พิพิธภัณฑ์ประวัติศาสตร์ · French Quarter · 34 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: The museum includes cures for anything that ails you including voodoo potions & other weird medicines. The City of New Orleans operated the museum from 1950-1987, it's now run by a non profit org.
16 E Basin Dr SW (at Ohio Dr SW), Washington, D.C.
อนุสาวรีย์ · Southwest Washington · 145 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: President Roosevelt asked the Commission of Fine Arts about the possibility of erecting a memorial to Thomas Jefferson. Construction went from 1938-43, & Roosevelt laid the first cornerstone himself.
5 Henry Bacon Dr NW (at Constitution Ave NW), Washington, D.C.
อนุสาวรีย์ · Northwest Washington · 91 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: The memorial currently consists of three separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial & the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, where over 58,000 names are engraved.
HISTORY: The cemetery was built upon the grounds of the old Metairie Race Course after it went bankrupt. Notable monuments include the pseudo-Egyptian pyramid & former tomb of Storyville madam Josie Arlington.
1400 Constitution Ave NW (at 14th St NW), Washington, D.C.
พิพิธภัณฑ์ประวัติศาสตร์ · Northwest Washington · 358 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: The museum first opened in 1964, and among the items on display are the original Star-Spangled Banner and Dorothy's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz.
อาคารกลาง · Southeast Washington · 37 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: The Capitol is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. Begun in 1793, the Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored.
101 Independence Ave SE (btwn 1st & 2nd St SE), Washington, D.C.
ห้องสมุด · Southeast Washington · 186 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: Created in 1800 the library is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution & the largest library in the world. In 1815 Thomas Jefferson sold his entire personal collection of books to the library
อาคารกลาง · Northwest Washington · 205 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: The Capitol is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. Begun in 1793, the Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored.
1 1st St NE (at E Capitol St NE), Washington, D.C.
สำนักงานศาล · Northeast Washington · 51 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: After the federal government was established in Washington, the court was housed in a basement room in the US Capitol until 1929, when Chief Justice Taft argued successfully for their own building.
HISTORY: This cemetery opened in 1838 and has approximately 600,000 graves spread out over 478 acres. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006.
320 W Colfax Ave (btwn Delaware St. & Cherokee St.), เดนเวอร์, CO
อาคารของรัฐ · Civic Center · 31 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: Originally opened in the mid-1800s to change gold and silver found by miners. Not until 1906 that the Denver facility began actually minting coins after being an Assay Office for the interim years.
HISTORY: The hotel opened in 1888 as the largest resort hotel in the world and the first to use electrical lighting. It was declared a historic landmark in 1977. Rooms 3502 and 3327 are reported to be haunted!
HISTORY: Father Junípero Serra established the first San Diego Mission on Presidio Hill. Officially proclaimed a Spanish Presidio in 1774, the fortress was later occupied by a succession of Mexican forces.
อนุสาวรีย์ · Hollywood Hills West · 484 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: On February 9, 1960, Joanne Woodward became the first performer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One-time actor Ronald Reagan is the only U.S. President to have a star.
1 Ferry Building (at The Embarcadero), ซานฟรานซิสโก, CA
ตลาด · Financial District · 468 คำแนะนำและคำวิจารณ์
HISTORY: Opening in 1898, The Marketplace provides a distinctive space for bringing together the greater Bay Area's agricultural wealth and renowned specialty food purveyors under one roof.
The Transit Navigator: Great museum that focuses much more on design advances than traditional art. See how the products we use everyday have progressed over the years!