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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The Panama Canal is a massive engineering marvel that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean.
After a tense lead-up, treaties signed in 1977 paved the way to ending American management of the 51-mile-long waterway.
The landmark on the National Mall sank about a foot over several decades.
These impressive mountains are either too remote, too dangerous or too sacred.
The monument's colorful history includes a fraudulent bond election, a mistaken design competition winner—and a civil rights protest in the sky.
The Mariana Trench remained undiscovered until a crew from the HMS Challenger unsuspectingly lowered a weighted rope into its immense depths.
Route 66 got its name in Springfield, Missouri, in 1926 after much debate. Author John Steinbeck later dubbed it the “Mother Road.”
Chicago’s famous nickname dates back to the 19th century.
The first drive-in opened in New Jersey in 1933.
Climbing the highest peak on each of the seven continents is considered the ultimate achievement among mountaineers.
Though it gets almost no rainfall, the Atacama Desert hosts a surprising amount of life, including a long history of human habitation.
Route 66 attractions, like the Kan-O-Tex Service Station and the first McDonald’s site, preserve the famous highway’s past.
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Humans have a long history of capturing the passage of time by tracking the position of the sun.
