Escambia High School

Escambia High School opened in 1958 as an all-white high school to accommodate the southwestern portion of Escambia county. The school quickly grew in population exceeding enrollment of all other county schools with over 2000 students within Escambia's first five ...

Tioga Pass

Rising nearly 10,000 feet above the picturesque Yosemite Valley, Tioga Pass winds its way alongside the granite walls of the park offering a bird's eye view of many of the area's iconic landforms.

First utilized 10,000 years ago by the ...

Battle of Santa Rosa Island

In the early morning hours of October 9th, 1861, 1,200 confederate soldiers made their way across Pensacola Bay intent on capturing Union held Fort Pickens on the Western tip of Santa Rosa Island. This attack marked a culmination of tensions ...

Chinatown

San Francisco's Chinatown is the one of the largest Chinese communities outside of China itself, and one of the very first of its kind established in North America. During the mid-19th Century, economic and political hardships in China drove many ...

Flamingo Hotel

A favorite of Howard Hughes, the Flamingo Hotel, located on the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road, was one of the earliest modern casinos. In 1931, the Nevada State Legislature legalized gambling, making way for the future of ...

Canyon de Chelly

Known for their ornate baskets with intricate designs, the modernly named "basketmakers" are the original native people of Canyon de Chelly and have occupied the area since 250 A.D.

Between 700-1100 A.D.the native people, known by archaeologists as the Anasazi, ...

Yosemite National Park

Renowned for its natural beauty, California's Yosemite Valley holds the distinction of being the first tract of land set aside by any government for non-utilitarian purposes. Glacial activity formed the valley's unique appearance over the course of millions of years, ...

National Historic Landmark - Hoover Dam

Towering 726 feet above the Colorado River, the Hoover Dam is an engineering marvel. Its namesake, President Herbert Hoover, described the dam as "the greatest engineering work of its character ever attempted by the hand of man."

First conceived in the ...

Death Valley National Park

Death Valley, located within the Mojave Desert, boasts the distinction of being the lowest and hottest spot in the United States. From the Panamint and Armargosa mountain ranges, Death Valley descends to its lowest point, 282 feet below sea level, ...

Sedan Crater

Between 1952 and 1992, the United States tested nearly 1,000 nuclear devices in the desert less than 100 miles from the Las Vegas strip. Referred to as the Nevada Test Site, the area's isolation fit the needs for testing America's ...