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Horsetooth Reservoir
Horsetooth Reservoir is a reservoir in the foothills west of Fort Collins, Colorado, formed by four dams in 1949 and serving as a major storage point of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
Hōryū-ji
Hōryū-ji (法隆寺, Temple of the Flourishing Dharma) is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan, whose wooden buildings include some of the world's oldest surviving structures.
Hōryū-ji (法隆寺)
Hōryū-ji (法隆寺), also known as Ikaruga-dera, is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan, traditionally founded in 607 and home to the world's oldest surviving wooden structures.
Hosios Loukas
Hosios Loukas (Μονή Οσίου Λουκά) is a Greek Orthodox monastery in Boeotia, central Greece, a principal surviving monument of Middle Byzantine architecture and mosaic art.
Hospicio Cabañas
Hospicio Cabañas is a monumental Neoclassical complex in Guadalajara, Mexico, built in the early 19th century as a hospice for orphans and the needy and now home to the Museo Cabañas.
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein is a private, nonprofit general hospital in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil, opened in 1971 by the city's Jewish community.
Hostel
A hostel, also called a youth hostel, is budget accommodation offering beds in shared dormitories or private rooms with communal kitchens and bathrooms, first conceived in Germany in 1909.
Hot Metal Bridge
The Hot Metal Bridge is a pair of truss bridges crossing the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, built to carry molten iron for Jones & Laughlin Steel.
Hotel Astoria (Saint Petersburg)
The Hotel Astoria is a historic five-star hotel on St Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, built in 1911–1912 by Fyodor Lidval and run by Rocco Forte Hotels since 1997.
Hôtel Biron
The Hôtel Biron is an eighteenth-century private mansion in Paris, built for financier Abraham Peyrenc de Moras and known today as the building housing the Musée Rodin.
Hotel Chelsea
The Hotel Chelsea, also known as The Chelsea, is a historic Manhattan hotel opened in 1884, best known as an artists' colony for residents like Bob Dylan and Patti Smith.
Hôtel de Paris
The Hôtel de Paris is a luxury palace hotel on the Place du Casino in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, opened in 1864 by François Blanc beside the Casino de Monte-Carlo.
Hôtel de Sens
The Hôtel de Sens, also called the Hôtel des archevêques de Sens, is a late 15th-century mansion in Paris's Marais, built as the residence of the archbishops of Sens.
Hôtel de Soubise
The Hôtel de Soubise is a princely townhouse in the Marais district of Paris, built for the Rohan-Soubise family and home of the French National Archives since 1808.
Hôtel de Ville, Paris
The Hôtel de Ville, Paris's city hall, has stood on the place de Grève beside the Seine since 1357; the present neo-Renaissance building dates to 1882.
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado, known as "The Del," is a historic beachfront resort in Coronado, California, across San Diego Bay from San Diego, opened in 1888.
Hotel Imperial (Vienna)
The Hotel Imperial is a five-star luxury hotel at Kärntner Ring 16 on Vienna's Ringstrasse, opened in 1873 in a palace built for Duke Philipp von Württemberg.
Hôtel Lambert
The Hôtel Lambert is a 17th-century private mansion at the eastern tip of the Île Saint-Louis in Paris, built by Louis Le Vau for Jean-Baptiste Lambert from 1642 to 1644.
Hotel New World collapse
The Hotel New World collapse was the sudden failure of Singapore's six-storey Lian Yak Building in Rochor on 15 March 1986, killing 33 people and prompting major building-safety reforms.
Hotel Pennsylvania
Hotel Pennsylvania, known as Hotel Penn, was a 2,200-room Midtown Manhattan hotel built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, opened in 1919 and demolished in 2023 for a planned office tower.
Hôtel Ritz Paris
The Hôtel Ritz Paris, also called the Ritz Paris, is a luxury hotel on Place Vendôme in Paris, opened in 1898 by Swiss hotelier César Ritz.
Hôtel Salé
The Hôtel Salé is a 17th-century private mansion in the Marais district of Paris, home since 1985 to the Musée national Picasso-Paris, the largest public Picasso collection.
Houghton Hall
Houghton Hall is a Palladian country house in Norfolk, England, built between 1722 and 1735 for Sir Robert Walpole, the first de facto British Prime Minister.
House
A house, also called a dwelling house, is a building designed as a dwelling for people, typically providing space for sleeping, eating, cooking, and daily domestic life.
House numbering
House numbering, or street numbering, is the assignment of unique numbers to buildings along a street, which spread in the 1700s and underpins postal delivery and emergency response.
House on the Rock
The House on the Rock is a tourist attraction in Spring Green, Wisconsin, built by Alex Jordan Jr. on a 60-foot rock pinnacle, opened in 1960.
Housing in Japan
Japanese housing encompasses the country's dwelling stock and housing policy, from traditional minka farmhouses to postwar danchi apartment complexes, with 53.6 million occupied units in 2018.
Houska Castle
Houska Castle (Hrad Houska) is a 13th-century Gothic castle in Blatce, Czech Republic, known for a legend that it was built over a gateway to hell.
Houtribdijk
The Houtribdijk, also called the Markerwaarddijk, is a 26 km dam in the Netherlands between Enkhuizen and Lelystad that separates the IJsselmeer from the Markermeer and carries the N307 road.
Howe truss
The Howe truss is a bridge truss patented by William Howe in 1840, combining timber diagonals in compression with wrought iron vertical rods in tension.