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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Katie Shepard Hotel
  • Type: Place

This large, one-and-a-half-story, shingle-style house was constructed in 1895 or 1896 for Mrs. William Shepard and her daughter Katherine, who was popularly known on the island as "Miss Katie." The house was allegedly designed in the style of the Shepards' residence in New Orleans. A detached kitchen and dining room was located behind the house. After the Cottage Row dining room closed around 1900, Katie Shepard converted her cottage into a summer hotel.

Nicodemus National Historic Site

St. Francis Hotel
  • Type: Place

The St. Francis Hotel has lived many lives: first as a place of business operated by early settlers Zachary and Jenny Fletcher, then as private residence and restaurant of the Switzer family. The original two-story limestone structure was built in 1881 and was a successful hotel in Nicodemus. The Switzer family bought the building in 1921 and built several additions while they lived there.

Colorado National Monument

Serpents Trail (Colorado National Monument)
  • Type: Place

The lower trailhead for Serpents Trail in Colorado National Monument begins just inside the Grand Junction Entrance near Devils Kitchen Picnic Area. The upper trailhead begins 2.3 miles up Rim Rock Drive from the lower trailhead, just past the tunnel.

Colorado National Monument

Old Gordon Trail (Colorado National Monument)
  • Type: Place

Old Gordon Trail in Colorado National Monument begins at the Devils Kitchen Trailhead, just inside the East (Grand Junction) Entrance. Trail travels uphill on sandstone slabs most of the way.

Colorado National Monument

No Thoroughfare Canyon Trail (Colorado National Monument)
  • Type: Place

No Thoroughfare Canyon Trail in Colorado National Monument travels through the most remote canyon along an unmaintained backcountry trail. Share your hiking plan with a reliable friend who is not going with you. Trail is not maintained between second waterfall (seasonal) and upper trailhead.

Colorado National Monument

Echo Canyon Trail (Colorado National Monument)
  • Type: Place

Echo Canyon Trail shares the same trailhead as Old Gordon and Devils Kitchen Trails. This canyon lives up to its name, as just talking with your hiking partner often results in echoes off the canyon walls.

Colorado National Monument

Devils Kitchen Trail (Colorado National Monument)
  • Type: Place

Devils Kitchen Trail begins just inside the East (Grand Junction) Entrance. Less than a mile hike leads to a grotto of sandstone towers and boulders.

The Kitchen in the Cavalry Barracks at Fort Laramie
  • Type: Place

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

Pollinator Garden
  • Type: Place

The pollinator garden at Resaca de la Palma Battlefield helps provide plants for use by local wildlife in a landscape where their habitat is highly fragmented.

Lowell National Historical Park

Patrick J Mogan Cultural Center
  • Type: Place

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

Assan through the Ages
  • Type: Article

Assan Beach, the 2,500-yard shoreline stretching between Punta Adilok (Adelup Point) and Punta Assan (Asan Point), which the Marines in World War II called a "pair of devil horns," is a poignant symbol of the Guam's complex history, blending indigenous CHamoru traditions, wartime struggle, and ongoing military presence. In many ways, the story of Guam can be read through the story of Assan Beach. Talk a walk through history at Assan Beach.

Fort Des Moines: A Series of Firsts in Wartime Service
  • Type: Article

Fort Des Moines is a military installation in Des Moines, Iowa. During World War I, the fort served as the first and only training site for African American officers. During World War II, Fort Des Moines was the first training site for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), and the only training site for WAC and WAAC officers.

The Thomas Stone House
  • Type: Place

The curved, five-part layout of the Thomas Stone House, along with its casual symmetry and mixed architectural styles truly make it a visual showcase.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Katie Shepard
  • Type: Person

Katie Shepard owned "The Beeches" hotel on North Manitou Island.

Old Bedlam
  • Type: Place

Lt. Colonel's Quarters (Burt House, 1884)
  • Type: Place

Overcoming “Analysis Paralysis” through Better Climate Change Scenario Planning
  • Type: Article

A recently published paper shares best practices for using this valuable tool.

Bats Are in Danger. Here’s How and Why We’re Helping Them.
  • Type: Article

Bats are amazing animals and a formidable force against insect pests, but a nasty fungal disease is killing them. A coordinated national response brings hope.

Memorial Area at George Washington Birthplace National Monument
  • Type: Place

In the early 1930s, the Wakefield National Memorial Association created all the buildings in the Historic Area as part of the nation's commemoration of Washington during the bicentennial of his birth. The Association constructed these buildings to be suggestive of a colonial farm complex, and did not construct them based on historical or archeological evidence of buildings that existed here in the 1700s.

Cuff Whittemore (Cartwright/De Carteret)
  • Type: Person

Cuff Whittemore was present at Battle Road in Capt. Benjamin Locke's militia. He later enlisted in Arlington, Massachusetts in Capt. Benjamin Locke’s company, in Col. Thomas Gardner’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the redoubt.