Category: Travel

Beneath the sandstone and shale ridges of central Kentucky lies the largest cave system on Earth. Presently, there are 426 miles of surveyed passageways in Mammoth Cave which makes it over twice as long...

U.S. Space & Rocket Center – Huntsville, Alabama In the dying days of World War II in Europe, some of Germany’s leading rocket scientists who had worked on wartime projects for the Nazis were...

Established in 2020, New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia is one of the newest national parks. New River Gorge National Park conserves over 70,000 acres of land along the New River between the towns...

Jamestown Settlement Founded in 1607, Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in the New World. The colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, a group of investors who hoped to profit...

Savannah, Georgia In February 1733, General James Oglethorpe and a party of 120 British subjects landed on a bluff overlooking the Savannah River. They came to the new world with a charter from England’s...

St. Augustine Founded in 1565 by Spanish admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles, St. Augustine has the distinction of being the oldest city in the United States. This historic city on the northeast coast of...

Established in 1947 by President Truman, Everglades National Park was created to protect a unique ecosystem is southern Florida. The Native Americans who first inhabited this land understood the importance of this sensitive wetlands,...

In the early days of July 1863, the Union and Confederate armies were engaged in two major battles simultaneously. General Lee had invaded southcentral Pennsylvania and was engaging the Union army at the small...

Nestled in the Ouachita Mountains about 50 miles southwest of Little Rock, Arkansas is a place where humans have been coming for centuries to experience the healing powers of natural hot springs. Within a...

Hidden beneath the surface of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico’s Guadalupe Mountains is one of the natural wonders of the world. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is one of the most extensive cave systems...