Fuller Lodge and Bathtub Row

Although most often associated with the top secret Manhattan Project, the story of Fuller Lodge and the cottages of Bathtub Row begin more than 20 years before research on atomic weapons started in Los Alamos.

In 1920, Ashley Pond opened the ...

St. Paul Catholic Church and School

St. Paul Catholic Church, located on Hyde Park Road off Scenic Highway, is both a Catholic Church and a private school for up to eighth grade. Construction of the original sanctuary started in 1963, but until its completion, Father Frank ...

Battleship Rock and the Jemez Mountains

Jutting out from the forest like a ship of war emerging from the fog, Battleship Rock is a unique stone feature representing millions of years of geological history.

The 200 foot tall welded volcanic ash wonder is named due to ...

Castle Warden

William Warden, a partner of Henry Fagler and John D. Rockefeller, built his winter home in the up-and-coming neighborhood of Abbott Tract in 1887.

Abbott Tract was the first area developed outside of colonial St. Augustine. At the time, the ...

Bandelier National Monument

Just over a million years ago, a volcano in the Jemez Mountain range near Los Alamos, New Mexico exploded with a force 600 times that of Mount St. Helens. The falling ash from the explosion formed a type of soft ...

Loretto Chapel and the Miraculous Staircase

In 1853, Bishop Jean Baptiste Lamy and the Kentuckian Sisters of Loretto established the Academy of Our Lady of Light in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In its initial years of operation the academy lacked a proper place of worship, which ...

The Grand Canyon

Carving its way through 277 miles of Arizona desert, many people consider the Grand Canyon to be one of the greatest natural wonders on our planet. Created through millions of years of geological activity, the Grand Canyon represents one of ...

The Sandshaker Lounge

The Sandshaker Lounge opened for business in 1971, becoming the first stand-alone bar on Pensacola Beach. The lounge is located near Pensacola's most visited beaches including Casino Beach and Quietwater Beach.

The lounge is not only the oldest bar, but ...

Homestead

Homestead, the second oldest city in Miami-Dade County, sits near the tip of peninsular Florida, thirty miles south of Miami. Located in a precarious natural environment, bounded on the west by Everglades National Park, and to the south and east ...

Punta Gorda

On the southern banks of the Peace River and the shores of Charlotte Harbor is the city of Punta Gorda, meaning "wide point" in Spanish. A site of early European contact with resident Native Americans, white settlers began settling to ...