to>> back with peter canalis and were going to be talking about his story are americans falling out of love with their landmarks? good morning. >> guest: good morning >> host: tell me the story, why did you decide to write this article ? >> guest: i was shocked when i heard about the persistent drop since the late 80s at some of our most iconic sites so you're looking atcolonial williamsburg, i traveled there as a child, you traveled there. a lot ofamericans got their first taste of american history there . this airship is about half what it was in the late 80s . you look at gettysburg, iconic sites, amazing site. america's greatest, high water mark of the confederacy, turning point of the civil war. it's down about a quarter of what it was in the 1970s. these are very surprising statistics and when a colleague brought them to our attention, we decided to do a photo essay to also kind of meditate on what it is that has decreased our interest in these historic sites. and what i came back with from talking to people and from looking at some of the numbers is that the sort of cold war era

to>> back with peter canalis and were going to be talking about his story are americans falling out ofve with their landmarks? good morning. >> guest: good morning >> host: tell me the story, why did you decide to write this article ? >> guest: i was shocked when i heard about the persistent drop since the late 80s