Landmarks & Monuments
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Hoover Tower at Stanford University
$23.99 Read moreA Stanford University landmark since 1941, the 285-foot-tall, Art Deco-style Hoover Tower provides a contrasting focal point for the horizontal lines of the Quad’s sandstone arcades. The Quad, begun i… [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Danielson, Elena S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1467129208
- Language: English
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Brooklyn Arcadia: Art, History, and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood
$75.00 Read moreThe New York City treasure, newly photographed, is revealed as garden in the city, repository for memory, and a place for repose, inspiration, and delight.
Green-Wood is a living cemetery that brings- Author: Garn, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0847873242
- Language: English
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Black and White – Updated: The Singapore House 1898-1941
$30.00 Read moreNew UPDATED EDITION 2022
The unique Black and White house in Singapore is the most distinctive and imposing of the island’s colonial architectural legacy. Surviving examples are testament to their phys
- Author: Davison, Julian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9810903286
- Language: English
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Guide to Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios
$29.95 Read moreFrom the desert vistas of Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico ranch to Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner’s Hamptons cottage, step into the homes and studios of illustrious American artists and witness creativ… [more below]
- Author: Balint, Valerie A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1616897732
- Language: English
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Aia Guide to the Architecture of Washington, DC
$34.95 Add to cart“The model of what a concise, attractive guidebook should be.”–Mid-Atlantic Country
This lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents, and architecture aficionados insights into nearly 450
- Author: Moeller, G. Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1421443856
- Language: English
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Lost Burlington, Vermont
$23.99 Read moreSince Burlington was first settled over two centuries ago it has seen the establishment of a rich historic and architectural legacy, much of which has been lost. The Strong and State Theaters, St. Pau… [more below]
- Series: Lost
- Author: Blanchard, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152293
- Language: English
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Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues & Heroes Behind New York’s Place Names
$23.99 Read moreThe Van Wyck, the Major Deegan, the Jackie Robinson, the Hutch, the Merritt, FDR Drive, or the Henry Hudson…you might drive them regularly, without really noticing that those road names are, well, n… [more below]
- Author: Bratspies, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151408
- Language: English
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Philadelphia’s Strawbridge & Clothier: From Our Family to Yours
$23.99 Read moreBecome Part of the Store Family
From its flagship store on Market Street in the heart of Philadelphia, Strawbridge & Clothier strove to meet the needs of its customers for over a century. Built on a f
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Butterworth, Meg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1467150266
- Language: English
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Washington on Foot, Sixth Edition Revised and Expanded
$14.95 Read moreAn essential walking tour guide to one of the most walkable and historic cities in the US, perfect for first-time visitors and longtime residents alike
This updated 6th edition of the perennial favori- Author: Bonstra, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1588347362
- Language: English
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Bygone Attractions of Chittenden County
$24.99 Add to cartThis book is a visual history of the many recreational amenities that sprang up in Chittenden County, Vermont starting with the dawn of the car culture in the 1930s. It spans five decades of snack bar
- Author: Blanchard, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: July 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1957184442
- Language: English
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222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die
$32.00 Read morePerfect for budding cemetery armchair travelers and serious taphophiles, this hauntingly beautiful guide to the world’s most interesting and unusual cemeteries has been revised and updated to include … [more below]
- Author: Rhoads, Loren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0762486023
- Language: English
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Palm Springs Tiki: Polynesia in the Desert
$35.00 Read morePalm Springs Tiki presents a visual exploration of a mid-century tropical paradise in the California desert.
From the 1930s through the 1970s, Palm Springs and other desert communities embraced the mid
- Author: Kirsten, Sven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1423666038
- Language: English
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Monumental Controversies: Mount Rushmore, Four Presidents, and the Quest for National Unity
$32.95 Add to cartIn recent years the United States has witnessed major controversies surrounding past American presidents, monuments, and sites. Consider Mount Rushmore, which features the heads of the nation’s most r… [more below]
- Author: Senie, Harriet F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1640124993
- Language: English
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Grandes Misterios de la Humanidad: Incluye 2 Libros en 1 – TeorÃas de Conspiración que han Impactado al Mundo, Las Sociedades Secretas más Misteriosas
$23.99 Add to cartTe has preguntado qué secretos ocultan los gobiernos y lÃderes del mundo a las personas? Te gustarÃa saber cuales son los grupos más misteriosos e impactantes de todos los tiempos? Porqué much
- Author: Aguilar, Blake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: July 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1646945964
- Language: Spanish
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The Wonders of Florence
$22.50 Add to cartThe first pop-up book on Florence. Dario Cestaro’s spectacular drawings and paper architecture reveal Florence and its treasures in a pop-up book telling the city’s history with straightforward texts
- Author: Cestaro, Dario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: March 24 2015
- ISBN10: 8831719211
- Language: English
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New Heights: Transforming Seattle’s Iconic Space Needle
$40.00 Read more– A beautifully presented narrative detailing the enthralling process of renovation the Space Needle, the first tower in the world to boast a revolving restaurant, and a structure that changed notions
- Author: Kundig, Olson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 03, 2024
- ISBN10: 1864709707
- Language: English
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Ellis Island
$23.99 Add to cartThe United States is considered the world’s foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island.
Through Ellis Island’s halls and corridors more than twe
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Moreno, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 10 2003
- ISBN10: 0738513040
- Language: English
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The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photographs from Artistic Houses, with New Text
$19.95 Read moreOriginally published in 1883 to 1884, Artistic Houses comprised more than 200 photographs of the interiors of the homes of the well-to-do, with commentary on the woodwork, wall coverings, color scheme… [more below]
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Lewis, Arnold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 20 2016
- ISBN10: 0486252507
- Language: English
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture
$14.95 Add to cartClassic work by great Victorian expresses his deepest convictions of the nature and role of architecture and its aesthetics. Authoritative edition includes reproductions of 14 plates of Ruskin’s archi… [more below]
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Ruskin, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: December 01 1989
- ISBN10: 048626145X
- Language: English
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Versailles: A Biography of a Palace
$22.99 Add to cartCalled “fast-paced” (Kirkus Reviews) and “highly engrossing” (Publishers Weekly), this is the behind-the-scenes story of the world’s most famous palace.
The story of Versailles is one of high historic- Author: Spawforth, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0312603460
- Language: English
