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Landmarks & Buildings

Iconic structures and monuments — capitols, halls, memorials, and engineering feats — that embody American memory and ambition.

Alcatraz Island
The island fortress in San Francisco Bay that held the nation's most dangerous men — and became a symbol of Native resistance
Angel Island
The Pacific gateway where arrival often meant detention, not welcome
Cape Canaveral
The Florida Launch Site That Has Carried American Ambitions Into Space Since 1950
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
The Abilene, Kansas campus on the prairie where Ike grew up
Ellis Island
The New York Harbor immigration station that processed 12 million arrivals, 1892–1954
Fort McHenry
The Baltimore harbor fortress whose defense in 1814 inspired the national anthem
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
The Hyde Park archive that invented the presidential library
George H. W. Bush Presidential Library
The Texas A&M library of a one-term president and lifelong public servant
George W. Bush Presidential Library
The SMU library that lets visitors face the decisions of 9/11
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
The only presidential library split across two cities
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
The Independence, Missouri library where the former president kept an office
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
The library at the birthplace of the president who preceded the New Deal
Independence Hall
The Philadelphia building where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
The Atlanta library joined to the center that defined his later life
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
I. M. Pei's white tower on Boston harbor
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
The travertine monolith on the University of Texas campus in Austin
Mount Rushmore
The Black Hills monument that carved four presidents into Lakota sacred land
Obama Presidential Center
The Chicago campus that broke with the federal library model
Richard Nixon Presidential Library
The Yorba Linda library that started private and became federal
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
The hilltop library in Simi Valley with a retired Air Force One
Statue of Liberty
The French gift that became America's most enduring symbol of freedom and welcome
The Liberty Bell
The cracked Philadelphia bell that became an emblem of freedom
The Pentagon
The headquarters of American military power — and a symbol of it
The U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis — where the Navy and Marine Corps train their officers
The White House
The presidential residence that became the symbol of American power
West Point
The military academy that trained the officers who led America's wars
William J. Clinton Presidential Library
The cantilevered "bridge to the 21st century" over the Arkansas River