History & Culture in the United States

This landmark honoring a local beer brand is an iconic part of the Minneapolis skyline.

The first military newspaper in U.S. history was printed in Bloomfield, Missouri.

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.

This memorial is dedicated to a once popular but now defunct discount Shrewsbury department store.

This Connecticut ferry has been operating in some form since 1655.

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

An abandoned early 20th-century gold mine in a spectacular setting overlooking Bridgeport Valley and the Sierra Nevada.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

Artifacts from the golden days of the circus reside in a small Indiana town.

A mural and a few historical markers commemorate Denver's once-thriving Chinatown, which was obliterated in a racist riot.

An unusual statue in Wisconsin of the first daily comic strip character.

Dedicated in 1895, this is the world's first tribute to the hardworking newspaper delivery boy.

This historic site situated in the Northwood shores neighborhood houses the remains of a forgotten town.

The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.