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Hofburg
The Hofburg, also known as Hofburg Palace, is the former Habsburg imperial palace in central Vienna, the monarchy's seat until 1918 and today the president's office.
Hogan
A hogan (Navajo: hooghan, "place home") is the traditional single-room dwelling of the Diné (Navajo) people, with an east-facing entry, sacred in origin and still used for ceremonies.
Hohentwiel
Hohentwiel is an extinct volcano near Singen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, crowned by fortress ruins first mentioned in 915 and destroyed by French troops in 1800.
Hohenwerfen Castle
Hohenwerfen Castle (Burg Hohenwerfen) is a medieval fortress of the Archbishops of Salzburg standing above the town of Werfen, about 40 kilometers south of Salzburg, Austria.
Hohenzollern Castle
Hohenzollern Castle (Burg Hohenzollern) is a neo-Gothic hilltop castle in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, rebuilt between 1850 and 1867 as the ancestral seat of the House of Hohenzollern.
Hohokam canal systems
The Hohokam canal systems were hand-dug prehistoric irrigation canals in southern Arizona, diverting water from the Salt and Gila rivers onto more than 100,000 acres near Phoenix.
Holcim Group
Holcim Group is a Swiss building materials company headquartered in Zug that produces cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete, with over 50,000 employees in 45 markets.
Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn is an American hotel brand founded in 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee by Kemmons Wilson and Wallace Johnson, now IHG's upper midscale family and leisure brand.
Holkham Hall
Holkham Hall is an eighteenth-century Palladian mansion on the north Norfolk coast of England, built between 1734 and 1764 for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester.
Holland House
Holland House, originally Cope Castle, is the Grade I listed Jacobean mansion ruin in Holland Park, Kensington, London, built 1603–05 for Sir Walter Cope, home of the Earls of Holland, and largely destroyed by firebombing in the 1940 Blitz.
Holland Tunnel
The Holland Tunnel is a twin-tube vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Lower Manhattan, opened in 1927 as the first designed for automotive traffic.
Hollow-core slab
A hollow-core slab is a precast concrete floor element with continuous longitudinal voids that reduce self-weight while preserving bending capacity, typically prestressed and used in multi-story buildings.
Hollyhock House
Hollyhock House is a house museum in Los Angeles designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1919–1921 for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, and Los Angeles's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Holy Name Cathedral (Chicago)
Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago's Catholic cathedral at 735 N. State St., seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago; Gothic Revival building by Patrick C. Keely, dedicated 1875 after the Great Chicago Fire, renovated 1888-93, 1914, 1968-69, and 2008-09.
Holyhead Breakwater
The Holyhead Breakwater is a Victorian stone breakwater about 2.4 km long at Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, built between 1848 and 1873 as a harbor of refuge.
Holyrood Palace
Holyrood Palace, formally the Palace of Holyroodhouse, is the official residence in Scotland of the reigning monarch, at the end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile beneath Arthur's Seat.
Home
A home is a dwelling place, typically a house or apartment, serving as a household's residence and center of daily life, with social, legal, and cultural meaning.
Home improvement
Home improvement, also known as home renovation, is the renovating, repairing, remodeling, or adding to of a residential property, either do-it-yourself or through contractors, a multibillion-dollar industry in North America.
Home Insurance Building
The Home Insurance Building was a 10-story Chicago office building completed in 1885, designed by William Le Baron Jenney and widely called the first skyscraper for its metal skeleton frame.
Honda Center
Honda Center, formerly the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, is an indoor arena in Anaheim, California, opened in 1993 and home to the NHL's Anaheim Ducks.
Hondsbosse and Pettemer sea defences
The Hondsbosse and Pettemer sea defenses are a sea dike on the North Holland coast between Petten and Camperduin, replaced by sandy dunes in 2015.
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (香港浸信会医院) is a private, non-profit Christian hospital in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, affiliated with the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong and operating since 1963.
Hong Kong Institute of Architects
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA; 香港建筑师学会) is Hong Kong's principal professional body for architects, founded in 1956 and administering professional assessment with the Architects Registration Board.
Hong Kong Science Park
Hong Kong Science Park is a research and development campus at Pak Shek Kok on Tolo Harbour in Hong Kong's New Territories, developed in three phases from 2002.
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (港珠澳大桥)
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (港珠澳大桥) is a 55 km bridge–tunnel–island sea crossing opened 24 October 2018, the world's longest, linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao with a 6.7 km immersed tunnel and 120-year design life.
Hood Canal Bridge
The Hood Canal Bridge, officially the William A. Bugge Bridge, is a floating drawbridge carrying State Route 104 across the northern outlet of Hood Canal in Washington State.
Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland
The Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland is a Dutch regional water authority managing flood protection, water levels, and water quality around Leiden and Haarlem, chartered by Count Willem II in 1255.
Hoosac Tunnel
The Hoosac Tunnel, also called the Hoosac Railroad Tunnel, is a 4.75-mile railroad tunnel through the Hoosac Range in Massachusetts, built between 1851 and 1875.
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, is a 726-foot concrete dam on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, completed in 1936, impounding Lake Mead and generating hydroelectric power.
Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Paris)
Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul was a pediatric and maternity hospital of the Assistance publique–Hôpitaux de Paris in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, whose care was transferred elsewhere between 2010 and 2012.