More than 2.5 million people a year visit the 4.2 acre complex known worldwide as “The Alamo.” Most come to see theold mission where a small band of Texans held out for thirteen days against the Centralist army of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Although the Alamo fell in the early morning hours of […]
The Gateway Arch has become the definitive symbol of the city of St. Louis and is the tallest monument in the National Park system. At 630 feet the Arch is 75 feet taller than the Washington Monument and more than twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty. The Arch is the centerpiece of the
The Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay crosses the Sacramento River in the heart of Redding, California. Opened July 4, 2004, the bridge links the north and south campuses of Turtle Bay Exploration Park and serves as a new downtown entrance for Redding’s extensive Sacramento River Trail system.The bridge celebrates human creativity and ingenuity, important themes
The Beverly Hills City Hall has gracefully presided over the city’s civic life since 1932. Architect William Gage created the Spanish Renaissance building in typical government style of that era. The low classical base, which symbolizes government, is dominated by an eight-story tower, which represents commerce. But the beauty of the building, with its tiled
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The Statue of Liberty (French: Statue de la Liberté), or, more formally, Liberty Enlightening the World was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886. Standing on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, it welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans traveling by ship.The copper-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates
The White House is the oldest public building in Washington, DC and has been the home of every president except George Washington. George Washington and city planner Pierre L’Enfant held a contest to find a builder and chose James Hoban of Ireland who modeled the White House after an Irish country house. The White House
Mesa Verde is best known for a large number of well preserved cliff dwellings, houses built in shallow caves and under rock overhangs along the canyon walls in Southwestern Colorado. Around 14 centuries ago, the nomadic Anasazi — or Ancestral Puebloan — people chose to settle down and build permanent homes near their planted crops.
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Moody Gardens is a tourist complex in Galveston, Texas.Moody Gardens features three main pyramid attractions: the Aquarium, which is one of the largest in the world and holds many species of fish and other sealife; the Rainforest Pyramid, which contains tropical fauna and flora; and the Discovery Pyramid, which focuses on science-oriented exhibits and activities.Another
Mount St. Helens, located in southwestern Washington about 50 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, is one of several lofty volcanic peaks that dominate the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest; the range extends from Mount Garibaldi in British Columbia, Canada, to Lassen Peak in northern California. Geologists call Mount St. Helens a composite volcano (or stratovolcano), a
The Lincoln Memorial stands at the west end of the National Mall as a neoclassical monument to the 16th President. The memorial, designed by Henry Bacon, after ancient Greek temples, stands 190 feet long, 119 feet wide, and almost 100 feet high. It is surrounded by a peristyle of 36 fluted Doric columns, one for
