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Robie House, Chicago

Dankuna — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:09:01 +0000

Robie House

The Frederick C. Robie House is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in Chicago, Illinois Hyde Park, 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue South Side. It was designed and built between 1908 and 1910 by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is known as the greatest example of his Prairie Style, the first architectural style that was uniquely American. It was designated a National Historic Landmark November 27, 1963 and was the first national registry of historic places over October 15, 1966.
Robie House, Chicago GPS coordinates: 41° 47′ 23.4″ N, 87° 35′ 45.3″ W

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St. Mary Immaculate School 2012-2013 School Year Open Registration

Feb 10, 9:00am at St. Mary Immaculate School, 15629 South Rt 59, Plainfield, IL

St. Mary Immaculate Parish School offers a quality faith-centered education for children from Pre-School (age 3 by September 1, 2012) through Grade Eight. Open registration fo...

LEGO® STAR WARS™ Days

Feb 10, 10:00am at LEGOLAND Discovery Center, 601 N. Martingale Road, Schaumburg, IL

Jedi Knights have been dispatched to LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago to re-build peace in the galaxy, and they need all the help they can get! You can harness your Jedi power ...

Disney On Ice: Dare To Dream

Feb 10, 10:30am at Allstate Arena, 6920 Mannheim Rd, Rosemont, IL

Katherine Anne Confections Hosts 12 Perfect Pairs

Feb 10, 5:30pm at Katherine Anne Confections, 2745 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL

Katherine Duncan, founder and confectionista of Katherine Anne Confections, a locally-focused chocolatier, is excited to host the unique tasting event, “12 Perfect Pairs”! E...

Katherine Anne Confections Hosts 12 Perfect Pairs

Feb 10, 5:30pm at Katherine Anne Confections, 2745 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL

Katherine Duncan, founder and confectionista of Katherine Anne Confections, a locally-focused chocolatier, is excited to host the unique tasting event, “12 Perfect Pairs”! E...

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Hearst Castle, California

gps — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:08:43 +0000

Hearst Castle

Hearst Castle is a palatial estate next to the most important California coast plus a National Historic Landmark. It was designed near architect Julia Morgan in favor of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst as of 1919 pending 1947. In 1957 the Hearst Corporation donated the estate near the municipal of California. Since that stage it has been maintained while grandeur historic park where the estate with its extensive gathering of drawing also antiques are wide open used for communal tours. Despite its location distant from at all urban focus, the place attracts almost solitary million visitors for each year. Hearst formally named the estate “La Cuesta Encantada” (“The Enchanted Mount”), nevertheless regularly called it “the fish farm”. The castle afterward justification are in addition every so often referred near such as “San Simeon” exclusive of distinguishing flanked by the Hearst belongings plus the unincorporated municipality of the identical fame. California travel attractions.
GPS coordinates: 35° 41′ 6.72″ N, 121° 9′ 59.76″ W

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Woolworth Building, New York

Ike — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:58:17 +0000

Woolworth Building

The Woolworth Building, at 57 stories, is one of the oldest—and one of the most famous—skyscrapers in New York City. More than 95 years after its construction, it is still one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City. The building is a National Historic Landmark, having been listed in 1966. One of famous and very known tourist destination in New York city vacations.
New York GPS travel help: 40° 42′ 44″ N, 74° 0′ 29″ W

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The John Deere House and Shop, Illinois

Ike — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:28:01 +0000

The John Deere House and Shop is located in the unincorporated village of Grand Detour, Illinois, near the Lee County city of Dixon. The site is known as the location where the first steel plow was invented by John Deere in 1837. The site includes John Deere’s house, a replica of his original blacksmith shop, a gift shop and an archaeological exhibit showing the excavation site of his original blacksmith shop. The Deere House and Shop is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it joined that list in 1966, the year the Register was established. Prior to that it was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 19, 1964. Illinois vacation packages.
GPS travel destinations: 41° 50′ 20″ N, 89° 28′ 46″ W

Playmakers Theatre, North Carolina

Bobo — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:17:56 +0000

Playmakers Theatre, also known as Smith Hall, is a Greek Revival temple built in 1850, that was originally designed by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis as Smith Hall, a combined library and ballroom.[2] After also being used as a laboratory, bath house, and law school, it became a theater in 1923. The Theatre is the perpetual home of the Carolina Playmakers, although as their successor, the Playmakers Repertory Company uses Paul Green Theatre as their primary venue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It was further declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. North Carolina sightseeing tours.
GPS travel destinations: 35° 54′ 24″ N, 79° 3′ 2″ W

Round Church, Richmond

JohnMS — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:15:23 +0000

Round Church, also known as Old Round Church, built in 1812-1813 in Richmond, Vermont, is a rare, well-preserved example of a sixteen-sided meetinghouse. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996. Richmond travel guides.
GPS travel destinations: 44° 23′ 56.3″ N, 72° 59′ 58″ W

Louisiana State Capitol, Baton Rouge

Jake — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:27:14 +0000

Louisiana State Capitol

The Louisiana State Capitol building is the capitol building of the state of Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge. The capitol houses the Louisiana State Legislature, the governor’s office, and parts of the executive branch. At 450 feet (137 meters) tall, with 34 stories, it is the tallest capitol building in the United States, the tallest building in Baton Rouge, and the seventh-tallest building in Louisiana. It is located on a 27 acre tract, which includes the capitol gardens. The Louisiana State Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark. Louisiana vacation packages.
GPS travel destinations: 30° 27′ 25.46″ N, 91° 11′ 14.66″ W

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Block Island Southeast Light, Rhode Island

Tom — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:35:45 +0000

Block Island Southeast Light is a lighthouse located on the southeastern shore of Block Island, Rhode Island.

Block Island Southeast Light, Rhode Island

The lighthouse signals sea traffic coming from the Atlantic Ocean into the waters of Block Island and Long Island Sound, and remains an active navigational aid to sea vessels. It was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1997. Rhode Island tourist sightseeing.

Block Island Southeast Light, Rhode Island GPS coordinates: 41° 9’10.74″N, 71°33’8.35″W

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Henry Ford Museum, Michigan

Jake — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:33:38 +0000

The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, (also known as the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, and more formally as the Edison Institute), in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, USA, is the nation’s “largest indoor-outdoor history museum” complex. More than a museum, it is a museum-entertainment complex where patrons can take a ride in a Model T, ride the train, visit an IMAX Theater, or see a live show. Named for its founder, the noted automobile industrialist Henry Ford and based on his desire to preserve items of historical significance and portray the Industrial Revolution, the property houses a vast array of famous homes, machinery, exhibits, and Americana. The collection contains many rare exhibits including John F. Kennedy’s limousine, Abraham Lincoln’s chair from Ford’s Theater, Thomas Edison’s laboratory, the Wright Brothers’ bicycle shop, and the Rosa Parks bus. Michigan sightseeing tours.
GPS travel destinations: 42° 18′ 12.9″ N, 83° 14′ 2.68″ W

Old South Church, Boston

Pete — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:51:47 +0000

Old South Church, more formally Old South Church in Boston, and sometimes New Old South Church, was completed in 1873, on newly filled land in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at 645 Boylston Street on Copley Square and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Boston travel pakages.
GPS travel destinations: 42° 21′ 0.91″ N, 71° 4′ 43.02″ W

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