Landmarks
Landmarks include spectacular monuments such as the Eiffel Tower, Mount Rushmore, the Panama Canal and the Brooklyn Bridge. They can also include awe-inspiring natural structures including Mount Everest, the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls.
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A gold prospector dubbed the peak Mount McKinley in 1896, but Alaskans have historically championed Denali, a name rooted in its Native American history.
After her husband was incapacitated in an accident, Emily Warren Roebling took over supervising the complex construction of the landmark.
These remarkable feats of design and construction transformed the ways people travel, communicate and live.
A little-known chamber concealed behind the head of Abraham Lincoln was intended to contain a shrine to America.
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Route 66 attractions, like the Kan-O-Tex Service Station and the first McDonald’s site, preserve the famous highway’s past.
Route 66 got its name in Springfield, Missouri, in 1926 after much debate. Author John Steinbeck later dubbed it the “Mother Road.”
From manmade firefalls to a presidential camping trip, explore 10 surprising facts about America's third national park.
The Statue of Liberty
What do the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty have in common?
The Mysteries of Stonehenge
For millennia, Stonehenge has amazed and confounded visitors and archaeologists alike. The massive awe-inspiring circle of stones was obviously important to its prehistoric builders. But what is it for? How did they build it? And why?
Humans have a long history of capturing the passage of time by tracking the position of the sun.
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Discover how Yosemite’s Half Dome rose from a massive granite formation to one of the most recognizable natural landmarks in the United States.
In its 300-plus-year history, the famous San Antonio building has had many lives as a church, fortress, military depot and, now, memorial.
Architects and artists captured the Olympic spirit in stone and steel at these sites that keep drawing crowds.
How a Camping Trip Created our National Parks
When John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt spent three nights in Yosemite, it would soon pave the way for a National Park Service.
Yellowstone National Park Act Establishes First US National Park
Yellowstone became the world's first national park on March 1, 1872, when the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act was signed into law.
Ground-Breaking Construction of the Statue of Liberty
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was on the cutting edge of a new construction technique while constructing the Statue of Liberty.
How the Panama Canal Was Built
John Frank Stevens engineered one of the greatest engineering wonders of the world, the Panama Canal.
The Race to Construct the First Subway System
Boston and New York City compete to build the first subway system, which sends ripples through the mass transit system forever.
