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Northern Neck National Heritage Area

Type: Place

Just a short drive from many Mid-Atlantic cities, the Northern Neck National Heritage Area offers a journey back in time. Whether for a day, weekend, or week, you’ll find endless opportunities to explore history, enjoy coastal charm, and experience natural beauty. From historic sites to scenic byways, there’s always something new to discover in this unique corner of Virginia.

Glacier National Park

Avalanche Lake Trail

Type: Place

The Avalanche Lake Trail begins in the same place as the Trail of the Cedars and the Avalanche Campground. The trail climbs steadily through an old growth forest to an alpine like with outstanding waterfalls. Avalanche Lake 2.3 mi (3.7 km), one way Elevation gain: 500 ft (152 m) Trailhead: Avalanche Picnic Area

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Information Panel: Retreat From Chinn Ridge

Type: Place

Colonel Oliver O. Howard's brigade brought up the rear of the Federal flanking column. After crossing Bull Run, the New Englanders hastened toward the sounds of battle. In the mid-afternoon heat, dozens of men straggled on the march or collapsed by the roadside. By the time they reached the front, Union hopes for victory were fading.

Boston National Historical Park

John James Takacs

Type: Person

John was one of six children (three boys and three girls) of Stephen and Elizabeth Takacs, who immigrated from Hungary. John grew up in a Bridgeport, Connecticut. In mid-December he arrived in California and on December 31, 1943, he joined the crew of USS Cassin Young (DD-973). Cassin Young was hit by a second kamikaze on July 30, 1945. Forty-five sailors were wounded and 22 were killed. WT2c(T) John Takacs was one of them.

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Fort Wilkins Historic State Park

Type: Place

The U.S. Army built Fort Wilkins in 1844 to keep the peace in Michigan’s Copper Country. However, by 1870 the army permanently abandoned the facility. It now serves as an example of mid-19th century army life on the northern frontier. Fort Wilkins Historic State Park is a Keweenaw Heritage Sites partner of Keweenaw National Historical Park.

Reverend Dr. Anna Howard Shaw

Type: Person

By the mid-1880s, Shaw was establishing herself as an advocate for temperance, a cause she took in part because of her time doing medical work in Boston. She first worked as a paid lecturer with the Massachusetts Women Suffrage Association, a position she secured through her connections with the prominent suffragist Lucy Stone. Moving up the ranks, Shaw was subsequently hired to work with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, or WCTU, a national organization.

Valles Caldera National Preserve

Jessie Fenton Fitzgerald

Type: Person

In the mid-1900s, at northern New Mexico’s Baca Ranch (which is now part of Valles Caldera National Preserve), owner Franklin Bond sought a ranch foreman to oversee and manage daily operations. According to his daughter, Mary Ann, Mr. Bond hired Richard Fitzgerald as a workaround for what would have been a deviation from gender norms at the time—hiring a woman. The person Mr. Bond really wanted for the job? Richard’s wife, Jessie Fenton Fitzgerald.

Fort Dupont Park

Black Pride

Type: Place

Since the mid-2000s, Fort Dupont has been a home for DC Black Pride’s, the longest continually running Black Pride in the United States and world. The first DC Black Pride took place across from Howard University at Banneker Field in 1991 on the Memorial Day Sunday, and was attended by over 800 people attended, raising more than $3,000.

Muir Woods National Monument

Elsa Gidlow's "Chains of Fires"

Type: Article

When Elsa Gidlow first laid eyes on the land above Muir Woods National Monument, she knew it was “the place to realize a dream.” That dream was Druid Heights, her home from the mid-1950s until her death in 1986. As a lesbian writer, poet, and philosopher she refused to conform to mainstream America’s ideas about family, love, and home. Every year she lit a Winter Solstice Fire, a ritual that connected her with women across time.

Oregon Trail Pathway

Type: Place

The Oregon Trail Pathway Trailhead is the starting point for a 1/2 mile long trail that leads from the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center Parking Lot to the site of William Henry Jackson's 1866 campsite. Along the way, visitors can explore replica wagons and learn what life on the Great Platte River Road was like for emigrants traveling to Oregon, California and Utah was like in the mid to late 1800s.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Latinx Experiences at Hanford: Magdaleno Gamboa

Type: Article

Listen to clips from an oral history interview with Magdaleno Gamboa as he shares memories from his experiences in the Army, where he was stationed in Germany and trained as a mechanic. After serving in the Army, Magdaleno eventually found work at Hanford, doing overhauls on buses, trucks, and large vehicles. Magdaleno spent about twenty years as a mechanic at Hanford from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s.

Death Valley National Park

Harmony Borax Works

Type: Place

The stories of borax (white gold) and the famous 20-mule teams come to life at this historic borax processing site. Walk: 0.4 mi (0.6km)

California National Historic Trail

Emigrant Trail Park

Type: Place

Visit Emigrant Trail Park in Lake Point, Utah to view an original mid-1800s California Trail swale. Swales are broad, linear areas of sunken ground. While ruts mark the passage of wheels, swales mark the passage of large numbers of animal pulled vehicles, such as the wagons used on the California Trail. Learn more about the Hasting's Cutoff at this site.

2023 Weather in Review: Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

Type: Article

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site had a very warm and moderately wet 2023. Ultimately, the year ranked as the 5th warmest and 42nd wettest year on record (since 1895).

Boston National Historical Park

Old Corner Bookstore

Type: Place

Built as an apothecary for druggist Thomas Crease in 1718, it became a literary center in the mid-1800s. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others brought their manuscripts here to be published by Ticknor and Fields Company.

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Learning from Fire at Lassen

Type: Article

Wildfires have been burning more land, more frequently, and at higher severity levels since the mid-1980s in the western US. Some forested areas may convert to non-forest as a result. Though patchy openings in forests are ecologically valuable, extensive loss of forest means an overall loss of habitat for forest dwelling wildlife and other consequences. Learn about two recently published studies of fire effects on forests at Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Project Profile: Managing Resilient Eastern Forests

Type: Article

The National Park Service will improve the ecological health of eastern forests in 38 parks using an array of management techniques. The NPS has selected forest ecosystems of high ecological and cultural value across multiple parks from Virginia to Maine that are at greatest risk of forest loss due to chronic and interacting stressors.

Mount Rainier National Park

Twin Firs Trailhead

Type: Place

Twin Firs Loop Trail is a 0.4 mi/0.6 km trail that explores old-growth forest. The trailhead is located 2 miles west of Longmire along the road between the Nisqually Entrance and Longmire.

Lowell National Historical Park

Lyddie: Voices from the Field - Chapter 18 Quaker Marriage

Type: Article

Vermont Quakers in the mid-nineteenth century generally lived harmoniously with their non-Quaker neighbors. Non-Quakers usually regarded Quakers as thrifty, moral, and honest, trustworthy in business and supportive of good causes. But they also saw them as different, following customs that their neighbors found puzzling.