National Historic Landmark-Espada Aqueduct

National Historic Landmark - Espada Aqueduct

Probably constructed between 1731 and 1745, this sturdy masonry aqueduct was once part of an irrigation system serving five area missions.

It is the only remaining Spanish structure of its type in the United States. ...

National Historic Landmark-Dealey Plaza Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Dealey Plaza Historic District

Dealey Plaza, built 1934-40, serves as Dallas' western gateway and was the focus of civic pride prior to the tragic event that unfolded on November 22, 1963--the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The ...

National Historic Landmark-Bastrop State Park

National Historic Landmark - Bastrop State Park

Bastrop State Park is one of the finest illustrations of the legacy and influence of architect Herbert Maier's work as a regional director of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and as the leading spokesperson ...

Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center

Located in Building 30 at the Johnson Space Center (known as the Manned Spacecraft Center until 1973), the Houston MCC was first used in June 1965 for Gemini 4. It housed two primary rooms known as Mission Operation Control Rooms.

These ...

National Historic Landmark-Brigham Young Complex

National Historic Landmark- Brigham Young Complex

Brigham Young (1801-1877), was the second president of the Mormon Church and colonizer of Utah. From 1852, when their construction began, until Young's death, these buildings were closely associated with events in Western expansion and ...

National Historic Landmark-Temple Square

National Historic Landmark- Temple Square

Begun in the early 1850s, this complex symbolizes the strong cultural and religious individuality of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). The Tabernacle's unsupported domed roof is one of the largest in the ...

National Historic Landmark-Central Utah Relocation Center-Topaz

National Historic Landmark- Central Utah Relocation Center (Topaz) Site

The Central Utah Relocation Center Site, commonly known as Topaz, is nationally significant as one of ten relocation centers built to intern Japanese Americans during World War II.

It embodies the history ...

National Historic Landmark-Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine

National Historic Landmark- Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine

Developed in 1904, this is the first open pit copper mine in the world, and the largest. It continues to yield a high percentage of all American copper.

Courtesy National Park Service National ...

St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church - St. Augustine

This 1910 Gothic Revival style church served as an assembly point for blacks demonstrating against segregated beaches, lunch counters and other facilities in 1964. The kitchen fed hundreds of volunteers who came from other states. Baseball great Jackie Robinson addressed ...

St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church

Here, on June 9, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., told 500 supporters that he would participate in a sit-in at a motel restaurant the next day, anticipating correctly that he would be jailed. Segregation practices in St. Augustine drew ...