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- ...that
Ka Lae (pictured) on the island of
Hawaii is the southernmost point in the
United States?
- ...that, according to
Eastman Kodak, the
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues in
Bemidji, Minnesota are the second most photographed statues in the
United States, behind only
Mount Rushmore?
- ...that
Fort Massachusetts on
Ship Island was used as a staging area by the
Union Army during the
American Civil War, and that more than 230 Union troops were buried there?
- ...that because of liberal
divorce laws in the U.S. state of
Nevada, the
Riverside Hotel in
Reno catered specifically to wealthy divorce-seekers?
- ...that the
Snake River Bridge, in the U.S. state of
Washington, was originally built in one location, completely dismantled, and reassembled in its current location?
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- ...that when builders told
Lou Henry Hoover, who designed
her own house (pictured), that some of her architectural ideas weren't done, she replied, "Well, it's time someone did"?
- ...that the
F-111 fighter, the
B-1 bomber, the
Space Shuttle, and the
Boeing fleet of commercial
airliners were all tested at the
Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel?
- ...that the
Benicia Arsenal, in
Benicia, California, was once home to the short-lived
U.S. Camel Corps?
- ...that
Room 307, Gilman Hall on the campus of the
University of California, Berkeley, where the
element
plutonium was discovered, is a United States
National Historic Landmark?
- ...that the
Alameda Works Shipyard in
Alameda, California, was one of the largest and best equipped shipyards in the
United States?
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- ...that the
Old Sycamore Hospital (pictured), founded in 1899, was designed and funded by the first female doctor in
Sycamore, Illinois?
- ...that "Antietam" is misspelled on the facade of the
Civil War Memorial in
DeKalb County, Illinois?
- ...that the
Potawatomi tribe believed that the natural
pond in the backyard of the
Chauncey Ellwood House in
Sycamore, Illinois was once a
watering hole for native
buffalo?
- ...that the 1916
Lorado Taft work,
The Soldiers' Monument, constructed for $21,000, is now worth over $1,000,000?
- ...that the
George's Block in
Sycamore, Illinois once hosted talks from the likes of
Horace Greeley,
Bayard Taylor and
Charles Sumner?
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- ...that the
Shell Service Station (pictured) in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina was chosen for the
National Register of Historic Places as an example of
folly architecture, and over $50,000 has been spent restoring it to its original condition?
- ...that the
McLean County Courthouse and Square in
Bloomington, Illinois, a
Registered Historic Place, is home to multiple historic buildings built from the 1850s to the 1920s, including the old county courthouse, constructed in 1903?
- ...that five of the nine
Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County,
Illinois have been destroyed since their inclusion on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980?
- ...that tourists flocked to
Casa de Estudillo in
San Diego, California, to see "Ramona's Marriage Place" even though
Ramona was a work of fiction? (29 January 2008)
- ...that there are over 2,300 local
historic districts in the
United States?
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- ...that the
Gideon H. Pond House was built by
Gideon Pond, who came to
Minnesota to teach farming and Christianity to the
Native Americans?
- ...that outlaws
John Dillinger,
Machine Gun Kelly, and
Baby Face Nelson were tried in the historic
Landmark Center in
St. Paul?
- ...that the
Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse (
pictured) is an
Art Deco
skyscraper adorned with artwork by
Lee Lawrie,
Carl Milles,
John W. Norton, and
Albert Stewart?
- ... that the
James J. Hill House in
Saint Paul, Minnesota, built in 1891 by railroad magnate
James J. Hill, has 36,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of living area and is the largest residence in Minnesota?
- ...that the prefabricated and portable
White Castle restaurant Building No. 8 in
Minneapolis, Minnesota has had three different locations?
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- ...that the
Gudgeonville Covered Bridge (pictured) in
Girard, Pennsylvania is said by local residents to be haunted by the
ghost of a
donkey?
- ...that the
James Bruce Round Barn was designed with a distinctive single
hip roof style because of the inability of many carpenters to build a self-supporting roof?
- ...that
Croton Dam, on
Michigan's
Muskegon River, was the first
hydroelectric plant to transmit power at 110,000
volts or more?
- ...that
John Hunt Morgan's beloved
mare, Black Bess, was portrayed as a
stallion in the
John Hunt Morgan Memorial, as its sculptor,
Pompeo Coppini, believed "No hero should bestride a mare!"?
- ...that the
Weinhard Brewery managed to survive
Prohibition by producing
near-beer,
root beer and
syrup, which were marketed as "Gourmet Elixirs"?
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- ...that
Ambler's Texaco Gas Station (pictured) in
Dwight, Illinois was the longest operating
filling station along
U.S. Route 66?
- ...that the design for the 1941
Art Moderne
Illinois State Police Office in
Pontiac was also used for the
state police headquarters building in
Rock Island, Illinois?
- ...that
Victoria Mansion in
Portland, Maine was built in 1860 with many conveniences including wall-to-wall
carpeting,
central heating, hot and cold running water,
gas lighting and a servant’s call system?
- ...
Benjamin Stephenson's
indentured servants made over 100,000
bricks during the construction of
his house in
Edwardsville, Illinois?
- ...that
Locust Grove,
Samuel F. B. Morse's home near
Poughkeepsie, was the first
Hudson Valley
estate to be designated a U.S.
National Historic Landmark?
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- ...that
Seattle's
Ballard Carnegie Library (pictured) remains standing 44 years after it was sold, despite experts' claims that it would not survive an
earthquake?
- ...that the
Schuster Building in
Louisville, Kentucky was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as a "significant example" of
Colonial Revival architecture?
- ...that in
Orangeville, Illinois, four of the five
Registered Historic Places:
Union House,
Masonic Hall,
People's State Bank, and
Central House are all within three blocks of each other?
- ...that the
Broomfield Rowhouse in
Omaha, Nebraska was designed by a young
African American architect for a 1909 competition sponsored by
Good Housekeeping magazine?
- ...that
Pennsylvania's
Kinzua Bridge was the world's longest and tallest
railroad
bridge when built in 1882, became
a state park in 1970, and was knocked down by a
tornado in 2003?
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- ...that the
Joseph Priestley House (pictured) in
Northumberland, Pennsylvania was the site of the first and only laboratory
Priestley designed, built and outfitted himself, as well as several
American Chemical Society celebrations?
- ...that the
United Church of Christ in
Blooming Grove, New York was a
Presbyterian
congregation until its
pastor was tried for
heresy?
- ...that the
Hunt Memorial Building in
Ellenville, New York, has served as a
public library, an
appliance store, and several other things?
- ...that
Summit Avenue in
Saint Paul, Minnesota, a well preserved
Victorian residential boulevard, is home to three
National Historic Landmarks and five other structures on the
National Register of Historic Places?
- ...that the
Cogan House Covered Bridge in
Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania,
United States was built by a
millwright who preassembled the frame in a field beside the sawmill to make sure it all fit?
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- ...that according to legend,
George Washington personally stopped an angry mob from
burning
St. Philip's Church in the Highlands (pictured)?
- ...that over 10,000 people attended the 1876 dedication of the
Confederate Monument in
Bowling Green, Kentucky?
- ...that the
Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in
Hart County, Kentucky is unique for being built with
geodes, and for honoring a
Louisiana soldier who died accidentally by his own rifle?
- ..that the
St. James-Belgravia Historic District of
Louisville, Kentucky, the site of the 1883-87
Southern Exposition, has buildings modeled after
London's
Belgravia?
- ...that the
passing lanes of the
Arroyo Seco Parkway,
California's first
freeway, were paved in a different color to encourage drivers to stay in their lanes?
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- ...that the
Cray House (pictured) is a rare surviving example of
post-and-plank style, once common across the
Eastern Shore of Maryland?
- ...that during
World War II, the
Roosevelt Community Library in
Minneapolis held storytimes for children, partly to help reduce
juvenile delinquency in the
Standish neighborhood?
- ...that the final
streetcar to service
Roanoke, Virginia went from
Grandin Road Commercial Historic District to downtown on July 31, 1948?
- ...that
Nihon Go Gakko, a
Japanese language school in
Tacoma, Washington, later became a
gathering point for Japanese residents during World War II, being sent to
internment camps?
- ...that despite being a
National Historic Landmark and the site of
Washington's oldest known human remains, the
Marmes Rockshelter was submerged after the
Lower Monumental Dam construction?
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- ...that the
Marshall Field and Company Building (pictured) has three separate
atria?
- ... that
Ulysses S. Grant sent his family to live in the
Licking Riverside neighborhood of
Covington, Kentucky in 1862?
- ... that the
Pond Eddy Bridge, built in 1904, is the only artery to access 22 homes in
Pennsylvania?
- ...that the
Calhoun Beach Club building in
Minneapolis, Minnesota has served as a social club, a
TV studio, a
hotel,
apartments, a home for the elderly, and most recently as a sports and social club?
- ...that after the
1871 Great Chicago Fire, the
Loop Retail Historic District was
Chicago's premier retailing district until it was replaced by commuter
suburbs and the
Magnificent Mile?