Gettysburg: Urban Combat
Many who visit the Battle of Gettysburg sites don't realize that when you are standing in the town, you are actually standing on the battlefield.
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Capulin Volcano NM
New Mexico
We hiked up the extinct Capulin Volcano!
We visited Capulin Volcano National Monument and spent an entire day exploring the volcano and the surrounding hiking trails.
Ari and Jessi Adler
36°46'43.35"N, 103°58'46.81"W
Capulin Volcano NM
New Mexico
We hiked up the extinct Capulin Volcano!
We visited Capulin Volcano National Monument and spent an entire day exploring the volcano and the surrounding hiking trails.
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Assateague Island
Maryland
Virginia
Assateague Island - The Land of Horses
Discover one of the few places in America where horses roam free. Assateague Island is a barrier island between Maryland and Virginia.
Jose Molina
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Assateague Island
Maryland
Virginia
Assateague Island - The Land of Horses
Discover one of the few places in America where horses roam free. Assateague Island is a barrier island between Maryland and Virginia.
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Watkins Glen State Park
New York
Discover the Beauty of Watkins Glen State Park
Experience one of the most visited parks in the Finger Lake region of New York State.
Jose Molina
42°22'50.07"N, 76°52'24.41"W
Watkins Glen State Park
New York
Discover the Beauty of Watkins Glen State Park
Experience one of the most visited parks in the Finger Lake region of New York State.
Explore Historical Parks
- Pennsylvania
Flight 93 Memorial
The Flight 93 National Memorial commemorates the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, which was one of four aircraft hijacked in the September 11, 2001, attacks. The memorial is located in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about two miles (three kilometers) north of Shanksville and 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of Pittsburgh. The national memorial was dedicated on September 10, 2011, and the main phase of construction was completed in November of that year. The memorial includes a plaza with a wall of names, a tower of voices, and a reflecting pool. It also has a visitor center with exhibits about the hijacked flight and the search and recovery effort.
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- Missouri
Ste. Genevieve NHP
Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park protects a nationally significant collection of buildings that reflect the French Creole influences on the Mississippi River Valley from the late 18th to the early 19th centuries. The park is located in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, which was founded by French colonists in 1750 and was the first permanent European settlement west of the Missouri. The park includes several National Historic Landmarks, including the Bequette-Ribault House, which is the oldest standing building in Missouri; the Brazeau-Perier House, which is one of the best-preserved examples of French Creole architecture in North America; and the Felix Valle House State Historic Site, which is a National Historic Landmark and state historic site that interprets the life of a French Creole merchant in early 19th-century Ste. Genevieve. The park also includes a visitors center with exhibits on the history of Ste. Genevieve and the Mississippi River Valley.
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- Maryland
Clara Barton NHS
Clara Barton was an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross. The site is located 2 miles northwest of Washington D.C. in Glen Echo, Maryland. The Clara Barton House is the centerpiece of the site, and it has been restored to look as it did when Barton lived there from 1897 until her death in 1912. Visitors to the site can learn about Barton's work during the Civil War, when she helped to organize relief efforts for soldiers wounded in battle, and her subsequent efforts to provide assistance during natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and wildfires. The site also includes a museum with exhibits on Barton's life and work, as well as a film about her contributions to American history.
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Explore Natural Parks
- Washington
North Cascades
Less than three hours from Seattle, an alpine landscape beckons. Discover communities of life adapted to moisture in the west and recurring fire in the east. Explore jagged peaks crowned by more than 300 glaciers. Listen to cascading waters in forested valleys. Witness a landscape sensitive to the Earth's changing climate. Help steward the ecological heart of the Cascades.
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- Colorado
Yucca House
Yucca House National Monument is located at the foot of Sleeping Ute Mountain, in Montezuma County, Colorado between the towns of Towaoc and Cortez, Colorado. Yucca House is a large, unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site. The site is one of many Ancestral Pueblo village sites located in the Montezuma Valley occupied between AD 1100 and 1300 by 13,000 people. The site was first identified by cowboys in the late 1800s who reported finding "potsherds, human bones, and other artifacts". In the early 1900s, more extensive excavations were conducted by J.W. Fewkes and Sylvanus Morley of the Smithsonian Institution.
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- U.S. Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands Coral Reef
The Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument is a beautiful and diverse ecosystem located off the coast of Saint John and adjacent to Virgin Islands National Park. It protects and preserves 12,708 acres of submerged marine habitat. The health of the coral reefs in this area is closely linked to the plants and animals that live there, as well as the adjacent non-coral marine environments like sandy bottoms, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests. The area was only recently protected, which means that there is still a lot we don't know about it. However, researchers are already finding that the coral reefs in this area are incredibly diverse and complex.
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