Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Because of the huge amount of geothermal vents, travertine flourishes. Terraces are made of crystallized calcium carbonate. The hot water that feeds Mammoth comes from Norris Geyser Basin. Algae living in the warm pools have tinted the travertine shades of brown, orange, red, and green. Wikipedia
This house located inside The Henry Ford Museum, was Buckminster Fuller (multi-disciplinary designer) re-thinking of human shelter, and was rooted in Fuller's understanding of industrial production. More an engineering solution than a home, this 1946 structure was prototyped but never produced. As well as the exterior, visitors can tour the interior styling and accommodations envisioned for this unique home. The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex and a National Historic Landmark in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan. It is the largest indoor-outdoor museum complex in the United States and is visited by over 1.7 million people each year. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981.
A longstanding holiday tradition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, the presentation of its' Christmas tree and 18th-century Neapolitan crèche. A 20-foot blue spruce is gracefully adorned with cherubs and angels, while at the base an elaborate collection of Nativity scenes. All set in front of an eighteenth-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall.
