Poison Springs Battleground State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Arkansas — Site of the April 18, 1864 battle where Confederates ambushed a Union foraging expedition — the engagement […]
Marks’ Mills Battleground State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Arkansas — Site of the April 25, 1864 Confederate ambush that captured an entire Union wagon train of 240
Jenkins Ferry Battleground State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Arkansas — Site of the April 30, 1864 Civil War battle where Union General Frederick Steele fought a desperate
Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Wisconsin — 3,763-acre landscape sculpted by the last Ice Age — the Chippewa Lobe of the glacier left behind
Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Kentucky — Kentucky’s longest hiking trail — 120 miles along the Pine Mountain ridge from Breaks Interstate Park to
Old Mission State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Idaho — The oldest building still standing in Idaho — the Cataldo Mission (1850-1853) was built by Coeur d’Alene
Lake Louise Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 South Dakota — Scenic 50-acre lake nestled in the James River valley — named after Louise Firesteel, this spring-fed
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 West-virginia — Ride vintage Shay steam locomotives up Bald Knob (4,861 ft) — the same engines that hauled timber
Canaan Valley Resort State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 West-virginia — Highest valley east of the Mississippi (3,200 ft) — a sub-alpine ecosystem with plants typically found in
Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 West-virginia — Ohio River island accessible only by sternwheeler — Harman Blennerhassett built a Palladian mansion here in 1800,
Blackwater Falls State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 West-virginia — Iconic 57-foot waterfall where amber-colored water plunges over sandstone — the water is stained dark by tannic
Fremont Indian State Park and Museum
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Utah — The largest known Fremont Indian village — Five Finger Ridge contained 100+ pit houses and thousands of
Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Utah — Site of the largest military encampment in U.S. history at the time — in 1858, President Buchanan
Oconee Station State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 South-carolina — Restored 1792 frontier outpost — the oldest surviving structure in Oconee County! Built during a period of
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 South-carolina — 322-acre rice plantation with an 18th-century mansion — George Washington visited in 1791 during his Southern Tour
Wah-Sha-She State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Oklahoma — Named for the Osage word for their nation — this park overlooks Hulah Lake in Osage County,
Red Rock Canyon State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Oklahoma — Stunning red sandstone canyon in Caddo County — 300-foot deep canyon carved through 250-million-year-old Permian rock! The
Florala State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alabama — Beautiful park on Lake Jackson right on the Alabama-Florida state line — the lake literally crosses the
Claude D. Kelley State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alabama — 25-acre spring-fed lake in the pine forests of southern Alabama — named for Claude D. Kelley, an
Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 New-mexico — The first state-funded Vietnam Veterans memorial in the nation — dedicated in 1971 at Angel Fire, NM
South Fork State Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Ruby Mountains Gateway — Recreation area on the South Fork Humboldt River in the shadow of the Ruby Mountains
Wild Horse State Recreation Area
🏆 Official Guide: Wild Horse State Recreation Area — A high-desert reservoir oasis at 6,200 feet in northeastern Nevada, offering
Webster State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Smoky Hills Reservoir — 3,780-acre Webster Reservoir on the South Fork Solomon River — one of the best walleye
Prairie Dog State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Prairie Dog Town — Named for the massive black-tailed prairie dog colonies! This park surrounds 9,000-acre Norton Reservoir (Sebelius
Fort Delaware State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Island Fortress — Civil War-era island fortress in the Delaware River — Fort Delaware held up to 12,500 Confederate
Sully Creek State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Badlands Horseback — 800-acre equestrian paradise along the Little Missouri River in the North Dakota Badlands — one of
Vandalia Statehouse State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Illinois’ oldest surviving capitol building (1836) — where young Abraham Lincoln served his first terms as
Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — The Italianate home given to Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant by grateful citizens of Galena
Postville Courthouse State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Replica of the original Lincoln County courthouse (1840) — young Abraham Lincoln tried cases here as
Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — 1802 French Colonial mansion of Pierre Menard — first Lieutenant Governor of Illinois! The finest example
Old State Capitol State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Where Abraham Lincoln delivered his “House Divided” speech on June 16, 1858 — “A house divided
Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — The other surviving courthouse of Lincoln’s 8th Judicial Circuit — built in 1848, this Greek Revival
Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — One of only two remaining courthouses where Abraham Lincoln practiced law on the 8th Judicial Circuit
Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Where Abraham Lincoln practiced law with partner William Herndon from 1843-1852 — the only surviving building
Lincoln’s Tomb State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — The final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of their four sons
Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Reconstructed 1830s village where young Abe Lincoln (age 22-28) lived for 6 years — he split
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — The last home of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln — Abraham Lincoln’s father and stepmother! The
Lewis and Clark State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Where the Lewis and Clark Expedition began! Camp Dubois (Camp Wood) was built here in December
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — The most imposing French colonial fortress in North America — built 1753 with 18-foot-thick stone walls!
Douglas Tomb State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — 96-foot marble monument over the tomb of Senator Stephen A. Douglas — Lincoln’s great debate rival!
David Davis Mansion State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — 1872 Victorian mansion of Supreme Court Justice David Davis — Lincoln’s campaign manager who masterminded the
Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Frank Lloyd Wright’s best-preserved Prairie-style home (1902-1904) — 35 rooms, 12,000 square feet with 250 art
Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Birthplace of poet Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878) — the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Chicago Poems”
Bryant Cottage State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — The house where Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas agreed to their famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates —
Black Hawk State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Site of the 1832 Black Hawk War along the Rock River — where Sauk leader Black
Bishop Hill State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — Preserved 1846 Swedish utopian commune — 1,500 Swedish immigrants led by Erik Jansson built this communal
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Illinois History — The most-visited presidential library in America — 200,000+ artifacts chronicling Lincoln’s life from log cabin to
Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Missouri History — The only surviving Burr arch truss covered bridge in Missouri — built in 1871, spanning 120
Scott Joplin House State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Missouri History — Home of the “King of Ragtime” — Scott Joplin lived in this St. Louis flat from
Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Missouri History — Historic cemetery near Arrow Rock — burial site of the Sappington family, including Dr. John Sappington