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UNESCO World Heritage Site- Sceilg Mhichíl (Skellig Michael)
This monastic complex, perched since about the 7th century...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich u...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding examp...
Phantom Valley Ranch
In 1907, Squeaky Bob Wheeler opened the Hotel...
Moraine Park
Abner E. Sprague was a man who lived through ...
MacGregor’s Pass
Elizabeth and Esther Burnell were sisters who...
Beaver Meadows Visitor Center
During World War II, visitation to all the na...
Gaskill
Added to the good news of the Utes' departure was the know...
Ouzel Lake
On August 9, 1978, a bolt of lightning struck...
Moraine Park Lodge
Born Mary Imogene Bates of Indiana, Imogene G...
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UNESCO World Heritage Site- Sceilg Mhichíl (Skellig Michael)
This monastic complex, perched since about the 7th century on the steep sides of the rocky island of Skellig Michael, some 12 km off the coast of south-west Ireland, illustrates the very spartan existence of the first Irish Christians. Since ...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many craftsmen and artists ...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire. The property also ...
Phantom Valley Ranch
In 1907, Squeaky Bob Wheeler opened the Hotel de Hardscrabble (later known as the Phantom Valley Ranch) in the Kawuneeche Valley for tourists. As in the past, Colorado's established and more fashionable resorts catered to these new seasonal vacationers. ...
Moraine Park
Abner E. Sprague was a man who lived through the decades of change after 1875 and took the time to record his memories before his death in 1943. A dark, handsome fellow then aged twenty-four, Sprague climbed Longs Peak ...
MacGregor’s Pass
Elizabeth and Esther Burnell were sisters who came to Estes Park in the summer of 1916 to stay at the Longs Peak Inn. Both women were college educated and enjoyed the Estes Park area. Esther purchased a homestead near ...
Beaver Meadows Visitor Center
During World War II, visitation to all the national parks declined dramatically. After the war, a surge of baby boom families found the facilities in disrepair. This widespread deterioration of facilities demanded a major reconstruction program. The National Park ...
Gaskill
Added to the good news of the Utes' departure was the knowledge that mines in Colorado's Leadville region contained an enormous amount of silver. As one historian noted: "Wherever the ore resembled the Leadville product there was excitement." The rousing ...
Ouzel Lake
On August 9, 1978, a bolt of lightning struck near Ouzel Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park and started a fire in a subalpine spruce-fir forest. In accord with a new philosophy that recognized the ecological significance of natural ...
Moraine Park Lodge
Born Mary Imogene Bates of Indiana, Imogene Green MacPhearson lived an entrepreneurial life. During the Civil War she bravely crossed into the Confederate South to rescue her husband when he was ill in a Union Camp. MacPhearson set out ...
