HISTORY: Officers of the United States Navy have trained at this college since 1845. Over the years, the original 10-acre campus, built on the site of old Fort Severn, has grown to 338 acres.
1625 N Central Ave (at E McDowell Rd.), Phoenix, AZ
Kunstmuseum · 107 Tipps und Bewertungen
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
Baseballstadium · Wrigleyville · 562 Tipps und Bewertungen
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
Baseballstadium · Fenway - Kenmore - Audubon Circle - Longwood · 739 Tipps und Bewertungen
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
Konzerthalle · Bunker Hill · 164 Tipps und Bewertungen
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.
Hochschulgebäude für Kunst · 7 Tipps und Bewertungen
HISTORY: Oldfather Hall houses the offices of the dean of the College of Arts and Scienes, was was the post Charles Henry Oldfather occupied from 1932-1951.
HISTORY: The Bonaventure Cemetery was established in 1846 as a private cemetery on the site of the old Bonaventure Plantation, birthplace of future Georgia governor Josiah Tatnall.
HISTORY: Uris Library is home to the Andrew Dickson White Library, which was built to hold the 30,0000 books that formed the personal collection of Cornell's first president, Andrew Dickson White.
535 W 116th St (Columbia University), New York City, NY
Hochschulverwaltung · West Harlem · 13 Tipps und Bewertungen
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.
Universität · Downtown New Haven · 29 Tipps und Bewertungen
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.
Bauwerk · Pioneer Square · 23 Tipps und Bewertungen
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
Historische und geschützte Stätte · Streeterville · 40 Tipps und Bewertungen
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.
Park · Financial District · 69 Tipps und Bewertungen
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.
Park · Financial District · 301 Tipps und Bewertungen
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.