Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Wild West Museum — State museum in Douglas celebrating Wyoming’s pioneer heritage — housing Native American artifacts, military history, […]
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Woodruff Cabin Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Pioneer Homestead — Site of one of Wyoming’s earliest homestead cabins — representing the homesteaders who settled Wyoming’s open
War Memorial Stadium
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Football Heritage — Historic stadium in Little Rock — home of Arkansas Razorback football and site of major sporting
Trail End
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Cattle Baron Mansion — Magnificent 1913 Flemish Revival mansion built by cattle baron John B. Kendrick — Wyoming’s “Biltmore”
South Pass City
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Gold Rush Ghost Town — Restored 1867 gold rush town at South Pass — where the Oregon Trail crossed
Saginaw River Headwaters Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Saginaw Headwaters — Recreation area at the headwaters of the Saginaw River — Michigan’s largest river system, draining 6,000
Register Cliff
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Trail Registry — 100-foot sandstone cliff where Oregon Trail emigrants carved their names — the “Register of the Desert”
Quebec-One Missile Alert Facility
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Cold War Relic — Decommissioned Minuteman missile alert facility — one of the sites that held America’s nuclear arsenal
Piedmont Charcoal Kilns
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Industrial Giants — Three massive charcoal kilns from the 1869 railroad era — 30-foot stone beehive structures that produced
Oregon Trail Ruts
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Deepest Wagon Ruts — The most dramatic surviving Oregon Trail wagon ruts in America — up to 5 FEET
Oakland Mills State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Skunk River Valley — Small park along the Skunk River in southeastern Iowa — one of the few remaining
Names Hill
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Pioneer Guest Book — Cliff face where Oregon Trail emigrants carved their names — a “guest book of the
Granger Stage Station
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Overland Trail Stop — Preserved Overland Stage station from the 1860s — a rare surviving waypoint on the route
Fort Reno
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Powder River Fort — Military post on the Powder River (1865) — established during the Powder River Expedition against
Fort Fred Steele
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Transcontinental Guardian — Military post built in 1868 to protect the transcontinental railroad — guarding the Union Pacific as
Fort Fetterman
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Indian Wars Fort — Military post built in 1867 to protect the Bozeman Trail — key fort during Red
Fort Bonneville
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Mountain Man Fort — Site of Captain Bonneville’s 1832 fur trade fort — where Washington Irving’s famous book brought
Cold Springs State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Prairie Springs — Small park protecting natural cold springs in the Iowa prairie — one of the few remaining
Whirl’s End State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Creek’s End — Small park at the end of a whirling creek — quiet fishing and forest hiking in
Voneida State Forest Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Ridge & Valley Forest — Small state forest park in the Ridge and Valley region — featuring dramatic folded
Varden Conservation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Pocono Wetlands — 965-acre conservation area in the Pocono Mountains — protecting headwater wetlands and glacial bog habitats Varden
Valley Forge State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Washington’s Winter — Site of the Continental Army’s legendary 1777–78 winter encampment — where 12,000 soldiers endured brutal conditions
Valhalla State Forest Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Norse Mythology Park — Small state forest park named from Norse mythology — “Valhalla” was the great hall of
Tohickon State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Bucks County Gorge — Park along Tohickon Creek in Bucks County — featuring dramatic rock gorges, waterfalls, and some
Sandy Creek State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Allegheny Reservoir — State park on Sandy Creek near the Allegheny National Forest — gateway to 500,000 acres of
Pennsylvania State Park at Erie
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Lake Erie Shoreline — Pennsylvania’s only Great Lakes shoreline — the state’s 63-mile window on Lake Erie, connecting PA
Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Hosiery Baron’s Forest — 665-acre forest on a former hosiery magnate’s estate — one of the finest educational forests
Moosic Lake State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Anthracite Lake — Small mountain lake in the Pocono Mountains — in the heart of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region,
Joseph E. Ibberson Conservation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Mountain Wilderness — 350-acre conservation area on Peter’s Mountain — protecting old-growth hemlock ravines and one of the finest
Jennings Environmental Education Center
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Prairie in Pennsylvania! — 20-acre relict prairie — the ONLY native prairie ecosystem remaining in Pennsylvania, with blazing star
Independence Mall State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Birthplace of America — State park in the heart of Philadelphia’s historic district — adjacent to Independence Hall where
Hemlock State Forest Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Ancient Hemlock Forest — Small state forest park protecting a stand of old-growth eastern hemlock — one of the
Hairy John’s State Forest Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Mysterious Name — Small state forest park in central Pennsylvania — named for the legendary local hermit “Hairy John”
Fort Necessity State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 First Shots of French & Indian War — Site where young George Washington fought his FIRST battle (1754) —
Conrad Weiser Memorial Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Colonial Peacemaker — Memorial to Conrad Weiser — the most important colonial diplomat in Pennsylvania history, who maintained peace
Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Giant Trees — 87-acre old-growth forest preserve protecting some of the LARGEST trees in Pennsylvania — white pines over
Blue Marsh State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Tulpehocken Creek — 6,100-acre recreation area around Blue Marsh Lake — Army Corps of Engineers flood-control reservoir in the
Strawberry Island State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Niagara Island — Small island in the Niagara River between Grand Island and the mainland — part of the
State Park at the Fair
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 State Fair Park — State park at the New York State Fairgrounds — hosting the Great New York State
St. Lawrence State Park Golf Course
🏆🏆🏆🏆 River Golf — 18-hole state park golf course along the St. Lawrence River — playing golf with views of
Saratoga Lake State Boat Launch
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Turning Point Lake — Boat launch on Saratoga Lake — near the site of the Battle of Saratoga (1777),
Planting Fields Arboretum
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Gold Coast Estate — 409-acre Gilded Age estate on Long Island’s Gold Coast — one of the finest arboretums
Old Erie Canal State Historic Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Clinton’s Ditch — 36-mile trail along the ORIGINAL 1825 Erie Canal bed — walk in the actual towpath where
Oak Orchard State Marine Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Lake Ontario Wildlife — Marine park at the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek on Lake Ontario — one of
Mohawk River State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Erie Canal Corridor — Park along the Mohawk River — the only water-level route through the Appalachian Mountains and
Miner Lake State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Adirondack Lake — Small lake in the southwestern Adirondacks — quiet camping and fishing in the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park
Lock 32 State Canal Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Erie Canal Lock — Preserved canal lock on the Erie Canal — the engineering marvel that transformed New York
Jay Estate
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Founding Father’s Home — 23-acre estate of John Jay — the FIRST Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Hudson River Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Manhattan’s Waterfront — 550-acre park stretching 5 miles along the Hudson River in Manhattan — one of the most
Honeoye Lake Boat Launch State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Smallest Finger Lake — Boat launch on Honeoye Lake — the shallowest and warmest of the Finger Lakes at