B'nai Zion Congregation

In 1907, B'nai Zion bought this wood-frame home-office from Dr. John B. H. Maloney and converted it into a synagogue. Founded in 1887, B'nai Zion was an amalgamation of several small congregations. Until it bought this building, the congregation met ...

Mexico City National Cemetery

The Mexico City National Cemetery was established in 1851 by Congress to gather the American dead of the Mexican War that lay in the nearby fields and to provide burial space for Americans that died in the vicinity. A small ...

Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District

Asheville has long been known as a health retreat, beginning first with American Indians who set this region aside as a place to bring their sick and ailing. Dr. Z. P. Gruner opened the country's first private sanitarium in Asheville ...

Biltmore Estate

George W. Vanderbilt, youngest son of William H. Vanderbilt and grandson of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, enjoyed visiting western North Carolina for its mild climate and spectacular scenery. During a visit in the mid-1880s, Vanderbilt was inspired by a view from ...

American Museum of Natural History

Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest and most acclaimed museums in the world. The Museum is comprised of over 20 interconnected buildings, housing exhibition halls, research laboratories, ...

Unearthing Florida: Battle of Okeechobee

In the year 2000, a portion of the largest battleground of the Second Seminole War was purchased by the state and designated as Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park.

The battle occurred on Christmas Day of 1837 on the north shore of ...

Unearthing Florida: 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet

Shipping riches of gold, silver, and exotic resources from the New World across the Atlantic was often dangerous for Spanish sailing fleets centuries ago: especially during hurricane season.

In July of 1733 the New Spain fleet, made up of four armed ...

Unearthing Florida: Chattahoochee Landing Mounds

For Native Americans, rivers were highways, and along the Apalachicola River, one site that served as a major hub of activity was the Chattahoochee Landing.

The Chattahoochee Landing site sits strategically at the junction of two major rivers that form ...

Biltmore Estate Office

George Washington Vanderbilt's vision for his Biltmore Estate was not limited to his grand mansion, but included a picturesque, manorial village that would serve as an ornament of the landscape and solve the practical problem of housing estate workers and ...

St. Matthias Episcopal Church

St. Matthias Episcopal Church stands at the top of a steep hill in an area of central Asheville known locally as "East End," one of the oldest neighborhoods developed by African Americans in the city. Reverend Jarvis Buxton, a noted ...