When Jane Addams turned Hull House in Chicago into a settlement house, it was because of a slum. She wanted a place where the poor people of the neighborhood could come for help. So she rented an...
STREET OF STEPS
Part of the modern city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is Old San Juan. Here, the government has rebuilt and restored many old buildings and streets. Now, tourists and others can see what Old San Juan...
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE
Sometimes a building becomes famous because an important person slept there. Many times we don't know that the person really did stay there. But we can be sure there is at least one place where...
THE TOWN THAT SILVER HELPED BUILD
If you climb a certain hill in central Mexico, you will find a town that silver helped build. The town is Taxco koh). Silver from the rich mines of Taxco helped pay for the red- tiled roofs, the...
A CITY OF WIGWAMS
> Children of different Indian tribes do a war dance > > in front of a Wichita grass house in Indian City, Oklahoma. You can see Kiowa tepees, Apache wickiups, Wichita grass houses, Comanche...
LET THERE BE PEACE
Peace Memorial Park is the only park of its kind in the world. This park is in the center of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. It marks the spot where the first atomic bomb was dropped. During World War...
A SHIP SAVED BY A POEM
The Constitution, a famous sailing ship, looks like this today. "Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunder shook the mighty deep, And there should be her...
WHAT A CASTLE REALLY WAS LIKE
All kinds of king\'s and all kinds of lords built all kinds of castles in Europe long before the United States became a country. Many castles are no more. Others have fallen apart and stand in...
A ROOF WITH A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE
The Pantheon in Rome, Italy, was built thousands of years ago and looks like this today. Whoever heard of building a building with a big hole in the middle of the roof? No, the hole was not a...
PILLORY AND STOCKS
The Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, has been made to look just as it did in colonial days. The people are dressed in colonial costumes. > A visitor to Williamsburg, Virginia, tries out...
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