A gift from France, the Statue of Liberty was built on Liberty Island to commemorate the 1876 centenary of U.S. Independence. The site formerly served as a quarantine station.

A building, constructed in 1818 by fur trader Manuel Lisa, was a warehouse and later a saloon where blues musicians like W.C. Handy frequently performed. The "Old Rock House" saloon was dismantled to make way for the Gateway Arch.

The Empire State Building sits on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and West 34th Streets. The land and building cost $40,948,900 and occupies the site of the famous old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

If you're talking about the London Bridge over the Thames, it replaced an old timber bridge. However, the London Bridge was sold to entrepreneur Robert McCulloch in 1968 and reassembled in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it's now the second biggest tourist attraction in the state.

Many Christians were put to death in this stadium including St. Peter the apostle. In 1506 Pope Julius II laid the foundation stone of the square's St. Peter's Great Christian Basilica over the grave of St. Peter.

When Alcatraz Island was discovered in 1775 by Spaniard Juan Manuel Ayala, it was a pelican rookery. Ayala named the island after the many birds that nested there, although it's often referred to as "The Rock."

In September 1777, the British Army took possession of Philadelphia. British commander-in-chief General Sir William Howe made the President's House his residence and headquarters for the British forces. At the same time, General George Washington and his troops were suffering in the cold just 30 miles (48 kilometers) away at Valley Forge.

The Louvre was a royal palace before it became a museum in the 18th century and opened as the first national public gallery after the French Revolution.

You might say the Globe Theatre was there before the Globe Theatre was there. When it was built in 1599, it was noted for its polygonal walls and roof over its stage. It was destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, closed down in 1642 and demolished in 1644, before it was rebuilt and reopened in 1995.

Cinderella could've been protected by huge moat around her castle. When Walt Disney purchased the 47 square miles (121 square kilometers) that was to become the Walt Disney World Resort, it was desolate swampland, scrub forests and groves. The land was transformed, moving massive amounts of earth, while keeping the environment and ecology of the area intact.