UNESCO World Heritage Site- The Banks of the Seine

The banks of the Seine are studded with a succession of masterpieces, including, in particular, Notre Dame and the Sainte Chapelle, Louvre, Palais de l'lnstitut, Les Invalides, Place de la Concorde, École Militaire, La Monnaie (Mint), Grand Palais des Champs ...

Salem First United Methodist Church

In 1833 the Methodist Church sent missionaries to Oregon with the first settlement established about ten miles north of Salem at what is now Willamette Mission State Park. Jason Lee, a Salem Oregon pioneer, missionary, civic leader and co-founder of ...

African Meeting House

The African Meeting House on Nantucket is a physical reminder of the contributions of African Americans to the history and culture of the island. The African Baptist Society constructed the building in the 1827 as a church, school, and meeting ...

Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building and Museum

The Interior Department headquarters was the first building in Washington, DC authorized, designed, and built by the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration. The building reflects the dedication and commitment to government service of President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Interior Harold ...

Union Square, San Francisco

During the gold rush of 1849, San Francisco’s mayor set aside the land that is now Union Square for public use. The square later got its name from the large number of pro-Union rallies held here during the Civil War. ...

Palace Hotel, San Francisco

The original Palace Hotel that stood on this site was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire. The current building, designed by architects Trowbridge & Livingston, was completed in 1909. Occupying most of a city block, this nine-story ...

Lotta's Fountain

Lotta Crabtree, a famous Vaudeville performer, who began her career in San Francisco during the gold rush, bought this 24-foot tall cast iron sculpture for the city in 1875. The beautiful Lotta reputedly danced on barrels in saloons for miners, ...

Flood Building

Completed in 1904, the Flood Building survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This 12-story steel-frame building was constructed on the site of Baldwin’s Hotel and Theatre, destroyed by fire in 1898, and later purchased by James L. Flood, ...

Bank of Italy Building, San Francisco

In 1908, this eight-story building became the headquarters of A. P. Giannini’s Bank of Italy (precursor of the Bank of America) after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed the original bank building in nearby North Beach. ...

Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo

The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo, also known as the Royal Presidio Chapel, is a National Historic Landmark located in Monterey California and is the oldest stone building within California.

Father Junipero Serra founded San Carlos Borromeo de Monterey ...