Alamogordo Federal Building

Near the main intersection of Alamogordo, at Tenth and White Sands Blvd, one of New Mexico's greatest cultural treasures awaits.

Twentieth century native New Mexican artist Peter Hurd was commissioned to paint the frescoes which adorn the building. The architect, ...

Fabian Garcia Science Center

Operated by New Mexico State University (NMSU), the Fabian Garcia Science Center encompasses forty-five acres of land dedicated to agricultural education and research. Various test fields and greenhouses allow for a wide range of projects at any one time. Some ...

Fort Michilimackinac

Fort Michilimackinac is located at the top of the hill overlooking the harbor, keeping a watchful eye on and forming the focal point of the main downtown area. Built in 1715 as a supply and trading outpost for French fur ...

Fortress Hohensalzburg

Built at the top of a massive rock which dominates the local landscape of Salzburg, Austria, Fortress Hohensalzburg soars some 400 feet above the river Salzach. Built by the Archbishop Gebhart von Salzburg in 1077, it dates to an era ...

St. Augustine Alligator Farm

What’s more Floridian than an alligator? The St. Augustine Alligator Farm has been a local institution since 1893. Originally created to showcase reptiles and ostriches to Gilded Age tourists, the Alligator Farm has grown into an accredited zoo the entire ...

Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

During a time of male patriarchy, the nineteenth century rarely saw powerful female governance. But what is now the Ximinez-Fatio House Museum witnessed ownership by three independent women. Located on Aviles Street – one of the oldest thoroughfares in America ...

The Florence Hotel

With “ sleek and streamlined”  Art Moderne lines, the Florence Hotel once billed itself as“ America’s Finest Small Hotel.”  Built in 1941 the hotel’s design is a stunning example of the Art Deco trend of the era, but the hotel’s ...

St. Francis Xavier Church

Jesuit missionaries had a profound effect on the history of the Northwest, and their influence on Missoula is no exception. In 1841, the first Jesuit priests made their way through the Missoula valley in response to a request by the ...

Northern Pacific Railroad Depot

In the early twentieth century, railroads provided remote communities with a vital link to the outside world. The 1883 arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad provided reliable transportation for the people of Missoula and served as a commercial boon for ...

Missoula First Presbyterian Church

“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the juncture of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own ...