The building was originally named the Central Florida Museum & Planetarium & opened in 1960. The museum attracts nearly 400,000 visitors annually & demonstrates how science impacts everyday life.
The garden was started by Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Leu in 1936. Through their world travels they brought back 240 varieties of camellias for their gardens. The house was donated to the city in 1961.
This 440-acre patch of wilderness offers guided nature hikes. 4 miles of beautifully maintained trails & boardwalks meander through bay swamps, marshes, cypress swamps pine flat lands & Florida scrub.
Founded in 1924, Newsweek named the OMA one of the best museums in the South. It has maintained its national accredited status by the American Association of Museums without interruption since 1971.
Founded in 1949, it's known as the "Alligator Capital of the World". They also have a road show providing alligator wrestling, pythons & lizards with informative animal talk for private parties.
Sea World is the seventh-most visited amusement park in the United States. The park also features a vast array of attractions, including rides and animal exhibits.
The park opened in 1971 & is the world's largest and most visited recreational resort. Walt Disney passed away before he saw his vision of Disney World completed.
Discovery Cove offers the opportunity to “talk, touch, play and swim” with bottlenose dolphins. The free-flight aviary contains over 250 tropical birds to interact with and feed.
Opened in 1990, it houses the world's largest Foucault Pendulum. It has become known for upward illuminating the twin spires yearly on September 11th in memorial of the events of 9/11.
Inaugurated in 1984, the Square was recognized by Time Magazine as 1 of the "10 most notable design achievements" in the US. Known as Portland's 'living room', more than 26,000 people pass by each day
Founded in 1946, the museum is the sixth oldest children's museum in the US. Each year the Museum welcomes more than 280,000 children from birth to age ten and their caregivers.
Once the location of the first school in Phoenix in 1874 and where many children died during a swine flu epidemic in 1918, the hotel was built here in 1927 & opened in 1928. Look out for ghosts!
This zoo was originally named the "Maytag Zoo" after Robert Maytag, who formed the Arizona Zoological Society. Maytag died a few months before its opening in November 1962.
This building was originally a house, built in 1886. From 1888 to 1902, it was the home of Dr. Edward Whittier, a Civil War recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
This pavilion was constructed 1824–1826 & named in honor of Mayor Josiah Quincy, who organized the construction without any tax or debt. It stretches 365 feet & led to the opening of six new streets.
The ghost of this historic hotel's original owner, Harvey Parker, is said to wander the halls and walk through walls. Room 303 was reported to be the most haunted until it was turned into a closet.
It began in 1950 as a test garden & got its official name in 1964. It currently features more than 2,500 rhododendrons, azaleas & companion plants set in a landscape of waterfalls & stone masonry.
The new stadium opened on April 2, 2009, when the Yankees hosted a workout day in front of fans from the Bronx community. The Yankees are the only team to inaugurate 2 stadiums with World Series wins.
A teaching museum for the University of MN Twin Cities since 1934, the museum's current building, designed by architect Frank Gehry, was completed in 1993. It's often called a modern art museum.
The Falls was the only natural major waterfall on the Upper Mississippi River. The natural falls were replaced by a concrete overflow spillway after it partially collapsed in 1869.
The Exposition Building opened in 1806 was the first official building to host the city’s major events. One of the most prestigious events it hosted was the 1892 Republican National Convention.
The Plaza was designed by M Paul Friedberg in 1975. It was a post-war architectural project that promoted urban renewal from the 1950s-70s & one of the best examples of a modernist sunken urban plaza.
The building opened in 1921, originally named the Hennepin Theater. The ceiling has a dome with 30,000 squares of aluminum leaf. The auditorium & the lobby are actually two separate structures.
The lake was created in its current form in the early 20th century by dredging a small lake & marsh complex. The 2.86 miles of shoreline are publicly owned & averages 5.5 million visitors annually.
This is the oldest public wildflower garden in the US. In 1907 Eloise Butler & 3 botany teachers successfully petitioned the Park Board to create a natural botanic garden to preserve native flora.
The lake was donated to Minneapolis in 1885. There's an "elf house" carved into the base of an ash tree. For years one could leave a letter for the elf supposedly living there & sometimes get a reply.
Construction of the garden occurred during 1907-08, and is the second oldest public rose garden in the United States. During peak season the garden can contain as many as 60,000 blooms.
Father Junípero Serra established the first San Diego Mission on Presidio Hill. Officially proclaimed a Spanish Presidio in 1774, the fortress was later occupied by a succession of Mexican forces.
The original Varsity was opened in 1928 and is the world's largest drive-in. On days when the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets are playing a home game, over 30,000 people visit The Varsity.
The Pantages was once owned by Howard Hughes with his personal office on the second floor. He sold it in 1954. It would be purchased by Pacific Theaters in 1967 who would restore to its former glory.
