At the height of Cold War tensions, Julius Rosenberg was arrested here at his home and charged with providing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. He & his wife were both convicted in 1951.
The Dome has hosted 6 Super Bowls; more than any other sports facility. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina the Dome was closed for repair and was reopened on Sept 25 2006. The Saints won that night
This is America's very first hospital, with a cornerstone laid by Benjamin Franklin in 1752. During the Revolution, the hospital treated both British and American soldiers.
Its 9,200 acres make up 10 percent of Philadelphia. Rather than a single park, it's actually a collection of 63 regional and neighborhood parks. In 1876 one of the first World's Fairs was hosted here.
The Capitol is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. Begun in 1793, the Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored.
Completed in 1800, The White House is the oldest public building in Washington, DC and has been the home of every president except George Washington.
Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium has played host to some of the best football games for more than four decades.
A group of Spanish explorers made the first written record of the tar pits in 1769. The oldest known material from the tar pit dates back over 38,000 years.
Opened in 2001, the theatre seats 3,401. The Grand Staircase is surrounded by columns displaying the names of Academy Award Best Picture winners with blank spaces left for future winners.
"LIFE! DO YOU HEAR ME? GIVE MY CREATION... LIFE!" It was here that the medical school scenes were filmed in Mel Brook's 1974 classic comedy Young Frankenstein.
In 1984, Mary Lou Retton Retton pulled off a unanimous perfect 10 and won the gold becoming the first American woman to ever win an individual gold medal in Olympic gymnastics.
Starting from his home, Paul Revere set out on his famous midnight ride in 1775 to warn his compatriots that the British were coming. Built in 1680, it is one of the oldest houses in downtown Boston.
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, a scientist at BBN Technologies and the father of e-mail, told the BBC that his first message was "completely forgettable" but he suspects it was something like "Testing 1-2-3"
Built in 1903, it's the nation's oldest stadium, & home to the school's football team. Harvard's biggest rival has been Yale, & the most famous confrontation came on Nov. 23, 1968 when they tied 29-29
From 1908 to 1921, this eight story, Second Renaissance Revival structure in San Francisco's financial district served as headquarters for Bank of Italy (later renamed Bank of America).
This is one of the few surviving colonial-era churches in NYC. George Washington, along with members of the U.S. Congress, worshipped here on his Inauguration Day, on April 30, 1789.
In 1853-54, NY's first world's fair, the Crystal Palace Exhibition, took place here. A huge iron-and-glass structure was erected to house 5,272 exhibitors from 23 foreign nations and across the U.S.
The Starbucks was once a barbershop & location of one of history's most notorious mob hits on October 25, 1957 when Albert Anastasia was shot to death.
This landmark 1913 theater is said to be haunted by Louis Borsalino, an acrobat who fell to his death during a performance here in the 1950s.
The Denver Zoo has long been an innovator in re-creating realistic habitats: Bear Mountain, built in 1918, was the first animal exhibit in the U.S. constructed of simulated concrete rockwork.
Founded in 1957 and named after James Madison, the fourth US President and coauthor of the Constitution, it has been a filming location for the films Paranoid Park and Twilight.
Opened in 1917, the garden houses over 7,000 rose plants of approx. 550 varieties. It's the oldest continuously operating public rose test garden & exemplifies Portland's nickname 'The City of Roses'.
During the 2008 US Presidential Election an estimated 75,000 people, the largest gathering in the entire campaign, gathered here to see Barack Obama. The park has also hosted many Rose Festival events
Founded in 1921, the museum was known as "Detroit's best kept secret." They receive more than 250,000 visitors annually and showcase more than 300 years of Detroit's history.
Founded in 1885, the DIA's collection is among the top 6 in the US. In 2000 the DIA opened the GM Center for African American Art in order to broaden the museum's collection of African American art.
Opened in 1928, the Detroit Fox is one of 5 Fox Theaters across the United States. It was the first movie theater in the world to be constructed with built-in equipment for sound films.
Opened in 1904, the conservatory is open to the public free of charge every day of the year. It is the nation's oldest conservatory and covers more than an acre with a central dome 85 feet high.
The island was landscaped in the 1880s & served as a staging ground by the U.S. military during World War II for a re-enactment of a Pacific island invasion by the Navy and Marine Corps.
Orchestra Hall has been home to the Minnesota Orchestra since 1974. The open glass structure & whimsical blue tubes offer a warm, welcoming ambiance for all concertgoers.
The 1st facility opened in 1917. In 2007 the gates were adjusted to lower the water level of the Mississippi by 2 ft to assist in the recovery efforts of the victims of the I-35W bridge collapse.
