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National Historic Landmark - Manzanar Internment Camp
While many of our national monuments celebrate the traditi...
Mesa Verde Spruce Tree House
In 1888, two ranchers sought after stray cattle, and stumb...
New Mexico Museum of Space History
The space race in the twentieth century captivated more au...
Palace of Fine Arts
San Franciscans built the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 191...
Sangre de Christos Mountains
A sixteenth-century Spanish missionary received heavy woun...
Sosa-Carrillo Fremont House Museum
Earliest records indicate that the pioneering Sosa family ...
Frontier Hotel and Casino
The Frontier Hotel and Casino originally opened as Hotel L...
Stardust Hotel and Casino
The Stardust Hotel and Casino opened its doors July 2nd, 1...
El Presidio Historic District
El Presidio Historic District is one of six divisions of d...
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, or the Royal Road of the...
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National Historic Landmark - Manzanar Internment Camp
While many of our national monuments celebrate the tradition of American freedom, the Manzanar National Historic Site serves as a reminder of the fragile nature of our individual civil rights. Located just east of the Sierra Nevada, in the Owens ...
Mesa Verde Spruce Tree House
In 1888, two ranchers sought after stray cattle, and stumbled upon the remains of a thirteenth-century cliff-dwelling of the Ancestral Pueblo people. According to the legend of discovery, a tree grew from in front of the remnants of the Native ...
New Mexico Museum of Space History
The space race in the twentieth century captivated more audiences around the world than any organized sport. Why then were there hall of fames for every major sport in the United States, but not a hall of fame for the ...
Palace of Fine Arts
San Franciscans built the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915 both to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal and to demonstrate the resolve of San Francisco after the city’s destructive fire in 1906. Despite the odds, San Franciscans, aided by fellow ...
Sangre de Christos Mountains
A sixteenth-century Spanish missionary received heavy wounds during a skirmish with Native Americans, who had been forcefully pressured to serve as guides to the traveling Europeans as they ventured from Mexico to the American Southwest. As the missionary paddled out ...
Sosa-Carrillo Fremont House Museum
Earliest records indicate that the pioneering Sosa family constructed an adobe home to reflect the life of a wealthy Tucson family in the 1880s, known today as the Sosa-Carrillo Fremont House Museum. In 1878 Manuela Sosa sold the property to ...
Frontier Hotel and Casino
The Frontier Hotel and Casino originally opened as Hotel Last Frontier on October 30, 1942. Located on the site of the old Pair-O-Dice Club and 91 Club, the new hotel became the second resort on U.S. Highway 91, which later ...
Stardust Hotel and Casino
The Stardust Hotel and Casino opened its doors July 2nd, 1958, set standards for other hotels, and became one of the largest in the world. It was made famous by its mobbed past and was in the 1995 movie “Casino,” ...
El Presidio Historic District
El Presidio Historic District is one of six divisions of downtown Tucson, Arizona. The district derives its name from El Presidio San Agustin del Tucson, an eighteenth-century Spanish presidio, or fort. Hugh O'Connor, also known as El Capitan Colorado or ...
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, or the Royal Road of the Interior, was the most important trading route in the American Southwest for more than 300 years. Don Juan de Onate, the last Spanish conquistador, blazed the road in ...
