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In 1953, John Mescheid, a general contractor from Santa Monica, California, purchased land on a prominent hill top in Kingman, Arizona. This included 350-feet of property frontage along bustling Route 66. Seeing commercial opportunity, Mescheid constructed a sprawling, 20-room motel using volcanic ash block to help decrease noise from the highway. The crowning touch t...
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., USA. The former residence of businesswoman, socialite, philanthropist and collector Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its large decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov. Included in the collection are Fabergé eggs and 18th and 19...
Historically known as the "Hinde House," today it’s known as the Kirk House at Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church. The property has a history longer than the Hotel del Coronado. In 1887 the Hind family commissioned James William Reid and his brother Merritt Jonathan Reid, architects of the world-famous Hotel del Coronado, to design a completely new structure a...
Nestled in the trees between the Conservatory of Flowers and Haight Street, Hippie Hill displays a lifestyle unique to San Francisco. East of the Golden Gate Park tennis courts, the green space known as Hippie Hill is a gentle sloping lawn just off of Kezar Drive and overlooking Sharon Meadow, with Eucalyptus and Oak on either side.&...
The area where the chariot-races were held to thrill the crowds. They were a seven-lap race and finished in front of the dignitaries' tribune. The sharp curves posed a major challenge to the skilled charioteers and the galloping horses.
It is a huge U-shaped entertainment structure, complete with an arena and hundreds of seats.
Built by Herod, it was probably used f...
Sultanahmet Square or the Hippodrome of Constantinople is a square in Istanbul, Turkey. Previously, it was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.
The word hippodrome comes from the Greek hippos (ἵππος), horse, and dromos (δρόμος), path or way. For this reason...
The first atomic bomb to be used was detonated almost directly above the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall on August 6,1945 killing 140,000 people. The remains of the only building left standing became known as the Genbaku (Atomic Bomb) Dome and what you see today is exactly how it stood after the explosion. The site was transformed into the Hiroshima Pe...
Historic 6th Street Mural is located at East 6th Street and East 35th Street. The image was designed and painted by Sanctuary Printshop in 2012 to fill the blank spot on their huge exterior wall.
The Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site in Camden, South Carolina preserves structures and grounds that are representative of the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. Managed by a consortium of private donors and local governments, the area is also an affiliated unit of the National Park Service.
Included within the park are a variety of reconstructe...
Hellman-Ehrman Mansion Tours available in summer only: Memorial Day Weekend - Sept 30th. Grounds and estate open to the public to walk year-round.
In 1897, San Francisco businessman I. W. Hellman began buying property at Sugar Pine Point and by 1913 had acquired nearly 2000 acres. His grand but informal summer home, called Pine Lodge, was completed in 1903 and was co...
Originally hauled by mule teams from Mojave to Mill City in 1878 this Knight Wheel powered Mammoth Mining Company’s 20 stamp mill for processing gold ore until 1895, when it was relocated to Mammoth City.This high pressure, low volume wheel was ultimately moved to it’s present location in 1902 and converted to an electric generating plant for the Wildasinn...
This is the site of the first McDonald’s restaurant, owned by the McDonald brothers before Ray Kroc bought in and turned it into the mega-brand we know today. In 1940, Dick and Mac Mcdonald opened McDonald's Barbecue Restaurant in San Bernardino, California, at 14th st. and E st.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) encompasses 17 locations in Japan, within the city of Kyoto and its immediate vicinity. The locations are in three cities: Kyoto and Uji in Kyoto Prefecture; and Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture; Uji and Ōtsu border Kyoto to the south and north, respectively. Of the monuments, 13 a...
“The beautiful lake views along this trail combined with Hoover Dam history make it one of Southern Nevada’s most unique trail experiences.”
Designated as a National Recreation Trail in 2015, the Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail offers spectacular views of the lake, a bit of Hoover Dam history, and sometimes almost pitch-black darkness inside its histo...
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