What We Do

Historic St. Mary’s City sits along a tributary of the Potomac River in St. Mary’s County, MD and preserves the site of the first European colonization in Maryland through exhibits, walking trails, active archaeological digs, school programs and more. 18751 Hogaboom Ln, St Marys City, MD 20686 240-895-4990

Solitude is found around every bend in the river and shoulder of a mountain. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve extends from the saltwater shores of Cook Inlet, through the craggy Chigmit and Neacola Mountains, includes the steaming Redoubt and Iliamna volcanoes, and crosses through alpine tundra studded with shimmering turquoise lakes and braided glacial rivers. Shhh… this is 4 million acres of wonder!

The Island of Kauai's historic Waimea River is famous as the initial landing site of Captain James Cook, the first European explorer to establish western contact with the Hawaiian Islands.

The South Point Complex, is located at the southern tip of the Island of Hawai'i on Ka Lae (the point), 16 miles south of the town of Naalehu. It is the southernmost point in both the Hawaiian Islands and the United States and is made up of a group of sites which are among the oldest in the Islands.

At a time when most Americans couldn’t travel far from home, Thomas Moran brought wondrous sights of the West back to the East through his sketches. A Hudson River School artist, Moran is known for his vast western landscapes.

When Thomas Moran captured the national imagination with his majestic paintings and sweeping landscapes, he cemented for one of the first times the national treasures of the region. A generation of Americans was inspired to take pride in the wild spaces of the west, even if they might never travel to these wonders themselves.