U.S. Naval Hospital Pensacola

United States Naval Hospital Pensacola in Florida has a long history that has resulted in the creation and reconstruction of six different Naval Hospitals. Its origins are credited to Doctor Isaac Hulse who in 1826 was commissioned by President John ...

Ferlita Bakery

Since its construction in the late 1800s by Francisco Ferlita, the Ferlita Bakery, also known as the La Joven Francesca Bakery, has served as a cultural focal point for Ybor City. At that time a large immigrant population that included ...

Ellyson Field

Ellyson Auxiliary Air Station was opened as a primary training base and off-site landing field for NAS Pensacola in October of 1941, just prior to the United State's involvement in World War II.

The installation was named in honor of ...

Hotel Alcazar

Located in the heart of downtown historic St. Augustine, Henry Flagler, a railroad tycoon, built the Hotel Alcazar as a sister hotel to the Hotel Ponce de Leon. Thomas Hastings and John Carrére, architects of the New York City Library, ...

Battleship Rock and the Jemez Mountains

Jutting out from the forest like a ship of war emerging from the fog, Battleship Rock is a unique stone feature representing millions of years of geological history.

The 200 foot tall welded volcanic ash wonder is named due to ...

Palace of the Governors

After Don Pedro de Peralta established Santa Fe in 1609, the Palace of Governors was built as the capital building for the Nuevo Mexico colony. The Palace was part of a larger series of structures, the Casa Reales, and used ...

Castle Warden

William Warden, a partner of Henry Fagler and John D. Rockefeller, built his winter home in the up-and-coming neighborhood of Abbott Tract in 1887.

Abbott Tract was the first area developed outside of colonial St. Augustine. At the time, the ...

Bandelier National Monument

Just over a million years ago, a volcano in the Jemez Mountain range near Los Alamos, New Mexico exploded with a force 600 times that of Mount St. Helens. The falling ash from the explosion formed a type of soft ...

Skopelos on the Bay

Skopelos on the Bay Seafood Restaurant was a Pensacola landmark popular for its fine dining and romantic atmosphere. Originally owned by the Silivos family, Skopelos offered Mediterranean influenced cuisine created by the chef and manager of the restaurant, Gus Silivos. ...

San Ildefonso Pueblo

San Ildefonso Pueblo, on the eastern bank of the Rio Grande in northwestern New Mexico, has been home to the Tewa-speaking Pueblo Native Americans for centuries.

In 1617, Spanish conquerors established a mission at the pueblo and set about catholicizing ...