National Historic Landmark - Harold C. Bradley House

Constructed in 1909, this is one of two residences to which Sullivan contributed (the other being the Babson House in Riverside, Illinois) just after his peak as a skyscraper architect. It is an excellent example of Prairie School design. It ...

National Historic Landmark - Aztalan

This large stockaded temple mound site, first discovered in 1836, is the northernmost of the major Mississippian culture archeological sites. It now forms Aztalan State Park. It represents an important northern extension of the Cahokia phase of the Middle Mississippi ...

National Historic Landmark - Astor Fur Warehouse

Constructed c. 1828, this stone building, one of the American Fur Company's principal establishments, recalls the Astor empire and Prairie du Chien's prominence as a fur trading center.

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National Historic Landmark - Aldo Leopold Shack & Farm

In the early 1930s, Aldo Leopold, a forester, writer, professor, and influential conservationist, purchased a small farm and rehabilitated a chicken coop, lovingly referred to as the Shack, in Baraboo, Wisconsin, to function as a location in which his conservation ...

National Historic Landmark - Administration Building and Research Tower, S.C. Johnson Company

Frank Lloyd Wright's Depression-era design for the Johnson Wax Company's Administration Building and Research Tower was so radical that local building commissioners refused to approve it without a test. At issue were Wright's novel "mushroom" columns, intended to carry loads ...

National Historic Landmark - Wyoming State Capitol

As a territory, Wyoming had been the first major jurisdiction in the United States where women had full suffrage, and in 1889, an all-male group drafted a State constitution that included Women's suffrage. When Wyoming Territory applied for Statehood in ...

National Historic Landmark - Wapiti Ranger Station

Built in 1903, this was the first forest ranger station erected at Federal expense. It is situated within the first national forest reserve (Shoshone National Forest), which was established by President Benjamin Harrison in 1891.

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National Historic Landmark - Upper Green River Rendezvous Site

Of the 15 annual meetings held by mountain men of the Rocky Mountain fur trade from 1825 to 1840, this was the most popular rendezvous site. The annual spring trading fair held here attracted Euro-American traders and trappers, including Kit ...

National Historic Landmark - Union Pacific Railroad Depot

The depot is the last of the grand 19th-century depots remaining on the transcontinental railroad. It formed a strategic point along the Union Pacific Railroad, America's first transcontinental rail line, and was easily the Union Pacific's most grandiose facility west ...

National Historic Landmark - Swan Land & Cattle

Organized in Scotland in 1883, this company was one of the foreign concerns that flourished in the West when the range cattle industry was profitable during the 1880s. It operated for over 70 years. Surviving buildings include the ranch-house, barn, ...