#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: Before it was Elvis' home, Graceland in this state was named for Grace Toof, whose niece & niece's husband built the mansion Tennessee |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: This Seattle landmark was topped by a gas-powered torch during the 1962 World's Fair the Space Needle |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | U.S. LANDMARKS $600: This Florida city's Castillo de San Marcos, a stone fort begun in 1672, replaced a series of wooden structures on the site St. Augustine |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: Several non-fabric "quilts" including a quilt of remembrance for the 1996 bombing were created in Olympic Park in this city Atlanta |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1000: Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin designed the "Keeper of the Plains" statue in this most populous city in Kansas Wichita |
#7645, aired 2017-12-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: (D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser presents the clue.) The cornerstone of this structure was laid on July 4, 1848; Abraham Lincoln & the 90-year-old widow of Alexander Hamilton were in attendance the Washington Monument |
#7645, aired 2017-12-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: 7,000 feet above sea level, the south rim of this Arizona attraction has a view to die for the Grand Canyon |
#7645, aired 2017-12-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $600: A granite canopy in Massachusetts now protects this item of national heritage that entered history in 1620 Plymouth Rock |
#7645, aired 2017-12-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: To tour this dam's power plant, you have to take an elevator 530 feet down through the rock wall of Black Canyon the Hoover Dam |
#7645, aired 2017-12-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1000: The Point of Arches on Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park in this state makes quite the postcard Washington |
#7366, aired 2016-09-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: Fort Point, seen here, was built between 1853 & 1861 to protect this bay San Francisco Bay |
#7366, aired 2016-09-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: In Eldon, Iowa you can visit the house that inspired this classic "American" painting by Grant Wood American Gothic |
#7366, aired 2016-09-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1200: Built in the 1880s, the St. Augustine hotel named for this discoverer of Florida was the 1st large scale bldg. made of concrete Ponce de León |
#7366, aired 2016-09-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1600: Established in 1827, this fort in northeast Kansas is the oldest active Army post west of the Mississippi Fort Leavenworth |
#7366, aired 2016-09-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $2000: Within the Rockies' Cheyenne Mtn., behind 23-ton doors, is a bunker run by this defense org. created by the U.S. & Canada NORAD |
#6954, aired 2014-12-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: Helicopter tours of this Arizona wonder will take you through the Dragon Corridor, its widest & deepest part the Grand Canyon |
#6954, aired 2014-12-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: This stainless steel structure in St. Louis is twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty the Gateway Arch |
#6954, aired 2014-12-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1200: George Washington's Rising Sun chair dominates the assembly room of this Philadelphia landmark Independence Hall |
#6954, aired 2014-12-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1600: The clock in front of this New York City railway terminal may be the world's largest example of Tiffany glass Grand Central Station |
#6954, aired 2014-12-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $2000: The Big Room Tour & the Kings Palace Tour are among the many cave tours available at this New Mexico landmark Carlsbad Caverns |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: Lewis & Clark exhibits are in the Museum of Westward Expansion beneath this St. Louis landmark the Gateway Arch |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: A mural depicting the Angel of Truth freeing a slave is on the south wall of this Washington, D.C. landmark the Lincoln Memorial |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: This fort in Charleston Harbor didn't fly a U.S. flag from 1861 until February 1865 Fort Sumter |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): This landmark's SkyCity restaurant has been serving its Lunar Orbiter ice cream sundae since the 1962 World's Fair the Seattle Space Needle |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1000: In the fall of 2013, this striking building that's home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrated its 10th birthday Disney Hall |
#2770, aired 1996-09-20 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: Name shared by the largest fort in Maine & the home of the U.S. gold depository in Kentucky Fort Knox |
#2770, aired 1996-09-20 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: Built in 1828, the Arcade in this Rhode Island capital is the USA's oldest indoor shopping mall Providence |
#2770, aired 1996-09-20 | U.S. LANDMARKS $600: The Rock of Ages quarry in Vermont is the world's largest pit for this rock granite |
#2770, aired 1996-09-20 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: Kalakaua, Hawaii's last king, built this royal palace the Iolani Palace |
#2770, aired 1996-09-20 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1000: Known for its Long Room, this tavern near Wall Street is named for the West Indian who owned it 1762-1785 Fraunces Tavern |
#1286, aired 1990-03-19 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: Built in the 19th century, the Flying Horse Carousel & Newport Casino are landmarks in this state Rhode Island |
#1286, aired 1990-03-19 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: NYC department store on 34th Street that's listed in the Catalog of Nat'l. Historic Landmarks Macy's |
#1286, aired 1990-03-19 | U.S. LANDMARKS $600: It's the oldest continuously operated automobile race course anywhere Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
#1286, aired 1990-03-19 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Florida city in which you can explore the historic fortress Castillo de San Marcos St. Augustine |
#1286, aired 1990-03-19 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1000: The historic First & Second Banks of the U.S. are one block apart in this city Philadelphia |
#563, aired 1987-02-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $100: A marble memorial now houses the log cabin that housed him at birth near Hodgenville, Ky. Abraham Lincoln |
#563, aired 1987-02-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: Its mailing address is Keystone, South Dakota 57751 Mount Rushmore |
#563, aired 1987-02-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $300: Famed U.S. landmark overlooking the Patapsco River, which you can see "O'er the ramparts" Fort McHenry |
#563, aired 1987-02-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: 100 yrs. after the historic battle, the Minuteman Statue by Daniel C. French was erected there Concord |
#563, aired 1987-02-04 | U.S. LANDMARKS $500: Federal Hall, where Washington took 1st oath of office as President, is on this NYC street Wall Street |
#535, aired 1986-12-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: The most fatalities of any battle ever fought in North America occurred at this Pennsylvania site Gettysburg |
#535, aired 1986-12-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: First officially designated National Seashore, at Cape Hatteras, is in this state North Carolina |
#535, aired 1986-12-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $600: In 1956, New York's Bedloe's Island was renamed this Liberty Island |
#535, aired 1986-12-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: Legend says Jenny Lind gave concerts in this 180-mile-long Kentucky cave the Mammoth Cave |
#535, aired 1986-12-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Though Custer died in Montana, he's buried at this New York site West Point |
#366, aired 1986-02-03 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: The biblical quote "Proclaim liberty throughout the land" is inscribed upon it the Liberty Bell |
#366, aired 1986-02-03 | U.S. LANDMARKS $300 (Daily Double): It ran from Texas to Kansas and is the subject of this song:
"Come a ki yi yippee yippee yi yippee yay / Come a ki yi yippee yippee yay / Well, I started up the trail October twenty-third / Started up the trail with a 2-U herd" Chisholm Trail |
#366, aired 1986-02-03 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: Site where you can visit Gen. George S. Patton museum as well as gold bullion depository Fort Knox |
#366, aired 1986-02-03 | U.S. LANDMARKS $600: World's largest portrait sculpture, at Stone Mtn., Ga., has likenesses of these 3 Confederates Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, & Robert E. Lee |
#366, aired 1986-02-03 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1000: Largest private house, 250-room Biltmore, in Asheville, N.C., belongs to this RR tycoon's descendants (Cornelius) Vanderbilt |
#7, aired 1984-09-18 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: For her 100th birthday, she'll get her torch back the Statue of Liberty |
#7, aired 1984-09-18 | U.S. LANDMARKS $400: There were no known successful escapes from this "Rock" in S.F. bay Alcatraz |
#7, aired 1984-09-18 | U.S. LANDMARKS $600: Last Memorial Day, a Vietnam casualty was interred at this Arlington shrine the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
#7, aired 1984-09-18 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: Plays are still performed at this site of Lincoln's assassination Ford's Theater |
#7, aired 1984-09-18 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1000: At 555' 5", this 100-year-old all-stone structure is world's tallest the Washington Monument |
#2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $50: It scrapes the sky at 5th Avenue & 34th Street, New York City the Empire State Building |
#2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $100: Named for the channel it spans, this California bridge is really orange the Golden Gate |
#2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $150: From the Spanish for "Cottonwood", the site where Jim Bowie & Davy Crockett died the Alamo |
#2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: The building on the back of a $20 bill the White House |
#2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $250: The view from this Colorado summit inspired the song "America the Beautiful" Pike's Peak |