Close Encounters of the Third Kind – The alien Mother Ship is being exhibited in Chantilly
This is the model of the Mother Ship used in the filming of the movie…
Chocolate chip cookie – The birthplace of the sweet delicacy in Whitman
In 1930, Ruth Wakefield and her husband bought a tourist lodge. When the couple opened…
Church by the Sea – The chicken church in Madeira Beach
With porthole windows that look like eyes set just above four small red tile awnings…
Flying Caduceus – The world’s first “jet” propulsion land speed car is being exhibited in Reno
Los Angeles physician Dr. Nathan Ostich built the Flying Caduceus, in 1960. He chose the…
Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre – Gangsters kill gangsters in Chicago
The 1929 murder of seven members and associates of Chicago’s North Side Gang that occurred…
The Rolling Stones recorded “Satisfaction” in Los Angeles
A song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick…
Simon & Garfunkel recorded “The Sound of Silence” in New York
The song was written by Paul Simon over several months in 1963 and 1964. A…
The Supremes recorded “Where Did Our Love Go” in Detroit
The 1964 song recorded by American music girl group for the Motown label at Motown…
Boeing 247 – The first modern passenger airliner is being exhibited in Tukwila
The revolutionary aircraft, was an all-metal, twin-engine airplane. It had a gyro panel for instrument…
Castillo de San Marcos – The old masonry fort in St. Augustine
Built to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument…
Telstar – The world’s first commercial communications satellite is being exhibited in Washington D.C.
The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on…
Traymore Hotel – The Art Deco skyscraper by the Sea in Atlantic City
The resort begun as a small boarding house in 1879, the hotel expanded and became…
Dempsey vs. Carpentier – The “Fight of the Century” in Jersey City
A boxing fight between world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and world light-heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier.…
Radio City – The majestic Music Hall in New York
The building theatre was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art…
Captain Albert Berry – One of the world’s first parachutists lands in St. Louis
On March 1, 1912, U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry climbed into a Benoist pusher-type airplane…
Starman – The deer comes to life again in South Pittsburg
Α 1984 American science fiction romance film directed by John Carpenter that tells the story…
Hindenburg disaster – The end of the giant passenger airship in Lakehurst
In 1937, the Hindenburg departed from Frankfurt, Germany, on the evening of May 3, on…
Pong – One of the earliest arcade video games is being exhibited in Mountain View
A table tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari