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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Ledges Overlook

Type: Place

The Ledges Overlook provides an expansive view of the Cuyahoga Valley. From here, visitors can appreciate how the park protects a large tract of natural open space between the cities of Akron and Cleveland. The scenery is stunning in any season.

Bryce Canyon National Park

RV Dump Station

Type: Place

This RV Dump Station is typically open spring - fall, closing for the season when overnight temperatures fall below freezing. The dump station is located at the south end of North Campground and can be used by any visitor for a $5 use fee. No use fee applies for those with a campground reservation in the park. Potable water is available.

Caffe Cino: Birthplace of Off-Off Broadway

Type: Article

During its ten years, the coffeehouse changed the language of drama as a pioneer of “Off-Off Broadway,” where truly underground content could be explored. The business certainly did not make a lot of money. Cino worked other jobs to make ends meet and to pay off public officials, since he did not have a license as a theatre. Many plays contained gay content, but Caffe Cino’s embrace of bohemian and hippie life defied any single sexual identity or category.

Boston African American National Historic Site

Maria W. Stewart

Type: Person

Abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Maria W. Stewart was one of the first women of any race to speak in public in the United States. She was also the first Black American woman to write and publish a political manifesto. Her calls for Black people to resist slavery, oppression, and exploitation were radical and influential.

Congressional Cemetery

Type: Place

The Congressional Cemetery stands out for its beauty and its famous interments. There are perhaps more early historical figures buried within this unique "American Westminster Abbey" than in any other cemetery in the country. Within the gates of Congressional Cemetery, notable burials serve as touchstones sending visitors back into key episodes of America’s past by memorializing its actors.

Teaching Suffrage: The Prison Special and the Courage to Speak Out

Type: Article

When have you needed courage? In this learning activity for fifth grade, students explore questions about when and how to take a stand in their everyday lives. Using photographs of Lucy Burns, co-founder of the National Woman's Party and the woman who spent more time in prison than any other American suffragist, students engage with questions about the courage needed to speak out.

Denali National Park & Preserve

The Alaska Range and Mount McKinley: Geology and Orogeny

Type: Article

Denali is the highest point in North America and boasts one of the tallest vertical faces of any mountain in the world. Discover how this mountain rose to such prominence compared to the rest of the Alaska Range.

George Washington

Type: Person

George Washington was perhaps the one indispensable man among the founders. It is hard to imagine any of the others commanding the respect needed to lead the Continental Army to victory over Great Britain, preside over the Constitutional Convention, and serve the United States as its first president.

Volunteer Archivists Decipher Thousands of Untold Stories from the American Revolution

Type: Article

18th-19th Century pension documents hold fascinating stories of the everyday people touched by the American Revolutionary War. Today, any volunteer with a computer can reveal those stories by transcribing the documents. A science-writer intern discovered the story of Sarah Martin, the widow of a New Jersey militiaman.

Boston National Historical Park

Site of the Massachusetts Man Suffrage Association Office

Type: Place

Formally established in 1895, the Massachusetts Man Suffrage Association worked to defeat any legislative measure that would give women the vote. The association's constitution claimed that women were unfit to vote and that natural law indicated politics fell outside women's responsibilities.

I Didn't Know That!: Preparing Fire Safe Communities

Type: Article

Winter, spring, summer, fall—wildfires can happen at any time. Are you prepared? Find out how to prepare yourself, your family, and your home in the event of a wildfire in your community.

I Didn't Know That!: Hiking with Pets

Type: Article

Did you know that some parks are pet-friendly? Some national parks even welcome pets on trails. Learn the B.A.R.K principles so you and your pet can have a safe and fun visit any time you visit a national park.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Joel Munsell

Type: Person

Joel Munsell of Windsor, Connecticut, wanted to fight for his country. In August 1777, the 23-year-old left home and joined Colonel Thaddeus Cook's militia which was being sent to upstate New York to fight against Burgoyne's invasion. He fought in both Battles of Saratoga and survived unscathed, which was not an easy thing considering Cook's militia suffered the second highest number of casualties of any American unit.

Mountain Goat Resource Brief

Type: Article

Mountain goats are one of Glacier National Park's iconic species, yet little is known about their population size and distribution. To monitor the goat population and detect any changes in overall population, park managers and researchers use ground surveys conducted by citizen scientists and studies from individual collared goats.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Guadalupe Peak

Type: Place

Guadalupe Peak is the highest natural point in Texas, with an elevation of 8,751 feet above sea level. The peak can be climbed by a maintained strenuous day hike via the Guadalupe Peak Trail with a 3,000 feet elevation gain at any time of the year.

Torpedo Wharf

Type: Place

Just east of Fort Point is the Fort Point fishing pier, a.k.a. Torpedo Wharf. This pier sits at the mouth of the Golden Gate. Because of its location, fishermen and fisherladies may encounter any species that enters the bay. It's a great spot for fishing and crabbing. No license required. The pier is the original site where ships loaded underwater mines, then called "torpedoes," before transporting and planting them outside the Golden Gate in the 1890s.

Natchez Trace Parkway

Cole Creek, Milepost 175.6

Type: Place

A bit of a swamp, without the alligators...well, we haven't seen any there yet. This 750-foot trail will provide you with a mini experience of a swamp.

Happy 100th Birthday, Jimmy Carter

Type: Article

Turning 100 years old is enough of an achievement for most people. However, when Jimmy Carter passed the century mark on October 1, 2024, it was perhaps his final achievement in a long lifetime full of achievements. Not only was Jimmy Carter our 39th President of the United States, but specific to Alaska, he was also one of the greatest, but largely unacknowledged, conservation figures in history.

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Brigadier General Charles Young Tree

Type: Place

In the fall of 1903, the Buffalo Soldiers who oversaw these parks that year held an end-of-season picnic. A local resident who attended, Phil Winser, wrote the following about Captain Charles Young, the leader of this contingent and the first African American superintendent of any national park: "They wanted to name a tree for our captain but he refused, saying they could do so if they felt the same way, twenty years hence..." He chose instead to name a sequoia for educator B

Chesapeake Bay

John Shaw House

Type: Place

The John Shaw House is one of the oldest standing houses in Annapolis, and was the home of notable cabinetmaker John Shaw after the Revolutionary War. This craftsman, more than any single person, was responsible for the appearance of the exterior and interior of the State House from the 1770s to the early nineteenth century. He cared for the grounds, illuminated the State House for festive occasions, supplied furnishings, made emergency repairs, and undertook maintenance.

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