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Quarry Exhibit Hall

The Quarry Exhibit Hall, located over the world-famous Carnegie Dinosaur Quarry, is open! The Quarry Exhibit Hall allows visitors to view the wall of approximately 1,500 dinosaur bones in a refurbished, comfortable space. Here, you can gaze upon the ...

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Alice Virginia Coffin

Born on this street, Alice Virginia was one of seven founders of P.E.O., an international philanthropic and educational organization for women. It began as a sorority at the Iowa Wesleyan College, 1869; owns Cottey College in Missouri, and provides monetary ...

Aero Club of Louisville

Much of the early aviation history in Louisville is the result of the Aero Club of Louisville. Founding fathers included pilots returning from WWI & businessmen who saw the potential of aviation beyond military applications. A.H. Bowman, Sidney Park, and ...

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Neighborhood House

Begun in 1896 as first settlement house in Kentucky. The founders wanted to improve the lives of immigrants and urban residents by offering English and citizenship classes, job skills, public baths, kindergarten, and a playground. Mary Belknap donated Neighborhood House's ...

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Little Africa

Located west of 32nd and south of Garland Ave., "Little Africa" was the original African American section of Parkland. Settled in 1870s, African Americans first called it "Needmore." "Little Africa" evolved from a shantytown into a thriving community by 1920, ...

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Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library houses Yale University's main collection of rare books and literary manuscripts. Library materials are stored in climate-controlled conditions. An impressive feature of the library is the glass tower of books inside the structure. ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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