Skyscraper designed by Holabird & Root, housed the world's largest trading floor when built in 1930.

Carriagemaker and founder of H & C Studebaker Company Clement Studebaker lived here from 1889 until his death in 1901. In the 1890s the company was the world's largest producer of horse-drawn vehicles. It later converted into an...

At the 1918 Battle of the Argonne Forest during World War I, Sergeant Alvin C. York distinguished himself with a one-man action that killed 25 enemy soldiers, took 132 prisoners, and captured 35 machine guns. York received the Medal of...

The world's first and largest open-pit copper mine, Bingham Canyon was opened in 1904.

Germanic architecture; world's tallest building 1885-1899.

This portion of Fort Shafter housed the headquarters of the commanding general and his staff, U.S. Army forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, during World War II. By 1944 this command was responsible for the supply and administration of all U.S....

Home of Reconstruction Finance Corporation which helped finance the buildup for World War II.

Oldest operating railway bridge in the world.

This shipyard was the primary repair destination for damaged battleships during World War II. Of the eight ships bombed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, five were repaired here.

One of two surviving South Dakota-class battleships, Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and spent forty months in active service in World War II's Pacific theater, earning nine battle stars over twenty-six engagements with the Japanese.

Home of Dr. Charles R. Drew, an African American physician and researcher whose leadership on stockpiling blood plasma saved lives in World War II.

One of 10 relocation centers for internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The internees were mostly from northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, and included many professional artists.

The world's first college for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing.

Well preserved World War II defense base.

Transformer house of the first large-scale, alternating current electric generating plant in the world; tapped power of Niagara Falls via a 7,500 foot (2,286 m) tail-race tunnel.

Discovered in 1890, the Mountain Iron Mine's first shipment of iron ore occurred in 1892. The mine's production led to the realization that the Mesabi Range possessed the world's largest deposits of iron ore, making Minnesota the...

Air Force Base which was a primary target in the attack on Pearl Harbor and played a key role throughout the World War II Pacific campaign.

The most widely known American forced relocation camp where 11,070 Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II.

The former winter estate of millionaire George Jay Gould I, now a university. It has a real tennis court, one of only forty five in the world.

Largest cotton mill complex in the world when it opened in 1872; one of the finest examples of a large-scale textile mill complex outside of New England.

World War II Japanese American internment center.

An iconic image of San Francisco, this is the only remaining permanently operational manually operated cable car system in the world.

Andrew Wyeth spent 30 summers at the house and is buried on the grounds. The house is depicted in many of his paintings including Christina's World.

World's first long suspension bridge.