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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Missouri: Gateway Arch
The tallest man-made monument in the U.S., the arch is based on a weighted catenary design conceived by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen. In 1967, the 630 feet (190 m) structure was opened to the public as part of the Jefferson...
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Unesco: Chile: Rapa Nui National Park
Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and original tradition of monumental...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington (State): Marmes Rockshelter
Despite being the fact that human remains at the site are the oldest that have been found in Washington, and at the time of excavation, the oldest set of remains found in North America, the site was submerged under water after the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Santa Fe Plaza
Central park lined with grass, trees, and benches; Indian War Memorial monument; performing arts stage.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Donner Camp
Museum and monument to Donner party; trapped by weather during the winter of 1846-1847; resorted to cannibalism to survive.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Millford Plantation
A monumental 2-story Greek Revival mansion built in 1839 and meticulously restored in the early 1990s.
PBS
Art21: Maya Lin
A great site by PBS that features a biography on the artist and links to art work, videos clips and interviews. On this page there are also links to lesson plans and other artist pages.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Unfinished Lincoln Memorial Interactive Lesson
This interactive link provides both learners and teachers with historical insight to the symbolism behind the dramatic construction of one of our nation's greatest monuments. Site includes pictures of various moments in the construction...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: The Lincoln Memorial
National Public Radio looks at the creation of the Lincoln Memorial, the controversies surrounding its design, and its political significance over the past 80 years.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nebraska: Scotts Bluff Natl Monument
A landmark on the Oregon and Mormon Trails.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Arizona: Casa Grande Ruins Natl Monument
Ruins of Hohokam structures. A four-story structure is the "casa grande" or "big house". Sheltered since 1932 under a large pavilion built to preserve the ruins.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Petroglyph Natl Monument
Variety of cultural and natural resources including five volcanic cones, hundreds of archeological sites and an estimated 25,000 images carved by native peoples and early Spanish settlers.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Fort Union Natl Monument
Preserves the second of three forts constructed on the site beginning in 1851; also ruins of the third; visible network of ruts from the old Santa Fe Trail.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ne: Homestead Natl Monument of America
The first claim made under the Homestead Act of 1862.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Arizona: Walnut Canyon Natl Monument
Includes twenty-five cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua people.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Arizona: Canyon De Chelly Natl Monument
Navajo Tribal Trust Land preserving artifacts of indigenous peoples.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nm: Gila Cliff Dwellings Natl Monument
Cliff dwellings from the 1280s through the early 1300s.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Arizona: Montezuma Castle Natl Monument
Well-preserved cliff dwellings built and used by the Pre-Columbian Sinagua people around 1400 AD.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Bandelier Natl Monument
Includes Frijoles Canyon; contains (restored) ruins of dwellings, kivas, rock paintings and petroglyphs.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New York: Castle Clinton Natl Monument
Circular sandstone fort in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Mexico: Aztec Ruins Natl Monument
Preserves ancestral Pueblo structures in north-western New Mexico.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Colorado: Yucca House Natl Monument
Unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New York: Fort Stanwix Natl Monument
Modern reconstruction of colonial fort on original site.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nm: Salinas Pueblo Missions Natl Monument
Reminders of this earliest contact between Pueblo Indians and Spanish Colonials: the ruins of four mission churches and the partially excavated pueblo of Las Humanas.
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