Lake Yellowstone Hotel is the oldest hotel in the park still operating. Its bright yellow, window-filled exterior has a cool Gatsby-vibe, but it was built by the same architect who designed the rustic Old Faithful Inn. Built in 1891, it was made a luxury hotel in 1903.Bertrand, Amy...
2. Oldest companies in North America click map (or here) to see full size resolution North America is home to businesses dating back to the 16th century. The oldest company still in business is La Casa de Moneda de México, a mint established in 1534 in Mexico. Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza...
While we’ve previously written about theorigins of greeting cards at Christmas(and who first sent them), today we’re taking a look at the oldest shop in which they’re still sold in London – often said to be the Medici Gallery in South Kensington. The Medici Gallery in South Kensington...
According to Sylvia, my MyProGuide guide, the building is a gorgeous example of a compromise between construction companies and those wanting to preserve old buildings. The bottom three floors (now occupied by Starbucks) preserve the original red brick building, while a modern building housingTaipei...
Speaking at the AWS Summit in Sydney on Wednesday, Hartzer said that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the new companies that is forcing old companies like Westpac to adapt. "They've given us the ability to collect data, store data, analyse it, and move it around the world at incred...
The University of Padua – Università di Padova or UNIPD – was founded in 1222 (although some evidence puts it before this date) and is one of a number of medieval universities in Italy still operating. The Università di Padova is notable for its revolutionary early research in astronomy, ...
This is the oldest known surviving surgical operating theater in Europe – one in the U.S. predates it by two years. The London theater was housed in the attic of a church on the original grounds of St Thomas's Hospital. The attic backed directly onto the women's ward. The garret was...
Opened in 1911 Hamburg (HAM) is the oldest airport in Germany that is still operating. It opened in 1911 as a base for Zeppelin airships. During the First World War, the airport was taken over for military use and largely destroyed during the conflict. However, it re-emerged in 1919. ...
One of Colorado's oldest buildings still standing today isFort Garland. The fort was built in 1858 and designed to house two companies of soldiers. Seven of the fort's original buildings are still standing at the site near Colorado'sBlanca Peak. ...
"The Station St. location in Kankakee is the oldest operating Dairy Queen in Illinois...A direct descendant of the original Joliet Dairy Queen, the Kankakee store was among the first handful of DQs in the world...The history of Dairy Queen is inextricably intertwined with that of Illinois....