650 places found

Hagerstown, Maryland
The Jonathan Hager House in Hagerstown City Park was built around 1739 by Hager, the German immigrant who founded the city, and is now a…

Omaha, Nebraska
Joslyn Castle is a Scottish baronial mansion built in 1903 for George and Sarah Joslyn, and later used as the administrative offices of the…

Fort Smith, Arkansas
Isaac Parker sat as federal judge for the Western District of Arkansas at Fort Smith from 1875 until his death in 1896, with jurisdiction…

Houston, Texas
The Julia Ideson Building, completed in 1926 as Houston's central library and named for longtime librarian Julia Ideson, is a Spanish…

Savannah, Georgia
Now a National Historic Landmark, this Savannah house was the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, on October 31,…

Jupiter, Florida
First illuminated on July 10, 1860, the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse went dark for most of the Civil War after assistant keeper Augustus Lang…

Kewaunee, Wisconsin
The Karsten Hotel in Kewaunee traces its history to 1858, when it opened as the Steamboat House, and has carried the Karsten name since…

La Salle, Illinois
Opened in 1915 and designed by the noted Chicago firm Marshall and Fox, the six-story Kaskaskia Hotel once hosted guests including Amelia…

Savannah, Georgia
Built in 1892 for iron works owner William Kehoe, his wife Anne, and their ten children, the Kehoe House lost at least one and likely two…

Huntington, West Virginia
The Keith-Albee Theatre in downtown Huntington, opened in 1928 and one of the few surviving atmospheric theaters in the country, has been…

Seattle, Washington
Kells occupies the former Butterworth and Sons mortuary building in Post Alley beside Pike Place Market. Staff report banging, falling…

Terry, Montana
The Kempton Hotel in Terry opened in June 1902 and is billed as the oldest continuously operated hotel in Montana, having hosted guests…

McCarthy, Alaska
Kennecott was the centre of a copper empire until the ore ran out and the mill town was abandoned almost overnight in 1938, leaving…

Jackson, California
The Kennedy Mine was one of the deepest gold mines in North America and killed 36 workers over its years of operation; its headframe and…

Kennesaw, Georgia
Visitors to Kennesaw Mountain describe Confederate soldiers in bloody, war-torn clothing who vanish when approached, translucent figures…

Kilauea, Hawaii
Commissioned in 1913 on a windswept point on Kauaʻi's north shore, Kīlauea Point Lighthouse guided ships across the Pacific for decades…

Kailua Kona (Big Island), Hawaii
At King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, guests and staff report footsteps, chanting, and battle cries along the top-floor corridors, along…

Van Buren, Arkansas
Built in 1891 as a commercial block with a billiard parlour, saloon and newspaper office, this building became the King Opera House in 1901…

Natchez, Mississippi
King's Tavern in Natchez is considered the oldest standing building in the city and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.…

Mason, Ohio
Kings Island is said to be haunted by a little girl in a blue dress, reported at the International Restaurant and near the White Water…

Rugby, Tennessee
Historic Rugby is a Victorian utopian village on the Cumberland Plateau founded in 1880 by the English author Thomas Hughes, and Kingstone…

Houston, Texas
La Carafe is a candlelit bar in a building on Houston's Market Square that dates to before the Civil War, among the oldest in the city.…

Laredo, Texas
La Posada Hotel stands on the banks of the Rio Grande in downtown Laredo, next to St. Augustine Church, in a Spanish Revival building that…

Marietta, Ohio
The Lafayette Hotel stands at Front and Ohio streets on the Ohio River in Marietta and has welcomed guests since 1918. TourismOhio and the…