UNESCO World Heritage Site- Sceilg Mhichíl (Skellig Michael)

This monastic complex, perched since about the 7th century on the steep sides of the rocky island of Skellig Michael, some 12 km off the coast of south-west Ireland, illustrates the very spartan existence of the first Irish Christians. Since ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg

Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many craftsmen and artists ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison

Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire. The property also ...

Phantom Valley Ranch

In 1907, Squeaky Bob Wheeler opened the Hotel de Hardscrabble (later known as the Phantom Valley Ranch) in the Kawuneeche Valley for tourists. As in the past, Colorado's established and more fashionable resorts catered to these new seasonal vacationers. ...

MacGregor’s Pass

Elizabeth and Esther Burnell were sisters who came to Estes Park in the summer of 1916 to stay at the Longs Peak Inn. Both women were college educated and enjoyed the Estes Park area. Esther purchased a homestead near ...

Beaver Meadows Visitor Center

During World War II, visitation to all the national parks declined dramatically. After the war, a surge of baby boom families found the facilities in disrepair. This widespread deterioration of facilities demanded a major reconstruction program. The National Park ...

Dutchtown

For a few years it looked like the [prospector] boom would simply shift else where in the North Fork. Sometime in the early 1880s, for example, Lulu City spawned yet another mining camp called Dutchtown. But Dutchtown, located at timberline ...

Lulu City

The Pikes Peak gold rush of 1859 drew hopeful miners and speculators. Their settlements at places like Lulu City, in what is now the northwest part of the park, were ephemeral.

From 1874-1883, there was mining on the west ...

Grand Ditch

From 1895-1935, Grand Ditch was built to bring water from Never Summer Range across La Poudre Pass and down the Cache Le Poudre to the plains for agriculture. According to historian D. Ferrel Atkins, this project was one of the ...

Andrews Glacier and Tarn

Today, the park’s small glaciers are restricted to high elevations above 11,000 feet (3,350 m) and north- and east- facing cirques, where they are sheltered from the Sun’s direct rays. Local topography helps to shelter the glaciers and directs wind- ...