This lighthouse, completed in 1825 and rebuilt in 1846 after being damaged during the Second Seminole War, is Miami-Dade’s oldest standing structure.
William Henry Harrison's victory here in 1811 against forces led by Native American Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa made his reputation.
The shipping trade in this port dates back to 1706, when Whetstone Port (near Fort McHenry) began officially shipping tobacco to England.
This was the home of 19th-century author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. The Missouri-born Clemens moved with his wife Olivia into this 19-room Victorian Gothic home in 1874.
Opened in 2005 and located in a historic Gothic Revival building, this museum specializes in art that deals with spirituality and faith.
Completed in 1907, this Beaux Arts building housed U.S. Customs Service operations for the port of New York until 1973.
The Pioneer Building, completed in 1892, was the prestige office building during the Klondike Gold Rush, housing 48 different mining firms in 1897.
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.
Since its opening in 1923, Michigan State has won 69 percent of its games played in Spartan Stadium.
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.
Old Capitol became the first building owned by the University after the state government moved to Des Moines in 1857.
Beaver Stadium was named after former governor of Pennsylvania (1897-91) and president of the university's board of trustees James A. Beaver.
Bascom Hill is named after John Bascom, former president of the University of Wisconsin.
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."
Did you know the Morrill Act of 1862 lead to the founding of Ohio State University in 1870?
Did you know the first Purdue class consisted of just 39 students and six faculty members?
Wisconsin's school motto is: "I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every home in the state."
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.
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.
This was Miami’s first marine-life attraction when it opened in 1955, as well as the world’s largest one at the time.
McCarter Theatre opened its doors in 1930 with a special performance of The Golden Dog by the Princeton University Triangle Club.
Completed in 1824, this Greek Revival structure was home to the Second Bank of the United States until 1836.
Established in 1719, this cemetery is the final resting place for Benjamin Franklin & 4 other signers of the Declaration of Independence: Joseph Hewes, Francis Hopkinson, George Ross & Benjamin Rush.
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.
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.
This is home to a number of sites and attractions associated with early American history, including Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
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.
This historic structure, erected in the early 1700s, housed an influential publishing business and bookstore in the 1800s.
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.
This statue of the iconic jazz composer, pianist and band leader, who died in 1974, was sculpted by Robert Graham and dedicated in 1997.
