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Explore the architecture of the Frazee House. The Frazees were a Western Reserve pioneer family who became successful during the canal era.

This is stop 2, which provides a view of the Victorian Muir/Strentzel home.

This is stop 5, which is next to a cypress tree and the entrance to the kitchen.

Stanford Trailhead is a small, unpaved parking area for Stanford Trail. This 1.5-mile trail leads up the side of the valley to Brandywine Falls. The parking also serves Stanford House, an overnight facility operated by the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Perched on a remote cliff in Soda Canyon, Hemenway House looks to fall off the small ledge on which it rests. Built in the 1200s, the cliff dwelling has 26 rooms and one kiva.

Faraway Ranch preserves a story important to women’s history, and to the history of Chiricahua National Monument.

Cliff Palace Loop Road is a 6-mile (10-km) drive with overlooks of various cliff dwellings and access to ranger-guided tours at Cliff Palace and Balcony House.

Cliff Palace Overlook is a magnificent view point for Cliff Palace, the largest cliff dwelling in the park. With at least 150 rooms and 21 kivas, Cliff Palace is an exceptionally large cliff dwelling and possibly an important gathering place as an administrative center with ceremonial use for many nearby Ancestral Pueblo villages.

Built in 1838, the historic Commissary building's uses and appearance have changed many times throughout its nearly two centuries standing.

Machicomoco State Park, located on the York River, is dedicated to telling the story of Virginia's Indigenous peoples. Its name, Machicomoco, means "a special meeting place" in the Virginia Algonquian language. At the park, miles of trails, a fishing pier, a paddle craft launch, and campground sites offer many ways to recreate at the park. Visit the interpretive area to learn more about Native American culture and history.

Discover the story of how Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower's Gettysburg home became Eisenhower National Historic Site in this adaptation from the Eisenhower NHS administrative history.

Carter G. Woodson’s best-known contribution occurs every February. He initiated celebration of the first Negro History Week in 1926, focusing on black history. Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History Week because it corresponds with the birthdays of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Over the years, support grew, and the week became a month in 1976. February of each year is now Black History Month.

Between 2009 and 2017, 257 cumulative plots were surveyed and 86 different bird species were recorded, 74 of which are species with the potential to breed within Homestead National Historical Park.

The Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network has sampled permanent monitoring sites in three vegetation community types (restored prairie, successional forest, and bur oak forest) at Homestead National Historical Park.

The Albert Einstein House was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of Interior on January 7, 1976. Due to the wishes of Albert Einstein, the National Park Service did not publicize this at the time

Kayak and explore the Patuxent River’s West Branch at Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park! Spot wildlife and learn about local history while learning how to kayak!

Birds are excellent indicators of environmental change in ecosystems. The woodland and restored prairie habitat at Homestead National Historical Park supports a wide array of bird species. The Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network monitors birds on the park to understand how the bird community is doing and how birds respond to changes in their habitat. Bell's Vireo and Red-headed Woodpecker are species of concern in the region.

In celebration of the 90th anniversary, on 11-10-23, an exhibition opened at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia titled “Blazing the Trail: The Historic American Buildings Survey turns 90.” The exhibition highlights the past decade of HABS projects and the use of emerging technologies that place HABS on the forefront of architectural documentation practice. Each project represents different challenges and applications to best suit the resource. Here is a summary of the project.

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Homestead National Historical Park, and Pipestone National Monument all protect tallgrass prairie communities. We monitor the plants in these parks to understand how the prairies may be changing over time. Analyzing data from all three parks together helps managers understand how similar management actions at other parks are affecting prairie maintenance. Pipestone National Monument prairies have some unique geology that makes the plant

This multiple property context examines the advent of Mid-century Modernism and how it resulted in the iconic Ranch form in Arkansas during the period from 1945 to 1970. I outline the convergence of Modernism and the popular Ranch form by examining the bureaucratic, social, cultural and economic factors that contributed to significant transformations in domestic architecture.