Pike's Stockade

Zebulon Pike raised the American flag over Spanish soil at the stockade after leading the second official U.S. expedition into the Louisiana Territory in 1807. It was the first major expedition into the Southwest.

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Pike's Peak

Discovered by explorer Zebulon Pike in 1806, though long familiar to Indians and Spaniards, the peak has an elevation of 14,110 feet. It was first climbed in 1820. During the 19th century, "Pike's Peak or Bust" became a familiar rallying ...

Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6

This is the oldest carousel, extant in virtually unaltered condition, built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company; it was the sixth of 89 manufactured by the company. The Rudolph Wurlitzer Monster Military Band Organ, Style 155, installed on the carousel in ...

National Historic Landmark-Jackson Pollock House and Studio

National Historical Landmark- Jackson Pollock House & Studio

From 1945 until his death, this was the home and workplace of Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), considered one of the most revolutionary figures in the history of 20th-century art and a key ingredient ...

National Historic Landmark- Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims

National Historical Landmark- Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims

Between 1849 and the outbreak of the Civil War, Henry Ward Beecher, noted abolitionist and minister of Plymouth Church, made the church a center of antislavery sentiment.

William Lloyd Garrison and John Greenleaf Whittier ...

National Historic Landmark-Plaza Hotel

National Historical Landmark-Plaza Hotel

Designed in the French Renaissance style and constructed from 1905-07, this massive 18-story white brick and marble structure is an outstanding example of American hotel architecture.

Located at the northern end of Fifth Avenue, and facing Central ...

National Historic Landmark-Playland Amusement Park

National Historical Landmark-Playland Amusement Park

Opened in 1928, this is the first totally planned amusement park in America, and was designed specifically to accommodate automobile travelers.

After more than 50 years, its Art Deco design and architecture remain essentially unaltered, and ...

National Historic Landmark-Players Club

National Historical Landmark-Players Club

This handsome brownstone residence was purchased in 1888 and donated by Edwin Booth, founder and first president of the Players Club, to be a clubhouse for his fellow thespians.

He commissioned architect Stanford White to transform it ...

National Historic Landmark-Plattsburgh Bay

National Historical Landmark-Plattsburgh Bay

An American naval victory here on September 11, 1814, in the War of 1812, resulted in the destruction of the British fleet on Lake Champlain and compelled British invading troops to withdraw to Canada.

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National Historic Landmark- Philosophy Hall

National Historical Landmark- Philosophy Hall

As a senior at Columbia University’s new Philosophy Hall in 1912, Edwin H. Armstrong worked in the second-floor Hartley Laboratories on his first of several major developments in wireless communication technologies.

After graduation the promising young ...