Exploring The Parks: Gates Of The Arctic National Park And Preserve
Visiting Gates of the Arctic National Park is not easily done, but if you make the effort, the payoff is outstanding.
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Exploring The Parks: Laughing Bird Caye National Park Along The Belize Barrier Reef
In less than a minute I had crossed Laughing Bird Caye National Park, a tiny sliver of sand, coconut palm trees and a tangle of mangrove along the Belize Barrier Reef in the Caribbean Sea.
Exploring The Parks: Christiansted National Historic Site
Here at the Traveler we recently asked you to comment on Which Is The Most Overlooked, Or Under Appreciated, Unit Of The National Park System? Well, after my trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands, I can answer with great conviction that the three intriguing parks in St. Croix -- Christiansted National Historic Site, Buck Island Reef National Monument, and Salt River Bay National Historical Park -- qualify for both overlooked and under-appreciated.
- February 11th, 2014
Exploring The Parks: Big Bend National Park In December
Happy Holidays, everybody! It’s almost the end of the year and after digging up some extra vacation days from beneath the couch cushions, I decided to take a mid-December road trip to Big Bend National Park
- December 22nd, 2013
Exploring the Parks: Up And In The Mounds In Ocmulgee National Monument
Ocmulgee National Monument, in Macon, Georgia, protects earth mounds from the Mississippian Period. The Earth Lodge Mound still has the original floor from more than a thousand years ago. The surrounding grounds offer a relaxing, easy, place to walk while you're exploring the monument.
Exploring The Parks: Tracing LBJ's Footsteps
A visit to Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park allows a person to understand why our 36th U.S. president chose to return and spend the remainder of his life in the Hill Country of Texas following his five-year term in the White House.
- November 21st, 2013
Exploring The Parks: George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
On a warm, early fall day with brilliant sunshine and the Wabash River glistening as it flowed past the large limestone and granite building that locals affectionately call “The Memorial,” I stopped to visit George Rogers Clark National Historical Park.
Exploring The Parks: Seeing Zion National Park From A Different Perspective
Nearly 3 million visitors explored Zion National Park last year...but they saw only a fraction of it.
Musings From Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
I’m sitting on the shore of Lake Superior just looking across the water from the mainland of northern Wisconsin toward Madeline Island, one of 22 islands that comprise the Apostle Islands. A parade of sailboats works upwind across the water and I’m breathing air so fresh it still has labels attached. I’ll be leaving tomorrow morning. With regrets.
The Underground Railroad In Eastern North Carolina
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom sites appear in most unlikely places. Here are four in eastern North Carolina.
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