Deer Trap Mesa

Outside of Los Alamos, New Mexico, a small mesa provides not only a beautiful view but also a broad cross-section of the past. Explorers named Deer Trap Mesa after finding a small game pit once used by native hunters.

Thousands ...

Warner Brothers

A simple water tower, built in 1926, received the Warner Brother’s iconic “W.B” logo, representing the studio’s founding brothers. Harry, Sam, Jack, and Albert Warner opened the Sunset Boulevard location of Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, California. The brothers originally ...

Zozobra

For nearly ninety years, visitors and locals of Santa Fe, New Mexico come together to burn their worries and troubles of the year in the form of Zozobra, or Old Man Gloom. Zozobra enters Ft. Marcy Ballpark every year as ...

Cortez Colorado

Cortez, Colorado, established in 1886, sits between the mountains and desert in Montezuma County. J.W. Hanna owned the land and was the president of the Montezuma Valley Water Supply Company. The town hosted hundreds of men who worked to create ...

Coit Tower WPA Mural

Built in 1933, Coit Tower is located in Pioneer Park on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California. Philanthropist Lillie Hitchcock Coit donated the money used to create the landmark. The Works Progress Administration commissioned artists to decorate the walls of ...

CB Fox Department Store

Established in 1979, the CB Fox Department Store in Los Alamos, New Mexico, experienced many evolutions since the 1950s. Originally a theater from 1951, the structure provided entertainment for the scientists working on atomic bombs in Los Alamos.

From 1960-1963, ...

Carlsbad New Mexico

Located along the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico, Carlsbad is best known for its internationally famous caverns. As one of over 300 limestone caves formed by fossil reefs some 250 million years ago, Carlsbad Caverns features a year-round, 56-degree ...

Canyon de Chelly White House Ruins

The White House ruins are located in Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is a group of prehistoric native ruins built into the cliff and caves of three canyons: de Chelly, del Muerto, ...

Caesar's Palace

Jay Sarno built Caesars Palace Casino in 1965 with money he made from a chain of “cabana” motels. After considering many different themes, Sarno chose to model his hotel based on Roman culture to create a royal atmosphere for guests. ...

Black Mesa Region

The 1960’s came with a high demand of energy and expansion in the western region of the United States. This demand came with a love – hate relationship between the government and the Native Peoples. Black Mesa is an example ...