At the optical shop once located here, Siegmund Lubin managed five theaters in six states. He began this operation in 1897 & gained national notoriety. But by 1916 he was bankrupt & died in obscurity.
On New Year's Day, clowns, comics & other characters march in Philadelphia outside the museum. The parade has been a city tradition for more than a century & in the 1940s 2 million people participated
This was the home of Dr. Philip Physick, the "Father of American Surgery," from 1815 until his death in 1837. The home is a museum dedicated to Physick &features a collection of medical instruments.
In 1852 William Procter Jr "the Father of American Pharmacy" invited pharmacists from 8 states to this site. Together they formed the American Pharmacists Association boasting more than 60,000 members
Longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack lived in this home for many years. Mack began his career as a catcher in 1883, managed the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901-50.
Lubin is sometimes regarded as America's first movie mogul, he was the first to build a chain of theaters. After he started producing his own films, Thomas Edison sued him for patent infringement.
Charlotte Motor Speedway was designed & built by Bruton Smith and partner and driver Curtis Turner in 1959. The first World 600 NASCAR race was held on June 19, 1960.
Did you know the center is named for local philanthropist, Charles W. Eisemann, in recognition of a $2,000,000 gift from the Eisemann Foundation Fund of The Communities Foundation of Texas?
Designed by Max Abramovitz, the hall opened in 1962 as Philharmonic Hall, as the new home concert venue of the New York Philharmonic, after the orchestra moved from Carnegie Hall.
Nationals Park is the first LEED-certified green major professional sports stadium in the United States.
Safeco Field officially opened on July 15, 1999 in the middle of the baseball season. The retractable roof takes about 10 minutes to fully close.
Opened in 2009, Citi Field is the only Major League ballpark to feature orange foul poles instead of the standard yellow. The home of the Mets was named host of the 2013 All-Star Game.
Located beyond right field, the B&O Warehouse is 439 feet from home plate. Built between 1898-1905, the warehouse is the longest building on the East Coast at 1,016 feet (but only 51 feet wide).
America’s largest concentration of 1920s and 1930s resort architecture can be found in this area, also known as the Miami Beach Architectural District.
This Art Deco skyscraper, designed by Holabird & Root and completed in 1930, was the tallest building in Chicago until the Daley Center was built in 1965.
The trade center's twin 110-story towers, the planet's tallest buildings when they officially opened in 1973, were destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the U.S.
Over the years this building, opened in 1842, has been home to the New York Merchants Exchange and National City Bank (now Citibank), among others.
Built as a U.S. military fort in 1811 in anticipation of the War of 1812 against the British, Castle Clinton went on to serve a variety of roles.
As one of the oldest remaining buildings on Ohio State's campus, Orton hall opened in 1893.
The University of Illinois is one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions created after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1862.
The University of Iowa was the first U.S. public university to admit men and women equally when its doors opened to students in 1855.
This sign, designed by neon artist Betty Willis and erected in 1959, has become a world-famous symbol of Las Vegas. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The longest (and most expensive) bridge in the world when it opened in 1936, the Bay Bridge was first proposed by self-proclaimed "Emperor Norton I" in 1869.
Built in 1914, this baseball field was renamed in 1923 for Hall of Famer Joe Tinker and has been a key venue for the development of baseball in Orlando.
The shootout here involved a group of "lawmen," including Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil along with Doc Hollliday, pitted against the Clanton and McLaury gangs.
Sterling Memorial Library was built with funds from the bequest of John W. Sterling, a NY attorney who graduated from Yale in 1864.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is the public face of 3 research museums, including the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard University Herbaria, & the Mineralogical and Geological Museum.
When the Yale Bowl opened in 1914, it was the first stadium with seating that completely surrounded the field. Today, it's famous for hosting soccer, lacrosse & countless other notable events.
Columbia University is the oldest institution of high learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States.
