The Great Mosque of Djenne, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a symbol of this ancient city. This site gives good background information in this beautiful building.

Both geological and historical aspects of the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming are covered on this website.

Using GEOLogic puzzles, students are challenged to associate historical figures with a particular National Park Memorial, as well as the number of points they scored in a fictitious game show, based on clues about the situation given...

A detailed history of the Colosseum in Rome with a focus on the religious history (Christianity). Gives information about the games, and the many saints that are connected to the building. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia," is...

Merv is the oldest and best-preserved of the oasis-cities along the Silk Route in Central Asia. The remains in this vast oasis span 4,000 years of human history. A number of monuments are still visible, particularly from the last two...

Broad tree-lined avenue with several impressive memorials.

A landmark on the Oregon and Mormon Trails.

Preserves three of the most intact cliff dwellings of the ancestral puebloan people (Hisatsinom).

Six clusters of Native American ruins; shared with Utah.

Settlement sites built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples; Sinagua, Cohonina, and Kayenta Anasazi.

Well-preserved cliff dwellings were occupied by the Salado culture during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries.

Early Greek Revival church.

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.

Discovered and named in 1856 by Latter-day Saint missionaries. Mormon cattle ranching operation established in 1860's. Protective fort was built in 1872. Way station for travellers. Refuge for polygamist wives.

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.

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.

The first claim made under the Homestead Act of 1862.

Includes twenty-five cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua people.

Preserves a 2 to 3 story pueblo ruin.

Sandstone promontory with a pool of water at its base; shaded oasis in the western U.S. deser; Zuni Indians call it "A'ts'ina" (Place of writings on the rock); Anglo-Americans called it "Inscription Rock"; travelers left signatures,...

Navajo Tribal Trust Land preserving artifacts of indigenous peoples.

Cliff dwellings from the 1280s through the early 1300s.

Well-preserved cliff dwellings built and used by the Pre-Columbian Sinagua people around 1400 AD.

Includes Frijoles Canyon; contains (restored) ruins of dwellings, kivas, rock paintings and petroglyphs.