Rep. Pete Visclosky of Indiana on Thursday submitted legislation to rename Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore to Indiana Dunes National Park, which would make it the first full-fledged national park in Indiana.

The world’s third-oldest national park (established as Rocky Mountains Park in 1887), Banff is a wonderland of hiking, mountain biking, golfing, climbing, horseback riding, fishing, rafting, kayaking, skiing … you name it.

This video shows how black carpenter ants have promoted restoration of a healthy forest at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah after the Bridge Fire in 2009.

If you're planning to visit Homestead National Monument of America in Nebraska, you just might want to download a new mobile phone that helps you uncover, and understand, the wonders of the monument.