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May 13, 2024 · Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah. The mouth of Sand Canyon on the Yampa River, Dinosaur National Monument (Photo: Courtesy NPS) Dinosaur preserves 210,000 acres of western Colorado ...
15 hours ago · The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore ( Lakota: Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed the sculpture, called Shrine of Democracy, [2] and ...
3 days ago · The Washington Monument is a hollow Egyptian -style stone obelisk with a 500-foot-tall (152.4 m) column surmounted by a 55-foot-tall (16.8 m) pyramidion. Its walls are 15 feet (4.6 m) thick at its base and feet (0.46 m) thick at their top.
2 days ago · Stonehenge. Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, designated a World Heritage site in 1986. Stonehenge, prehistoric stone circle monument, cemetery, and archaeological site located on Salisbury Plain, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Though there is no definite evidence as to the intended purpose of Stonehenge, it was ...
May 13, 2024 · What’s inside the Washington Monument? Embark on an exclusive virtual journey to the heart of Washington, D.C., as we unveil the majestic Washington Monument after a 3-year hiatus. Experience this awe-inspiring tribute to America’s First President like never before, whether you’re watching on your phone or immersing yourself in VR180.
May 16, 2024 · Nestled between the Painted Desert and ponderosa highlands of northern Arizona, Wupatki National Monument is an unlikely landscape for a thriving community. The early 1100's marked a time of cooler and wetter weather, when the ancestors of contemporary Pueblo communities created a bustling center of trade and culture. For indigenous peoples, these sites represent the footprints of their ancestors.
- DictionaryMon·u·ment/ˈmänyəm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a famous or notable person or event: "a simple stone monument marked the nearby crash site"
3 days ago · Paris ' most famous monument and one of the most visited per year. The tower was built in just over two years and was completed and inaugurated on 31st March 1889, by Gustave Alexandre Eiffel. The intent was to commemorate French independence a century after the Revolution, but it was hotly contested by the artistic and cultural elite of the time.
