HISTORY: The Pioneer Building, completed in 1892, was the prestige office building during the Klondike Gold Rush, housing 48 different mining firms in 1897.
Site historique et protégé · Financial District · 33 conseils et avis
HISTORY: Built as a U.S. military fort in 1811 in anticipation of the War of 1812 against the British, Castle Clinton went on to serve a variety of roles.
127 Bryce Jordan Ctr (at University Dr.), University Park, PA
Terrain de basketball universitaire · 48 conseils et avis
HISTORY: This arena was named after former PSU President Bryce Jordan and is a member of the Arena Network, a marketing and scheduling group of 38 arenas.
HISTORY: The University of Nebraska was given a mission to "afford to the inhabitants of the state the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science, and the arts."
HISTORY: This park comprises 178 nautical square miles of seagrass beds, coral reefs and mangrove swamps and is the first undersea park in the United States.
Site historique et protégé · Mid-City West · 117 conseils et avis
HISTORY: These tar pits hold the fossils of Ice Age animals that became trapped in the asphalt deposits here. The fossils were first described by Wellesley College professor William Denton in 1875.
239 Arch St (btwn Bread St & 3rd St), Philadelphie, PA
Site historique et protégé · Center City East · 51 conseils et avis
HISTORY: Betsy Ross, credited with sewing the first American flag, is believed to have worked and resided in this house, built around 1740, from 1773 to 1885.
Musée d'histoire · Center City East · 11 conseils et avis
HISTORY: The U.S. Supreme Court met here from 1791, when the building was finished, to 1800, when America’s capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington.
HISTORY: Elvis Aaron Presley was born on Jan. 9, 1935, in this two-room house built by his father and grandfather. The Presleys lived here only two years before tight finances forced them to move.
6th St and Constitution Ave NW (at Constitution Ave NW), Washington, D.C.
Musée d'art · Northwest Washington · 155 conseils et avis
HISTORY: Opened in 1941, this museum, founded by financier Andrew Mellon, has some 116,000 works of Western art dating from the Middle Ages to the modern era.
Musée d'histoire · Southwest Washington · 258 conseils et avis
HISTORY: Opened in 1993, this museum is devoted to the history of the Holocaust, the state-sponsored murder of 6 million Jews in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
1500 Pennsylvania Ave NW (at 15th St NW), Washington, D.C.
Bâtiment gouvernemental · Northwest Washington · 24 conseils et avis
HISTORY: The current building was designed by Robert Mills and constructed over a 33-year period beginning in 1836. It is the oldest departmental building in Washington.
Wallach Walk (btwn E 75th & 76th St), New York, NY
Sculpture extérieure · Central Park · 56 conseils et avis
HISTORY: Created in 1959 by Jose de Creeft (1884-1982), this bronze sculpture features characters from the 1865 Lewis Carroll story‚ "Alice in Wonderland."
Site historique et protégé · Downtown Boston · 23 conseils et avis
HISTORY: Built in 1729, this was where some 5,000 colonists gathered on December 16, 1773, for a protest that culminated that night in the Boston Tea Party.
Charlestown Navy Yard (at Constitution Rd), Boston, MA
Boat or Ferry · Thompson Square - Bunker Hill · 74 conseils et avis
HISTORY: Built in Boston and launched in 1797, this is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat. In the early 1800s, the 44-gun Constitution fought Barbary pirates off the coast of North Africa.