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This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in California.The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
Location of Nueces County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nueces County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Nueces County, Texas. There are one district and 18 individual properties listed on the National ...
1,000 Places to See in the US and Canada Before You Die (ISBN 0761147381, 2007) is a book written by Patricia Schultz as a follow-up book to 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. The listing below is divided into sections like the book, and each listing appears as it does in the book. Places that are in more than one state are listed in each state.
Image credits: Mike Sal #3. Home Alone (1990) - then and now (2024) Grace Episcopal Church, Illinois - 924 Lake Street, where all the interior of the church scenes filmed.
Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.
Municipal (City of Los Angeles) Site of the world-famous natural asphalt tar pits. [29] San Andreas Fault: 1965: San Benito: Private One of the best illustrations of earth displacement caused by small crustal movements. [30] San Felipe Creek Area: 1974: Imperial, San Diego
The Castle of Burgos was a castle and alcázar, located in the city of Burgos, [1] in the hill of San Miguel to 75 metres (246 ft) above the city and to 981 metres (3,219 ft) above the sea. This hill was the subject of archaeological surveys by General Centeno in the years 1925 and 1926 trying to find Napoleonic military files from when the ...
"California in 1846" map shows geographic distribution of Spanish and Mexican land grants Mexican land grants of Tehama County, California (Bureau of Land Management map, 1997) These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals ...