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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: San Francisco Bay Discovery Site
On November 4, 1769 the expedition of Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola reached the summit of the 1,200-foot (370 m) high Sweeney Ridge, where he sighted San Francisco Bay. It is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maryland: Washington Aqueduct
An image of the Washington Aqueduct.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Westover
Plantation that is ancestral seat of the Byrd family.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Fort Mitchell Site
Fort Mitchell represents three periods of interaction with Native Americans. The first period is the martial aspect of Manifest Destiny, when the Creek Indian Nation was defeated and forced to concede land.; the second represents the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Isaac Royall House
This c. 1692 house was extensively expanded in the 18th century by merchant and slaveowner Isaac Royall, Jr. It was occupied by John Stark during the 1775-76 Siege of Boston. A well-preserved Georgian house that is now a museum, the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Sandy Hook Lighthouse
The oldest working lighthouse in the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Ohio: William H. Mc Guffey House
An image of the William H. McGuffey House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Edmund Pettus Bridge
This bridge across the Alabama River is noted for being the site of a bloody encounter during a civil rights march in 1965, an event influential in the passage of that year's Voting Rights Act.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Missouri: George Caleb Bingham House
George Caleb Bingham, a painter, lived in this house from 1837-1845. During his time at this house, Bingham first sketched the Missouri River and local frontier life that later turned into his "genre" works.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Bush Holley House
Home of Cos Cob Art Colony, c.1890-1920.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Modoc Rock Shelter
An archaeological site, a rock overhang used as shelter during the Archaic period in North America.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania: Staple Bend Tunnel
The first railroad tunnel in the United States. Regarded as an engineering marvel.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arizona: Tonto National Monument
Well-preserved cliff dwellings were occupied by the Salado culture during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Missouri: Louis Bolduc House
This home was the residence of Louis Bolduc from around 1785 until his death in 1815. Bolduc was a lead miner, merchant, and planter, and was one of the local leaders of Ste. Genevieve, a small town. The house itself is an example of one...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Deluge (Firefighting Tug)
The DELUGE, a fireboat that served the Port of New Orleans, is an example of large fireboats found in major ports during the 1920s.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Dousman Hotel
Hotel with ties to fur traders in area.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Fort Bayard Site
Site of an 1866 post of Buffalo Soldiers.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Grace Bailey (Schooner)
This two-masted schooner was built in 1882 for the coasting trade, in which it carried lumber and other supplies for many years. It now serves the tourist trade as a windjammer.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Hotel Del Coronado
The largest beach resort on the North American Pacific Coast, this Victorian building is an iconic symbol of San Diego.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: James C. Flood Mansion
Mansion of James C. Flood, 19th century silver-baron; first brownstone building built west of the Mississippi River; one of the only buildings on Nob Hill to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire; purchased by the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Montgomery Place
Federal-style house, with expansion designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Saint Alphonsus Church
An image of the Saint Alphonsus Church.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Aquia Church
Mid-18th-century church.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Cape Henry Lighthouse
First lighthouse to be erected by the Federal Government.
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