The Taj Mahal was begun in 1632 by an Indian king to honor his favorite wife. He planned to build
Adolfo Alsina (1829-1877) was a lawyer born in Buenos Aires and was the son of a Unitarian politician. After he
Amer Fort, in Rajasthan India, was built around 1600 by the king in the area. It was built to be
This huge bowl inside Amer Fort was built by a king for a wedding. They say it holds enough mutton
This is Jantar Mantar, an astronomical observatory in Jaipur, India completed in 1734. It contains this machine, the world's largest
The Linville Gorge Today the Linville Gorge is some of the most remote wilderness in the US East of the
Earlier this year some of the Discerning History team visited the new Museum of the Bible while passing through Washington,
The Old Senate Chamber in Philadelphia. The US Senate met here during the first years of the republic. Many decisions
When the Americans attacked the British Sherry at Germantown in 1777, some British troops barricaded themselves in Cliveden, this imposing
These bones were sent to President and naturalist Thomas Jefferson by a friend. He first believed them to be the
When the British captured Philadelphia, Congress fled to York, PA, a rough frontier town. This is a reconstruction of the
This building, Christ Church in Philadelphia, was the tallest building George Washington ever laid eyes on. When the steeple was