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.
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A little-known chamber concealed behind the head of Abraham Lincoln was intended to contain a shrine to America.
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The Nazca Lines are a collection of ancient geoglyphs, many of which depict giant plants, animals and shapes, that line the coastal plain south of Lima, Peru.
Serpent Mound is the world’s largest surviving effigy mound—a mound in the shape of an animal—from the prehistoric era. Located in southern Ohio, the 411-meter-long (1348-feet-long) Native American structure has been excavated a few times since the late 1800s, but the origins of Serpent Mound are still a mystery. Some estimates place the construction of the National Historic Landmark—also called Great Serpent Mound—at around 300 B.C.
From an 11,000-year-old temple complex to a mystifying Irish megalith, here are seven lesser-known world wonders that stand as a testament to the engineering prowess of the ancients.
Once essential navigational posts, these lighthouses have become tourist destinations even as some continue to operate.
Barrel plunges, tightrope walks and jet skis—Niagara Falls has seen a plethora of daring stunts.
A grieving widow and mother oversaw construction of the maze-like Victorian-era mansion.
Here are eight spots that carry the legacy of the master of Gothic horror.
These six major events in the nation’s capital brought diverse groups of Americans together in the name of change.
You don’t have to cross an ocean to see famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Stonehenge.
The Mariana Trench remained undiscovered until a crew from the HMS Challenger unsuspectingly lowered a weighted rope into its immense depths.
In 1852 the British-sponsored Great Trigonometrical Survey, which had been mapping the Indian subcontinent since the early 1800s, identified the highest mountain in the world straddling Nepal and Tibet in the Himalayas. The British initially referred to the 29,035-foot-tall pinnacle as Peak XV until Andrew Waugh, the surveyor general of India, proposed that it be […]
From boots to sleeping bags, see how equipment that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay used in the first ascent of Mount Everest compares to what climbers use today.
Explore some surprising facts about the highest mountain in the world.
This New Jersey landmark was built before the nation was founded.
The exact location of the ancient, gnarled bristlecone pine is kept secret for its protection.
The Pantheon’s famous oculus might have functioned as a giant solar calendar.
