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Places · 1766
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- 500s BCE · 4
- 400s BCE · 3
- 300s BCE · 8
Colossus of Rhodes, Greece
Places · 292 BCE
Colossus of Rhodes
Places · 292 BCE
Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt)
Places · 284 BCE
Royal Library of Alexandria
Places · 283 BCE
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Places · 280 BCE
Great Pyramid of Cholula (Mexico)
Places · 250 BCE
Great Wall of China, during Qin Shi Huang reign
Places · 220 BCE
Great Wall of China (Qin Shi Huang)
Places · 220 BCE
- 200s BCE · 1
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- 100s · 7
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- 500s · 4
- 600s · 1
- 700s · 3
- 800s · 7
- 1000s · 7
- 1100s · 8
Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
Places · 1113
Naviglio Grande (the Grand Canal)
Places · 1127
St. Stephen's Cathedral (Vienna)
Places · 1137
Notre Dame de Paris
Places · 1163
Old London Bridge
Places · 1170
“Leaning” Tower of Pisa
Places · 1173
Bab Agnaou (Morocco) built by order of Caliph Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur
Places · 1188
Chartres Cathedral (France)
Places · 1195
- 1200s · 9
University of Cambridge (England)
Places · 1209
Reims Cathedral (France)
Places · 1211
Salisbury Cathedral (England)
Places · 1220
Westminster Abbey (London)
Places · 1245
Beijing
Places · 1250
Florence Cathedral (Italy)
Places · 1296
Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence)
Places · 1296
Florence Cathedral
Places · 1296
Florence, Italy town hall, The Palazzo Vecchio ("Old Palace") constructed
Places · 1299
- 1300s · 5
- 1400s · 9
Seville Cathedral (Spain)
Places · 1401
Imperial Palaces (Forbidden City, China)
Places · 1406
Temple of Heaven (China)
Places · 1406
The Forbidden City [Beijing, China] constructed
Places · 1406
University of St Andrews
Places · 1413
Sacsayhuaman (Peru)
Places · 1450
Machu Picchu [Perú]
Places · 1450
University of Glasgow
Places · 1451
University of Aberdeen
Places · 1495
- 1500s · 11
St. Peter's Basilica (Rome)
Places · 1506
St Peter's Basilica (Rome)
Places · 1506
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Places · 1508
Havana, Cuba
Places · 1519
Panama City, Panama
Places · 1519
Choquequirao [Perú] constructed
Places · 1536
St. Andrews (Old Course)
Places · 1552
St. Augustine, FL
Places · 1565
St. Augustine
Places · 1565
Great Mosque of Mecca [Masjid al-Haram]
Places · 1570
University of Edinburgh
Places · 1582
- 1600s · 14
New York City, NY
Places · 1624
Royal Palace of Versaille, or Château de Versailles
Places · 1624
Boston, MA
Places · 1630
Jersey City, NJ
Places · 1630
Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Places · 1632
Harvard University
Places · 1636
Belfast
Places · 1650
Newark, NJ
Places · 1663
Canal du Midi (France)
Places · 1667
Palace of Versailles (Chateau de Versailles)
Places · 1668
St Paul's Cathedral (London)
Places · 1675
Philadelphia, PA
Places · 1682
Norfolk, VA
Places · 1682
College of William & Mary
Places · 1693
- 1700s · 36
Yale University
Places · 1701
Melk Abbey (Austria)
Places · 1702
Buckingham House/Palace
Places · 1703
Albuquerque, NM
Places · 1706
San Antonio, TX
Places · 1718
New Orleans, LA
Places · 1718
Baton Rouge, LA
Places · 1719
Winter Palace (Saint Petersburg)
Places · 1728
Baltimore, MD
Places · 1729
University of Pennsylvania
Places · 1740
Princeton University
Places · 1746
Columbia University
Places · 1754
Charlotte, NC
Places · 1755
Pittsburgh, PA
Places · 1758
Puente Nuevo [Spain]
Places · 1759
The British Museum [London]
Places · 1759
Brown University
Places · 1764
St. Louis, MO
Places · 1764
The Omni Homestead Resort (Hot Springs, VA)
Places · 1766
Monticello
Places · 1768
Dartmouth College
Places · 1769
San Diego, CA
Places · 1769
King Alfred's Tower [England]
Places · 1769
Red Lion Inn (Stockbridge, MA)
Places · 1773
San Jose, CA
Places · 1777
Louisville, KY
Places · 1778
Nashville, TN
Places · 1779
Wat Phra Kaew (Thailand)
Places · 1782
Eszterháza (Hungary)
Places · 1784
New Hampshire
Places · 1788
Brandenburg Gate (Berlin) built by order of King Frederick William II
Places · 1788
Buffalo, NY
Places · 1789
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Places · 1789
Washington DC
Places · 1790
The White House
Places · 1792
The Louvre [Paris]
Places · 1793
- 1800s · 95
United States Military Academy (Army)
Places · 1802
Detroit, MI
Places · 1806
Arc de Triomphe (Paris) commissioned by Napoleon
Places · 1806
Huntsville, AL
Places · 1809
Columbus, OH
Places · 1812
Erie Canal
Places · 1817
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Places · 1817
Cincinnati, OH
Places · 1820
Indianapolis, IN
Places · 1821
Jacksonville, FL
Places · 1822
Memphis, TN
Places · 1826
University College London (UCL)
Places · 1826
B&O Railroad chartered
Places · 1827
University of Toronto (King's College)
Places · 1827
Harvey Nichols (London)
Places · 1831
New York University
Places · 1831
Reading Railroad chartered
Places · 1833
The Hermitage
Places · 1834
Madame Tussauds (wax museum) founded in London
Places · 1835
Cleveland, OH
Places · 1836
Chicago, IL
Places · 1837
Canal Latéral de la Garonne (France)
Places · 1838
Duke University
Places · 1838
Austin, TX
Places · 1839
Omni Royal Orleans
Places · 1843
United States Naval Academy (Navy)
Places · 1845
Portland, OR
Places · 1845
Pennsylvania Railroad founded
Places · 1846
Atlanta, GA
Places · 1847
Washington Monument
Places · 1848
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Places · 1848
Harrods (London)
Places · 1849
House of Fraser (Glasgow)
Places · 1849
Los Angeles, CA
Places · 1850
University of Sydney
Places · 1850
Seattle, WA
Places · 1851
Northwestern University
Places · 1851
Hamilton Hotel (Washington DC)
Places · 1851
Kansas City, MO
Places · 1853
University of Melbourne
Places · 1853
Omaha, NE
Places · 1854
The Smithsonian Institution (the Smithsonian), a group of museums, education and research centers
Places · 1855
Dallas, TX
Places · 1856
St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York City)
Places · 1858
Suez Canal
Places · 1859
Monument to Nicholas I (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Places · 1859
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Places · 1861
Bloomingdale's (NYC)
Places · 1861
Ludwig Beck (Munich)
Places · 1861
Union Pacific Railroad incorporated
Places · 1862
Morrison-Clark Historic Inn (Washington DC)
Places · 1864
Mayo Clinic, founded in Rochester, MN
Places · 1864
Cornell University
Places · 1865
Minneapolis, MN
Places · 1867
Saks Fifth Avenue (NYC)
Places · 1867
Nebraska
Places · 1867
Hohenzollern Castle (Germany)
Places · 1867
University of California
Places · 1868
St Mary's Cathedral (Sydney)
Places · 1868
Reno, NV
Places · 1868
Wichita, KS
Places · 1868
Brooklyn Bridge (New York City)
Places · 1870
Palmer House (Chicago), NW corner of State St & Quincy St
Places · 1870
Birmingham, AL
Places · 1871
Royal Albert Hall (London)
Places · 1871
Royal Albert Hall [London] opened by Queen Victoria
Places · 1871
Yellowstone National Park
Places · 1872
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) [New York City]
Places · 1872
El Paso, TX
Places · 1873
Spokane, WA
Places · 1873
Johns Hopkins University
Places · 1876
Bellwether House (Savannah, GA)
Places · 1876
Phoenix, AZ
Places · 1881
Corinth Canal (Greece)
Places · 1881
University of Texas at Austin
Places · 1883
Washington Monument (Washington D.C.)
Places · 1884
Sagrada Familia (Barcelona)
Places · 1884
Statue of Liberty
Places · 1885
Georgia Institute of Technology
Places · 1885
Tower Bridge (London)
Places · 1886
Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans)
Places · 1886
Jekyll Island Club (was private club, restored & reopened as luxury hotel)
Places · 1886
Eiffel Tower (Paris)
Places · 1887
Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island, Michigan)
Places · 1887
Biltmore House
Places · 1889
Oklahoma City, OK
Places · 1889
Sequoia
Places · 1890
Yosemite
Places · 1890
Carnegie Hall (NYC)
Places · 1891
Stanford University
Places · 1891
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Places · 1891
Green Park Inn (Blowing Rock, NC)
Places · 1891
Martinique New York on Broadway
Places · 1898
Bergdorf Goodman (NYC)
Places · 1899
Mount Rainer
Places · 1899
- 1900s · 128
Paris Métro
Places · 1900
Flatiron Building
Places · 1901
The Strand Hotel (Yangon, Myanmar (Burma))
Places · 1901
Nordstrom (Seattle)
Places · 1901
Willard Hotel (Washington DC)
Places · 1901
Panama Canal
Places · 1902
Omni Mount Washington (Bretton Woods, NH)
Places · 1902
Crater Lake
Places · 1902
Unity Temple (Chicago)
Places · 1904
Unity Temple (Oak Park, IL) constructed
Places · 1904
Old Faithful Inn (Yellowstone National Park, WY)
Places · 1904
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (Philadelphia)
Places · 1904
Met Life Tower
Places · 1905
Las Vegas, NV
Places · 1905
The Ritz Hotel (London)
Places · 1906
Washington National Cathedral
Places · 1907
Great Mosque of Djenné (Mali)
Places · 1907
The Plaza (NYC)
Places · 1907
University of Queensland
Places · 1909
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Places · 1909
The Inn at Diamond Cove (Portland, MA)
Places · 1910
Bouzov Castle (Czech Republic)
Places · 1910
RMS Titanic (White Star Line)
Places · 1911
The Beverly Hills Hotel (California)
Places · 1912
‘The Green Monster’ (Fenway Park, Boston)
Places · 1912
Fairmont Copley Plaza (Boston)
Places · 1912
The Commonwealth (Richmond, VA)
Places · 1913
Lincoln Memorial
Places · 1914
Wrigley Field (Chicago)
Places · 1914
Anchorage, AK
Places · 1914
Rocky Mountain
Places · 1915
bas relief at Stone Mountain, GA
Places · 1916
Omni William Penn (Pittsburgh)
Places · 1916
Denali
Places · 1917
The Broadmoor (Colorado Springs)
Places · 1918
Hearst Castle/San Simeon (California)
Places · 1919
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Places · 1919
Grand Canyon National Park
Places · 1919
Second Imperial Hotel (Tokyo)
Places · 1919
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Places · 1919
Acadia
Places · 1919
Zion
Places · 1919
Holland Tunnel
Places · 1920
The Drake (Chicago)
Places · 1920
Cleveland Clinic, founded by faculty & alumni from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Places · 1921
Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles)
Places · 1922
Shriners Hospitals for Children (originally Shriners Children's) opened in Shreveport, LA
Places · 1922
Wembley Stadium I (London)
Places · 1923
Belmond Copacabana Palace (Rio de Janeiro)
Places · 1923
Hotel DuPont (Wilmington, DE)
Places · 1923
The Mayflower Hotel (Washington DC)
Places · 1925
The Peabody Memphis
Places · 1925
Midway International Airport (Chicago)
Places · 1926
Historic Americus Hotel (Allentown, PA)
Places · 1926
Hotel Viking (Newport, RI)
Places · 1926
Hilton Chicago
Places · 1927
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Places · 1927
Royal Hawaiian Hotel (Honolulu, HI)
Places · 1927
La Valencia Hotel (San Diego)
Places · 1928
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Places · 1928
The Raphael Hotel (Kansas City, MO)
Places · 1928
Trump Building (40 Wall St)
Places · 1929
Chrysler Building
Places · 1929
The Pierre (New York City)
Places · 1930
Omni Shoreham Hotel (Washington DC)
Places · 1930
Carlsbad Caverns
Places · 1930
Waldorf Astoria (New York City)
Places · 1931
Christ The Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Places · 1931
Waldorf Astoria New York
Places · 1931
Abby Road Studios [London]
Places · 1931
German Autobahn
Places · 1932
The Rock Hotel (Gibraltar)
Places · 1932
Moscow Canal
Places · 1932
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)
Places · 1933
Augusta National Golf Club
Places · 1933
Everglades National Park
Places · 1934
RMS Queen Mary (Cunard Line)
Places · 1934
Great Smoky Mountains
Places · 1934
Moscow Metro
Places · 1935
Shenandoah
Places · 1935
Church of Saint Sava (Belgrade, Serbia)
Places · 1935
Fallingwater (Mill Run, Pennsylvania)
Places · 1936
Olympic National Park
Places · 1938
RMS Queen Elizabeth (Cunard Line)
Places · 1938
Jefferson Memorial
Places · 1939
LaGuardia Airport (New York)
Places · 1939
Isle Royale
Places · 1940
Richmond Raceway
Places · 1946
United Nations Building Headquarters
Places · 1948
JFK International Airport (New York)
Places · 1948
Notre Dame du Haut (Paris)
Places · 1950
Sun Studio [Memphis]
Places · 1950
Darlington Raceway
Places · 1950
SS United States (United States Lines)
Places · 1951
Anderton Court Shops (Beverly Hills, CA)
Places · 1952
United States Air Force Academy
Places · 1954
O'Hare International Airport (Chicago)
Places · 1955
US Interstate Highway
Places · 1956
Lambeau Field (Green Bay, Wis.)
Places · 1957
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (NYC)
Places · 1957
Caribbean Motel (Wildwood Crest, NJ)
Places · 1957
Sydney Opera House
Places · 1958
Met Life (Pan Am) Building
Places · 1959
Daytona International Speedway
Places · 1959
Christ the King (Almada, Portugal)
Places · 1959
Hawaii
Places · 1959
Hitsville U.S.A. [Detroit]
Places · 1959
Toei Subway (Tokyo)
Places · 1960
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Places · 1960
Berlin Wall
Places · 1961
Bristol Motor Speedway
Places · 1961
USS Arizona Memorial constructed
Places · 1962
Petrified Forest
Places · 1962
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN founded by Danny Thomas
Places · 1962
Gateway Arch (St. Louis)
Places · 1963
Canyonlands
Places · 1964
Shrine of the Book (Jerusalem)
Places · 1965
World Trade Centers
Places · 1968
Madison Square Garden IV (NYC)
Places · 1968
Michigan International Speedway
Places · 1968
Redwood
Places · 1968
Harbour Town Golf Links
Places · 1969
Talladega Superspeedway
Places · 1969
Beijing Subway
Places · 1969
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio [AL]
Places · 1969
John F. Kennedy Center (Washington DC)
Places · 1971
Pocono Raceway
Places · 1971
Arches
Places · 1971
