Underground Missoula-Crystal Barber Shop

The American West’s urban undergrounds are laced with mystique and lore. Well-known historic undergrounds exist in cities such as Portland, Pendleton, Seattle, Boise, and Butte. Tales exist of secret underground passages to houses of prostitution, Chinese opium dens, and Prohibition-era ...

Celestine Hernandez

Celestine Bonifay Hernandez 1835-1857

The records hold little information about Celestine Bonifay Hernandez. She was born in 1835, the second of five children. Her parents were Faruco, from Florida, and Ysabel, from Lousiana. On April 27th, 1854, at the ...

Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse

Built sometime between the St Augustine Siege of 1702 and 1716 (when the home was first listed on the tax rolls), the Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse has survived nearly 300 years. Originally the home of Juan Genoply, when found the home ...

Grand Haven Musical Fountain

Before May 30, 1963 the boardwalk of Grand Haven was rather lifeless and boring. In fact the boardwalk itself did not exist. Then, the city had an idea. They would build an attraction that would bring tourists from around the ...

Victoria Building

“The Victoria Building stands in the heart of Ottawa, as part of the southern streetscape of Wellington Street, directly facing Parliament Hill. It is a large, ten-story structure defined by two principal façades with a brick and stone facing. The ...

Parliament Buildings

“Parliament Buildings National Historic Site of Canada is prominently located on a hill above the Ottawa River on Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Four Gothic Revival style buildings grouped on landscaped grounds, namely the West Block, the Centre Block, ...

Justice Building

“The Justice Building is a large and prominent landmark on Wellington Street where it stands immediately west of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The building was built in 1935-38 to designs by Burritt and Horwood under the supervision of T.W. Fuller, ...

East and West Memorial Buildings

“The East and West Memorial Buildings were constructed in 1950-54 and 1954-58, respectively. The East Memorial Building originally housed the Department of Veterans Affairs, while the West Memorial Building housed various government departments, including the Department of Trade and Commerce. ...

Bate Building

“The tall Bate Building is situated on the north side of Sparks Street in the core of Ottawa’s central business district. Built in 1859, the Bate building has undergone many changes resulting in the loss of architectural integrity. Apparently the ...

Jardin de Mesquite Mural

Directing artist Ken Wolverton and a team of Court Youth Center artists (contracted by a committee composed of Las Esperanzas members) produced the Jardin de Mesquite mural, in honor of the historic Las Cruces neighborhood. Eight vibrant colored ceramic tile ...