Geographers, historians, landscape designers, urban planners, and poets have all been fascinated with both natural and human-made landscapes for centuries. The mission statement of the Foundation for Landscape Studies might resonate with many of these groups of people: "To foster an active understanding of the importance of place in human life.� From the organization's homepage, visitors can...

The Historic American Buildings Survey is a stellar repository of material that will delight and amaze persons with a passion for the built environment. These photos, drawings, and other items document achievements in architecture, engineering, and landscape design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types, engineering technologies, and landscapes....

Tennie Toussaint was a columnist for the Burlington (VT) Free Press during the 1960s and 1970s who also collected photographs as a hobby. This digital collection brings together her photographs of agricultural landscapes, community events, and the logging of Danville, Vermont during the early 1900s. All told, there are over 65 photos here that document barn raisings, family gatherings, and other...

Whether real or virtual, Texas has a great deal of landscape. The people at the library at the University of Texas at Austin know this quite well, and they have put together this delightful online archive of public domain documents that deal with various landscapes throughout the state. As the introductory essay on the site notes, "This suite of public domain documents was selected as a foundation...