Wilma Theatre

Previously known as the Smead-Simons Building, this eight-story Wilma Theatre building was commonly referred to as western Montana’s first “skyscraper” after its construction. Known as one of the finest theatres in the West, the Wilma opened on May 11, 1921, ...

The Montana Block

On March 21, 1889, the Western Montana National Bank, Missoula’s second bank, was chartered. Originally located on the corner of Higgins Avenue and Main Street, it moved to the Montana Block (now called the Montana Building) on Broadway and Higgins ...

The National Hansen's Disease Museum and Archives

Visitors come to the National Hansen's Disease Museum (NHDM) to experience the story of Carville, the only National Leprosarium (leprosy hospital) in the United States. Starting in 1894, patients, doctors and other health care professionals lived, worked, and made medical ...

National Natural Reserve of the Massane Forest

Massane Forest National Preserve

The National Nature Reserve of the Massane Forest situated in the Argelès-sur-Mer territory of Southern France is part primeval and restored forest. Located on 830 acres of the Albères Mountains north of Catalonia, between France and ...

Ardmore Round Tower And Cathedral

On a return trip to Wales in the 5th century, St Declan came across the village of Ardmore and founded a monastery there. Today, a number of sites remain from his monastic city, located just 15km from Youghal in County ...

Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm

The Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm is linked with many of the families associated with the early settlement of St. Thomas and St. Croix. The de Nully, Beverhout and Heyliger clans were all significant in the early development of the Virgin Islands. A ...

Paramount Theater

The Paramount Theatre opened on March 1, 1928 at the end of an era. Thomas Edison first introduced "Motion Pictures" to Americans in 1896. By the 1910s, opportunistic playhouse managers grasped their money-making potential--Americans would pay for the chance to ...

Coliseum Theater

A 1931 issue of the Journal of the Royal Institute of Architects referred to Seattle's Coliseum Theater as "the first of the world's movie palaces." The Coliseum is an early example of these large-scale, luxuriously-decorated theaters designed specifically for the ...

Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue

The Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue was created in 1912 and commemorates the relationship between the American Indians of Puget Sound and the incoming European-American settlers. Around 1783, a Suquamish named Noah Sealth was born on Blake Island in ...

Smithsonian Institute -- The Castle

The Smithsonian Institution Building, a National Historic Landmark, was designed by the prominent New York architect, James Renwick, Jr., who would later design the Renwick Gallery (originally the Corcoran Gallery of Art) in Washington, and erected on the Mall between ...