The San Francisco church, consecrated in 1622, is on its fifth bell tower, but the church has survived 15 major earthquakes because the Franciscans who built it learned from indigenous people how to build a floating foundation under the load-bearing walls
Desert View Watchtower, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
A visit to the Desert View Watchtower on the eastern portion of the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Constructed in the 1930s, it offers magnificent canyon views and a tie to the Native American history of the Canyon.
