National Historic Landmark - Blandwood

National Historic Landmark - Blandwood

The original farmhouse was constructed in the 1790s; in 1844 the then-current owner had architect Alexander J. Davis design a large new addition.

The resulting structure was an influential prototype of the Italian Villa Style and ...

National Historic Landmark-Flatiron Building

National Historic Landmark-Flatiron Building

Daniel Burnham, the architect of the Flatiron Building, was very influential in the development of both the Chicago and New York skyscraper styles.

Built in 1901, it was acclaimed as the world's tallest building for ten years. ...

Unearthing Florida: The Battle of Olustee

The 1864 Battle of Olustee was by far the largest battle fought in Florida during the Civil War and yielded a plethora of battlefield artifacts.

Nearly 11,000 soldiers engaged in the battle -- that ended in more than 2800 casualties ...

Unearthing Florida: Fort Barrancas

In 1862, Fort Barrancas in Pensacola was an important base of operations for Union movements into Florida and Alabama, but it was not always controlled by the North.

Just days before Florida joined the Confederacy, state troops seized two of ...

Milwaukee Public Museum

Milwaukee Public Museum is the intersection of human history and natural science. The museum strives to educate, explore, discover and preserve the world and its people.

We have the tools with which to ask and answer questions: Why do caterpillars ...

Abbott Row

Abbot Row is significant as an excellent preserved example of a Queen Anne Style row house block in Milwaukee. Among the other row house blocks that remain in Milwaukee, only a few can compare with Abbot Row in the excellence ...

National Historic Landmark-Central City/Black Hawk HistoricDist.

The Central City/ Black Hawk NHL is at the heart of one of the richest mining areas of the Rocky Mountain West. It was the discovery of gold here, in 1859, which triggered the great Pike's Peak gold rush.

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National Historic Landmark - Bent's Old Fort

Strategically located for trade with Southern Plains Indians, and the principal stop on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail, the post was the hub of a vast trading network in the 1833-46 era, and a rendezvous for military ...

National Historic Landmark - Joseph Taylor Robinson House

From 1930 to 1937, this little-altered 2 1/2-story frame-and-granite dwelling was the home of Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872-1937), Senate Majority Leader during the early part of the New Deal. Robinson's ability to keep the "Senate's nose to the grindstone" played ...

National Historic Landmark-NC Mutual Life Insurance Building

National Historic Landmark-North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building

Built in 1921, this building was the second home office of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, which was founded in 1898.

This company evolved out of a tradition of mutual ...