Top 10 famous landmarks in the USA

Narrowing a list of the thousands of groundbreaking development since the public developed from colonial beginnings to modern times to the ten greatest requires some stringent criteria, here is the most important.

Alamo, San Antonio, Texas

Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
In 1835 Texas residents initiated a war to gain their independence from Mexico. One of the war’s most famous battles occurred at The Alamo, a simple chapel that formed part of a Spanish mission. A group of 187 Texan rebels retreated to The Alamo on February 23, 1836. The Mexicans laid siege to the chapel for 12 days, until March 6, when The Alamo finally fell.

Empire State Building

Empire State Building
Built in 1931, the Empire State Building in New York City, New York, stands 381 m (1250 ft) high. The construction of the world’s tallest skyscraper was planned by American politician Alfred Smith. Although no longer the world’s tallest building, it remains a popular tourist destination.

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
The Golden Gate Bridge links the city of San Francisco with Marin
County to the north. Since the suspension bridge opened in 1937, it has been one of the principal landmarks of both San Francisco and California.

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon, deep, steep-walled canyon in northwestern Arizona, excavated by the Colorado River.

Front of the Lincoln Memorial

Front of the Lincoln Memorial – The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was completed in 1922. Visitors enter the memorial through a huge doorway, which leads to the main room containing a statue of President Abraham Lincoln.
Statue of Lincoln – A statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is the focal point of the interior of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The white marble statue, created by sculptor Daniel Chester French, is 5.8 m (19 ft) tall. On the wall behind the statue are inscribed the words, In the temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Workers used drills and dynamite to carve the faces of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln into the granite wall of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills. American sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed and supervised the work on the memorial from 1927 until his death in 1941. Borglum’s son, Lincoln, directed the conclusion of the work.

Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom for many, was one of the first sights to welcome immigrants arriving in the United States. The statue stands 93 m (305 ft) tall on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. It was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and is a gift from France commemorating the first centennial of U.S. independence from Britain.

Washington Monument

Washington Monument
Work on the Washington Monument, a marble obelisk 169 m (555 ft) tall, was completed in 1884. By the time it was formally dedicated in 1885, it had taken nearly a century to create this monument to George Washington, the man who had led the United States through the American Revolution (1775-1783) and served as its first president.

White House, North Portico

White House, North Portico
The White House, in Washington, D.C., is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the United States. The White House contains 132 rooms, but only 7 of these are open to public tours.

Jackson's Yellowstone

Jackson’s Yellowstone
Through his photographs of geysers and other natural wonders in northwestern Wyoming, American photographer William Henry Jackson helped persuade the United States government to declare the area Yellowstone National Park in 1872. In this photograph taken by Jackson, steam spews from a geyser crater near the Lower Firehole River in Yellowstone.