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Fort Sumter
It was one of a number of special forts planned after the War of 1812. it consists of high walls and masonry. Fort Sumter was built following the War of 1812, as one of a series of fortifications on the southern U.S. coast to protect the harbors. Construction began in 1829, and the structure was still unfinished in 1861, when the Civil War began. -
Devils Tower
Considered sacred to the Northern Plains Indians and other tribes. Hundreds of parallel cracks make it one of the finest traditional crack climbing areas in North America. Devils Tower entices us to explore and define our place in the natural and cultural world. -
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Preserved cliff dwellings in North America. It contains 20 rooms. Built into a towering limestone cliff, tells a story of ingenuity, survival and ultimately, prosperity in an unforgiving desert landscape. -
Gila Ciff Dwellings National Monument
A U.S. National Monument created to protect Mogollon cliff dwellings in the Gila Wilderness on the headwaters of the Gila River in southwest New Mexico it is 533 acres. -
Devils Postpile
The 101-foot high Rainbow Falls, and pristine mountain scenery. The formation is a rare sight in the geologic world and ranks as one of the world's finest examples of columnar basalt. Its columns tower 60 feet high and display an unusual symmetry -
Colorado National Monument
Spectacular canyons cut deep into sandstone, and even granite–gneiss–schist, rock formations. This is an area of desert land high on the Colorado Plateau, with pinion and juniper forests on the plateau. The park hosts a wide range of wildlife. -
Perry's Victory
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial was established to honor those who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812, and to celebrate the long-lasting peace among Great Britain, Canada and the U.S. The Memorial, a Doric column, rising 352 feet over Lake Erie is situated 5 miles from the longest undefended border in the world -
USS Arizona
The Pearl Harbor area was designated a national historic landmark in 1964 for its strategic importance related to the United States' annexation of Hawai'i, and for the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack during World War II -
Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. -
Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Matanzas was built by the Spanish in 1742 to guard the southern mouth of the Matanzas River. Fort Matanzas was named for the inlet, which acquired its name after the executions, or matanzas, Spanish: slaughters on its north shore, -
Washington Monument Restoration 1930
Washington Monument goes through first restoration since it was built to replace old material and ensure its strong -
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
The only memorial to the 26th president of the United States in the nation’s capital is a small island in the Potomac River. An architectural memorial and the restored natural landscape surrounding it together form a living memorial to the man known as the “Great Conservationist.” Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to make conservation of America’s natural resources a centerpiece of his domestic policy. -
Golden Gate Bridge
The bridge carries both Route 101 and California State Route and connects the Northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Martin County. The bride is also a red hue and not gold likes its name. The Bridge is actually named for the Golden Gate Strait, the narrow entrance between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay. -
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Cedar Breaks sits at over 10,000 feet and looks down into a half-mile deep geologic amphitheater.President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared Cedar Breaks as a National Monument -
White Sand National Monument
Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world's largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this unique dunefield, along with the plants and animals that live here -
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore began being sculpted October 4, 1927. 90% of the mountain was carved using dynamite. -
Crazy Horse
Korczak Ziolkowski was the one who came up with the design for the monument. He first came to the Black Hills to help Gutzon Borglum on Mount Rushmore. Korczak won first prize for a marble portrait, Chief Standing Bear saw what he could do and invited him to create a mountainous tribute to the North American Indians. -
Restoration of Washington Monument 1960
Washington monument was maintained again in 1960 -
Gateway Arch is Built
The Arch was designed by Eero Saarinen in 1947 after winning a contest. It cost $13 million, which now is equivalent to $190 million. -
Vietnam Veterans memorial
The memorial is two long walls of black granite in the shape of a V. Each wall is inscribed the names of over 60,000 men and women who gave their lives, or are missing in action. It was designed by Maya Lin. The two walls are angled to point to the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. -
Reconstruction of the Statue of Liberty
President Ronald Reagan appointed Lee Lacocca to head The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island foundation to help fund the reconstruction of the Statue of Liberty. The reconstruction was done to preserve it. Also many of the original supplies that were used needed to be restored. -
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
It lies on the edge of Badlands National Park. This is the first national historic site dedicated to commemorating the events of the Cold War. -
Sequoia National Monument
The monument was established by President William Jefferson Clinton. The giant sequoia is one of the largest organisms on earth and grows from a seed less than half-an-inch long. When fully grown, the sequoia's tree top is more than 250 feet high. -
Governors Island
Governors Island played a pivotal role in the Battle of Brooklyn during the American Revolution. Though the battle is usually forgotten - chalked up to an American defeat and little more - it was a critical moment in the war and New York City history. -
World War II Memorial
The monument consist of 56 granite pillars, each 17ft high. This monument honors 16 million people -
Cloud Gate Sculpture
The artist who created this is Annish Kapoor. It is made out of 168 stainless steel plates welded together. It weighs 110 tons and is nicknamed the bean because of its shape -
Earthquake causes Washington Monument Restoration
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the monument causing great damage. The monument was closed at 7.5 million dollars was donated to the restoration. -
9/11 Memorial
The Twin Towers were the centerpieces of the World Trade Center complex. At 110 stories each, the towers provided nearly 10-million-square feet of office space for 35,000 people and 430 companies. They were the tallest buildings in New York City. They were the tallest buildings in the world.The 9/11 Memorial was completed in September of 2011 to honor the 3,000 that were killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. -
Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
This memorial is the first African American honored. The sculpture was made by Chinese artist Master Lei Yixin. -
Gateway Arch Restoration
The ground of the gateway Arch underwent construction in spring of 2015. Many new bike paths were made, also new paths were created so there were no encounter into stairs or curbs. The construction was finished winter of 2016. -
$18.5 million restoration to the Lincoln Memorial
The money will go to repairing damaged masonry, cleaning the memorial and conserving murals inside. The money will also pay for a special project to show visitors some of the graffiti left on the underpinnings of the monument. Also some of the money is going to be used to expand the monument and add new features -
World War II Memorial in South Dakota
On the grounds of South Dakota’s Capitol building in Pierre, bronze memorials and statues immortalize the brave soldiers who perished in action and those who returned home. The World War II Memorial depicts six soldiers fresh off the battlefield, posed in an eternal salute with Capitol Lake as their backdrop. -
Walnut Canyon National Monument
A carved a 600 foot deep canyon. Many of the ancient dwellings were built around a U-shaped meander in the canyon, where the creek circles around three sides of a high rocky plateau, almost creating an 'island', and this region now forms the central attraction of the national monument.
