"The Biltmore Forest School trained students in forestry science and business. Founded in 1898, it was the nation's first forestry school, and now the site is called the Cradle of Forestry. Handwashed laundry hangs on the railing at a forestry lodge, modeled after architecture used in Germany's Black Forest. These outposts were located at strategic points where rangers could watch for wildlife poachers and timber thieves."
-from page 24

"The Basilica of Saint Lawrence is the only church designed and built by the renowned architect Rafael Gustavino (whose crypt is found at the back of the chapel), in collaboration with R. S. Smith. The unique Spanish renaissance architecture of this Holy Roman Catholic Church features immense stone foundations and a solid brick superstructure, with a remarkable freestanding curved dome. Not a single beam of wood or steel supports the structure, completed in 1909. Ever wall, floor, ceiling, and pillar is of tile or other masonry materials, including the striking domed roof which has a protective copper cover. Nearly ever stained-glass window came from Germany."
-from page 14