HISTORY: This auditorium was designed by Sullivan and Adler and built by Ferdinand Wythe Peck, who wanted to create the world's grandest theater. President Grover Cleveland laid the first cornerstone in 1887.
HISTORY: This Art Deco skyscraper, designed by Holabird & Root and completed in 1930, was the tallest building in Chicago until the Daley Center was built in 1965.
233 Broadway (btwn Park Pl & Barclay St), New York, NY
Structure · Tribeca · 28 tips and reviews
HISTORY: Completed in 1913, this was the world’s tallest skyscraper until 1930, when it was surpassed in height by the Chrysler Building, also in New York City.
HISTORY: Did you know Harvard University was named after John Harvard of Charlestown, who upon his death in 1638 left his library and half his estate to the institution?
Historic and Protected Site · Downtown Boston · 23 tips and reviews
HISTORY: Built in 1729, this was where some 5,000 colonists gathered on December 16, 1773, for a protest that culminated that night in the Boston Tea Party.
Scoutmob: If you're in Decatur, you'll notice it's still frowned upon to leave your horse carts and buggies parked along the Square (according to the original sign still mounted there).