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Mount Rainier National Park
Box Canyon
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Box Canyon is an impressive slot canyon along Stevens Canyon Road carved by the Muddy Fork of the Cowlitz River. A popular stop when touring the park by vehicle, Box Canyon includes a comfort station and picnic area.
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One of the best ways to explore the park is on a ranger tour!
Andersonville National Historic Site
Andersonville's Treasured Magnolias: A Story of Preservation and Renewal
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A team at Andersonville carefully transplanted three young Magnolia trees, ensuring that the legacy of a historic tree lives on. These young trees are not just any Magnolias; they are clones of an overly mature Magnolia tree that once graced the northeastern quadrant of the National Cemetery.
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At Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site in Arkansas, exhibits tell the story of those times, and interactive oral history stations give you a chance to hear the people who were there tell the story in their own words.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Old Slater Mill
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Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Manhattan Project Scientists: Louis Alexander Slotin
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Louis Slotin was a Manhattan Project physicist who witnessed both CP-1 and X-10 reach criticality. In May 1946, Slotin received a lethal dose of radiation during a criticality experiment at Los Alamos, dying nine days later. Read more about his life and death at the link.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Manhattan Project Scientists: Ernest Orlando Lawrence
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Ernest Lawrence was the inventor of the cyclotron, one of the most important contributions to the success of the Manhattan Project. Learn more about this Nobel Prize-winning physicist at the link.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Manhattan Project Scientists: Enrico Fermi
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Enrico Fermi, under the direction of Arthur Compton, developed the Chicago Pile (CP-1), the world's first nuclear reactor. Due partly to this success, Fermi was recruited by J. Robert Oppenheimer to be an associate director of the secret laboratory at Los Alamos. Learn more about Fermi at the link.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Manhattan Project Leaders: Henry L. Stimson
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Secretary of War during the Manhattan Project, Henry L. Stimson was General Leslie Groves’ immediate supervisor, authorized project sites, and made sure the project was given anything needed to be successful. President Harry Truman once said of Stimson, “I felt how fortunate the country was to have so able and so wise a man in its service.”
Grand Canyon National Park
Tusayan Pueblo Site and Self-guiding Trail
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The pueblo site and self-guiding trail are open Thursday through Friday, from 9 am to 4 pm. Located 3 miles (4.8km) west of Desert View Watchtower, the site is a small Ancestral Puebloan village showing the outlines of rooms and a round kiva. Visitors can walk a relatively flat 0.1 mile (200 m) self-guiding trail around the site. Visit the Native American Artisan Market with authentic and beautiful arts and crafts for sale. The adjacent museum is CLOSED until further notice.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sleeping Bear Inn Garages
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Six years after Day's death, his daughter Marion and her husband Louis Warnes began running Dunesmobile rides out of Glen Haven. It started with a 1934 Ford which took four people out to the crest of the dunes and back. It was a thrilling 35-minute ride that took passengers to the crest of the dunes and back for 25 cents each. By the time the rides ended in 1978, there were 13 dunes wagons each carrying 14 passengers on a 12 mile, 35-minute excursion.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sleeping Bear Inn
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Originally known as the Sleeping Bear House, this inn with bright geraniums filling its window boxes welcomed the guests of the little village for nearly one hundred years. D.H. Day himself married the daughter of the innkeeper and lived in the second story for a while. In addition to Day and his family, the inn hosted an eclectic mix of lumberjacks, dock workers, businessmen and posh passengers.
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Experience the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and discover historic boats, engaging exhibits, and all-ages programming that celebrate the Bay's history, environment, & culture. Watch skilled craftsmen in the working shipyard and enjoy scenic waterfront views. Located in St. Michael’s, this captivating destination invites you to explore the Chesapeake story through hands-on learning, world-class exhibitions, & on-the-water experiences. Your Chesapeake adventure begins here.
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion
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Originally built in 1805 by Charles Marsh Sr., father of George Perkins Marsh, the federal-style brick house was sold to Frederick Billings in 1869. Billings renovated the home into a Queen Anne style mansion. In 1954, Billings' granddaughter, Mary French Rockefeller, inherited the home and estate with her husband, Laurance Rockefeller. In 1992, the couple donated the property to the National Park Service. Interior tours are available May-October.
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Carriage Barn Visitor Center
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The Carriage Barn was built on the foundation of an earlier stable in 1895 to house the Billings Family horses, carriages and sleighs. The building is currently used as the headquarters and visitor center for Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. The building is open 10am-5pm, Memorial Day weekend until October 31. The building contains an exhibit on conservation stewardship, a bookstore, reading area, and restrooms.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial
USS Utah Memorial
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On December 7, 1941, Oklahoma's port (left) side was hit by eight torpedoes at the very start of the attack. In less than twelve minutes, she rolled over until her masts touched the bottom, trapping hundreds of men inside and under the water. Four hundred twenty-nine crew members died. Of those trapped inside, only 32 could be rescued.
Joshua Tree National Park
California Riding and Hiking Trail at Geology Tour Road
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Chesapeake Bay
Menokin
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Explore Menokin, a National Historic Landmark where history, architecture, and conservation meet. See the 1769 home of Francis Lightfoot Lee, witness innovative preservation in action, and walk trails through a protected Chesapeake Bay watershed landscape. Engage with exhibits, hands-on activities, and the powerful stories of those who shaped this place. Paddle Cat Point Creek, connect with nature, and uncover the past in a truly unique setting.
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Hanka Homestead Museum
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The Hanka Homestead was occupied by members of the Hanka family, Finnish immigrants, from 1896 until 1966. Herman Hanka settled here with his family after he was injured in a copper mining accident. The farm was originally homesteaded at a time of mass immigration from Finland to the United States. The homestead is relatively intact and unaltered from its appearance in the 1920s. This museum is an official partner of Keweenaw National Historical Park.
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Quincy Mine
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