White Rock Lake has 9-plus miles of waterfront trails. Those who enjoy bird watching will find that the lake attracts a wide variety of birds; especially the green parrots at the south end of the lake
This impressive museum has three focuses: natural history, nature films, and wildlife art, with nine galleries of paintings, sculptures, and photography.
Is the only museum in the Rocky Mountain Region focusing on the art, history, and culture of Latinos in the Americas from ancient times to the present.
Since 1947, the studio has been as much a part of Carnival as the parades. The studio produces floats & props for over 40 New Orleans parades as well as pageants around the world.
Includes, early Colorado history, capitol construction, the lawmaking process, several stained glass windows, women's Gold tapestry, presidential portraits, and the Senate chambers.
The origins of performances here go back to the start of the 1960s. There was no dance floor & no food or drinks served - the focus was just on the music. The only products sold were jazz recordings.
George W.P. Hunt and his wife are buried here in a pyramid at Papago Park.Hunt built the tomb in 1931, when his wife passed away, and he joined her there three years later.
Brings together plants from the Earth's many and varied deserts and dry lands. Approximately 3,200 different desert plants can be found and seen along the 1.5 mile main trail.
Roy Campanella played in the negro leagues for the early years of his career & followed Jackie Robinson & joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. He was first scouted playing on this high school field.
This is the world's only concrete geodesic dome, comprised of 316 precast concrete panels(mostly hexagonal)in 16 patterns. The first film to show here was 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' in 1963.
Robbers crept into what was then the Brinks building at closing time and stole $1.2 million in cash and $1.5 million in securities on Jan. 17, 1950. It was the largest robbery to that date.
During a game here between Brooklyn & Harvard in 1867, Brooklyn hurler Candy Cummings tried out his new pitch: the curveball. His invention of the curveball got him elected to the Hall of Fame in 1939
3 different ballparks occupied this site from 1871-1914, & all were home to Boston's National League baseball team. Known early on as the Boston Beaneaters or the Red Stockings, they became the Braves
Each week, Scottsdale Gallery Association members host special exhibits - many with artist receptions - and join together for an informal come-and-go “open house” throughout the district.
Opened in 1922, the all-time record for attendance was set in 1936 when 26,410 people crowded into the Bowl to hear opera singer Lily Pons. Current seating capacity is 17,376.
The sign was originally constructed in 1923 to promote a subdivision at the top of Beachwood Canyon called Hollywoodland; "land" would later be dropped in 1945 when the area was deeded to the city.
This monument, built in 1995, is covered with etched numbers recalling the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Six glass towers represent the chimneys of WWII concentration camps.
The field here that's now part of the Oriffill School hosted a race between Giants third baseman Hans Lobert and a horse in 1914. The horse won by a nose & the footage was seen all over the country.
Lefty O'Doul hit .349 in an 11-year Major League career. This bridge bears his name, a testament of the impact he made on this community. O'Doul was born in San Francisco in 1897 and died here in 1969
This was once the home of Rufus King, a signer of the United States Constitution, a Senator from New York, and Ambassador to Great Britain immediately after the American Revolution
Ellington, the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, lived in Apartment 4A from 1939-61. This building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Have you seen Mickey? The Ear Inn sits in an 1817 building that has been home to a bar for much of its existence and is supposedly haunted by a frisky sailor named Mickey.
In a hit orchestrated by John Gotti, Gambino family crime lord Paul Castellano and his henchman, Thomas Bilotti, were gunned down as they exited this restaurant December 16, 1985.
The first TV star, Milton Berle, was born here July 12, 1908. He appeared in silent films, then performed as a stage comic. His highpoint came as the star of NBC's Texaco Star Theater.
Castro Camera was operated by Harvey Milk from 1972 until his assassination in 1978. During the 1970s the store became the center of the area's gay community as well as campaign headquarters for Milk.
Formerly on this location was the building where the Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig was born on June 19, 1903. Gehrig would go on to become the captain of the Yankees and a key member of Murderer's Row.
The Octagon House was built by William McElroy in 1861. His letter "To Future Ages" and newspapers accompanying it, which were discovered in a box under the stairs during restoration, are on display.
This is a 31-story NYC Designated Landmark originally built in 1885 to designs by Francis H. Kimball. It is one of the first buildings in Manhattan to have step-like recessions in the walls.
The Seals were a Pacific Coast League baseball team from 1903-57, and they played here from 1931-57. The most famous Seal is undoubtedly Joe DiMaggio, who hit in 61 straight games for the 1933 Seals.
Born in 1906, Philo Farnsworth demonstrated his first all-electric television system in the late 1920s & received the patent in 1930. Over his life he would earn more than 300 U.S. and foreign patents
