The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington,D.C., has one of the oldest known pairs of Levi's jeans in its collection.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Russia's Pavlovsk Experimental Station houses one of the oldest seed and plant collections in the world.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

This brightly painted old theater is one of the oldest wood buildings in town.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

It is one of the oldest collections of laws in human history.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

It is one of the oldest cities in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

Our palace was one of the oldest buildings in the town.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

The Red Lion Inn was built in 1773 and is one of the oldest buildings on Stockbridge's Main Street.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

He is a painter and one of the oldest in the group.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

But critics of national standards say the idea goes against one of America's oldest traditions -- local control of education.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

The native of Puerto Rico is a founder of one of New York City's oldest poetry centers -- The Nuyorican Poets Caf.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

It is also home to one of the state's oldest and largest schools: the University of Vermont.

VOA: special.2010.10.25

Besides being an historic site, Williamsburg is also the home of one of America's oldest universities, the College of William and Mary.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

In fact,one of the nation's oldest boarding schools for young women - the Moravians' Salem Academy founded in 1772 - is still in operation.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18