Arthur Compton lived here until 1945. While working at UChicago, Compton discovered the "Compton Effect" proving that light has both a particle aspect and a wave aspect. He won the Nobel Prize in 1927
Geraldo Rivera believed Al Capone hid a fortune in these basement walls. As America watched, workers blasted through the concrete walls, & found some old bottles. Capone had the last laugh after all.
Al Capone kept his family here in the 1920s, & this was his earliest headquarters. He did at least 1 interview here, wearing a pink apron & cooking spaghetti for the Chicago Herald Examiner in 1927.
Completed in 1924 and once home to the long-gone Miami News; during the 1960s offices at the Miami Freedom Tower processed requests for political asylum during the first wave of Cuban immigration.
Redskins Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor was recovering here from a knee injury during the 2007 season when an intruder broke in. Taylor was shot in the leg, & after massive blood loss, died the next day.
Joe Namath proclaimed "The Jets will win on Sunday, I guarantee you" at the Miami Touchdown Club, once located here, just days before they met the Baltimore Colts in 1969. Joe lead the Jets to victory
The museum complex celebrates the diverse history of the region. Nestled in 10 acres of beautiful green parkland in Houston, the society operates 9 historic structures that date from 1823 to 1925.
The facility features model ships, historical pieces, maps and prints, a lecture hall, and a marine library.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's 1,200-acre San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site consists of the Battleground, Monument and Battleship.
On the site of Buff Stadium, completed in 1928 for the Houston Buffs baseball team, this museum displays a collection of sports memorabilia including home plate, which rests on the spot it occupied.
A 10 story Rainforest Pyramid offers an incredible tropical environment & is home to the largest bat exhibit in the Southwest. The newest attraction, the Aquarium Pyramid, is the largest in the world.
The gallery is full of beautiful and unusual paintings dating from the 1500s to the early 1900s. A wide array of botanical creations is featured in this collection of natural history art.
St Arnold is credited with the great miracle of quenching his caretakers' thirst with only 1 cup of beer that never ran dry. Started in 1993 this company is the city's 1st microbrewery & named for him
The sisters who asked Maurice Sullivan to build the chapel in the 1920s asked him to create a building that would "be as good in 500 years as on the day of completion". He accomplished exactly that.
This museum is a tribute to the victims of the concentration camps during WWII. Through changing exhibits, films & lectures it seeks to inform future generations of the horrifying results of hatred.
This landmark is a cool & refreshing oasis that attracts visitors and locals in droves. Designed by local architects in 1985, the amazing wall of water drops thousands of gallons 64 feet every minute.
Astronaut Garrett Breedlove (actor Jack Nicholson) lives here next to his neighbor Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) during the Oscar-winning 1983 drama, Terms of Endearment.
Wes Anderson set his tale of a precocious teen at his own alma mater for the 1998 dramedy Rushmore. Max Fischer isn't an academic talent, but shows his strengths as the head of every club at school.
You'll feel like you're at the rink at NYC's Rockefeller Plaza when you skate here. The beautiful elegance of the Plaza of the Americas will create a skating memory you will always treasure.
The Dallas Arts District is home to numerous performing and visual arts venues, including the Dallas Theater Center. World-class culture abounds with ongoing art, music, drama and dance performances.
An amazing bronze sculpture of a lifelike cattle drive graces this 4.2-acre plaza in front of City Hall and the Convention Center. It was originally the site of the Shawnee Cattle Trail, begun in 1854
Home of the Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA) and the Minnesota Fighting Pike of the Arena Football League, in addition to being a major concert venue.
The museum includes cures for anything that ails you including voodoo potions & other weird medicines. The City of New Orleans operated the museum from 1950-1987, it's now run by a non profit org.
The focus is on the visual arts & culture of the American South. By the 1990s, the Ogden Collection was recognized by art historians & collectors as one of the most significant of its kind in the US.
For almost 200 years this bar has been a staple of life in the French Quarter. Visitors can sip their favorite beverages as the sights & sounds of the French Quarter trickle into this comfy tavern.
Home of the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Titanic heroine, restored to its original Victorian splendor.
This was the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer ceremonies in 1803 & continued to be used by the city council until the mid 1850s. In 1911 the Cabildo became home to the Louisiana State Museum.
The complex features as public aquarium boasting more than one million gallons of underwater exhibits that highlight fascinating ecosystems around the world and house over 500 species of animals.
The Pepsi Center, sometimes called "The Can," is the home of the Denver Nuggets,and the Colorado Avalanche, in addition to being a major concert venue.
