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Everyone knows Smokey the Bear and his famous phrase: Only you can prevent forest fires. Ever wonder why the ubiquitous ursine mascot is always dep...

The National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates Japan's 1912 gift of trees to the United States and is one of the world's great celebrations of s...

Bass Harbor Head Light is the easiest lighthouse to visit at Acadia National Park due to its closeness to the Bass Harbor community. This lighthous...

Founded in 1916 as Sieur de Monts National Monument, Acadia National Park underwent two name changes to become the park we know today. It is the ol...

In 1916, Acadia National Park—initially named Lafayette—became the first National Park east of the Mississippi river. Since then it has been one of...

Spanning nearly two centuries, the Adams family contributed to the social, cultural, political, and intellectual history of the United States. Acro...

During the Civil War, Andersonville Prison, also know as Camp Sumter, was a place of horrors inflicted on Americans by Americans. By the end of the...

The Battle of Appomattox Court House was one of the last battles in the Civil War, and certainly was the last meaningful battle of the War. Followi...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore was established by Congress as America's first national seashore. Located in North Carolina along a 70-mile stretch...

Union forces had taken Chattanooga, prized as a gateway to the deep south. Union forces were later defeated in the Battle of Chickamauga and placed...

Abraham Lincoln grew physically and intellectually into a man on this southern Indiana farm. He spent 14 formative years here— a quarter of his lif...

''My friends - No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, ...

Frank McShane’s artful rendition of Springfield Armory is presented on our collector’s keepsakes. Shown is the Grand Arsenal Building, the landmark...

It can be said that, for the most part, the American Civil War ended in Wilmer McLean's parlor in Appomattox Court House. A disheveled yet honorabl...

Red Rock Recreation. Dazzling Desert Diversion. Or just call it by its actual name—Arches—which is quite apt for this national park located in sout...

Arches first joined the NPS family as a monument in 1929 and became a national park in 1971. Landscape Arch, Delicate Arch, and Double Arch are som...

Badlands National Park protects 242,756 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prai...

Blue skies, verdant prairies, and bison roaming through intricate rock formations are part of the allure that earned Badlands a national park desig...

Established on June 12, 1944 and located at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert, Big Bend National Park is famous for its natural resources a...

The word trail brings to mind dirt paths meandering through green forests or desert environments. Not so at Biscayne National Park, where you can e...

Over 2 million years old, the area that is now Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park has been alive with ecological diversity and incredible r...

Do you know what a descending radius curve is? Don't find out the hard way. It's beautiful, but potentially dangerous. Each year Rangers respond t...

Bryce Canyon National Park is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bry...

Hoodoos, fins, and arches abound in Bryce Canyon National Park. Established in 1928, spectacular geologic structures like Natural Bridge have been ...