The shingle-covered Villa du Général
Rue de Paris 49, Saint-Denis
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The history of the Castillo de Mata
The Stone History of Villa Repiquet
Rue de Paris 25, Saint-Denis
Mutabor 
The historical Église Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis
Mutabor 
The Ermita de San Telmo and the vaulted polvorín
The fort of Fortim D'El Rei in Mindelo
High Knoll Fort on Saint Helena
The 1929 Art Deco Scholars Corner Apartments
South Cornell Avenue 5100, Chicago
No Other
The Henry B. Friedman Tobacco Warehouse in Lancaster, PA
Step into Vachel Lindsay's Springfield Home, a Gem of 1848
South 5th Street 603, Springfield
No Other
The 1903 Apartments with Servant Bells and Maid's Rooms
West Wisconsin Avenue 825;827;829;831, Milwaukee
No Other
The onion dome of the Evans House
West Washington Street 1108, Phoenix
No Other
The iconic Wings of Progress atop Rochester's Times Square Building
Exchange Boulevard 45-47, Rochester
No Other
Victorian Gothic Revival at Chestnut Street
Chestnut Street 5
No Other
The most imposing mid-19th century building in downtown Worcester
Southbridge Street 24;26;28;34;38;40;42;44
No Other
The 1873 Rockville Railroad Station
Church Street 98, Rockville
No Other
The Second District Police Station
The Collins Building in Dorchester
The Insurance Exchange Building on East Broadway
East Broadway 205, Long Beach
No Other
The Pulaski Tunnel and the Great Fire of 1910
The prototype of all Florida scams
The bronze figure of Israel Putnam in Hartford
The New England Hebrew Farmers' Emanuel Society Synagogue and Creamery Site
Canterbury Center Historic District
The Planned Subdivision of West Hill
The Main Street Historic District in Manchester
Arctic Point Fire Lookout near Big Creek
A Roman Egyptian temple relocated to New York City
Alexander Calder's Cheval Rouge in the National Gallery Sculpture Garden
A memorial to the nine firefighters lost in the 2007 Sofa Super Store fire
Ponkapoag Camp of Appalachian Mountain Club
Azure Mountain Fire Observation Station
The active Gull Rock Light Station on Lake Superior
The Cataract Falls Covered Bridge
Rawley Point Light: A Wisconsin Coast Landmark
The keeper who waded into the surf alone
The mess at Leviathan Mine
The Main Street Historic District in Willimantic
The New Feldtmann Fire Tower of Isle Royale
The West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II
Drawbridge
The Ghost Town of Adaven
The 100-stamp mill of Blair
Abandoned O’odham village: Snaketown, Arizona
The medieval ruins of the old church of Santo Spirito in Savona
The Torre dello Zenobito and its coastal role
The strategic fortress of Vicopisano and the works of Brunelleschi
The Austrian Fortress That Traded Artillery for Wooden Cannons
Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista in Monterosso al Mare
