HISTORY: The library was founded in 1848 by an act of the Massachusetts legislature and first opened in 1854 in a former schoolhouse located on Mason Street. It moved here to its current building in 1895.
HISTORY: This is the site of the farm where Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, lived from age seven to 21. The family lived here from 1816 to 1830 and Lincoln‚'s mother‚'s grave is located on site.
Cinema Independente · Central Hollywood · 51 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: This Egyptian revival theater was developed by Sid Grauman and Charles E. Toberman in 1922 to accommodate the growing population of Los Angeles.
1625 N Central Ave (at E McDowell Rd.), Phoenix, AZ
Museu de Arte · 107 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: The Phoenix Art Museum houses more than 18,000 works of art, including the original Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington used on the dollar bill.
1060 W Addison St (btwn Sheffield Ave & Clark St), Chicago, IL
Estádio de Beisebol · Wrigleyville · 562 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: Built in 1914, the "Friendly Confines" was host to Babe Ruth's alleged "called shot" during the 1932 World Series. Lights were added to the ballpark in 1988.
4 Jersey St (btwn Lansdowne St & Van Ness St), Boston, MA
Estádio de Beisebol · Fenway - Kenmore - Audubon Circle - Longwood · 739 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: To keep the solar glare out of batters' eyes in the late afternoon hours, home plate was placed in the southwest area of the plot of land, with the third base line pointing northward.
111 S Grand Ave (btwn 1st & 2nd St), Los Angeles, CA
Sala de Concerto · Bunker Hill · 164 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: Home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, this 3.6-acre complex designed by architect Frank Gehry was initially funded by Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney
HISTORY: This is where the game's immortals are enshrined. The heart of the museum is the Hall of Fame gallery. The gallery has a plaque for each of the players who have been elected to the hall.
535 W 116th St (Columbia University), Nova Iorque, NY
Prédio Administrativo da Faculdade · West Harlem · 13 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: Low Memorial Library was the first major building erected on the present Columbia University site. Today it is one of the most important Neo-Classical structures in America.
Universidade · Downtown New Haven · 29 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: Five US Presidents, 45 Cabinet members, over 500 members of Congress, and countless other senior officials, judges, diplomats, and military officers can call themselves Yale alumni.
HISTORY: Pike Place Market is home to the first Starbucks, Rachel the Pig, numerous street performers and entertainers, and the Pike Place Fish Market, which features the fish-throwing fishmongers.
Estrutura · Pioneer Square · 23 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: Smith Tower, Seattle's first skyscraper, was the brainchild of gun and typewriter manufacturing heir Burns Smith, who planned to build the tallest building outside of New York.
806 N Michigan Ave (btwn Pearson St & Chicago Ave), Chicago, IL
Local Histórico e Tombado · Streeterville · 40 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: Built in the late 1860s, these two structures, designed by William Boyington, were among the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Parque · Financial District · 69 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: This is New York City's oldest park, a designation it received in 1733. According to legend, over a century earlier, in 1626, Native Americans sold the island of Manhattan to the Dutch at this site.
Parque · Financial District · 301 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: The park gets its name from the series of artillery batteries built along the area’s waterfront for protection, starting in the later part of the 17th century.
Monumento · Northwest Washington · 9 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: This memorial consists of 56 stones, each with the signature, occupation and hometown of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Escultura ao Ar Livre · Central Park · 6 dicas e avaliações
HISTORY: Unveiled in 1872, this statue by John Quincy Adams Ward pays tribute to one of the world's most famous playwrights, who lived from 1564 to 1616.