Built in 1809-1810, gunpowder was stored in the basement during the War of 1812 & Samuel Francis Smith’s hymn, America (“My Country ‘Tis of Thee“) was sung here for the first time in 1831
This hotel was built in 1912 on the site of the old Museum of Fine Arts building (1876), which was torn down in 1909. When it opened, rooms had been booked as early as 16 months in advance.
This building was built between 1960 & 1964 and towered over the nearby John Hancock building of 1947, which prompted the rival insurance company to build a taller tower in 1975.
Built in 1894, this building was originally known as the Carter Building & was Boston’s first steel-frame office building. The famous landscape architect, Fletcher Steele, was a tenant in the 1920s.
The Zoo was founded in 1888 & is Oregon's largest paid attraction. In 1962 Packy, the first elephant born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years, was born. He is the tallest Asian elephant in the US.
The garden opened to the public in 1967 & is considered to be one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside of Japan.
3 different ballparks occupied this site from 1871-1914, & all were home to Boston's National League baseball team. Known early on as the Boston Beaneaters or the Red Stockings, they became the Braves
Each week, Scottsdale Gallery Association members host special exhibits - many with artist receptions - and join together for an informal come-and-go “open house” throughout the district.
Before Fenway Park, the American League team from Boston played at the Huntington Ave. Grounds, formerly on this site. They were called the Americans or the Pilgrims - the name Red Sox came in 1908.
This was once the location of the Blackfriars Pub, where 5 people were murdered in the basement here in June 1978, apparently over drug money. Two men were acquitted and the crime remains unsolved.
The monument encompasses two mesas and the canyon of the Agua Fria River.This mosaic of semi-desert area offers one of the most significant systems of prehistoric sites in the American Southwest.
Heritage & Science Park is a City of Phoenix Park which consists of Historic Heritage Square, Phoenix Museum of History and The Arizona Science Center. The park is home of the 1895 Rosson House.
The Otis House Museum exemplifies the elegant life led by Boston's governing class after the American Revolution. It also houses Historic New England's headquarters & its Library and Archives.
We show the work of over 200 artists with Paintings, pottery, sculpture, mosaics, glass art, jewelry, photography, art furniture, folk art, rugs, kaleidoscopes, religious art.
The Common was used for public hangings up until 1817. In early 1965, 100 people gathered here to protest the Vietnam War, & speeches have been given here by Martin Luther King Jr & Pope John Paul III
Rapper Notorious B.I.G. was leaving the Soul Train Music Awards when he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting on March 9, 1997 at the red light at Wilshire and Fairfax.
Bess Houdini began a yearly Halloween séance in 1926 trying to contact her husband, Harry. Epic film director D.W. Griffith died of a stroke in 1948 under the crystal chandelier in the hotel lobby.
Just outside the building, five men were among the first casualties in the Boston Massacre. The Declaration of Independence was proclaimed from the balcony in 1776.
Patty Hearst spent her first week in captivity in this house in Feb. 1974 as a prisoner of urban revolutionaries who called themselves the "Symbionese Liberation Army." She would later join the SLA.
On April 15, 1974 kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst took part in the robbery of the Hibernia Bank that once occupied this location The robbers drove off with more than $10,000 after injuring 2 bystanders
Opened in 1918, the San Francisco waterfront piers played a crucial role in the Pacific theater during WWII. San Fran's waterfront became a military logistics center in support of the Pacific theater.
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.
On Sept. 20, 1853, the Otis Elevator Company was launched when Elisha Otis made his first elevator sale here to Benjamin Newhouse who wanted the elevator for his furniture factory.
This garden takes advantage of all the senses, providing touchable, smellable, tasty, colorful and aural outdoor experiences all rolled into one.
"LIFE! DO YOU HEAR ME? GIVE MY CREATION... LIFE!" It was here that the medical school scenes were filmed in Mel Brook's 1974 classic comedy Young Frankenstein.
In 1984, Mary Lou Retton Retton pulled off a unanimous perfect 10 and won the gold becoming the first American woman to ever win an individual gold medal in Olympic gymnastics.
Starting from his home, Paul Revere set out on his famous midnight ride in 1775 to warn his compatriots that the British were coming. Built in 1680, it is one of the oldest houses in downtown Boston.
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, a scientist at BBN Technologies and the father of e-mail, told the BBC that his first message was "completely forgettable" but he suspects it was something like "Testing 1-2-3"
Built in 1903, it's the nation's oldest stadium, & home to the school's football team. Harvard's biggest rival has been Yale, & the most famous confrontation came on Nov. 23, 1968 when they tied 29-29
From 1908 to 1921, this eight story, Second Renaissance Revival structure in San Francisco's financial district served as headquarters for Bank of Italy (later renamed Bank of America).
