When you look back at these old photos of skyscraper construction, you’ll see men way up high without harnesses, walking along beams suspended hundreds of feet above the street, and swinging on cables.
What kind of Thanksgiving food did people enjoy years ago? Here’s a look back at some restaurant menus from holidays past – some of which our modern-day feasts seem simple in comparison.
New York City’s luxurious original Waldorf-Astoria was among America’s first big hotels. When it was built during the Victorian era, it was considered the finest hotel in the world – and soon became the most famous, too.
Look back at Hawaii during the huge tourist boom of the sixties, which helped thousands fall in love with the state – but also forever changed the islands’ landscape.
A look back at some of Florida’s historic hotels — the most magnificent resort hotels of the Victorian era, and where — and if — they stand now.
Here’s a look back at vintage Las Vegas in its ’60s & ’70s heyday – plus scenes of the new city before then, and a surprising history of the Nevada desert locale.
Technically superior, if overly sentimental, ‘Somewhere in Time’ stars Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, and takes viewers back in time to 1912.
Why take the stairs while you can ride up in comfort inside one of these metalwork ‘cage’ style antique elevators, made with beautiful ornamental iron? Just tell the bellhop what floor you want.
The doors of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a 36-year-old internationally-known institution, closed May 1, 1929. Noisy wreckers will clank in to tear it down. The old generation passes with a sigh. The new era enters with a roar.
Texas – The Summerland of Wintertime Thirty or forty years ago, Texas was the dream-objective of every American boy. For him, a seemingly endless plain
The Majestic is an attractive house at all times of the year, but it is additionally so in the summer, because of its beautiful roof garden.
The charm of vacationing in New York — the ideal place for a summer resort — lies in the unrivaled transportation facilities of the great seaport.
Nestled between the spectacular Maui coastline and the rolling green hills of a lush pineapple plantation lie The Kapalua Villas.
Haven for the folks… heaven for the kids (1950) One way or another, everybody goes for Howard Johnson’s! You get ice cream with the famous
There’s Good-Old-Days goodness in every flavor… under the orange roof! How ever you love it… to eat in a heaping cone… or to sip by
Enjoy every attraction on the biggest family show afloat! The Queen Mary was the greatest, most luxurious ship ever to sail the seas. And now
Front view of the proposed new hotel near Golden Gate Park A syndicate of capitalists have arranged to build a large hotel near Golden Gate
Introducing America’s most sumptuous hotel The Beverly Hilton Synonymous with the gracious living of Beverly Hills, the magnificent new Beverly Hilton is the most recent
Grand Floridian Beach Resort at Walt Disney World Journey back to the turn of the century… to another time and another place. The Grand Floridian Beach
What makes Madden mad #21 “Late calls. Okay, you check into a hotel. The big meeting is tomorrow. All you want is a simple 6:30
Habana Hilton Now open… Latin America’s tallest, largest hotel Havana, the glamorous, gay capital of Cuba, provides a sophisticated setting for the new 30-story high Habana Hilton. Overlooking
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