1 January 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , House of the Month
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The Old State House, also known as the Old Provincial State House, is a historic building in
Boston ,
Massachusetts , built in 1713. It was the seat of the
Massachusetts General Court until 1798. It is located at the intersection of
Washington and
State Streets and is one of the oldest public buildings in the United States.
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26 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Georgetown University is a
private Jesuit research university in the
Georgetown neighborhood of
Washington, D.C. ,
United States . Founded by Bishop
John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest
Catholic institution of higher education in the United States and the nation’s first
federally chartered university.
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7 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Ardent Mills ‘Welcome to Alton’ Mural in the Middletown Historic District © Robbschultz69/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Alton is a city on the
Mississippi River in
Madison County ,
Illinois ,
United States , about 18 miles (29 km) north of
St. Louis ,
Missouri . The population was 25,676 at the
2020 census . It is a part of the
River Bend area in the
Metro-East region of the
Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
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6 August 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Cape Hatteras is a
cape located at a pronounced bend in
Hatteras Island , one of the
barrier islands of
North Carolina .
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1 December 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , House of the Month
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The USS
Arizona Memorial, at
Pearl Harbor in
Honolulu ,
Hawaii , marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on
USS Arizona during the
attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and commemorates the events of that day. The attack on Pearl Harbor led to the United States’ involvement in
World War II .
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7 November 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Pearl Harbor and Ford Island © U.S. Navy – Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan Lavin
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Pearl Harbor is an American
lagoon harbor on the island of
Oahu, Hawaii , west of
Honolulu . It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the
United States , before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the
Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 . Much of the harbor and surrounding lands are now a
United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the
United States Pacific Fleet . The U.S. government first obtained exclusive use of the inlet and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships here in 1887. The surprise attack by the
Imperial Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941, led the United States to declare war on the
Empire of Japan , making the
attack on Pearl Harbor the immediate cause of the United States’ entry into
World War II .
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23 September 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Architecture
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The Union Station, at 801
South 10th Street in
Omaha, Nebraska , known also as
Union Passenger Terminal , is “one of the finest examples of
Art Deco architecture in the
Midwest “. Designated an
Omaha Landmark in 1978, it was listed as “Union Passenger Terminal” on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was designated a
National Historic Landmark in 2016. The Union Station is also a contributing property to the
Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District . It was the Union Pacific’s first
Art Deco railroad station, and the completion of the terminal “firmly established Omaha as an important railroad terminus in the Midwest”.
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19 May 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Cape May (sometimes Cape May City) is a
city located at the southern tip of
Cape May Peninsula in
Cape May County in the
U.S. state of
New Jersey . Located where the
Delaware Bay meets the
Atlantic Ocean , it is one of the country’s oldest vacation resort destinations. The city, and all of Cape May County, is part of the
Ocean City metropolitan statistical area , and is part of the
Philadelphia –
Wilmington –
Camden ,
PA -NJ-
DE –
MD combined statistical area , also known as the
Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area . As of the
2020 United States census , the city’s year-round population was 2,768, a decrease of 839 (−23.3%) from the
2010 census count of 3,607, which in turn reflected a decline of 427 (−10.6%) from the 4,034 counted in the
2000 census . In the summer, Cape May’s population is expanded by as many as 40,000 to 50,000 visitors. The entire city of Cape May is designated the
Cape May Historic District , a
National Historic Landmark due to its concentration of
Victorian architecture . Cape May was recognized as one of the top 10 beaches in the United States by the
Travel Channel . It is part of the
South Jersey region of the state.
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17 April 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Living, Working, Building , Museums, Exhibitions , New York City
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The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, located at 97 and 103
Orchard Street in the
Lower East Side neighborhood of
Manhattan ,
New York City , is a
National Historic Site . The museum’s two historical
tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011. The museum, which includes a visitors’ center, promotes tolerance and historical perspective on the
immigrant experience .
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