Category: USA
Mutter Museum , Philadelphia
The Mutter Museum , located in the heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , is a medical museum part of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia including collection of medical oddities, anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment. The original purpose of the collection, donated by Dr. Thomas Dent Mutter in 1858, was medical [...]
Masonic Temple , Philadelphia
The Masonic Temple, also called Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , located in Philadelphia is a historic Masonic building built in 1873. The Masonic Temple is home to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Many of America’s Founding Fathers were Freemasons. The Masonic Temple is a National Historic Landmark and also was listed on the National Register [...]
Fairmount Park , Philadelphia
Fairmount Park , located on the banks of the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia , is one of the world’s largest municipal parks consisting of 63 parks, with 9,200 acres (3,700 ha) and containing several million trees and America’s oldest zoo. Fairmount Park The largest of these 63 Fairmount parks are : East and West Parks, Franklin D. [...]
Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts or DIA located near Wayne State University , Michigan , features one of the largest , most significant art collections in the United States. In 2003, the DIA had an art collection valued at approximately 1 billion dollars. With over 100 galleries, it now covers 658,000 square feet (61,130 m²). [...]
Renaissance Center , Detroit
Renaissance Center also known as the Ren Cen , located in the center of Detroit , is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers . The Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors being its headquarters. The central tower, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, is the tallest all hotel skyscraper in the Western [...]
Belle Isle , the largest island park
Belle Isle , located only a couple of miles away from downtown Detroit is the largest island park in the US covering 982-acre (1.534 sq mi). It’s larger than Central Park in NYC and the third largest island in the Detroit River after Grosse Ile and Fighting Island . Belle Isle features Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory (1904), [...]
Atlanta History Center
Atlanta History Center , located in Atlanta, Georgia , is one of the first history museums in US. The Atlanta History Center is one of the largest US history museums , featuring award-winning signature exhibitions that tell the story of the region’s people , from its earliest settlers to the international city of today History The Atlanta [...]
World of Coca-Cola , Atlanta
The World of Coca-Cola , located in Atlanta , is a museum featuring the history of The Coca-Cola Company , advertising , entertainment areas and attractions . It is located in Pemberton Place the 20-acre (81,000 m2) and was opened to the public on May 24, 2007, relocating from and replacing the original exhibit. History [...]
Zoo Atlanta
Zoo Atlanta located in Atlanta, Georgia and founded in 1889 is one of the oldest operating zoological institutions in the United States. Zoo Atlanta houses over 1,300 animals representing more than 220 species. Home to the nation’s largest collections of gorillas and orangutans, the Zoo is also one of only four zoos in the U.S. [...]
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain located in Georgia , is a quartz monzonite dome with an elevation of 1,686 feet (513 m) above sea level and 825 feet (251.5 m) above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain is well-known for its geology and for an enormous bas-relief on its north face, the largest bas-relief in the world. The carving [...]
