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Philadelphia Boathouse Row at Sunset – Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Boathouse Row at Sunset - Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Boathouse Row at Sunset, featuring the Vesper, Malta, and College Boat Clubs, the Penn Rowing Association, Udine Barge Club, and the Philadelphia Girl’s Club.

Boathouse Row hosts several major rowing regattas, including the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta, Stotesbury Cup Regatta, the Navy Day Regatta, the Independence Day Regatta, and the Head of the Schuylkill.

Boathouse Row is a center of Rowing in the United States, and includes college teams from the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel and La Salle.

Utah Capitol Sunset – Salt Lake City

Utah Capitol Sunset - Salt Lake City

Utah Capitol Sunset – Salt Lake City

The Utah State Capitol Building was constructed over 4 years, between 1912-1916. designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, it uses the Neoclassical revival, Corinthian architectural style.

The building houses two of three branches of state government. The Utah House and Senate, and the executive branch. The building houses the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the state auditor.

Statues on the grounds of the capitol include those for Daniel C. Jackling, Edward Harriman, Thomas L. Kane, Martha Hughes Cannon, Marriner S. Eccles, and one to Chief Massasoit as a tribute to the Wampanogas chief who greeted the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.

Utah’s first capitol building, known today as the Utah Territorial Statehouse, is located in Fillmore.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Comb Ridge at Sunset – Bluff – Utah

Comb Ridge at Sunset - Bluff - Utah

Comb Ridge is an interesting geologic structure, known as a monocline, that exists in the southeast corner of Utah. It stretches for more than 30 miles from the Abajo Mountains in the north, to near Monument Valley in the south. It is known for the many Anasazi ruins that are found on its flanks and in the surrounding area.