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Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion
- Type: Place
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.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
You Are Here: Poetry in Parks at Ledges Trailhead
- Type: Place
A picnic table at the trailhead of Ledges Trailhead features a poem by Jean Valentine selected by the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón as part of her signature project "You Are Here: Poetry in Parks."
Chesapeake Bay
Menokin
- Type: Place
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
Quincy Mine
- Type: Place
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Finnish American Heritage Center
- Type: Place
Learn about Finnish culture and heritage.
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Painesdale Mine and Shaft
- Type: Place
Visit Painesdale Mine and Shaft.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
New Bethel Baptist Church
- Type: Place
New Bethel Baptist Church is one of only a few pre-Manhattan Project structures remaining from Scarboro community. The church’s congregation was founded in 1851 but this structure was built in 1924. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Located on the secure Oak Ridge National Laboratory grounds, the church is not currently accessible to the public.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Charles Robinson
- Type: Person
Charles Robinson was the third Keeper stationed at the Sleeping Bear Point Life-Saving Station. He had ancestral ties to the Odawa people, as his grandparents were of Odawa heritage.
Boston African American National Historic Site
Edmund Jackson
- Type: Person
Boston merchant and abolitionist Edmund Jackson served on the 1850 Boston Vigilance Committee.
Colorado National Monument
Corkscrew Trail (Colorado National Monument)
- Type: Place
Corkscrew Trail in Colorado National Monument begins at Liberty Cap Trail from the Wildwood Trailhead. Sections of this winding trail were originally built by John Otto.
Homestead National Historical Park
Cupid Steward
- Type: Person
In 1879, Steward submitted homesteadapplication number 9952at the Huntsville, Alabamalandoffice, requesting a patent for160and19/100 acres of land atthesouthwest quadrantof Section 14, Township3S, Range 6E in JacksonCounty, Alabama.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
School District Number 1
- Type: Place
Nicodemus residents saw education as foundational to their community and organized School District No. 1 in 1879, the first in Graham County. After the previous 1887 schoolhouse burned down in 1916, the District No. 1 Schoolhouse was built in 1918 and used by the district until it closed in the early 1960s.
- Type: Place
Independence National Historical Park
Congress Hall
- Type: Place
Built as the Philadelphia County Courthouse, Congress Hall was home to the U.S. Congress from 1790-1800, when Philadelphia served as the temporary capital of the United States. Members of the House of Representatives met on the first floor, while the Senators met upstairs.
Chesapeake Bay
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park
- Type: Place
Explore the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum, the first built on the Potomac River. Discover captivating exhibits on local maritime history, WWII naval presence, and the iconic lighthouse itself. Climb to the top for breathtaking views of the Potomac and its rich ecosystem. Immerse yourself in the beauty and heritage of the Chesapeake Bay watershed while uncovering the stories that shaped this remarkable area.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct
- Type: Place
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is the home of the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States - the Delaware Aqueduct, or Roebling Bridge as it is now known. Begun in 1847 as one of four suspension aqueducts on the Delaware and Hudson Canal, it was designed by and built under the supervision of John A. Roebling, future engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Thomas Stone
- Type: Person
Could you willingly make a decision that could cost you, your property, your possessions, or even your life? That is the question men like Thomas Stone had to make once the decision was made to create the Declaration of Independence. It was not an easy decision to make.
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Winston Churchill
- Type: Person
His fame grew to the point that in 1899, the British Winston Churchill wrote to the American writer of the same name, praising his novel and promising to always use “Spencer” as his middle name to help prevent confusion going forward.
Grand Teton National Park
Jenny Lake Plaza
- Type: Place
Dive deeper into the history of Grand Teton National Park. Interpretive signs introduce topics like the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, grizzly bear research, geologic forces and features, glaciers, and the Hayden Survey. A large bronze tactile relief map will help orient you in relation to where you are in the park. Different peaks, canyons, lakes, falls, and other park features are labeled throughout the map.
Grand Teton National Park
Jenny Lake Donor Area
- Type: Place
At this donor area, read the names of the supporters of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation and a brief history on the longstanding relationship between the park and its partners.