 view gallery |   Silos and Smokestacks NHA - Living History Farm
in National Parks (U.S.) Northeast Iowa is a patchwork quilt of stories that describe the personality of the landscape, richness of the soil, and history of farming. Silos & Smokestacks ties this colorful agricultural heritage together. posted by:  nomadwillie location: Iowa date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 12/26/2010 |
 view gallery | Fort Scott NHS - Fort Scott, KS in National Parks (U.S.) Promises made and broken! A town attacked at dawn! Thousands made homeless by war! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-73. posted by: nomadwillie location: Kansas date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 3/26/2013 |
 view gallery | Pea Ridge NMP - Pea Ridge, AR in National Parks (U.S.) On March 7 & 8, 1862, 26,000 soldiers fought here to decide the fate of Missouri. The 4,300-acre park honors those who fought for their way of life, North and South. posted by: nomadwillie location: Arkansas date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 1/1/2013 |
 view gallery | Wilson's Creek NB - Republic, MO in National Parks (U.S.) Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, and the scene of the death of Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union general killed in combat. posted by: nomadwillie location: Missouri date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 4/6/2013 |
 view gallery | Lewis and Clark NHT - Fort Kaskaskia, IL in National Parks (U.S.) Between May 1804 and September 1806, 31 men, one woman, and a baby traveled from the plains of the Midwest to the shores of the Pacific Ocean posted by: nomadwillie location: Illinois date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 9/17/2011 |
 view gallery | Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP - Dayton, OH in National Parks (U.S.) Three exceptional men from Dayton, Ohio, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar, found their creative outlet here through accomplishments and failures, and finally success. posted by: nomadwillie location: Ohio date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 6/7/2012 |
 view gallery | Cuyahoga Valley NP - OH in National Parks (U.S.) Though a short distance from the urban environments of Cleveland and Akron, Cuyahoga Valley National Park seems worlds away. posted by: nomadwillie location: Ohio date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 3/11/2012 |
 view gallery | Fort Stanwix NM - Rome, NY in National Parks (U.S.) Discover how people endured harsh conditions along the Oneida Carrying Place. posted by: nomadwillie location: New York date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 2/10/2009 |
 view gallery | Home of Franklin D Roosevelt NHS - Hyde Park, NY in National Parks (U.S.) "All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River" FDR
This quote captures FDR's connection to Springwood, the estate that he loved & the place he considered home.
posted by: nomadwillie location: New York date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 2/10/2009 |
 view gallery | Eleanor Roosevelt NHS - Hyde Park, NY in National Parks (U.S.) This simple statement expresses her love for the modest house she called Val-Kill. posted by: nomadwillie location: New York date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 2/10/2009 |
 view gallery | Saint Croix NSR - Minnesota Wisconsin in National Parks (U.S.) The St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers offer 252 miles of clean water gliding past a lush green landscape, with glimpses of a human presence. posted by: nomadwillie location: Wisconsin date approved: 2/10/2009 last visited: 7/24/2012 |
 view gallery | Vanderbilt Mansion NHS - Hyde Park, NY in National Parks (U.S.) Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, in terms of architecture, interiors, mechanical systems, road systems and landscape, is a remarkably complete example of a gilded-age country place. posted by: nomadwillie location: New York date approved: 2/7/2009 last visited: 7/26/2010 |
 view gallery | Minute Man NHP - Concord Lexington MA in National Parks (U.S.) On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began at Lexington and Concord with a clash of arms known to history as "the shot heard round the world." posted by: nomadwillie location: Massachusetts date approved: 2/6/2009 last visited: 9/16/2011 |
 view gallery | Longfellow National Historic Site - Cambridge MA in National Parks (U.S.) Longfellow National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the world’s foremost 19th century poets. posted by: nomadwillie location: Massachusetts date approved: 2/6/2009 last visited: 10/9/2010 |
 view gallery | Frederick Law Olmstd NHS - Brookline, MA in National Parks (U.S.) Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation's foremost parkmaker. posted by: nomadwillie location: Massachusetts date approved: 2/6/2009 last visited: 2/6/2009 |
 view gallery | Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site - Cornish NH in National Parks (U.S.) Discover the beautiful home, studios and gardens of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of America’s greatest sculptors. Over 100 of his artworks can be seen in the galleries. posted by: nomadwillie location: New Hampshire date approved: 1/21/2009 last visited: 1/21/2009 |
 view gallery | Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP - Woodstock VT in National Parks (U.S.) Walk through one of Vermont's most beautiful landscapes, under the shade of sugar maples and 400-year-old hemlocks, across covered bridges and alongside rambling stone walls. This is a landscape of loss, recovery, and conservation. posted by: nomadwillie location: Vermont date approved: 1/21/2009 last visited: 1/21/2009 |
 view gallery | New Bedford Whaling NHP - New Bedford MA in National Parks (U.S.) The City That Lit the World
New Bedford was the mid 19th century’s preeminent whaling port and for a time “the richest city in the world.” posted by: nomadwillie location: Massachusetts date approved: 1/21/2009 last visited: 7/10/2011 |
 view gallery | Touro Synagogue - Newport RI in National Parks (U.S.) The Touro Synagogue was dedicated in 1762, and serves an active congregation today. posted by: nomadwillie location: Rhode Island date approved: 1/21/2009 last visited: 3/21/2004 |
 view gallery | Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley in National Parks (U.S.) This is a special kind of park. It embraces numerous towns, villages and a total population of about 300,000. Quinebaug & Shetucket is not a traditional park. posted by: nomadwillie location: Connecticut date approved: 1/21/2009 last visited: 4/18/2009 |
 view gallery | Roger Williams National Memorial - Providence RI in National Parks (U.S.) Roger Williams National Memorial commemorates the life of the founder of Rhode Island and a champion of the ideal of religious freedom. Williams, banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs, founded Providence in 1636. posted by: nomadwillie location: Rhode Island date approved: 1/21/2009 last visited: 10/27/2012 |
 view gallery | John H Chafee Blackstone River Valley in National Parks (U.S.) The Blackstone River runs from Worcester, MA to Providence, RI. posted by: nomadwillie location: Massachusetts date approved: 1/21/2009 last visited: 1/14/2012 |
 view gallery | Glen Canyon NRA Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center - Marble Canyon, AZ in National Parks (U.S.) The Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center is part of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. posted by:  DopeyDuck location: Arizona date approved: 1/21/2009 last visited: 5/24/2011 |
 view gallery | Acadia National Park - Maine in National Parks (U.S.) The First National Park East of the Mississippi River posted by: nomadwillie location: Maine date approved: 1/21/2009 last visited: 5/27/2006 |
 view gallery | John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site - Brookline MA in National Parks (U.S.) John F. Kennedy NHS preserves the birthplace of America’s 35th president. posted by: nomadwillie location: Massachusetts date approved: 1/20/2009 last visited: 5/7/2013 |
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