance from Wisconsin Avenue.
In 1971 the property was donated to the city by Mr. and Mrs. William E. Roberts. The Square's dominant feature is a bronze fountain in the shape of a rose, fittingly titled Fountain to a Rose.
Opened in 1952, the coliseum hosted premier sporting and entertainment events in Portland. Elvis Presley performed one of his last concerts here before his death in 1977.
The park first opened in 1871 & was first known as City Park. John C. Olmsted gave the park its current name in 1909. It is also the site of Portland's first zoo.
This building was constructed in 1936 and originally used for German prisoners during WWII. The museum displays vehicles, uniforms, & artillery items dating back to the Spanish conquistadors.
Built in 1809-1810, gunpowder was stored in the basement during the War of 1812 & Samuel Francis Smith’s hymn, America (“My Country ‘Tis of Thee“) was sung here for the first time in 1831
This hotel was built in 1912 on the site of the old Museum of Fine Arts building (1876), which was torn down in 1909. When it opened, rooms had been booked as early as 16 months in advance.
This building was built between 1960 & 1964 and towered over the nearby John Hancock building of 1947, which prompted the rival insurance company to build a taller tower in 1975.
Built in 1894, this building was originally known as the Carter Building & was Boston’s first steel-frame office building. The famous landscape architect, Fletcher Steele, was a tenant in the 1920s.
During Pontiac’s Rebellion, British forces claimed victory over a combined Native American Force, enabling white settlement in western Pennsylvania.
This location is home to Fort Necessity, built in 1754 under the command of George Washington during a prelude battle to the French and Indian War.
At 14,110 feet, this mountain isn't famous for its height, but for its iconic role in the 1859 gold rush that spurred growth in this region.
Stone Mountain was first used as a meeting place for members of the Cherokee and Creek Nations.
Welcome to the birthplace of the Kentucky Derby! Churchill Downs and its signature race were launched in 1875 by Colonel M. Lewis Clark.
Originally known as SkyDome, Rogers Centre opened in 1989. 70 hotel rooms overlook the field.
The natural thermal springs in this park, which flow from the Ouachita Mountains, were made a government-protected area by President Andrew Jackson in 1832.
Completed in 1789, this building is home to the American Philosophical Society, the scholarly organization founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743.
The Old Federal Building is built where Seattle founder Arthur Denny and his party are thought to have first docked in 1851, at the site that became Seattle.
St. James Cathedral was completed in 1907 as the new cathedral seat of the Catholic Bishop Edward J. O'Dea‚'s Seattle Archdiocese.
