Captivating photographic archive of American architecture. Find photographs of over 280 buildings that were constructed between the 17th and 20th centuries.

Bernardo de Galvez, featured in this biography, was the appointed governor in Louisiana in 1776 and during his term he conquered all of British Florida exept St. Augustine. Find out what makes this Spanish man so American.

Contains a copy of the original program for the March on Washington that featured Martin Luther King. Provides a summary of the civil rights movement at that time.

The Spanish province of Castile-La Mancha Of major interest to the visitor are of course the monumental cities and towns of great historical importance, such as Toledo, and as the setting of Don Quixote", Cervante's legendary "Man from...

Learn about the renaissance villa on Lake Maggiore and Italian national monument site, the Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, in the main web-page for the villa. Full of historical information, maps, and photos.

Read along and listen to historical information about several American monuments and icons.

This collection of 19 images of castles from across England consists primarily of photographs accompanied by short descriptive captions. This resource is also linked to a Heritage Explorer search engine maintained by The Historic...

Students will learn about America's most popular symbols through short multiple choice questions. They can find more specific information by clicking on the American Icons link.

This lesson plan is an adaptation of Activity 92 from Project Learning Tree. Students will research the four prehistoric time periods and compare and contrast them with their lives. By doing this, they will recognize the difference...

Provides the history of two Texas battleships named the USS Texas.

This resource focuses on sacred sites, and provides an excellent, intelligent article written about the Parthenon in Greece. Includes a good photograph as well.

Photograph of the Stupa at Sanchi.

The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new 'port city’ built at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries. It comprises a network of canals to the west and south of the historic...

The Jantar Mantar, in Jaipur, is an astronomical observation site built in the early 18th century. It includes a set of some 20 main fixed instruments. They are monumental examples in masonry of known instruments but which in many cases...

The historic town of Samarkand is a crossroad and melting pot of the world's cultures. Founded in the 7th century B.C. as ancient Afrasiab, Samarkand had its most significant development in the Timurid period from the 14th to the 15th...

The Roman aqueduct of Segovia, probably built c. A.D. 50, is remarkably well preserved. This impressive construction, with its two tiers of arches, forms part of the setting of the magnificent historic city of Segovia. Other important...

The numerous rock carvings and funerary monuments found in these three sites illustrate the development of culture in Mongolia over a period of 12,000 years. The earliest images reflect a time (11,000 - 6,000 BC) when the area was partly...