Landmarks
Landmarks include spectacular monuments such as the Eiffel Tower, Mount Rushmore, the Panama Canal and the Brooklyn Bridge. They can also include awe-inspiring natural structures including Mount Everest, the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls.
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A gold prospector dubbed the peak Mount McKinley in 1896, but Alaskans have historically championed Denali, a name rooted in its Native American history.
After her husband was incapacitated in an accident, Emily Warren Roebling took over supervising the complex construction of the landmark.
These remarkable feats of design and construction transformed the ways people travel, communicate and live.
A little-known chamber concealed behind the head of Abraham Lincoln was intended to contain a shrine to America.
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These sites preserve Black Americans’ contributions to society as artists, entrepreneurs, athletes, soldiers and activists.
After a tense lead-up, treaties signed in 1977 paved the way to ending American management of the 51-mile-long waterway.
